Experts
Alan Weisman
Journalist / Author
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Alan Weisman: Is climate change happening?
Finally, the controversy is dying down, Weisman says. Read More
April 28, 2008 | In Environment
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Alan Weisman: Do you foresee a scenario in which nature doesn't bounce back?
Until the sun expands, nature will always find a way back, Weisman says. Read More
April 28, 2008 | In Environment
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Alan Weisman: How can we lead greener lives?
There are plenty of things you can do daily, Weisman says. Read More
April 28, 2008 | In Environment
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Rating the Candidates on the Environment
Weisman is waiting for the primary dust to settle. Read More
April 28, 2008 | In Environment, Politics & Policy
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Alan Weisman: Will we see more wars over natural resources?
Our tax dollars are already going to one in Iraq, Weisman says. Read More
April 28, 2008 | In Environment, Politics & Policy
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Will privacy even exist in the future, and in what incarnation? Read More
April 28, 2008 | In Future
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Alan Weisman: Have humans done any good for the environment?
There once was a time when were just another predator out there, Weisman says. Read More
April 28, 2008 | In Environment
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Alan Weisman: Is humankind doomed?
Every species eventually goes extinct, Weisman says. Read More
April 28, 2008 | In Environment
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Alan Weisman: Nature and the Spirit
Weisman says he was born Jewish, but went freelance later in life. Read More
April 28, 2008 | In Belief, Environment
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Alan Weisman on The World Without Us
More and more, every story becomes an environmental story, Weisman says. Read More
April 28, 2008 | In Arts & Culture, Environment
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Alan Weisman: What's ailing journalism?
Alan Weisman thinks the current crisis started about a decade ago. Read More
April 28, 2008 | In Media & Internet
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Alan Weisman: It Started With Birds
The first book Weisman ever bought was Audubon's Guide to the Eastern Bird. Read More
April 28, 2008 | In Environment, History
Alan Weisman's reports from around the world have appeared in Harper's, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, The Los Angeles Times Magazine, Orion, Wilson Quarterly, Vanity Fair, Mother Jones, Discover, Audubon, Condé Nast Traveler, and in many anthologies, including Best American Science Writing 2006. His most recent book, The World Without Us, a bestseller translated into 30 languages, was named the Best Nonfiction Book of 2007 by both Time Magazine and Entertainment Weekly, the #1 Nonfiction Audiobook of 2007 by iTunes; a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction, for the Orion Prize, and a Book Sense 2008 Honor Book.
His previous books include An Echo In My Blood; Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World (10th anniversary edition available from Chelsea Green); and La Frontera: The United States Border With Mexico. He has also written the introduction for The World We Have by Thich Nhat Hanh, available this fall from Parallax Press. A senior producer for Homelands Productions, Weisman’s documentaries have aired on National Public Radio, Public Radio International, and American Public Media. Each spring, he leads an annual field program in international journalism at the University of Arizona, where he is Laureate Associate Professor in Journalism and Latin American Studies. He and his wife, sculptor Beckie Kravetz, live in western Massachusetts.
