The Species Barrier #32 Podcast & Show Notes

Episode 32 of The Species Barrier. Comedian, actor, writer and TV presenter Simon Amstell joins us for a chat about fusing his vegan ethics with his comedy. We also speak to members of Frack Free Lincs after their Truth Behind The Dash for Gas screening in Lincoln.

In the news 2014 was the hottest year on record, scientists move the Doomsday Clock forward, journalist Chris Hedges on his veganism and as America is predicted to have it's worst droughts in a 1000 years tens of millions will starve as fertile land turns to dust bowls in China and Africa also.

 

No Bunny Boiler: Simon is an ethical vegan

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A taste of what's to come? Fracking, USA-style.

The Species Barrier 32 Show Notes:

The Truth Behind The Dash For Gas: http://www.frackfreesomerset.org/film/

Frack Free Lincs:  http://frackfreelincs.org/

Buy Nothing Day:  http://www.buynothingday.co.uk/

Rally for Nature:  http://www.lincstrust.org.uk/news/2014/11/18/rally-nature-london-tuesday-9th-december

Cowspiracy:  http://www.cowspiracy.com/

Lincoln University VegSoc: https://www.facebook.com/groups/UOLVegSoc/

Simon Amstell: http://www.simonamstell.co.uk/

2014 was the Warmest Year on Record:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30852588

Doomsday Clock moved forward:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/we-are-closer-to-doom-than-any-time-since-the-cold-war-say-scientists-9996284.html

Chris Hedges on Veganism: 

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/saving_the_planet_one_meal_at_a_time_20141109

Worst US Droughts in 1000 years: 

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/12/us-faces-worst-droughts-1000-years-climate-change-predict-scientists

Dust Bowls threaten Tens of Millions with hunger: 

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/25/lester-brown-vast-dust-bowls-threaten-tens-of-millions-with-hunger

Coal demand to reach 9 billion tonnes a year by 2019: 

http://www.iea.org/newsroomandevents/pressreleases/2014/december/global-coal-demand-to-reach-9-billion-tonnes-per-year-by-2019.html