Media files in CSU Archives -- Holmes Rolston, III
University Distinguished Professor and Professor of Philosophy
Both video and audio files through 2008
Listed by year.
1982
1982. "A Remarkably Free Man." Sermon preached by Holmes Rolston III at Mountain View Presbyterian Church, Loveland, Colorado, August 22, 1982. Jesus as a remarkably free man, offering disciples similar ranges of freedom. In two formats:
1. Audiotape cassette. Contains entire worship service.
2. Audio CD. Rolston sermon only.
1988
1988. "Detail." CSU Promotional Video. Contains scenes of Holmes Rolston walking in aspen in fall, filmed at CSU Mountain Park Campus.
In two formats:
1. BETACAM Master duplicate of original tape.
2. VHS.
1988. "Eco-Justice Case Studies," Rolston presentation, filmed at an Eco-Justice Seminar, National Task Force on Eco-Justice, United Presbyterian Church, held at Ghost Ranch, Abiqui, NM, August 15-21, 1988. Rolston presentation filmed August 1, 1988. VHS format. About an hour and a half.
1989
1989. "Environmental Ethics in Yellowstone Park," Holmes Rolston III, keynote speaker at Greater Yellowstone Coalition 1989 Scientific Conference and Annual Meeting, May 19-21, 1989. With focus on Yellowstone fires, occurring the previous summer and fall, and natural systems management at ecosystems level in Yellowstone Park.
In two formats:
1. Audiotape cassette
2. Audio CD
1989. Rollin-Rolston Debate on Environmental Ethics. CSU Instructional Services, recorded as W-7946. Later renumbered TV06344. 51 minutes. Bernard E. Rollin and Holmes Rolston, both in the CSU Department of Philosophy, III debate environmental ethics. Rollin defends an animal welfare ethic and Rolston defends an ecocentric ethic. Moderated by David Crocker, CSU Department of Philosophy. Recorded November 29, 1989. In CSU archives in three forms:
(1) Beta SP Master, duplicated from original 1" tape
(2) VHS
(3) DVD
A DVD copy is also in general circulation in CSU Library.
GE42 .R655 1989
Also a CD with streaming media files: rollin_rolston.wmv
1989. "Biological Conservation of Microbes." Seminar and lecture by Holmes Rolston, III, in Department of Microbiology, Colorado State University. September 11, 1989. About 50 minutes. Are there endangered microbes? Endangered viruses, such as smallpox. Appropriate level for conservation? Species levels, or at other levels, such as populations or strains? Microbial functions at ecosystem levels. What might be reasons for saving endangered microbes? Rare versus common ones. Medical, agricultural, industrial uses. The Endangered Species Act lists aesthetic, ecological, educational, historical, recreational, and scientific values. How far do these apply to microbial species? Conservation in the wild versus conservation in collections. Rare microbes possibly revealing the evolutionary origins of life. Respect for life and intrinsic value at the level of microbes.
In two formats:
1. Audiotape cassette
2. Audio CD
1989. "A Visit with John Calvin." First Presbyterian Church, Fort Collins, Colorado. October 29,
1989. Impersonation and re-enactment of John Calvin by Holmes Rolston, III, on Reformation Sunday. VHS format, about one hour.
1989. Symposium: "Fee-Based Hunting and the Public Trust," at Montana State University, with Holmes Rolston as presenter and panelist. January 27-28, 1989. Sponsored by Departments of Philosophy and History at Montana State University, funded by National Endowment for the Humanities and others. About an hour and a half. In VHS format.
1990
1990. "Values in Environmental Ethics," Holmes Rolston, III. Invited address at "Conservation 2000: Environmental Stewardship," The Clarion Hotel, Boulder, Colorado, sponsored by United Bank of Boulder and Thorne Ecological Institute, January 20, 1990, Boulder, CO. Five levels of concern in environmental ethics: animals, plants, species, ecosystems, and human well being. Rolston's address is followed by an address by Dale Jamieson, University of Colorado, Department of Philosophy.
In two formats:
1. VHS format
2. Audiotape cassette
1990. "Creation: Order and Chance in Physics and Biology." Lecture by Holmes Rolston III at Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Henry Harrell Memorial Lecture in Religion. April 19, 1990.
In two formats:
1. VHS tape
2. DVD
1990. "Religion and Ecology, Part I, Part II, Part III." CSU Instructional Services, recorded as X-7947. Later renumbered TV06699. Classroom lectures from PL 345, Environmental Ethics. Examines the Western monotheist religious tradition as cause and cure of the ecological crisis. Differing models of human dominion over nature. Science, technology, capitalism, secularism as factors. Western worldviews contrasted with those of indigenous peoples. Scientific vs. sacred vs. enchanted worldviews.
