David W. Schwartzman

 Professor Emeritus, Biology, Howard University

David W. Schwartzman, Professor Emeritus, Howard University (Washington DC, USA), PhD in Geochemistry from Brown University, USA.  In 1999 (updated in paperback in 2002), he published Life, Temperature and the Earth (Columbia University), in addition to many papers in Capitalism Nature Socialism (CNS) and other journals. His most recent books are The Earth is Not for Sale (2019) with his older son Peter and The Global Solar Commons (2021) (http://theearthisnotforsale.org). David serves on the advisory boards of Capitalism Nature Socialism and the editorial board of Science & Society. He is an active member of the DC Statehood Green Party/Green Party of the United States (International and EcoAction Committees) as well as several other community organizations. David has been an active member of the Global Greens COP26 Working Group. 

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People & Things in Motion: Economics and the Future

Saturday, February 26, 2022 at 2:30pm EST

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