Fund Season Three of Conversation Earth!

FINAL WEEKS: This campaign will close January 1, 2018. Don't Delay.

Conversation Earth is the syndicated radio series and podcast that examines our place on the planet. What’s behind the values, behaviors, policies and beliefs that affect our critical life-support systems? Surprising perspectives on the most important issues of our time.

After 43 mind-tingling episodes featuring the leading thinkers of our time, we’re ready to launch another season. You can make that possible.

Check out (and feel free to listen to) the topics and guests from our first two seasons  – visionaries like:

• Paul Ehrlich
• Dennis Meadows
• Winona LaDuke
• Bill McKibben
• Paul Hawken
• Frances Moore Lappé
• William Catton
• Gus Speth
• Hunter Lovins
• William Rees
• Juliet Schor
• Rex Weyler
• Raj Patel
• Stephanie Mills

Contributions of $25, 50 or $100 really help.

But you might like this:

You’ll be mentioned on an episode as an underwriter if you can swing $250. Simply email us, indicating which upcoming episode you want to “underwrite.” Hurry, this offer is limited to the first two to “claim” each episode.

Confirmed Season Three Guests:

(Check back to see who we add each week)

Richard Heinberg - 3 Underwriters On Board, Just 1 Spot Left
Author, Peak Everything, The Party's Over & Our Renewable Future

Fellow, Post-Carbon Institute

Peter Singer
Author, The Life You Can Save

Professor of Bioethics, Princeton University

Daniel Quinn
Author, Ishmael

Derek Jensen
Author, The Myth of Human Supremacy

Carolyn Baker
Author, Navigating the Coming Chaos & Collapsing Consciously

Samuel Alexander
Author, Prosperous Descent: Crisis as Opportunity in an Age of Limits
Environmental Programs lecturer, University of Melbourne
Co-Director of the Simplicity Institute

John Bunzl & Nick Duffell
Co-Authors, The Simpol Solution

Haydn Washington
Author, Demystifying Sustainability

Adjunct Lecturer, PANGEA Research Centre, University of NSW, Australia

We'll explore morality, sustainability, prosperity, success, happiness, and much more.

Where You Come In

Conversation Earth is distributed FREE to radio stations and online, because we want to make it accessible to the widest possible audience. More than 25 radio stations have carried the show. However, it isn’t easy (or cheap) to produce and distribute a radio show! We need your help to ensure Conversation Earth can continue.

We need funding for:

• Production – Producer time researching guests, arranging, preparing and editing interviews
• Publicity & Promotion - we could enormously increase our reach with funding for social media promotion, advertisements, and outreach to independent radio stations that might carry Conversation Earth
• Studio Fees - for radio-quality audio, we need to rent a studio for each guest. Studio rentals allow us to interview guests from all over the world – without buying a plane ticket or burning jet fuel!

Producing the third season of the series will require more than $20,000. Please help us exceed this fundraising goal so we can stop raising money and get to work producing the show!

What They’re Saying About Conversation Earth

"Conversation Earth is a treasure. I rely on Dave to bring me in-depth discussions of the most critical environmental and economic issues facing us from the best academics in the field, most of them sorely under-covered by the major media. I know the quality of their work from my own research, and love how Conversation Earth makes these leading thinkers accessible to all, in their own words, in a format that enriches, teaches and inspires."

- Carolyn Lochhead, Washington Correspondent, San Francisco Chronicle

“I listened to ALL of them on a summer vacation drive to Washington State.  Relistened to Winona LaDuke, and will go through them all again.  That is the most amazing collection of thought I've ever experienced.  I'm sharing far and wide.”

- Wilbur Ince

"Industrial society is hurtling in a direction enormously different than we expected. The unique constellation of savants presented in Conversation Earth helps us understand the forces propelling us there. It is a timely and important set of discussions."

- Dennis Meadows, Co-Author, The Limits to Growth

"Every human being should be exposed to this series.”

- Paul R. Ehrlich, Bing Professor of Population Studies; President, Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University; Author, The Population Bomb

“This is really a classic archive of important voices.”

- Rex Weyler, Co-founder, Greenpeace International

"Dave Gardner has sought out some of the brightest thinkers on the planet for the Conversation Earth interview series.”

- Bill Ryerson, Chair & CEO, Population Institute; President, Population Media Center

“addressing the most critical challenge facing our civilization – becoming truly sustainable. Please support the work they are doing."

- Simon Ross, CEO, Population Matters

“vitally important.”

- Chris Palmer Director, Center for Environmental Filmmaking

"I wish every success for this project and encourage you to support this important work."

- Kieran Suckling Executive Director, Center for Biological Diversity

“…we highly recommend Conversation Earth to anyone interested in learning from superbly qualified experts about the developing crises the world is facing. We’ll continue listening to future podcasts—and supporting Conversation Earth financially. We hope you will, too.”

- Clif and Bettye Ware, Co-founders of Sustainability Education Forum

“…what an impressive body of work and a pleasure on many levels.... interviewees are amazingly thoughtful, articulate, and impressive; the views expressed are incredibly important.”

- Wink Davis

"You touch on the topics that are *so* important and yet it seems very few people are actually talking about these, so I'm glad you are."

- Anonymous

"Thank you for all your great programs!"

- Victoria Park, WGRN

"really good. I marathon'd both seasons within 2 weeks and will be revisiting the material again over the next couple. I excitedly await season 3 and will provide support when I can."

- Jason Miller

"Love it! Vital indeed…. I especially appreciate the breadth of wise people and essential topics...and quality of the audio…. Keep up the great work!"

- Kriss Avery

"a veritable verbal encyclopaedia for us!"

- Eric Rimmer

"brilliant! Again and again I am so impressed with the production.”

- Kirsten Stade

We cannot thank you enough for your donations, your time, and your willingness to share this page with your friends, family, and colleagues. You inspire us to work hard on behalf of people and planet.