Harnik Talks Parks on WNYC Radio

Posted: July 27, 2010
Peter Harnik, author of Urban Green: Innovative Parks for Resurgent Cities, speaks with WNYC's The Brian Lehrer Show about park policies, the modern urban park, and how cities are adding innnovative parkland.

World Loses Renowned Climate Scientist

Posted: July 19, 2010
Today, with the passing of Dr. Stephen Schneider, author of Climate Change Science & Policy and Wildlife Responses to Climate Change, Island Press mourns the loss of a dear friend, colleague, and author. "This is a loss for not just for the climate community, but for all of us. Steve was as smart and unflinching a spokesperson on climate as we have seen. But just as importantly, he thought deeply about how to bring science into the debate around the most difficult challenges we face. He helped carve out a new role for science and for scientists. We can only hope that his example is widely emulated," said Todd Baldwin, Island Press Vice-President and Associate Publisher.

Does America Face a Water Crisis?

Robert Glennon, author of Unquenchable, reveals that we're using water that took thousands of years to accumulate in a few decades, and offers water conservation suggestions.

Does America Have a Water Crisis? from OrganicNation on Vimeo.

Watch the whole video and read more on Treehugger.

Peter Gleick on Good Morning America

Peter Gleick, water expert and Bottled and Sold author, went on Good Morning America to discuss bottled water.

Cristina Eisenberg on the Importance of Wolves

Cristina Eisenberg, author of The Wolf's Tooth, believes that wolves may be crucial for the health of wolves on western ecosystems.

Biologists [in Yellowstone National Park] believe the reintroduction of wolves has actually helped the ecosystem. Elk are on the move, so not as many aspens are killed, and in turn, songbirds are flourishing because the trees grow up and provide habitat.

"It's a very exciting time to be a scientist, because it feels like you're on this cresting wave, this big paradigm shift," Eisenberg says.