Discovering Where We Live: Reimagining Environmentalism (January 11, 2007)




On Being with Krista Tippett show

Summary: Environmentalism and climate change are hot topics; yet they're still often imagined as the territory of scientists, expert activists, and those who can afford to be environmentally conscious. We discover two people who are transforming the ecology of their immediate worlds — Majora Carter, a secular urban strategist unraveling ties between ecology and injustice as she strives for balance and beauty in the South Bronx; and Calvin DeWitt, a scientist and evangelical Christian who's been pioneering sustainability in the rural Midwest for three decades.