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Steve Pyne: Let it burn
In 2005 the USGS published a map of large fires (burns over 100 acres) from 1980-2005. It overlays with eerie fidelity...
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Wildfires Across the U.S.


2008 has seen a record-breaking number of wildfires in California, in addition to fire outbreaks in Virginia, North Carolina, and Washington State. How have human actions led to the growth in wildfires? How can they be prevented? Read what experts have to say about the fires situation at Eco-Compass, featuring Scorched Earth author Rocky Barker and Tending Fire author Steve Pyne.

Latest News

• "What the World is Coming To": The Washington Post

• 'We Are Running out of Environment': U.S. News & World Report

• The Dominant Animal co-author Paul Ehrlich on "The Diane Rehm Show": WAMU 88.5 FM

• Record births create population milestone: ABC News

• S.F. a step ahead as most 'walkable' U.S. city: San Francisco Chronicle

• Paul Ehrlich, The Dominant Animal co-author, on WNYC's "The Brian Lehrer Show"

Expert Profile: Paul Ehrlich


Paul R. Ehrlich is Bing Professor of Population Studies and Professor of Biological Sciences at Stanford University. Professor Ehrlich is the author of several books, including The Population Bomb and his latest, The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment.

• Listen to Ehrlich on Air America's "The Thom Hartmann Show."

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Blogger Slate at Eco-Compass

• Christopher B. Leinberger, walkable urbanism expert

• Callum Roberts, marine biologist

• Rep. Jay Inslee, energy issues leader

• Courtney White, land restoration expert

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Do Women Want Smaller Families?

In More: Population, Nature, and What Women Want, author Robert Engelman says supporting a woman’s desire to have children when and only when she wants will have a significant impact on global sustainability. Engelman is a veteran of the population and reproductive health field and Vice President for Programs at the Worldwatch Institute.
• "Let's talk about sex to save the planet, author says": Read the Reuters Q&A with Engelman.

Listen to the podcast interview with Engelman.

Click here to download the FREE SER Restoration Reader

As ecosystems and ecological communities continue to suffer damage as a result of human activities, restoration is becoming key to nature conservation, ecosystem management, and sustainable local economic development. Learn what you can do to help support ecological restoration efforts by downloading the free SER Restoration Reader, which includes excerpts from every volume in “The Science and Practice of Ecological Restoration” series.

Ranchers and Environmentalists Find Common Ground


Can ranchers and environmentalists unite? If you ask Courtney White, author of Revolution on the Range: The Rise of a New Ranch in the American West, the answer is "yes." White says the ecological processes that benefit ecosystem health are the same processes that benefit livestock production.

Listen to the "Island Sounds" podcast interview with White.

• The Santa Fe Reporter interviews White.