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Listen Now Dr. Future news 12.20.2011

And now for the latest in Dr. Future News, an optimistic realistic humorous look at stories of the week that portend our collective future..

Guests are Dr. Kerry M. Kriger and Michael Starkey of Save the Frogs!

Listen Now to Dr. Kerry Kriger and Michael Starkey

In terms of monitoring the health of our planetary ecosystem, no technology is better at tracking the well-being of the system than our amphibious friends, the frogs….like the proverbial canary in the coal mine, they tell us what’s happening in both our fresh water sources and in the atmosphere. Our guests tell their story:

Dr. Kriger is the Founder & Executive Director of SAVE THE FROGS!, America’s first and only public charity dedicated to protecting amphibians. He conceived and coordinates Save The Frogs Day, the world’s largest day of amphibian education and conservation action. Dr. Kriger holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Science from Griffith University in Gold Coast, Australia, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA. He is a recognized expert on the amphibian disease chytridiomycosis, a topic on which he has published 15 articles in peer-reviewed international scientific journals. Dr. Kriger’s research into amphibian declines has been supported by the National Geographic Society and various philanthropic organizations throughout the world, and he has presented the results of his research at scientific conferences in several countries. He has previously done research on endangered Hawaiian birds, and on the biophysical properties of amino acids involved in cystic fibrosis. He has taught university courses in Ecology, Vertebrate Biology, Applied Mathematics and Chemistry, has written and edited chapters for encyclopedias, and is fluent in Spanish. He has climbed mountains in the Himalayas, Alps, Alaska Range, Southern Alps and the Andes, and is an avid photographer whose photographs have been featured on CNN and in airports and magazines worldwide. You can learn more about Dr. Kriger here or view his CV here.

 Speaking with Dr. Kriger is

Michael Starkey

Ecologist, Advisory Committee Chairman
Oakland, CA

Michael is an amphibian biologist, activist, ecological consultant and public speaker working to educate and involve the public in amphibian conservation issues. He is also the Chairman of the SAVE THE FROGS!Advisory Committee, working to increase and expand scientists’ role in amphibian conservation. Learn more about Michael here. 

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Listen Now to Dr. Future News 12.13.11

Once again Dr. & Mrs. Future with Agent MC Hager take you on a scintillating discussion of the latest greatest Future News relevant to our here and now…

The History and Future of the Flying Car with inventor Dr. Paul Moller

Listen now to Dr. Paul Moller

 Since the dawn of consciousness, it been a dream of humankind to fly, to effortlessly travel from once place to another, hovering above the world, taking  a breathless moment  to appreciate the magic of the bird’s eye view.

For 50 years now, Dr. Paul Moller has been chasing that dream in earnest.  Every year he gets a bit closer to the realization of it, taking the form of what he calls the “Skycar.” In its ideal form, this vehicle is personal transportation, comparing in costs to an automobile, but with the ability to fly through the air with the greatest of ease.  And soon, with the advent of computer aided navigation and flight controls, it will be automonous, like the Google cars we’ve admired from a distance.  

The latest news is that Moller International is  joining a consortium that includes a private company in China and representatives from a economic and development zone.

The company has a series of investment objectives totaling $13.7 billion, and a production goal of 100,000 units per year by 2018.

So get comfortable as we share with you the tale of humanity’s dream of personal flight, with Dr. Paul Moller as our guest..

Interview with Foster Gamble and the Thrive Movie and Movement

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This week Mrs. Future, Agent MC Hager and I interview Foster Gamble, local producer of a deep documentary, somewhat akin to a Swiss army knife of problems and solutions to today’s major issues. As their website so aptly says,

“THRIVE is an unconventional documentary that lifts the veil on what’s REALLY going on in our world by following the money upstream — uncovering the global consolidation of power in nearly every aspect of our lives. Weaving together breakthroughs in science, consciousness and activism, THRIVE offers real solutions, empowering us with unprecedented and bold strategies for reclaiming our lives and our future.”

It is followed up with an extensive interactive website, so that the documentary is like a trailer to the website, a guide to where you might contribute to the process of Thriving.

INTERVIEWS in THRIVE

Duane Elgin, Nassim Haramein, Steven Greer, Jack Kasher, Daniel Sheehan, Adam Trombly, Brian O’Leary, Vandana Shiva, John Gatto, John Robbins, Deepak Chopra, David Icke, Catherine Austin Fitts, G. Edward Griffin, Bill Still, John Perkins, Paul Hawken, Aqeela Sherrills, Evon Peter, Angel Kyodo Williams, Elisabet Sahtouris, Amy Goodman, and Barbara Marx Hubbard.

Foster Gamble - President & Co-Founder of Clear Compass Media; Creator, Host, Co-Writer, and Director of Visual Design for THRIVE