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SANDRA STEINGRABER
 Ecologist, poet and cancer survivor, Dr. Sandra Steingraber is recognized internationally as an expert on environmental links to cancer. Her highly acclaimed book, Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment, is a personal and scientific exploration of how toxic chemicals contribute to rising cancer rates in various communities, and won her praise as “the new Rachel Carson”. Dr. Steingraber offers insights into green architecture, campus sustainability, and the future of food in a world short of oil.
http://www.steingraber.com
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EUGENE LINDEN
 Endangered animals, the biodiversity crisis, threats to water supplies, global deforestation, and the politics of the environment are just some of the issues Linden tackles in his research and writing. His new book Winds of Change shows how civilizations become prosperous and complacent during good weather, only to collapse as a result of drastic climate changes and their consequences.PAUL WATSON
 Founder of Greenpeace, Paul Watson currently heads The Sea Shepherd Society, an organization dedicated to preventing the illegal slaughter of whales, dolphins and other endangered sea life. Watson is renowned for such controversial methods as tree spiking and sinking commercial fishing vessels in his battle to protect the environment.
http://www.seashepherd.org
More on this speaker. (PDF 848K) BOB REISS
 For the last 19 years, there's been an unprecedented international effort among thousands of scientists to pinpoint the role global warming plays in causing extreme weather around the world. Noted author Bob Reiss has traveled the globe talking to heads of state, scientists, and victims to get at the truth. From the back rooms of the White House to the US coasts to the slums of India, The Coming Storm: Extreme Weather and Our Terrifying Future gives both sides of the debate, proposes solutions, and gives dire warnings of what the world will be like if global warming is not reversed
http://www.bobreiss.com
daniel katz
Founder of the Rainforest Alliance, and President of Just Change, which helps individuals and nonprofit organizations make strategic social and environmental change. Katz outlines specific ways that leaders in schools and communities can make an impact.
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edith widder
 What beauty can be found at the ocean's greatest depths? And how can we protect it? Biologist and deep-sea explorer Edith Widder combines her expertise in research and technological innovation with a commitment to reversing the worldwide trend of degradation in our marine environment. Her presentation gives a breathtaking view of the world beneath the surface of the seas.
Annie Leonard
 Annie Leonard, an activist who travels the globe fighting environmental threats, narrates The Story of Stuff, delivering a rapid-fire, often humorous and always engaging story about "all our stuff-where it comes from and where it goes when we throw it away." The Story of Stuff examines how economic policies of the post-World War II era ushered in notions of "planned obsolescence"-and how these notions are still driving much of the U.S. and global economies today.
WARREN FAIDLEY
 Imagine if your job required you to stand in the winds of a Category 5 hurricane. That's just one of the adventures of the world's first full-time professional storm chaser, who regularly risks his life to capture some of the most breathtaking images of extreme weather. Warren's first-hand experiences of outwitting storms have made him one of the most sought-after experts on storm chasing and storm survival.
http://www.stormchaser.com
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LOWMAN
Involved
in long-term studies of rainforest regeneration, Margaret Lowman
has developed canopy techniques,
including ropes, walkways,
hot air balloons, construction
cranes, and combinations of
these methods. She frequently
speaks about her jungle adventures
and about rainforest conservation to educational groups. She
continues to travel worldwide
to “map the canopy for
biodiversity”, and to
work on conservation.
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 Leading the battle for environmental justice, from dealing with the toxic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to curbing urban sprawl, Dr. Bullard tells the stories of frontline warriors who are fighting environmental and human rights abuses. His research and activism challenges government and industry policies that place people of color and the poor at special risk. He is the author of 14 books, including Growing Smarter: Achieving Livable Communities, Environmental Justice, and Regional Equity and The Black Metropolis in the Twenty-First Century: Race, Power, and the Politics of Place, which were released in 2007.
http://www.ejrc.cau.edu
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NEIL
deGRASSE TYSON
 As Director of the Hayden Planetarium and the new host of the PBS magazine "NOVA Science NOW", Dr. Tyson is one of the most high profile astrophysicists in America. He hopes to use the state-of-the-art Hayden to capture the scientific curiosity of a new generation of young people. His recent books include One Universe: At Home in the Cosmos, Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries, and Origins, the companion book to his acclaimed four-hour miniseries on the PBS program "NOVA."
http://research.amnh.org/users/tyson
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DR.
ROBERT BALLARD
 Dr.
