The Gund Institute hosted a public dialogue on sustainability with Vermont Public Radio host Jane Lindholm and leading scholars Andrew Balmford and Stephen Polasky.

The event, titled An Economist and Ecologist Walk into a Bar (And Discuss the Future of the Planet), took place Oct. 27 in front of a capacity crowd of 200 people at UVM.

RETN will broadcast the dialogue on Vermont TV channel 16 on December 2 at 8 p.m.

Polasky is an economist at the University of Minnesota and a member of the U.S. National Academy of Science. He is a Gund Affiliate and UVM James Marsh Professor-at-Large.

Balmford is an ecologist at University of Cambridge, a fellow of the Royal Society and a UVM Burack Distinguished Lecturer. Balmford’s Oct. 30 talk at UVM, “Wild Hope: On The Front Line’s of Conservation Success,” is also available as an audio podcast. 

The event was made possible with support from the UVM President’s Office and Dan and Carol Burack, and hosted in collaboration with the Rubenstein School. Learn more here.