http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org the late environmentalist, author, & philosopher Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:32:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/779/can-we-cope-with-the-growing-oil-shortage/ http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/779/can-we-cope-with-the-growing-oil-shortage/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:06:25 +0000 Edward Goldsmith http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/?p=779 This is one of a series of six talks by Edward Goldsmith, broadcast on the World Business Report programme of the BBC World Service, 15-19 December 2003. See Related Articles on the right for others in the series. During much of the nearly 20 years I lived in rural Cornwall I had no car (though [...]]]> http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/779/can-we-cope-with-the-growing-oil-shortage/feed/ 0 http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/781/ecologist-and-environmentalist-edward-goldsmith/ http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/781/ecologist-and-environmentalist-edward-goldsmith/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:00:28 +0000 The Editors http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/?p=781 On 4 September 2009 Last Word on BBC Radio 4 ran this piece on the life of Teddy Goldsmith, featuring exerpts of Teddy’s own speech as well as commentary by his nephew Zac Goldsmith, and his long standing friends and colleagues Jonathon Porritt and Robin Hanbury-Tenison. The presenter is Matthew Bannister. The original audio can [...]]]> http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/781/ecologist-and-environmentalist-edward-goldsmith/feed/ 0 http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/776/do-we-need-small-farms/ http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/776/do-we-need-small-farms/#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2003 00:00:50 +0000 Edward Goldsmith http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/?p=776 This is one of a series of six talks by Edward Goldsmith, broadcast on the World Business Report programme of the BBC World Service, 15-19 December 2003. See Related Articles on the right for others in the series. Tuscany is an area of great physical beauty. Until a few decades ago much of its population [...]]]> http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/776/do-we-need-small-farms/feed/ 0 http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/777/are-small-food-producers-responsible-for-the-food-poisoning-epidemic/ http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/777/are-small-food-producers-responsible-for-the-food-poisoning-epidemic/#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2003 00:00:43 +0000 Edward Goldsmith http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/?p=777 This is one of a series of six talks by Edward Goldsmith, broadcast on the World Business Report programme of the BBC World Service, 15-19 December 2003. See Related Articles on the right for others in the series. I shared a bedroom with the late José Lutzenberger – the great Brazilian agronomist who later became [...]]]> http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/777/are-small-food-producers-responsible-for-the-food-poisoning-epidemic/feed/ 0 http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/775/rewriting-economics/ http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/775/rewriting-economics/#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2003 00:00:33 +0000 Edward Goldsmith http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/?p=775 This is one of a series of six talks by Edward Goldsmith, broadcast on the World Business Report programme of the BBC World Service, 15-19 December 2003. See Related Articles on the right for others in the series. At Oxford I studied economics, but found what I was taught somewhat unconvincing. Economists identify their discipline [...]]]> http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/775/rewriting-economics/feed/ 0 http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/780/are-farmers-going-to-run-out-of-water/ http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/780/are-farmers-going-to-run-out-of-water/#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2003 00:00:27 +0000 Edward Goldsmith http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/?p=780 This is one of a series of six talks by Edward Goldsmith, broadcast on the World Business Report programme of the BBC World Service, 15-19 December 2003. See Related Articles on the right for others in the series. The world is facing a very serious water crisis. Already about one billion people are short of [...]]]> http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/780/are-farmers-going-to-run-out-of-water/feed/ 0 http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/778/what-can-we-do-about-global-warming/ http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/778/what-can-we-do-about-global-warming/#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2003 00:00:57 +0000 Edward Goldsmith http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/?p=778 This is one of a series of six talks by Edward Goldsmith, broadcast on the World Business Report programme of the BBC World Service, 15-19 December 2003. See Related Articles on the right for others in the series. Tuvalu is an island in the South Pacific with a population of 10,000 people. They know that [...]]]> http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/778/what-can-we-do-about-global-warming/feed/ 0 http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/924/globalisation-will-destroy-india/ http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/924/globalisation-will-destroy-india/#comments Wed, 01 Mar 2000 00:00:27 +0000 Edward Goldsmith http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/?p=924 The Rediff Business Interview, March 2000: “Exactly a fortnight before the world’s most famous salesman for globalisation, US President Bill Clinton, came to India, we had another famous visitor. Edward Goldsmith, founding editor of The Ecologist and a cult figure of the environmental movement, warning us against the colonising impact of globalisation. Goldsmith believes that [...]]]