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August 14, 2009: Greener Bar Mitzvah
It's good to use bar mitzvahs and bat mitzvahs to inculcate environmental values, says Rabbi Lawrence Troster, a religious environmental leader: "Protecting the Earth is a mitzvah, and I mean that in the sense of a commandment. We are required to take care of creation. It’s not a choice."
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November 17, 2006: E.O. Wilson
Science and religion are sometimes at odds over the environment, but one prominent biologist is pleading for both to work together in order to protect the earth's biodiversity -- the many species of plants and animals that scientists say are at risk. E.O. Wilson is the author of a recent book, THE CREATION. He spoke with Bob Abernethy.
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