Part One: Nature & Human Economics -- 1) “Technology, Business and Nature: An Economic Primer on Winners and Losersâ€{u0B6D} 2) “Women, Wall Street and Mitigating Climate Change: The Critical Importance of WOCANâ€{u0B6D} 3) “The New Business of Business: Evolution of Culture and the Survival of Humankindâ€{uEB74}) “Wall Street After Rio: A Discussion With Calvert Investmentsâ€{u04E5}nior Sustainability Research Analyst, Ms. Ellen Kennedy" -- 5) “Investing in the End-Game: An Earth Day Post-Mortemâ€{u0B6D} 6) “Just When You Thought You Could Bank On Itâ€{u0B6D} Part Two: The Carbon-Negative Ideal -- 7) “Super Gridâ€{u0B6D} 8) “Ecuadorâ€{u3809}mperiled Paradise: One of the Worldâ€{u380D}ost Important, If Least Known Battles â€{u0060}Conversation with Dr. Ivonne Bakiâ€{u0B6D} 9) “Native American Tribes Get a Seat at the Climate Tableâ€{u0B6D} 10) “Climate Shock: UC-Berkeley Scientist Dr. John Harte Puts the World On Noticeâ€{u0B6D} Part Three: Human Health and a Living Earth -- 11) “Occupy Your Diet: A Discussion About Food, Health and Kindness With Dr. Neal Barnard" -- 12) “Eating You Alive: Environmental Cancerâ€{u0B6D} 13) Food That Might Protect Your Brain and Save Your Life: A Discussion About the Ecology of Alzheimers With Dr. Neal Barnardâ€{u0B6D} 14) “Biological Shock-Treatment: A Discussion With â€D̃eadly Monopoliesâ€{u0075}thor Harriet A. Washingtonâ€{u0B6D} 15) “Bioeconomics: A New National Blueprintâ€{u0B6D} Part Four: Ecology and the Human Population Explosion -- 16) “Six Billion or Fifteen Billion People: A Discussion With Environmental Scientist Leon Kolankiewiczâ€{u0B6D} 17) “A Kingâ€{u3813}peech That Could Help Save The World: A Discussion With UC-Berkeleyâ€{u3804}r. Malcolm Pottsâ€{u0B6D} 18) “Planet Under Siege: Family Planning Critics Soon to See Global Population Reach 7,000,000,000â€{u0B6D} 19) “Chinaâ€{u3804}emographic and Ecological Conundrumâ€{u0B6D} Part Five: Ecological Heroes -- 20) “One Womanâ€{u3812}emarkable Quest to Save Africaâ€{u3817}hite Lionâ€{u0B6D} 21) “A Discussion With UNOPS Luminary Ms. Maria-Noel Vaezaâ€{u0B6D} 22) “Down To Earth: The World According to Ted Turnerâ€{u0B6D} 23) “How the Life of a Chipmunk in Michigan Came to Save Elephants and a Million Acres in Cambodiaâ€{u0B6D} 24) “Helen Clark: UNDPâ€{u3810}ragmatic Visionaryâ€{u0B6D} 25) “A Jain Leader Addresses the Worldâ€{u0B6D} 26) “A Discussion With Jane Goodallâ€{u0B6D} Part Six: The State of the World -- 27) “China Declares Global State of Emergency: An Urgent Telegram from Taihuâ€{u0B6D} 28) “Japanâ€{u3814}ragedy: Global Ecological Uncertaintyâ€{u0B6D} 29) “Before the Fall: Syriaâ€{u3805}cosystemsâ€{u0B6D} 30) “Sir Simon Jenkins, Englandâ€{u380E}ational Trust, and the Future of Conservation in Great Britainâ€{u0B6D} 31) “Extinction: Poachers Test the Right to Lifeâ€{u0B6D} Part Seven: Animal Rights -- 32) “Compassionate Conservation: A Discussion From the Frontlines with Dr. Marc Bekoffâ€{u0B6D} 33) “Animal Rights in Chinaâ€{u0B6D} 35) “Why Insects Sing: A Discussion With David Rothenbergâ€{u0B6D} 36) “Protecting Bambi With Drones: PETAâ€{u3809}ngrid Newkirk on Hunters, Horsemeat and Moreâ€{u0B6D} Part Eight: Why Your Neighbor Is Important: New Strategies for a Bright Future -- 37) “The Heart of Education: A Discussion With Zoe Weilâ€{u0B6D} 38) “Journey to the Center of the World: An Interview With Dr. Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian" -- 39) “How A Single National Park Might Help Transform a Nation: Haitiâ€{u3810}ic Macayaâ€{u0B6D} 40) “Conservation International: Stemming the Tide of Environmental Crisesâ€{u0B6D} 41) “The Future of Life on Earthâ€{u0B6D} 42) “On Parrots, Eagles and Fighting Species Extinctionâ€{u0B6D} Part Nine: Ecological Paradise? -- 43) “An Ecological Paradise in Southern India: A Discussion About the Todas With Dr. Tarun Chhabraâ€{u0B6D} 44) “J. P. Morgan, Edward Curtis and Christopher Cardozo: An Inspired Collaborationâ€{u0B6D} 45) “A New Natural History Blueprint for Universities: A Discussion With Graham Araderâ€{u0B6D} 46) “Godâ€{u3803}ountry: The New Zealand Factorâ€{u0B6D} 47) “New Territories: Artist Astrid Preston Celebrates the Earth in a Landmark Nature Exhibitionâ€{u0B6D} 48) “Lenin Moreno 2012 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Reflects on Human Welfare and the Rights of Natureâ€{u0B6D} 49) “Nigel Brown: A New Zealand Originalâ€{u0B6D} 50) “The Last Shangri-la? 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Dr. Michael Charles Tobias and Jane Gray Morrison are world-renowned ecological philosophers and activists, interdisciplinary social and environmental scientists and broad-ranging, deeply committed humanists. This collection of fifty essays and interviews comprises an invigorating, outspoken, provocative and eloquent overview of the ecological humanities in one highly accessible volume. The components of this collection were published in the authorsâ€{u0887}reen Conversations" blog series, and pieces in the Eco News Network from 2011 to 2013 and feature luminaries from Jane Goodall to Ted Turner to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution to the former head of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. Stunning color photographs captured by the authors and contributors make Why Life Matters: Fifty Ecosystems of the Heart and Mind a feast for the eyes as well as the mind and soul. Ethics, science, technology, ecological literacy, grass-roots renaissance thinkers, conservation innovation from the U.S. to the U.K.; from India to Ecuador; from Bhutan to Haiti; from across Africa, the Neo-Tropics, Central Asia and Japan, to Rio, Shanghai and Manhattan â€{u0D28}is humanistic ode to the future of life on earth is a relevant and resonating read. Michael Tobias and Jane Gray Morrison,Â{u0872}tners who between them have authored some 50 books and written, directed and produced some 170 films, a prolific body of work that has been read, translated and/or broadcast around the world, have been married for more than a quarter-of-a-century. Their field research across the disciplines of comparative literature, anthropology, the history of science and philosophy, ecology and ethics, in over 80 countries, has served as a telling example of what two people â€{u0925}eply in love with one another â€{u08E1}n accomplish in spreading that same unconditional love to others â€{u0BE6} all species.