100 Voices

Highlights

2009-12-07T13:30:18+00:00

Day 100: Tom Friedman on the next great global industry

2009-12-06T16:36:46+00:00

Tom Friedman is the world famous New York Times columnist and author of books like Hot, Flat and Crowded. He joins 100 Voices 100 Days on its final day to talk about the next great global industry: energy technology, or ET.

Day 99: Jane Goodall on melting glaciers and rising sea levels

2009-12-05T16:29:04+00:00

Jane Goodall is the world's leading expert on chimpanzees. She's very well known for her early work in Tanzania and her tireless effort to conserve tropical forests around the world. She joins 100 Voices 100 Days to share two recent experiences she had on the front lines of a changing environment and what they told her about the importance of taking ambitious action to tackle climate change. You can read more about Jane and her work on the website of her organisation, the Jane Goodall Institute.

Day 98: Joe Trippi on the politics of climate change

2009-12-04T14:59:46+00:00

Joe Trippi is a Democratic campaign strategist in the United States. He's well known for his roles on the presidential campaigns of Howard Dean and John Edwards. As such, he has done a lot of thinking about the issue of climate change in American politics. In his 100 Voices 100 Days video, he tells us what is holding climate change back, and what it will take for serious action to be taken to tackle it.

Day 97: Jack Darin on why he's confident the US will tackle climate change effectively

2009-12-03T13:06:12+00:00

Jack Darin is the Director of the Sierra Club's Illinois Chapter. He says that he's confident President Obama is on track to make significant progress in tackling climate change. Jack also notes that US regions and cities such as the Midwest and Chicago are taking green action on their own.

Day 96: Ted Brekken on making wind energy more practical

2009-12-02T13:51:31+00:00

Dr. Ted Brekken is co-director of the Wallace Energy Systems and Renewables Facility at Oregon State University (thanks to them for submitting this video). He's working to make wind power less variable - and potentially more practical for widespread use - by developing a way to store wind energy in off-peak hours.

Day 95: Jackie Savitz on saving the world's oceans

2009-12-01T13:27:31+00:00

Jackie Savitz is the Senior Campaign Director for Oceana, a group that seeks to protect and restore the world's oceans. She says that climate change is killing our oceans and the food and jobs they provide.

Day 94: Venita McCellon-Allen on America's energy mix

2009-11-30T13:30:34+00:00

This video was submitted by AmericasPower.org, a group that advocates for coal companies in the US. Venita McCellon-Allen is the executive vice president for one of those companies and she says that coal is required to satisfy the demand for energy in America. While she acknowledges that renewable energy is an important part of that mix, it simply cannot power America alone.

Day 93: Naomi Davis on green jobs for African Americans

2009-11-29T13:33:19+00:00

The National Wildlife Federation is working with people like Naomi Davis to bring clean energy jobs to underserved communities the US. In this video, Naomi talks about why green jobs are good for the environment and can also be a great opportunity for African Americans.

Day 92: Bhupinder Tomar on adapting to climate change

2009-11-28T16:36:05+00:00

In this submitted video, Bhupinder Tomar, climate change expert at the International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent Societies, explains what the often heard phrase adaptation to climate change means.

Day 91: Tim Nichols on green jobs

2009-11-27T16:03:16+00:00

This submitted video features Tim Nichols of Sedgwick, Arkansas talking about the importance of creating green jobs in the US. Tim filmed this video for Repower America, a campaign that seeks to build public support for a clean energy plan in the US that will create new jobs and power America with clean energy.

Day 90: Geoff Dabelko on Copenhagen...

2009-11-26T14:00:58+00:00

Something different but important on Thanksgiving today. Geoff Dabelko, Director of the Woodrow Wilson Center's Environmental Change and Security Program, advises us on the pronunciation of Copenhagen.

Day 89: Emily Roshan on opposition to nuclear power

2009-11-25T13:52:30+00:00

We haven't explored nuclear power on 100 Voices 100 Days. With thanks to Greenpeace for this submitted video, Emily Roshan talks about why Greenpeace is against using nuclear energy as part of a clean energy mix. Now the UK believes nuclear is a necessary response to climate change. In fact, just yesterday, Nick Bridge, the Embassy's lead on climate change policy, blogged on the rise of nuclear power in the UK.

Day 88: Bryan Walsh on insurance

2009-11-24T13:07:10+00:00

This submitted video features Time Magazine's Energy & Climate Writer Bryan Walsh noting that investing in a green economy is akin to buying insurance. Thanks to Global Eco Rescue for submitting.

