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Second Chances: Finding Purpose in the Second Half of Life

Angeles Arrien's full interview

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Foundations as the Fifth Estate: Private Wealth for Public Benefit

Muhammed Yunus, Managing Director, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh
William Fuller, Vice Chair China VEST
Susan Berresford, Past President of the Ford Foundation
Maxwell King, Former President, Heinz Endowments; former chair, Council on Foundations
Joel Fleishman, Foundation Historian
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Studs Terkel: A Heart as Big as the World

Studs Terkel pt. 1, prize-winning author and radio broadcast personality
Studs Terkel pt. 2
Studs Terkel pt. 3

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Vanishing and Re-emerging: Reviving Biological and Cultural Diversity

Rick Stepp, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Latin American Studies, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, US
Tero Mustonen and Vyacheslav Shadrin, The Snowchange Cooperative, Finland; Head, Yukaghir Elders Council
Gary Paul Nabhan, Founder, Renewing Americas Food Traditions, Southwest Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, US
Alejandro Argumedo, Founding Member and Co-Chair, Call of the Earth Steering Committee, Cusco, Peru
Eleanor Sterling, Director, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, US
Jules Pretty, Professor of Environment and Society, University of Essex, UK

The following conversations were also recorded at the conference, but were not included in the full program.

Luisa Maffi, Ph.D, Director of Terralingua
Peter Brosius, Professor of Anthropology, University of Georgia
Jessica Brown, Senior Vice-President for International Programs with Quebec-Labrador Foundation
Amber Namaka Whitehead, Ecologist, and Scott Kekuewa Kikiloi, Cultural Assets Manager,Kamehameha Schools, Hawaii
Ashish Kotari, Kalpavriksh Environmental Action Group, Pune, India
Iain Ken MacDonald, Program in International Development Studies, University of Toronto
Michel Pimbert, Director, Sustainable Agriculture, Biodiversity and Livelihoods Program, International Institute for Environment and Development, London
David Rapport and Luisa Maffi, Principal, EcoHealth Consulting; and Director, Terralingua
Alaka Wali, Field Museum, Chicago
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Women Who Wouldn't Listen: Wangari Maathai and Frances Moore Lappe

Frances Moore Lappe, social activist, author of sixteen books, including the landmark Diet for a Small Planet (1971)
Wangari Maathai, Winner, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize; founder, Greenbelt Movement, Kenya
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Drowning on Dry Land: Renewing the American Promise of Opportunity

Dr. Sid Mohn, President, Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights, Chicago

Rev. Cheryl Rivera, National Director, Gamaliel African American Leadership Commission, Chicago

Clyde Murphy, Executive Director, Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc.

Ricky and June Campbell, displaced from New Orleans to Chicago by Hurricane Katrina

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Reconstructing Community: Breaching the Walls Between Us

Joe Van Belleghem, Peter Calthorpe, Chrisna du Plessis, Bill Reed

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The Overworked and Overspent American

Juliet Schor

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Would Jesus Drive an SUV?

Cassandra Carmichael, Deb Taylor

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The Coming Rural Renaissance

John Ikerd, Mark Ritchie

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Ethnic Minorities in Rural America

Hugh Joseph, Ralph Paige

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A Sense of Place

Larry Cleverley, Betsy Marston, Ed Marston

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Reversing Rural Brain Drain

Tom Collins, Francisco Guajardo, Calvin Head

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Myths/Realities of Rural Life

Vaughn Grisham, Peter Hille, June Holley

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Challenges of Native Americans in Rural America

Rebecca Adamson

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Rural America: Series Introduction

John Cromartie

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Sharing Fortunes, Advocating Responsible Wealth

Chuck Collins, Jenny Ladd

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Working Toward More Socially Constructive Ends

Timlynn Babitsky, Jim Salmons

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Downshifting: Trading Riches for Richer Lives

Sophia Maniaci, Michael Winkler

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The Quest for More Meaning Rather than More Money

John DeGraaf, Alisa Gravitz

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