In the News Now
Anna hosts a second season of MSN’s Practical Guide to Healthy Living (left)
October
“Moving From Lack to Hope,” Adele Israel writes of Frances’ visit to the Western Colorado Congress in her HuffPost blog
Frances discusses Getting a Grip at the Western Colorado Congress Annual Meeting: Grand Junction Free Press and with the Grand Junction Sentinel
September
Frances is featured in the Boston Globe, read the Q&A, “Eating and Ecology”
“Lappe kicks off speaker series,” Belmont Citizen-Herald
Anna is featured in The Nation , discussing the campus-based Real Food Challenge
August
“Town Hall Tirades,” Huffington Post
“Where Are They Now: 10 Green Visionaries from the Woodstock Era,“ Treehugger features Frances alongside James Lovelock, Paul R. Erhlich, Jane Goodall, and more
July
“The environmental crisis is a crisis of democracy,” Frances is interviewed in the Pittsburgh City Paper leading up to her keynote speech at the Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy
Lappé Receives “The Dove of Peace,” blog posting on Green Spaces
A dove lands, a stork hovers, and other buzz from Small Planet: Summer Enewsletter
June
“The Movement Mother,” Anthony interviews his mother (Frances) in New York Magazine’s summer guide 2009
Frances’ words of wisdom: featured in Natural Health Magazine
Let’s examine what we can learn from the so-called “Old Europe;” from energy solutions to public trust. Huffington Post
Further reflections on “The City that Ended Hunger.” An interview with Halogen Life
May
Frances is presented with the Peace Dove on her trip through Germany in support of Packen Wir’s An (Let’s Go For It!), Getting a Grip in German
The X Journals covers Frances’ keynote speech at the Annual Conference of the Environmental Studies Association of Canada: Challenging Simple Concepts Can Save the Planet
Responses to Frances’ essay on Living Democracy, read here
Frances was heard across an estimated 125 public radio stations in May when her February 25, 2009 talk “The Work of Hope” aired nationwide. If you missed it, go to Alternative Radio to download
What happens when a Brazilian city of 4 million makes food a right of citizenship, on a penny a day per person, Yes! Magazine, Spring 2009; and recently translated into Spanish. Frances talks to TreeHugger about the article in more detail
More in 2009
It’s Far too Late: Spring Enewsletter
“Liberation Ecology"-- shedding 5 disempowering ideas unwittingly carried in common environmental messages: Resurgence, January/February 2009
Frances is interviewed for International Women’s Day on WMNF, Florida’s first community radio station based in Tampa; listen to the Women’s Show on March 7, 2009
Frances is honored as Outstanding Public Scholar of the International Political Economy Section of the International Studies Association, February 16, 2009. Find the press release here, or download the tribute given by American University Professor Robin Broad.
Event Press Releases
Frances at Old Sturbridge Village September 26, 2009: images and press release
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