Ballard is best known for
his discovery of the legendary
sunken ocean liner Titanic. His explorations of the world’s oceans have uncovered
scores of important archeological
and scientific discoveries,
as well as inspiring technological
innovations in deep sea diving
and robotics. Ballard is founder
and president of the Institute
For Exploration at the Mystic
Aquarium. ROBERT
KIRSHNER
 Just
what is the size and shape
of the Universe, and how fast
do galaxies move? Astronomer
Robert Kirshner, author of The Extravagant Universe,
answers these and other cosmological
questions in a compelling
style with amusing personal
stories that make this otherwise
daunting field accessible
and entertaining. He was recently
featured in the highly acclaimed
PBS NOVA series “Origins”. STEVEN
STROGATZ
 From fireflies flashing in unison to the rhythmic applause of hundreds of strangers in a movie theater, Steven Strogatz - author of Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order - explains how our supposedly random everyday lives are in fact filled with synchrony and harmony. ROALD
HOFFMANN
 Nobel
laureate Roald Hoffmann is
a superb teacher, lecturer
and writer who has done much
to convey the importance of
chemistry to the general public.
He helped prepare and narrate
the PBS series “The
World of Chemistry”
and is a frequent columnist
for American Scientist. His
books include Chemistry
Imagined, a unique combination of art, science and literature, and Old Wine, New Flasks: Reflections on Science and Jewish
Tradition. V.
S. RAMACHANDRAN
 Dr.
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
has been called a "Sherlock
Holmes of neuroscience." Director
of the Center for Brain and
Cognition and featured on
the NOVA program "Mysteries
of the Brain", he has brilliantly
sleuthed his way through some
of the strangest maladies
of the human mind by marrying
simple tools such as mirrors
and cotton swabs with an insatiably
inquisitive mind and a tonic
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CHANDLER
BURR
 A lucid and provocative writer and speaker, Chandler Burr is an expert on the mysteries of perfume and the little-understood sense of smell. In his book The Emperor of Scent, he tells the amazing story of a real-life genius of aromas, engaging the reader in the science and art of how perfumes are made, and the secretive industry that makes them. Burr's "Scent Strip" column in T: The New York Times Style Magazine makes him the world's first and only regular perfume critic.
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DR.
GARY TELGENHOFF
 A consultant
for the hit television show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, “Dr. T.” is a
forensic pathologist and Deputy
Medical Examiner in Las Vegas.
His multi-media presentation
shows how he uses scientific
tools to solve criminal and
medical mysteries in real
life.
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http://www.cbs.com/primetime/csi/main.shtml
DONALD
JOHANSON
 Leading
paleontologist Donald Johanson
is the discoverer of “Lucy”,
one of the earliest human
ancestors ever unearthed.
His years of research in Africa
have brought us closer than
ever to the origins of the
human race. “Understanding
who we are is not just a matter
of curiosity,” Johanson
asserts, “it is a matter
of survival for our own species
and for the millions of others
with whom we share the earth.” B.
GENTRY LEE
 Are
we alone in the universe? Could there be life on Mars – past, present or future?
What will the history of the
21st century look like? Author
and futurist B. Gentry Lee
explores these questions and
more with audiences all over
the world. He is a consultant
for NASA’s Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, as well as the
author of books such as Cradle,
Rama II and The Garden of Rama. FREDERICK LANE
 If personal privacy is something we truly value, how do we find a balance with the role of emerging technologies? Attorney and technology expert Lane takes a hard look at the rapid evolving laws governing computers, privacy and free speech, at home, in school and in the workplace. Look for his recent books, The Decency Wars: The Campaign to Cleanse American Culture and The Court and the Cross: The Religious Right's Crusade to Reshape the Supreme Court.
http://www.FrederickLane.com GREGORY
PENCE
 Now that scientists have cloned animals, should we try cloning humans? Gregory Pence aggressively defends all cloning research, from embryonic stem cells to cloned babies. One of the founders of bioethics, he also talks about the ethics of human enhancement (“How to Build a Better Human”) and the ethics of transplant surgery from hearts to faces. His books include Who’s Afraid of Human Cloning?, Re-Creating Medicine, and Classic Cases in Medical Ethics. PHILIP J. HILTS
 The US may have one of the best medical systems in the world, but pandemics do not recognize national borders. The next epidemic might arrive with a returning vacationer or exchange student. Philip Hilts, in his book Rx for Survival, shows how vulnerable we are to the devastating effect of infectious diseases brewing in developing nations, and what we must do to create a healthier world.
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