Part I, 50 minutes. Dominion. Discussion of advertisement: "The Conquerors: We outfit Them". Oversize Four Wheel Drive -- Ford 4WD Blackfoot. Discussion of Pioneer plaque greeting others in space. Human conquest of space, spaceship Earth, dominion over Earth. Senses of Models of Dominion: (1) Subjugation ‑ Earth Tyrant. (2) Commander ‑ Earth Pilot. (3) Domestication ‑ Earth Gardener. (4) Steward ‑ Earth Trustee. (5) Paternal ‑ Earth Father. (6) Prophets, Priests, Kings. Hebrew rulers included prophets, priests, as well as kings. (7) Redemption - Earth Redeemer.
Part II, 50 minutes, features: Lynn White, Christian dominion over nature.
White's model: Judeo‑Christian tradition produces science, produces technology, produces ecological crisis. More complex factors: capitalism, urbanization, increased wealth, democratization, increased population, secularization. God-man-nature hierarchy, maximizing vs. optimizing, Time Magazine: Endangered Earth. Scientific American: Managing Planet Earth. Beatitude: "Blessed are the meek." Using Earth justly and charitably.
Part III. Australian indigenous peoples, compared with astronauts, worldviews of indigenous peoples.
Recorded September 13, 1990.
1990. "Eastern Religion and Ecology," CSU Instructional Services, recorded as X-7948. All three parts under this one number. Later renumbered TV06700, again all three parts under the same number. Classroom lecture in PL 345, Environmental Ethics. Examines whether Eastern religion, especially Taoism, can solve Western ecological problems. Eastern harmony with nature contrasted with Western dominion. Recovery of the feminine (yin) for environmental balance. Zen Buddhist attitudes to nature.
Part I. Zen gardens. Yang-yin. Annie Dillard. 50 minutes
Part II. Women as consumers. Buddhism, Four noble truths. Zen, taming the ox, Zen haiku. 50 minutes.
Part III. Modern Japanese industrial practice in contrast to religious ideals. Women as consumers. Historical versus cyclic worldviews. Deep ecology. 50 minutes.
1990. Dominion over Nature. DVD. 1 hour 6 minutes. Topics:
1. The Conquerors. Discussion of advertisement: "The Conquerors." Discussion of Pioneer plaque greeting others in space. Human conquest of space, spaceship Earth, dominion over Earth.
2. Models of Dominion: (1) Subjugation ‑ Earth Tyrant. (2) Commander ‑ Earth Pilot. (3) Domestication ‑ Earth Gardener. (4) Steward ‑ Earth Trustee. (5) Paternal ‑ Earth Father. (6) Prophets, Priests, Kings. (7) Redemption - Earth Redeemer.
3. Exploit, Maximize, Optimize
4. Multiple values versus Multiple Use
5. Managed/Endangered Planet. God-man-nature hierarchy, Time Magazine: Endangered Earth. Scientific American: Managing Planet Earth.
6. Meek inherit the Earth. Beatitude: "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth." Using Earth justly and charitably.
A copy is in general circulation in CSU library.
GE42.R6673 1990
1990. Restoring Creation for Ecology and Justice. VHS, 15 minutes. Videotape produced by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A,), Louisville, KY, as an introduction to issues of environmental and environmental justice. Contains 3-4 minutes of interview with Holmes Rolston on endangered species.
1990. Wildlife in Africa. Holmes Rolston reports back to his Environmental Ethics class after a fact-finding trip to South Africa. Tour at invitation of Southern African Forum and International Wilderness Leadership Foundation, Vance Martin. Visits especially to West Coast Park, Lanageaan, Umfolozi National Park, Addo Elephant Park, Tempe Elephant Park. Informal presentation. VHS tape.
1991
1991. "Genes, Genesis, and God in Natural History." Lecture given at a research conference devoted to Rolston's work at the Center for Theology and Natural Sciences, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA, February 8-16. VHS tape. Lecture published as: "Genes, Genesis, and God in Natural and Human History, pp. 9-23. Center for Theology and Natural Sciences Bulletin, vol. 11, no. 2, the proceedings of the research conference devoted to Rolston's work.
1991. "Religion and Organismic, Cellular, and Molecular Biology," CSU Instructional Services, recorded as Y-7952. Later renumbered as TV07375. Classroom lecture. Religion and organismic, cellular, and molecular biology. DNA as information-containing molecules. DNA as the secret of life? Biology differs from chemistry and physics in the coding of information. Organisms as historical information systems. History of life on Earth cumulating in information stored in genes. Life as "nothing but" biochemistry? Reductionism and hierarchical levels. Biology as based on chemistry and physics but radically different in its encoding of living natural history. Based on Chapter 3 of Holmes Rolston, III, Science and Religion: A Critical Survey (New York: Random House, 1987, and various reprints).
