Prof. Karl-Henrik Robèrt in an interview focusing on the challenges facing sustainability during the next decade, broadcast at the Heschel Center for Environmental Learning and Leadership conference. Professor Robèrt emphasizes how civic and business leaders are the ones experienced at understanding the whole system, but now must learn how to define sustainability. 

Title: The Roots of Sustainability Thinking by Karl-Henrik Robert

Dr. Karl-Henrik Robèrt, a Swedish cancer doctor and medical researcher, founded The Natural Step to inject some science into the environmental debate - and provide a solid foundation for action. Interview by Barry Heidt, filmmaker and producer, Lincoln City, Oregon.

He talks at a very personal level of his journey in creating a big picture of what we could agree on when it comes to the conditions of this planet and how to live prosperous lives here without destroying it. For more videos on Portland's sustainability progress, visit visit naturalsteponline's YouTube channel.

Trailer for Portland's Matt Briggs' feature length documentary Deep Green highlighting the best ideas and solutions that lower carbon energy use and reduce greenhouse gas emissions all over the world.  Individual, entrepreneurial, and academic environmental solution pioneers are featured to include:  Michael Pollan, David Suzuk, Lester Brown, Amory Lovins, Barbara Finamore, Ed Kjaer,  Dr Andy Frank, Shi Zheng Rong, Huang Ming, Marc Porat, Vincent Fertin and many more local Portland green builders. Find more videos and content at www.deepgreenfilms.com  

Conversations host Harry Kreisler of the University of Berkeley welcomes Amory Lovins for a discussion of Natural Capitalism ( http://www.natcap.org/ ). Lovins explains the origins and mission of Rocky Mountain Institute ( http://www.rmi.org/ ) and analyzes the opportunities and benefits of using the profit motive to redesign the relationship between the environment and capitalism. Drawing on his thirty year career as an innovator and scientist, he analyzes the mechanisms by which ideas can impact business practice and government policy with the goal of sustaining the environment.

Hunter Lovins discusses the nest of issues surrounding sustainability and how these issues are forcing change whether we like it or not.  She emphasizes that there is now strong evidence that the companies that are adopting sustainability practices and principles are out performing their competitors.