Day 87: Harald Winkler on the view from South Africa

2009-11-23T13:28:03+00:00

In this submitted video, Harald Winkler, a scientist at at the Energy Research Centre in Capetown, provides a view on Copenhagen from South Africa.

Day 86: Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society on making forests count

2009-11-22T15:35:16+00:00

This submitted video comes from a project the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society is running. It's called Make Forests Count. The project's goal is pretty simple: make forest count in a global agreement on climate change.

Day 85: Mo Allen's message to world leaders

2009-11-21T15:02:09+00:00

Mo Allen works for Green America, which seeks to educate consumers on how they can be responsible in their consumption. He uses his 100 Voices 100 Days video to deliver a message to world leaders ahead of Copenhagen.

Day 84: Winston Hoy on 1 Sky's priorities

2009-11-20T13:17:51+00:00

Winston Hoy works for 1 Sky, a grassroots organisation that seeks to promote action on climate change in the United States. He uses his 100 Voices 100 Days video to lay out 1 Sky's priorities.

Day 83: Matthew Lesko on the next big thing

2009-11-19T13:37:50+00:00

Matthew Lesko, the well known late night advertiser, shows Americans how to take advantage of government grants to start their own business. In his 100 Voices 100 Days video, he says that green technology is the next IT.

Day 82: Dr Steven Knapp on the exciting opportunity

2009-11-18T13:15:51+00:00

Dr. Steven Knapp is the 16th president of The George Washington University in Washington, DC. Under his leadership, GW is striving to transform itself into a model of urban sustainability among U.S. universities . In his message, Dr. Knapp explains how universities like GW can bring together the policy world and the academic world to make intellectual contributions to today’s environmental challenges.

We've highlighted the voices of GW students throughout 100 Voices 100 Days. You can see their videos here.

Day 81: William Daniels on listening to the science

2009-11-17T13:06:16+00:00

William Daniels works for the National Science Foundation. His 100 Voices 100 Days message is short and simple: listen to the science. To do that, he suggested that we check out the Koshland Science Museum, which is located in Washington, DC but has a very informative climate change section on their website.

Day 80: Alex Cacioppo on businesses and goverment

2009-11-16T13:18:08+00:00

Alex Cacioppo is a freelance writer in Washington, DC. He's interested in socially responsible business - particularly those that embrace green measures. Alex says that although that's very important, to truly tackle climate change we need governments to step in and cap our emissions and drive innovation in green energy.

Day 79: Christopher Spears on sustainable design

2009-11-15T13:51:30+00:00

Christopher Spears of the Sustainable Design Group talks about the importance of designing buildings to be efficient as opposed to simply adding solar panels or other major energy efficient technology.

Day 78: Christina Lizzi on compromise

2009-11-14T13:21:25+00:00

Christina Lizzi is an organiser at Food and Water Watch, an organisation that seeks to ensure clean water and safe food in the United States. She says a deal at Copenhagen requires world leaders to compromise.

Day 77: Dushyant Sethi on developing new ways to save energy in India

2009-11-13T13:29:45+00:00

Dushyant Sethi talks about an invention to help people in eastern India save energy and help the environment.

Day 76: Rhys Gerholdt on the two ways to tackle climate change

2009-11-12T13:23:51+00:00

Rhys Gerholdt is the Executive Director for CarbonFree DC, an organisation that seeks to help Washington DC residents and businesses reduce their carbon footprints. He joins 100 Voices 100 Days to say that there are two ways to tackle climate change: public awareness and action along with government to government agreements. He hopes Copenhagen is a vital step forward for the latter, but stresses that we must continue to keep people motivated to take action in their own lives.

Day 75: Ambassador Friis Arne Petersen on preparations for Copenhagen

2009-11-11T16:56:57+00:00

Denmark's Ambassador to the United States, Friis Arne Petersen, joins 100 Voices 100 Days to talk about how his country is preparing for the talks.

Day 74: Deputy Ambassador Dominick Chilcott on what we can do

2009-11-10T12:50:10+00:00

International climate negotiations kick off in Copenhagen in just over three weeks. In his 100 Voices 100 Days video, Deputy Ambassador Dominick Chilcott talks about what we all can do to make sure they are a success.

Day 73: Ambassador Nigel Sheinwald on the UK's approach to climate change

2009-11-09T12:44:20+00:00

Ambassador Nigel Sheinwald joins 100 Voices 100 Days to talk about the UK's approach to climate change.

Day 72: Robyn Ringgold on teaching children

2009-11-08T17:48:15+00:00

Robyn Ringgold is the president of Solar Publishing, a company that develops books for children with messages about the environment. She joins 100 Voices 100 Days to talk about her company and why it's important to talk to the next generation about climate change.