1991. "Darwinian Evolution of Species and Some Historical Religious Reactions," CSU Instructional Services, recorded as Y-7953. Later renumbered as TV07376. VHS format. Classroom lecture. Fixity of species, combined scientific and theological accounts. Start-up creation. Discussion of woodpecker as designed by God versus evolved adapted fit; levels of interpretation. Darwinian evolution of species and some historical religious reactions to it. Religious accounts troubled by struggle, competition, waste; ungodly ways to create a world. Accident versus design. Caused accidents? Relative chance as intersection of causally unrelated lines. Pure chance as objective indeterminacy, as with radioactive decay causing mutations.
Protestant and Catholic, both those rejecting and those accommodating evolutionary theory. Creation science, conservative Christian accounts. Liberal Protestant accounts, Genesis interpreted in story, parable form. Originating events, as in Genesis 1, cannot be told in literal historical form, nor can ending events, as in the book of Revelation and the vision of the holy city. Roman Catholicism: body evolved, God added a soul. First couple? God at origins of life, origin of humans, gaps in evolutionary theory. Based on Chapter 3 of Holmes Rolston, III, Science and Religion: A Critical Survey (New York: Random House, 1987, and various reprints).
1991. "Incompleteness of Evolutionary Theory," CSU Instructional Services, recorded as Y-7954. VHS format. Later renumbered as TV07377. About 60 minutes. Classroom lecture. Incompleteness of evolutionary theory. Discussion of Yale dinosaur mural and Michelangelo's painting, Creation of Adam. Life as a random walk versus creative trends in natural history. Historical, cybernetic, and pro-life (prolific) evolution, increasing biodiversity and complexity, as compatible with divine creativity. Generation of more out of less. Orderly innovating principle in evolutionary natural history. Metastable negentropic climb originating life, storing information in DNA molecules. Trial and error creativity. Generating and testing novel life forms. Analogy with genetic algorithms in computing. Divine Architect at Big Bang in physics, but in biology creative self-organizing in a prolific system with zest for life. Life as random walk, versus smart genes rigged for self creativity on an information search. Based on Chapter 3 of Holmes Rolston, III, Science and Religion: A Critical Survey (New York: Random House, 1987, and various reprints).
1991. Incompleteness in Evolutionary History. DVD format. 47 minutes. Edited from CSU Instructional Services TV07377, see above. Evolution as a random walk? Evolution of biodiversity and biocomplexity. Evolutionary development generating more out of less. Life as negentropy. Information discovered and stored in DNA. Origin of life. Origin of humans. Selection of the advanced. Evolutionary history as a genetically-based information search. Earth as a prolific, pro-life system, a creativity complementary to religious accounts of creation. Based on Chapter 3 of Holmes Rolston, III, Science and Religion: A Critical Survey (New York: Random House, 1987, and various reprints).
A copy is in general circulation in CSU library.
B818.R66 1991
1991. "Religion and Psychology," CSU Instructional Services, recorded as Y-7955. Later renumbered as TV07378. Classroom lecture. VHS format. 90 minutes. Possibility and limits of a human science. Human sciences as soft or incomplete sciences, in contrast to natural sciences. Freudian psychoanalysis and unconscious determinants of belief and behavior. Religion as an illusion, the projection of a heavenly father. Inadequacies in the Freudian account. Based on Chapter 5 of Holmes Rolston, III, Science and Religion: A Critical Survey (New York: Random House, 1987, and various reprints). Recorded February 27, 1991.
1991. "Nature, Science, and History, Part I," CSU Instructional Services, recorded as Y-7956. Later renumbered as TV7000. VHS format. Classroom lecture. 50 minutes. Nature after science, its immensity, plurality, unity, process, autonomy, levels of organization, complexity and simplicity, rationality, continuing mystery, and the discontinuity and continuity of humans with nature. Based on Chapter 6 of Holmes Rolston, III, Science and Religion: A Critical Survey (New York: Random House, 1987, and various reprints). Recorded April 10, 1991.
"Nature, Science, and History, Part II," CSU Instructional Services, recorded as Y-7957. Later renumbered as TV7001. Classroom lecture, 50 minutes. Idiographic (unique) and nomothetic (law-like) dimensions of natural history and of cultural history. Characteristics of narrative and drama, as these apply to nature and culture. Meanings in history and religious dimensions of historical interpretation. Based on Chapter 6 of Holmes Rolston, III, Science and Religion: A Critical Survey (New York: Random House, 1987, and various reprints). Recorded April 10, 1991.
