USA Africa Dialogue Series - AFRICAN VIEWS RADIO PRESENTS: GREEN AFRICA

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Dear friends and colleagues:       Join us for the debut of Green Africa on AV Radio. This week's topic is History of Environmental care in Africa. Tune in live to get the latest scoop on the topic and share your views.     ABOUT THIS WEEK'S EPISODE:   Africa's environmental history is written in the hearts of its people. Much of the past experiences are reflected in the peoples' relationship with the earth rather than in collection of precious zoological, metallurgical, and anthropological specimens, or discovery proclamations. Nevertheless, Media imagery and accounts of declining natural resources have dominated public perceptions of Africa. Many people argue that the adverse effect of governance, economics, and sociology on the continent is what's causing the quality of the environment to deteriorate at a profound pace. The alleged destructive processes include deforestation, erosion, pollution, loss of soil fertility, increasing drought, and the loss of bio diversity.     How accurate are these assertions of environmental decline? Who are the victims and who are perpetrators? What and where are the casualties?   One of Africa's biggest challenges is the need to develop environmentally sustainable ways of living for its people. We hope that by understanding the processes that shaped Africa's environmental history in the last few centuries, we can begin to decipher the necessary environmental adjustment and encourage a positively practical sustainable environment.     JOIN OUR DISCUSSION LIVE BY PHONE OR BY SKYPE.   WHEN: SUNDAY August 7, 2011 TIME: 1: 00 PM-2: 00 PM EASTERN STANDARD TIME   SKYPE ID: AFRICANVIEWS CONTRIBUTORS AND LISTENERS DIAL-IN NUMBER: (760) 283-0850     CO-HOST: Dan Miner               CO-HOST: Ernest Opong     See schedules and listen live: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/africanviews         ABOUT GREEN AFRICA   One of Africa's biggest challenges is the need to develop environmentally sustainable ways of living for its people.  Green Africa is a weekly environmental discussion on AV radio, created to help mobilize a fresh understanding of Africa's responsibilities in the universal ecosystem and generate consensus for right action. The program is organized and represented by a wide range of grassroots organizations and experts on a diverse scientific, social, and economics of green politics and environmental issues. Topics are centered around sustainable management of resources and stewardship of the environment through advocacies on changes in public policies and individual behavior in recognition of humanity, ecosystems, ecology, health, and human rights.       The show is brought to you by Center for Media and Peace initiatives (CMPI), Amandla News, Beyond Oil, and African Views (AV).   Host: Ernest K. Opong Host: Dan Miner Director: Dr. Uchenna Alexius Ekwo Producer: Wale Idris Ajibade Quality control: William A. Verdone   Sponsors: TBD_______________________________________________________________________________________       This message, together with any attachments, is intended for African Views subscribers.  We ask that you assist us in building, promoting, and sustaining the AV intelligence. If you have a listserv, please inform your network about the AV framework, tell them to register and support our effort. If not, send the link to friends, family, colleagues. We are also looking for additional researchers, qualitative and quantitative analysts, as well as editorial staff members. If you are interested, please send an email stating an indication of your interest directly to: av@africanviews.org   Thank you. AV framework (http://www.africanviews.org)

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