Huey Johnson and Stewart Brand reminisce about some early innovations by Stewart including the Whole Earth Catalog and the California Water Atlas. Stewart Brand, a creative environmentalist and founder of several nonprofits was also involved with the creation of the amazing California Water Atlas. Huey and Stewart collaborated on many environmental projects. They discuss some early times at the nonprofit Point Foundation, the 1972 Stockholm UN Conference on the Human Environment, Huey’s appointment in the Jerry Brown administration as the California Secretary of Resources, and his current passion: revival and restoration of the endangered Black Footed Ferret.
1990s
Vera Marcus: The Mother Movement
Attorney, Vera Marcus, will never allow herself to become defeated by her struggles. You will learn how she became a warrior. How her early struggles with civil rights and education were shaping her. Next, she had to fight for environmental and the gay rights. Vera is proud of her part in saving the Wild and Scenic Rivers in California. And why not? Love this.
Mike Fremont: Valuing Our Waterways
As a businessman, Mike Fremont talks about how he has improved the water quality of rivers by selling local governments on the simple economic values of rivers.
Henry Little: Planful Opportunism
Who is a champion of saving pristine lands? Henry Little, that’s who. Henry describes his role in the acquisition of the Shasta Big Springs Ranch, a Nature Conservancy project located near Mount Shasta in Northern California.
Joe Edmiston: Working Amid Pressures
Imagine the Los Angeles region without open spaces such as the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Topanga State Park or the Marvin Braude Mullholland Gateway Park. Joe Edmiston’s Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy has preserved over 69,000 acres of open space since 1980.