"Nature, Science, and History, Part III," CSU Instructional Services, recorded as Y-7958. Later renumbered as TV7002. Classroom lecture, 50 minutes. Directions in historical processes, predictability in history. Science (theory and observation) transformed into interpretive history (interpretation or worldview and action). Truth as correspondence in science and as correspondent truthfulness in roles in cultural history. Based on Chapter 6 of Holmes Rolston, III, Science and Religion: A Critical Survey (New York: Random House, 1987, and various reprints). Recorded April 10, 1991.
1991. American Academy of Religion, Section on Science and Religion, panel on "Theological Construction in Relation to an Evolutionary Nature." Kansas City, Kansas, November 24, 1991. Focus on a lecture by Gordon Kaufman, Harvard University, with responses by Sheila Davany, Iliff Theological Seminary, Denver, Robert Russell, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, and Holmes Rolston III, Colorado State University. About two hours.
Kaufman: Lecture taken from his In Face of Mystery. A biohistorical account of humans and nature. God and Christ the two Christian symbols reconstructed thoroughly for continuing relevance in a scientific age, an ecological age, and religious pluralism. A new religious myth for nature, history, and God. "Serendipitous creativity" as the contemporary replacement for the dualistic Israelite God/world account. Humans as a significant trajectory of this cosmic creativity. "God" as symbol orienting human life, continuing even though God is no longer a transcendent being. God is the serendipitous creativity, from which humans evolve.
Davany response: The historical character of both science and theology, both continuously being reconstructed. Questions whether Kaufman's account is more satisfactory than other theological accounts.
Rolston response: Explanatory adequacy of natural explanations in physics and biology. Nature as super, superb. Nature begins simple and produces increasing complexity, with critical transformations over evolutionary time. "Serendipity" is not doing any explanatory work. Humans may construct their theology, making the symbol "God"; but the really startling construction is in evolutionary history, which includes constructing both humanness and wildness. Monotheists claim that "God" is in, with, and under this process, eons before humans constructed the symbol "God."
Russell response. Kaufman's account does not fit into any of the standard four categories of how science and religion relate: conflict, independence, dialogue, integration. His proposals are too indefinite to be evaluated by the usual categories in the field; they are vague language shading off into mystery, claims that have little substance.
Kaufman response to the commentators.
In two formats:
1. Two audiotape cassette tapes. Rolston segment starts end of tape I and concludes start of tape II.
2. Two audio CD disks. Rolston segment begins at start of disk 2.
1992. "Living with Nature." Interview done in Athens, Georgia, April 6, 1992. VHS tape cut, April 15, 1992. Raw, unedited tape. About one hour. Accompanied by a transcript of Rolston's responses.
1992. "Living with Nature." DVD edited version. Excellent quality DVD. Sections:
1. Values in Nature
2. Following Nature
3. Nature and Culture
4. Aesthetics in Nature
5. Concept of the Sublime
6. Wilderness
7. Increasing Environmental Concern
8. Government and Business
9. Sustainability
10. Residence on Landscapes
11. Forests
12. Regulation
A copy of this is also in general circulation in CSU Library.
GE42.R6677 1992
Also a CD with streaming video files: Georgia_int.wmv
1992
1993
1993. "Order and Disorder in Nature, Science, and Religion," Holmes Rolston, III. Plenary Lecture at Fourth Annual Science, Technology, and Religious Ideas Conference, Institute of Liberal Studies, Kentucky State University, April 12, 1993.
In two versions:
1. VHS tape, 1 hour, 10 minutes. Unedited.
2. DVD format, 1 hour, 10 minutes. Edited.
Sections:
1. Order in Physics
2. Disorder in Physics
3. Disorder in Biology
4. Order in Biology
5. Order and Disorder in Science
6. Order and Disorder in Religion
Questions and Answers.
Lecture published as: "Order and Disorder in Nature, Science, and Religion." Pages 1-14 in George W. Shields and Mark Shale, eds., Science, Technology and Religious Ideas: Proceedings of the Institute for Liberal Studies, vol. 4. Frankfort, KY: Institute for Liberal Studies, Kentucky State University, 1994.
A copy of the DVD is also in general circulation in CSU Library.
Q175.R544 1993
1993. Earth Day, April 22, 1003. VHS tape. Brief interview in two excerpts with Holmes Rolston, III on Channel 25, CTV News. A second interview, April 21, 1995 is on the same tape.
1994
1994. Augustana University College, Distinguished Theological Lecture Series, Camrose, Alberta, Canada. Three lectures, March 10-11, 1994.
