Paul Ehrlich and The Population Bomb
The human population is likely to double by the middle of the 21st century, soaring past 10 billion people. How will all these people survive? Will there be enough resources to meet everyone’s needs or will there be massive social upheaval, famine...
The Botany of Desire, with Michael Pollan
Featuring author, journalist, activist, and professor Michael Pollan, and based on his best-selling book, this program takes viewers on an eye-opening exploration of the human relationship with the plant world—seen from the plants' point of view. ...
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
Eat Food. Not Too Much. Mostly Plants." With those seven words, journalist Michael Pollan distills a career's worth of reporting into a prescription for reversing the damage being done to people's health by today's industrially-driven Western diet. ...
Extreme By Design
Extreme By Design follows Stanford business, engineering and medical students as they work in teams, using design thinking methods, to develop products and services that serve the needs of the world's poor. One student team works on a breathing devi...