Feast and Famine
Earthbeat gets ready for Thanksgiving by looking at feast and famine. First William Cline and Tom Athanasiou speak about how climate change will affect the world's food supplies. Cline is a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development and the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Athanasiou is the director of EcoEquity, a small activist think-tank in California.
Then, we feast. Joining host Mike Tidwell in the studio, Greg Kayser and Bernadine Prince discuss the revolution in local farmer's markets that bypass carbon-spewing planes, trains and automobiles in shipping food. Kayser is the environmental coordinator for My Organic Market and Prince is the co-director of Freshfarm Markets. For more information about farmer-to-feast organizations in your area, check out Local Harvest.
Finally, what better way to celebrate food and family than a dip in freezing cold water? Organize your own Polar Bear Plunge and join people around the world celebrate the International Day of Climate Action. Gordon Clark, the national coordinator of the Polar Bear Plunge, speaks about how to find a plunge near you, and Angelina Cook of California's Rural Economic Development Initiative talks about her upcoming plunge.
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Music on this edition of Earthbeat is the song 'Jive Turkey' by the Ohio Players.
Our theme music is Baladi by Tony Anka, Bellydance Superstars vol. 2.
Photo by John Curran via Flickr.