Stanford Law Environmental and Natural Resources Law & Policy Program
8 episodes
9 months ago
The Bright Idea is a Stanford Law School podcast that highlights some of the most promising and inspirational work around the world in sustainability and conservation. Professor Buzz Thompson begins this series by talking to some of the past winners of Stanford Law School's Bright Award. The Bright Award is an annual environmental award given to individuals who have dedicated their careers to improving sustainability and conservation. It is the only award like it in the world, and it is the highest environmental prize given by Stanford University. Stanford Law School Alumnus, Ray Bright, established the Bright Award with the goal of recognizing the winners' prior sustainability work and supporting and extending that work into the future.
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The Bright Idea is a Stanford Law School podcast that highlights some of the most promising and inspirational work around the world in sustainability and conservation. Professor Buzz Thompson begins this series by talking to some of the past winners of Stanford Law School's Bright Award. The Bright Award is an annual environmental award given to individuals who have dedicated their careers to improving sustainability and conservation. It is the only award like it in the world, and it is the highest environmental prize given by Stanford University. Stanford Law School Alumnus, Ray Bright, established the Bright Award with the goal of recognizing the winners' prior sustainability work and supporting and extending that work into the future.
Preserving the Amazon rainforest is critical not only because of the incredible biodiversity there, but also the Amazon’s role in meeting global climate targets. Join Buzz Thompson for a conversation with Tasso Azevedo -- former forestry manager and social environmental entrepreneur who has dedicated most of his career to preserving the Amazon rainforest -- to hear more about how deforestation in the Amazon affects regional and global climate, how we can better value all of the ecosystem services the Amazon provides, and how we can discourage deforestation by making informed consumer choices.
Azevedo was the first chief and director general of the Brazilian Forest Service. Under Azevedo's innovative leadership, the rate of deforestation in the Amazon decreased by 75%, and Brazil's greenhouse gas emissions decreased by 35%. Azevedo has spearheaded efforts to annually map land use and land cover changes in the Amazon. This project has become the longest and most detailed effort to monitor and map changes in land cover and land use in any country in the world. His work has inspired similar efforts around the world.
The Bright Idea
The Bright Idea is a Stanford Law School podcast that highlights some of the most promising and inspirational work around the world in sustainability and conservation. Professor Buzz Thompson begins this series by talking to some of the past winners of Stanford Law School's Bright Award. The Bright Award is an annual environmental award given to individuals who have dedicated their careers to improving sustainability and conservation. It is the only award like it in the world, and it is the highest environmental prize given by Stanford University. Stanford Law School Alumnus, Ray Bright, established the Bright Award with the goal of recognizing the winners' prior sustainability work and supporting and extending that work into the future.
