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Just click on one of the following files to listen to the whole WomenMatter Talk Radio show on The Environment: Whose Responsibility?
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1. WomenMatter - Facts and Trade-Offs - The Environment - Whose Responsibility? Since we all live on the same planet and all study science in school, why can't members of this democracy get together and protect our air, water, and food and deal with oil supplies, cars, and pollution? Is it all about individual responsibility? Or is this an issue we should handle together? What would it take to use science and plan ahead?
Click Here (1:04:32)
2. Intro: Why is there such a disconnect between learning science and doing something about preventing disasters? Dr. Bauer and Dr. Carol Parssinen national leader in science education at the Franklin Institute take a hard look at why the science we learn in school is so detached from the uses of science to sustain life on earth. Why do people who care about hurricanes and earthquakes refuse to plan for them?
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3. Interview with Deb Callahan, President of The League of Conservation Voters. Why Congress won't take the lead in conserving the quality of our air, water, and food. Why it has to be the responsibility of the informed voter to make the system work.
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4. Interview with Becky Norton Dunlap, former Secretary of Natural Resources for the Commonwealth of Virginia. How to use competition between businesses and communities and individual responsibility to make the connection between science and a cleaner environment. Why it is better for each state to manage its own environment without federal regulations.
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5. Interview with Christine Todd Whitman, former Governor of New Jersey and Administrator of the federal Environmental Protection Agency. Why Americans have a hard time taking action about the environment. Why science is seldom the major factor in the political decisions about what to do.
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6. Dr. Bauer and Dr. Parssinen spotlight the hurricane Katrina disaster and its connections to science, politics, world trade, tax dollars and war. The need for women to use science and history to require smarter standards and smarter use of our tax dollars.
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