Guest: Dr. Patrick Moore, environmentalist
Dr. Patrick Moore is one of the most controversial figures in the environmental movement.
It’s a position he’s held for more than four decades – first, in defence of the environment as a member of Greenpeace at Amchitka Island and in the South Pacific protesting nuclear testing; then, in the mid-1970s, taking on the Soviet whaling industry off of the coast of California. His environmental credentials go back a long way.
Along the way, however, Moore and Greenpeace stopped agreeing on GMOs, global warming and climate change, because he says the the environmental group became more about fundraising campaigns and less about science. In this Conversation, Dr. Moore lets loose on a wide range of topics, from golden rice to climate.
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We invited Dr. Sally Aitken of the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences at UBC to join us for a Conversation That Matters about working with our trees to ensure they have long and healthy lives.
We invited Lasse Gustavsson, the CEO of Ocean Wise, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the vital role the ocean plays in our survival, the risks the world’s oceans face, and how we can mitigate those harms.
We invited Mark Jaccard, the author of “The Citizen’s Guide to Climate Success: Overcoming Myths that Hinder Progress” and the Chair and CEO of the BC Utilities Commission, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about finding a path to open dialogue and realistic strategies to address our climate challenges.