> http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/924/globalisation-will-destroy-india/feed/ 0 http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/1279/biotechnology-and-global-warming/ http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/1279/biotechnology-and-global-warming/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 1999 16:06:25 +0000 Edward Goldsmith http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/?p=1279 Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez interview Edward Goldsmith for the “Democracy Now!” programme on Pacifica Radio, USA. Broadcast 30 April 1999. The original audio can be found here. Background: In September 1998, The Ecologist produced a special issue called “The Monsanto Files: Can We Survive Genetic Engineering?” exposing the genetic engineering giant’s chequered history and [...]]]> http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/1279/biotechnology-and-global-warming/feed/ 0 http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/1280/corporate-power-and-free-trade/ http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/1280/corporate-power-and-free-trade/#comments Tue, 29 Oct 1996 17:11:59 +0000 Edward Goldsmith http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/?p=1280 Amy Goodman and Larry Bensky interview Edward Goldsmith and Jerry Mander for “Democracy Now!” on Pacifica Radio (California, USA). This edition of “Democracy Now!” was produced by Julie Drizzen, and the engineer was Kenneth Mason. Broadcast 29 October 1996, duration 62 minutes. The original audio can be found here. Amy Goodman (presenter): From Pacifica Radio, [...]]]> http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/1280/corporate-power-and-free-trade/feed/ 0 http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/923/report-from-the-planet/ http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/923/report-from-the-planet/#comments Fri, 10 May 1996 23:00:11 +0000 Edward Goldsmith http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/?p=923 Edward Goldsmith speaks to the International Forum On Globalization Global Teach-In Conference, Washington DC, USA, 11 May 1996. The talk was broadcast by TUC Radio, and produced by Maria Gilardin [TUC Radio, Box 410009, San Francisco, CA 94141, USA. Panel 2 comprised Ignacio Peon Escalante, Cece Fadope, Tim Lang, Sara Larrain, Vicky Tauli-Corpuz, Richard Moore, [...]]]> http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/923/report-from-the-planet/feed/ 0 http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/894/new-lamps-for-old-transcript/ http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/894/new-lamps-for-old-transcript/#comments Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:28 +0000 Edward Goldsmith http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/?p=894 Edward Goldsmith, Publisher of The Ecologist, talks with Satish Kumar, Director Of Schumacher College. The interview was published by Schumacher College as a video in the Schumacher Series, produced by Phil Shepherd in 1991. “Schumacher College has produced a series of video and audio tapes documenting a clear expression of visiting scholars’ main ideas and [...]]]> http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/894/new-lamps-for-old-transcript/feed/ 0 http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/865/edward-goldsmith-the-green-revolutionary-part-two-transcript/ http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/865/edward-goldsmith-the-green-revolutionary-part-two-transcript/#comments Sun, 28 Jan 1990 00:00:58 +0000 Edward Goldsmith http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/?p=865 This is a transcript of Part Two of Edward Goldsmith: the Green Revolutionary: “The Solution: People and Planet”, in Channel 4′s Fragile Earth series. Teddy argues that the planetary crisis facing us today cannot be solved by further economic progress and technological innovation but only through the cooperative efforts of ordinary people guided by their [...]]]> http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/865/edward-goldsmith-the-green-revolutionary-part-two-transcript/feed/ 0 http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/864/edward-goldsmith-the-green-revolutionary-part-one-transcript/ http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/864/edward-goldsmith-the-green-revolutionary-part-one-transcript/#comments Sun, 28 Jan 1990 00:00:32 +0000 Edward Goldsmith http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/?p=864 This is a transcript of Part One of Edward Goldsmith: the Green Revolutionary: “The Problem: industrial society”, in Channel 4′s Fragile Earth series. Teddy argues that the planetary crisis facing us today cannot be solved by further economic progress and technological innovation but only through the cooperative efforts of ordinary people guided by their faith [...]]]> http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/864/edward-goldsmith-the-green-revolutionary-part-one-transcript/feed/ 0 http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/820/ecology-controls-and-short-term-expedients/ http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/820/ecology-controls-and-short-term-expedients/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 1970 23:00:56 +0000 Edward Goldsmith http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/?p=820 This interview, by Michael Glenny, was broadcast over Radio Free Europe around the time of the launch of The Ecologist in 1970, as part of the “Can We Survive Our Future” radio symposium. It was later published in an edited compendium of interviews broadcast between 1970 and 1971 on Radio Free Europe (Can we survive [...]]]> http://www.edwardgoldsmith.org/820/ecology-controls-and-short-term-expedients/feed/ 0