A Philosophical Basis For Environmental Activism
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A Philosophical Basis For Environmental Activism - A Talk by S P R Charter - Rec May 3, 1976; KRAB Jun 15, 1976 Dr. Charter is a professor of human ecology and has written a number of books, including The Planning Myth, Man on Earth, and Man the Myth, Man the Actuality. He is concerned especially with developing a philosophical, rather than utilitarian, basis for environmental preservation. Neither the program guide description, tape label, or Seattle Times tell us where this presentation was made, or the context of it. It was recorded by Phil Andrus. S P R Charter was first heard on KRAB in 1967 in a program from KPFA where he interviewed Aldous Huxley and discussed the idea of mankind and the problems that will face the human race no matter where it lives. He was on KRAB again in 1969 with a six part series reading from his book "For Unto us a Child is Born; The Choice and The Threat" (a human-ecological view of population pressures). Searching for more information about S P R Charter turns up little. The Online Archive of California has a collection of his papers, that is not online, and this brief "abstract": "Papers of pioneer ecologist, physicist, and philosopher. Includes correspondence, mainly re his writings and lectures, drafts of books, articles and lectures, and transcripts of radio commentaries."
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