Friday, 4 November 2011

Jonathan Franzen Talks Population Growth, Conservation (Video)


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Jonathan Franzen's 4th novel 'Freedom' is an excellent book, and something which has resonated deeply with lots of eco conscious folks. As well as for apparent reasons: The tome hits on population growth, mountaintop removal mining, invasive species, conservation, and much more, mainly with the story of 1 of their primary figures, environmentalist Walter Berglund. Lately, the mighty Grist held an advantage in New You are able to City that featured attorney at law with Franzen.

Listed here are a few videos in the event, which feature the writer talking about the thorny problem of population growth in addition to his personal passion, bird conservation. Watch:

Here, he fields an issue in regards to a plot reason for the novel which involves domestic felines killing wild wild birds -- a genuine-existence problem indeed.

For any transcript from the relaxation from the talk -- that is worth a search for anybody who's read Freedom -- begin to see the full piece in Grist.



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