To the Best of Our Knowledge

PROMO       5/27/2007    "Going Green"
*Posters at Starbucks ask customers to focus on the world water crisis. 
Church congregations ask the faithful to go on a "carbon diet."  Slate
magazine asks readers to take a "green challenge." We've got green cars,
green clothing, green politics and even green weddings.  In this hour of
To the Best of Our Knowledge, a look at the green revolution that's
sweeping America - and the world. Can a global grassroots movement to
save the planet succeed where politicians have failed?

PROGRAM RUNDOWN:  "Going Green" 

0:00 - 20:40        SEGMENT 1: (20:41)
            Colin Beavan is a mild mannered writer and a self-
            described "guilty liberal." He maintains a blog of his
            and his wife's experiments in what they call "no impact
            living," and talks about it with Anne Strainchamps. Also,
            Bill McKibben has been warning us about global warming
            since his 1989 book "The End of Nature." In his new Book,
            "Deep Economy," he makes the case that "more" does not
            lead to a happier life. McKibben tells Steve Paulson that
            people seem to be happier with what's good for the
            planet.
            
            Segment One Outcue: "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

20:41 - 21:10       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

21:11 - 36:58       SEGMENT 2: (15:49)
            Jeff Ferrell gave up life as a tenured professor and
            became a dumpster diver.  His new book is "Empire of
            Scrounge."  Ferrell tells Steve Paulson about the
            underground world of street scavenging in a consumer
            society. Also, environmentalist and entrepreneur Paul
            Hawken started counting up the people and organizations
            who are quietly trying to save the world and found over a
            million of them.  His book about them is "Blessed Unrest:
            How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and
            Why No One Saw It Coming."  Hawken tells Anne
            Strainchamps who comprises this movement and what they're
            doing.
            
            Segment Two Outcue: "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

36:59 - 37:28       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

37:29 - 53:00       SEGMENT 3: (15:29)
            Linda Lear is the author of "Beatrix Potter: A Life in
            Nature."  She tells Jim Fleming that the creator of Peter
            Rabbit could have been a scientist, that she understood
            the power of merchandising, and that she ended up a
            wealthy farmer who donated the land that became the
            National Lake District Park in England.  And we hear
            Meryl Streep read from "Peter Rabbit." Also, a sure sign
            of spring in the mid-west is the sound of sand hill
            cranes returning home.  We hear Aldo Leopold's thoughts,
            and those of commentator Rima Snyder, and some crane
            sound. 
            
            Segment Three Outcue:  PRI Audio Logo


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