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The US consumes 25% of the world’s oil — but as energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens points out onstage, the country has no energy policy to prepare for the inevitable. Is alternative energy our bridge to an oil-free future? After losing $150 million investing in wind energy, Pickens suggests it isn’t, not yet. What might get us there? Natural gas. After the talk, watch for a lively Q&A with TED Curator Chris Anderson.

A legendary oil and gas entrepreneur, T. Boone Pickens is now on a mission to enhance U.S. energy policies to lessen the nation’s dependence on OPEC oil.  Here is the direct link.

Danielle was the second guest on This Week in Money with Phil Mackesy yesterday, talking about recent developments in the world economy and markets.  You can listen to the clip here by advancing the run bar to 14:08.

Physicist, food activist and thinker Vandana Shiva visits and discusses her program that promotes local and ecological food models – Navdanya.
Here is the direct link.

She also appeared on CBC’s The Current last week talking about her call to “Occupy the Seed”. Listen to the interview here.

On a related theme, see this article on The real causes of the global obesity epidemic.