On this edition of Your Call, we're rebroadcasting our conversation with award winning journalist Ben Ehrenreich, author of Desert Notebooks: A Road Map for the End of Time. He examines how the unprecedented pace of destruction to the planet has led us to the brink of calamity.
In less than 50 years, we have eliminated 60 percent of the world’s mammals, birds, fish, and reptiles. As many as a million species are now facing extinction. What will it take to create a sense of urgency around these issues?
Guest:
Ben Ehrenreich, award winning journalist and author of Desert Notebooks: A Road Map for the End of Time
Web Resources:
The Nation: Under Europe’s Strictest Lockdown, the World Is Only as Big as Our Windows
Los Angeles Times: In a crisis, time feels meaningless. ‘Desert Notebooks’ asks why
LIVE ON CROWDCAST: BEN EHRENREICH DISCUSSES HIS NEW BOOK DESERT NOTEBOOKS WITH ANTHONY MCCANN