I. Methods in Science and Religion. In two formats:
1. Audio cassette
2. Audio CD, 2 disks (1) Lecture, 56 mins. (2) Discussion, 24 mins.
II. Physics and Theology
1. Audio cassette
2. Audio CD, 2 disks (1) Lecture, 64 mins. (2) Discussion, 24 mins.
III. Biology and Theology. In two formats:
1. Audio cassette
2. Audio CD, 2 disks (1) Lecture, 57 mins. (2) Discussion, 22 mins.
Lectures are based on material in Chapters 1-3 in Science and Religion--A Critical Survey (New York: Random House, 1987; McGraw-Hill, 1989; Harcourt Brace, 1997; Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1987). New edition: Philadelphia: Templeton Foundation Press, 2006.
1994. Ethics and the Environment: Guidelines for Environmental Decisions. Oak Ridge, Tennessee. 45 minute video, edited from symposium held at First United Methodist Church. VHS format.
Participants:
Herbert Bormann, Forest Ecology, Yale University
Robert Howard, Flight Surgeon, Pediatrics
Keen Butterworth, English, University of South Carolina
Dale White, Bishop, Methodist Church
Tom Thomas, Law and Environmental Science, Oak Ridge Associated Universities
David Pimentel, Insect Entomology, Cornell University
Michael Logan, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Anthropology
Holmes Rolston, III, Philosophy, Colorado State University
Topics: Population, over-use of resources, indigenous peoples, religion and environment, future generations.
1995
1995. Address: "Global Environmental Ethics" at Conference: Paradigms in Transition: Natural Resources Management in the New Century. Environment and Natural Resources Policy Institute, College of Forestry and Natural Resources and Society for Conservation Biology, College of Forestry and Natural Resources. Recorded by CSU Instructional Services as TV09555. April 11, 1995. Other speakers: Curt Meine, Susan Jacobson, Stewart Pickett, Patricia Nelson-Limrick. Total tape length, 43 minutes. VHS format.
1995. Earth Day, April 21, 1995. VHS tape. Brief interview with Holmes Rolston, III, Channel 14 News. This is filed with a similar interview in 1993.
1996
1997
1997. "Genetic Creativity: Diversity and Complexity in Natural History." Lecture 1 of the Gifford Lectures, University of Edinburgh, series 1997/1998. Lecture given November 10, 1997. About one hour. In four formats:
1. VHS in PAL (UK and European system), the original recording
2. BETACAM SP MASTER, translated from PAL to NTSC (the U.S. system)
3. VHS
4. DVD format
A DVD copy is also in general circulation, CSU Library.
QH426.R6573 1997
Also a CD with streaming video files: Gifford_lec_01.wmv
Gifford_lec_10.wmv
The ten lectures were:
1. Genetic Creativity: Diversity and Complexity in Natural History
2. Genetic Values: Intrinsic, Inclusive, Distributed, Shared
3. Genetic Identity: Conserved and Integrated Values
4. Genes and the Genesis of Human Culture
5. Genes and the Genesis of Science
6. Genes and the Genesis of Ethics
7. Ethics Naturalised and Universalised
8. Genes and the Genesis of Religion
9. Genes and the Prolific Earth
10. Genes, Genesis and God.
Only Lectures 1 and 10 were recorded. Lecture 10 is next entry. Lecture series published as: Genes, Genesis and God: Values and their Origins in Natural and Human History (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999.
1997. "Genes, Genesis and God." Lecture 10 of the Gifford Lectures, University of Edinburgh, series 1997/1998. Lecture given December 1, 1997. About one hour. In four formats:
1. VHS in PAL (UK and European system), the original recording
2. BETACAM SP MASTER, translated from PAL to NTSC (the U.S. system)
3. VHS
4. DVD format
A DVD copy is also in general circulation, CSU Library.
BJ1311.R652 1997
1998
1998. "Genes, Genesis and God," Mini-Gifford Lectures. Three lectures at First Presbyterian Church, Fort Collins, Colorado, summarizing themes from Rolston's University of Edinburgh Gifford Lectures, given three months prior.
1. Genes in Natural History, February 28, 1998. About one hour.
2. Genes and Ethics. March 1, 1998. About one hour.
3. Genes and Religion. March 9, 1998. About one hour.
In VHS format.
1998. Carl Howie Lectures, Howie Center for Science, Art, and Theology, Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia. Series theme: "Let there be light": Science, Theology, and Aesthetic Experience of Nature. Three lectures:
Lecture 1. The Planet Gone Wild, October 9, 1998. 39 minutes.
"The Earth produces of itself." Mark 4.28
1. Planetary Aesthetics: Earth from Space
2. The Wild Planet: Biological Beauty
3. Wildlands and Wonder
4. The Planet with Promise
Lecture 2. Animals: Beasts Present in Flesh and Blood, October 9. 1998. 52 minutes.
