Saving Nature: Politics and the Environment

Mr. Mantle moderated a panel discussion on the role the environment plays in politics. Panelists talked about the future of our global environment and the ways in which politics can shape that future. After the discussion the members of the panel answered questions from members of the audience. The panelists included Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature, published by Anchor; Julia Butterfly Hill, author of The Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman, and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods, published by Harper; Sue Halpern, author of Four Wings and a Prayer: Caught in the Mystery of the Monarch Butterfly, published by Pantheon Books; and Joy Williams, author of Ill Nature: Rants and Reflections on Humanity and Other Animals, published by Lyons Press. close