Program 601: Looking for Rome; The End of Ice; Earth Day

Is it really too late? A mountain-climbing journalist explains why he says the accelerating effects of global warming have put the earth in hospice — and what it requires to turn it around. We'll also hear what the original Earth Day accomplished 50 years ago, and we'll take a closer look at Rome, where viewing more than 2,000 years of history can teach us a few things about our own civilization.

• Rome-based tour guide Francesca Caruso
• Dahr Jamail, author of "The End of Ice" (The New Press)
• Commentary from Denis Hayes, president & CEO of the Bullitt Foundation

• Francesca Caruso's website includes her contact information in Rome.
• The latest book from Dahr Jamail is "The End of Ice."  It's now available in paperback.
• Denis Hayes organized the first Earth Day celebration in 1970.  He is president and CEO of the non-profit Bullitt Foundation in Seattle.