George Woodwell Tribute
Air Date: Week of January 3, 2025
Dr. George Woodwell fought to integrate scientific knowledge into public policy for over sixty years and served as a climate advisor in the Carter White House. He also played an influential role in drafting the UN Convention Framework on Climate Change Kyoto Protocol, and helped found the Environmental Defense Fund, and the Natural Resources Defense Fund. George Woodwell also founded the Woods Hole Research Center, renamed upon his retirement as the Woodwell Climate Research Center. He passed away in June 2024 at the age of 95. (Photo: Daniel Webb)
In 2024 the world lost a giant of climate science and eco activism, George Woodwell. Host Steve Curwood remembers this man who advised President Jimmy Carter on climate, helped start major environmental organizations and helped inspire the Living on Earth broadcasts. We return to moments from a conversation Steve Curwood and George Woodwell recorded for the program in 2016 and hear reflections from colleagues who knew him well.
Transcript
[MUSIC: Utah Wind Symphony, "Triumphant Journey for Horn and Wind Symphony,” comp. Rick DeJonge, YouTube rehearsal performance from 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqyBSRv99ao]
Links
Listen to our 2023 interview with George Woodwell: A Call to Cool the Earth
Listen to our 2016 interview with George Woodwell about his book A World to Live In
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