Grumpy Scientists

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/offtrack/grumpy-scientists/4369260

The Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales recently hosted a conference under the banner; “Grumpy scientists: the ecological conscience of a nation”. The forum focused on the many and various threats to our global ecosystem.

Land clearing, issues with invasive species, pollution, habitat loss, climate change, and the relentless pressure imposed by human population growth were all on the agenda.

Two stars of the forum, Paul Ehrlich, and Harry Recher, gave in depth interviews to Off Track about what makes them grumpy.

Paul R. Ehrlich

http://www.stanford.edu/group/CCB/Staff/ehrlichpubs.html

http://www.stanford.edu/group/CCB/cgi-bin/ccb/content/paul-r-ehrlich

wild women

“Within every woman there is a wild and natural creature, a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. Her name is Wild Woman, but she is an endangered species. Though the gifts of the wildish nature come to us at birth, society’s attempt to “civilize” us into rigid roles has plundered this treasure, and muffled the deep, life-giving messages of our own souls. Without Wild Woman, we become over-domesticated, fearful, uncreative, trapped.”

(Clarissa Pinkola Estes, in ‘Women Who Run with the Wolves’)