"The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God." Psalm 104.21
1. Born Wild and Free
2. Beauty in Motion
3. Predators and Prey
4. Humans: Aesthetic Animals
Lecture 3. Life: Perpetually Perishing, Perpetually Regenerated, October 10, 1998.
1 hour, 6 minutes
1. The Struggle for Survival
2. The Evolution of Pain
3. Regeneration and Redemption
4. A Cruciform Creation
All three lectures in two formats:
1. VHS format - without video excerpts
2. DVD format - with video excerpts
Copies of DVD format are also in CSU Library general circulation.
BH301.N3
R657 1998
pt. 1 pt. 2 pt. 3
1998. Howie Lectures, Panel Discussion: "Let there be light," Science, Theology, and Aesthetic Experience of Nature. October 10, 1999. Panel Discussion following Rolston's three lectures above. VHS format only.
1999
1999. "Genes, Genesis and God." Keynote address at Philadelphia Center for Religion and Science (later named Metanexus), April 19, 1999. About one hour.
In several formats:
VHS tape 1, tape 2, tape 2. Raw footage
Beta SP, Raw footage
VHS edited version, with PowerPoint slides included
DVD format.
Summary: The genesis of life on Earth is keyed to genes, located in organisms in evolutionary ecosystems. Molecular genetics is integrated into developing natural history, with spectacular levels of achievement and power, resulting in the myriad values of nature and culture. But there is remarkable scientific and philosophical debate about order and disorder, randomness and probability, the inevitable and the contingent, actualities and possibilities, as these result in increasing diversity and complexity over the evolutionary epic. The DNA in organisms is vital sets of information molecules, dramatically perpetuated and elaborated across species lines, stimulated by Earth's dynamic environments. This biological information originating over time displays a cumulative creativity that, although described by science, is nowhere an implication of biological theory. Such genesis invites an account of God as the Ground of Information.
A copy of the DVD format is also in CSU Library, general circulation.
BJ1311.R652 1999
1999. "Genes, Genesis and God: Values in Natural and Cultural History," President's Lecture Series, University of Montana. February 15, 1999. VHS format.
1999. "The Role of Philosophy and Ethics in Deciding Environmental Issues," North Idaho College Public Forum # 1350, Coeur d'Alene, ID. Interview on KSPS, Spokane, WA, with Tony Stewart, Show Host, and Jennelle Burke, an environmental lawyer. 29 minutes. Aired: October 22, 1999. Regional PBS Station, aired in seven states and two Canadian provinces.
1999. Keynote lecture, "Nature for Real: Is Nature a Social Construct?" at Pacific Northwest Conference on Philosophy, North Idaho College, Coeur d'Alene, ID, October 22-23, 1999. Thomas Flint, Conference Coordinator. VHS tape, October 22, 1999. Poor recording, too dark. Camera operator did not know how to deal with PowerPoint lighting situation.
1999. Lecture: "Genes, Genesis, and God" at Pacific Northwest Conference on Philosophy, North Idaho College, Coeur d'Alene, ID, October 22-23, 1999. Thomas Flint, Conference Coordinator. VHS tape, October 22, 1999. Poor recording, too dark. Camera operator did not know how to deal with PowerPoint lighting situation.
2000
2001
2002
2002. Davidson College Graduation, May 19, 2002. Rolston Receives Honorary Doctorate of Letters (Litt. D.) from his alma mater. VHS format. Ceremony is about five minutes in longer tape.
2002. "The Good Samaritan and his Genes," Holmes Rolston, III. Lecture at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, November 9, 2002. Conference on Biology and Morality. Discussion follows. Total time 1 hour, 12 minutes.
In two formats:
1. Audiotape cassette
2. Audio CD
The lecture is published as "The Good Samaritan and His Genes." Pages 238-252 in Philip Clayton and Jeffrey Schloss, eds., Evolution and Ethics: Human Morality in Biological and Religious Perspective. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2004.
2003
2003. Rolston interview by Robert Siegel on national NPR radio, program "All Things Considered," immediately following the press conference at which Rolston was announced as Templeton Prize laureate for 2003. March 19, 2003. About 4 minutes. Audio CD. Rolston Claims Templeton Prize. NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Prof. Holmes Rolston, winner of this year's Templeton Prize for Progress Toward Research or Discoveries about Spiritual Realities. He is a Philosopher and Presbyterian Minister known as the "father of environmental ethics." Since 1975, he has been writing about the religious imperative to respect nature. The interview as also archived online at the NPR website.
