Wind Energy, Nepal, Leisure and Stress, Facebook Addiction

Wind Energy, Nepal, Leisure and Stress, Facebook Addiction

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Season 1, Episode 51

  • Apr 28, 2015 6:00 am
  • 1:43:36 mins
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The Future of Wind Energy (1:06) Guest: Jose Zayas, Director of the Wind and Water Power Technologies Office at the U.S. Department of Energy From time to time we like to take a closer look at various sources of sustainable energy. Wind is the very essence of clean and sustainable, so we've wondered why it's not used more. Currently, only 4-and-a-half-percent of the nation's electricity comes from wind power. But an energy market report out yesterday from the firm BTM Consult says wind turbine installations around the world increased by 42% in 2014, over the previous year. Most of that growth was in China, Germany and the U.S. Nepal and Choice Humanitarian (21:37) Guest: James Mayfield, Co-Founder of Choice Humanitarian and Professor Emeritus, Public Administration and Middle East Studies, University of Utah The massive earthquake that struck Nepal over the weekend is among the disasters that United Nation's officials and humanitarian groups most feared for many reasons. First of all, the international aid community is stretched thin responding to health and war-related crises across the Middle East and Africa. The humanitarian response in Nepal will be costly, given how remote and mountainous the terrain is. And the nation itself is desperately poor, its people and infrastructure ill-equipped to deal with the earthquake's devastation. It is also a major set-back for economic development efforts that have been trying to help Nepal lift itself from the category of a "Least Developed Country" to a "Developing Country" in the coming decades. James Mayfield is part of that effort, as co-founder of the nonprofit Choice Humanitarian. More information about making a contribution to help the villagers in Nepal can be found at www.choicehumanitarian.org. Leisure and Stress (36:12) Guest: Matthew Zawadzki, professor and health psychologist at the University of California, Merced Most of us see the wisdom of a little leisure from time to time, right? A balance of work and play makes for better health and happiness

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