1.) Thomas Lalley talks with Gary Gardener of the Worldwatch Institute about environmental degradation and the loss of cropland worldwide. 2.) In the segment Portrait of a Place, author Patty Ann Rogers describes Shoal Creek, Missouri. 3.) Host Peter Berle talks with Harvard professor Edward O. Wilson about his recent book "In Search of Nature". 4.) Berle talks with Janet Hogan Taylor, author of "Dead Snails Leave no Trails", about natural pest control. 5.) In the segment Earth Calendar Berle talks with naturalist James Trager about wildflowers.
1.) Host Bruce Robertson discusses President Clinton's proposed forest conference to be held in Oregon where the issue of cutting down old growth forests for timber will be argued. 2.) Next, a story about Crane and Company, a paper company that is making paper out of blue jeans. 3.) Robertson talks with Geoffrey Heal, economist at Columbia University, about the costs of environmental degradation.