In two formats:
1. Audio cassette
2. Audio CD
2003. Rolston interview on Australian Radio National, program "Breakfast." Interviewer: Peter Thompson. Templeton Prize Winner. Live on air, March 26, 2003. 7 minutes. Global warming more threat than Saddam Hussein. Four main threats and concerns on world agenda: (1) war and peace, (2) escalating population, (3) escalating consumption, (4) environmental degradation. All are entwined. Rolston quarrels both with value-free science and with anthropocentric theologians. As science advances, religion retreats? No, after 400 years of science, the value questions are as sharp and painful as ever. Dominion over nature? Or trustees, caretakers. Science doesn't give those answers. Rolston reared in rural Valley of Virginia. People were poor, without toilets and running water in Depression Era. But they were rich in other senses, loved the gospel and their landscape, and were often happier than those who live there now.
2003. Rolston interview on Utah Public Radio, program "Access Utah." Interviewer Lee Austin. Live on KUSU, KUSR-FM, and rebroadcast throughout the state. 25 minutes. Rolston to receive the Templeton Prize at Buckingham Palace, May 7. Lecturing at Utah State University.
Came as a surprise. Rolston wears two hats: science and religion and conserving nature. Reverence for nature versus respect for nature. Both value-free science and anthropocentric theology devalue nature. Biblical dominion over nature. Mastery and control versus tending the garden Earth. Psalmists, Job, Jesus celebrate glories in natural world. In biology values are pervasive. Earth has genetic natural history, marvelous creativity, divine creativity. Rolston a "philosopher gone wild." "Wild" has positive uses, as in wilderness. Biodiversity.
Call-ins. Wilderness on public lands in the West. But only 5% of U.S. landscape is wilderness nationwide. A philosopher at a cow college claims to be wiser than Socrates. Socrates was right: "An unexamined life is not worth living." But he was wrong: "Trees and country places can't teach me anything." Rolston is wiser than Socrates: "Life in an unexamined world is not worthy living either." Rolston reared among Shenandoah Valley Scots Presbyterians, who loved gospel and landscape. Colorado and Utah have purple mountain majesties above fruited plains. What a society does to its slaves, women, minorities--and wildlife and wildlands--reveals the character of that society. Rolston has been hugging trees for three decades and wins a million dollar prize. He is headed for Buckingham Palace, then the Bob Marshall Wilderness in Montana, then will go searching for gorillas in Uganda. Endowing chair at Davidson College with prize money.
Audio CD format.
2003. Holmes Rolston interviewed on Radio Vaticana by Carol Glatz. Vatican Radio. Aired variously in 61 countries on 5 continents. 14 minutes, in English. Rolston on intrinsic value. Childhood memories from the cradle of surrounding nature in Scots Presbyterian Valley of Virginia. Both biologists and theologians challenged at first by Rolston's arguments for intrinsic value. Biologists now keenly interested in biodiversity conservation and theologians with new interest in human relations to natural world. Enlightened self-interest cleans up the water and air, provides sustainable forestry. But this is only half of environmental ethics. Humane treatment of animals, saving wilderness areas and endangered species requires caring for nature for what it is in itself. People from all over the world come to see wild nature in the Rocky Mountain West. Environmental concerns involve a just distribution of goods of the Earth. Abundant life in the Bible does not demand escalating consumption. The main agenda in the new millennium is to get humans into a sustainable relationship with their environment and that requires both justice and caring for the creation. Rolston endows chair at Davidson College.
In two formats:
1. Audio tape cassette
2. Audio CD
2003. Holmes Rolston interviewed by UCB - United Christian Broadcasters of Europe. Interviewer George Luke. Recorded May 6, 2003 and broadcast variously on Christian radio stations in Europe. 3 minutes. Pamela Thompson on Sir John Templeton founding the Templeton Prize after the Nobel Prizes. Rolston comments on his surprise at winning the prize. Rolston will endow chair at Davidson College, North Carolina.
Format: Audio CD
2003. Rolston and pasqueflowers. Filmed, April 14, 2003 at Fort Collins Gateway Park, Poudre Canyon, and edited by Joe Schwind. Holmes Rolston, III, looking at pasqueflowers, raw tape, 10 minutes, rough edit, 3 minutes. DVCAM
2003. Rolston and pasqueflowers. Filmed, April 14, 2003 at Fort Collins Gateway Park, Poudre Canyon, and edited, Sept. 19, 2003, by Joe Schwind. VHS tape. Holmes Rolston, III, looking at pasqueflowers. Two short segments, each 54 seconds, prepared for use at Rolston appearance and interview by Robert Schuler at the Crystal Cathedral, Los Angeles, October 12, 2003.
