Grazing, Grass and Gas (10/3/13)
b'\\u201cWe have the potential to use grazing lands and use cattle and livestock to help slow climate change,\\u201d according to UC Berkeley professor Whendee Silver. Grasslands are under-represented in land conservation, yet they cover about 40 percent of the Earth\\u2019s surface and have a big impact by storing greenhouse gases so they don\\u2019t enter the atmosphere. While discussing conservation projects, the speakers turned to the larger problems of overpopulation and consumption. \\u201cOur generation and the ones short to follow have to come to terms with the fact that there are other ways of managing human societies, because this one is not sustainable,\\u201d said former Patagonia CEO Kristine Tompkins, founder of Conservacion Patagonica. Experts addressed the challenges of land conservation, restoration ecology and growing populations in an era of climate disruption. \\u201cWe\\u2019re working in one of the last four places in the world where these native grasslands remain,\\u201d said Pete Geddes, managing director of the American Prairie Reserve. Kristine Tompkins, Founder and President, Conservacion Patagonica, Former CEO, Patagonia Whendee Silver, Professor of Environmental Science, UC Berkeley Pete Geddes, Managing Director, American Prairie Reserve This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club of California on October 3, 2013\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'