The Future of the Ecological Landscape

Though 2020 is just ten years away, the stress we’re putting on the planet may make the ecological landscape of the next decade dramatically different. Living on Earth looks ahead to future consumption patterns, agriculture in a world of fewer resources,

Host Jeff Young looks at the next decade of our planet. Jared Diamond, author of “Collapse,” says our “present consumption rates just can’t be sustained.” But urban farmer Will Allen suggests that mounting food demands can be met by growing food everywhere  ? in vacant buildings, on rooftops, asphalt, and on concrete. And Camille Parmesan, biology professor at University of Texas-Austin, suggests that the survival of wildlife may depend on our willingness to transport creatures out of the path of climate disruption.

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