This week's focus will be on endangered species, endangered cultures, and the (endangered) traditional knowledge which relates to both.
Douglas Adams: Last chance to see Madagascar: Part 1 (9 min)
Douglas Adams: Last chance to see Madagascar:
Part 2 (listen 4 minutes into the clip)
Radiolab: Inside Out Cage (25 min)
Wade Davis: Dreams from endangered cultures (20 min)
Wade Davis: The worldwide web of belief and ritual (20 min)
Read the part Indigenous knowledge and IPRs (pages 69-72) in the book Biopiracy: The plunder of nature and knowledge by Vandana Shiva
IPR stands for Intellectual Property Right, a term that contains patents, trademarks etc
Indigenous knowledge and IPRs (pages 69-72)
Vandana Shiva: Earth Democracy (1h 20 min)
Donald Worster on U.S. Environment: Our History with the Land (30 min)
The City - 1939 Documentary - Clip 1: From Farms to Factories (10 min)