Natural Resources (with Ivan Scales)

02/03/13 • 57 min

Political ecologist Ivan Scales—McGrath Lecturer and Director of Studies in Geography at St Catharine's College, Cambridge—joins the show to discuss natural resource use and environmental change. Ivan is the McGrath Lecturer and Director of Studies in Geography at St Catharine's College.

Tracklist

Villagers – Mercy, Mercy Me
R.E.M. – It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
Grandaddy – Broken Household Appliance National Forest
Radiohead – Idioteque
Joni Mitchell – Big Yellow Taxi
Pixies – Monkey Gone To Heaven

Biofuel project in Iba, Zambales by Trees ForTheFuture

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Tracklist

Villagers – Mercy, Mercy Me
R.E.M. – It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
Grandaddy – Broken Household Appliance National Forest
Radiohead – Idioteque
Joni Mitchell – Big Yellow Taxi
Pixies – Monkey Gone To Heaven

Biofuel project in Iba, Zambales by Trees ForTheFuture

Send feedback and comments to [email protected].

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