In two formats:
1. DVCAM
2. VHS
2003. "Environmental Ethics." Tele-conference, Tec de Monterrey, Mexico, April 13, 2005. Rolston at Colorado State University video-linked to a class at Tec de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico. The host professor in the class in Mexico is Juvenal Gutierrez, former student of Holmes Rolston, III at Colorado State University. Rolston comments and exchange with students. About one hour. In VHS format.
2003. Holmes Rolston III, interviewed on Colorado Public Radio, "Colorado Matters," April 18, 2003. Templeton Prize laureate. Interviewer: Dan Drayer. About 25 minutes. KCFR, Denver and CPR throughout the state. Rolston, "father of environmental ethics," wins Templeton Prize. Rolston pleased at recognition of the conservation causes which he has been advocating. Caring for the natural world. Biblical views of nature versus traditional Christian dominion of nature. Stewards versus trustees. Dominion of nature versus tending the garden earth. Discovering a Whorled Pogonia, rare in Virginia, a moment of truth. Rolston's lover's quarrels with science and religion. Science and nature as value-free until used by humans; theologians and human dominion over nature.
Intrinsic value in nature. Rolston finds that biology is not value-free, but value-laden. Species defending their own kind. Psalm 23 portrays nature as both green pastures and the valley of the shadow of death. Life renewed in the midst of its perpetual perishing. Rolston recalls lionesses killing zebra in Africa, and Bible verse about lions seeking their prey from God. Humans too belong on the planet, unique species with culture and conscience, making possible an overview of the Earth and responsibility for it.
Rolston's rearing in Shenandoah Valley with Scots Presbyterians, who loved gospel and landscape. Recollections of his father and grandfather, of wandering rural landscapes in Virginia and Alabama. Teaching at Colorado State University. Getting recognition on the margins of philosophy. Philosophy of nature versus philosophy of science. Problematic theology of nature. Student interest in Rolston's classes. Rolston's work with policy and government organizations.
State of the environment in 2003. Good and bad news: cleaner water, air, wilderness areas conserved; global warming and reduced environmental concern in government. Spotted owl versus loggers in Pacific Northwest. Short-term versus long-term solutions. Endangered Species Act in limbo. Rolston uses Templeton prize to endow chair in science and religion at Davidson College.
In two formats:
1. Audio tape cassette
2. Audio CD. CD has two tracks: Track 1: Denver Health Ballot. Track 2. Templeton Prize Winner.
2003. Holmes Rolston III, interviewed on Jefferson Public Radio, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon. On program: Jefferson Exchange. 1 hour. Interviewer Jeff Golden. Producer Keith Henty. Aired on about a dozen regional PBS stations and some adjacent Canadian stations. Environmental ethics. Templeton prize. Rolston's rearing in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. From his cradle, Jump Mountain on the skyline. Shenandoah Valley farmers, Scots Presbyterians, in those days earthy people, loved God's good creation. First interest in physics, later biology. Darwinian evolutionary natural history and Christian monotheism. Dominion over nature, tending and caring for the garden earth. Jesus and the glory of the wildflowers.
Intrinsic value of wild nature. Rolston's lover's quarrels with science and nature as value-free, with philosophy and theology as too human-centered. Respect versus reverence for nature. Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, political versus philosophical reasons for conservation. Many citizens concerned for saving wild nature, illustrated in Wilderness Act, Endangered Species Act. Conservative Christians and environmental concern. Would Jesus drive a SUV? James Watt and apocalyptic Christianity. Concern for quality of life for children and grandchildren.
Call in questions. Treatment of animals. Humans as part of or apart from nature. Human uniqueness in culture. Humans alone put nature in jeopardy and have responsibility for saving nature. Nature as a wonderland, a marvelous Earth, even if not seen as sacred. Scientific management of nature. Genetic modification of nature. Surprise at receiving the Templeton prize, yet to be awarded by Prince Philip in Buckingham Palace forthcoming on May 7, 2003.
2003. Armenian Radio Interview. Holmes Rolston interviewed on VEM Radio, FM 101.6, Yervevan, Armenia. Interviewer: Manuk Hergnyan. Audio CD. 25 minutes. Aired September 7, 2003. Interview took place earlier in Philadelphia, PA. Program in Armenian, with Rolston interview in English. Environmental ethics, religion and ecology, Templeton prize laureate. What is environmental ethics? Duties to and values in the natural world. Christianity and conserving nature. Respect for life becomes reverence for life. Excessive concern for animals such as pets, while poor go hungry. But humans should not always win and animals lose. Loggers versus owls in U.S. Pacific Northwest. Short-term versus long-term solutions. Solving environmental problems where they arise in society, rather than by sacrificing nature. Economic activity and the will of God. Productivity of the land is part of the goodness of life, but, as Jesus says, persons do not live by bread alone, and the rich foolishly build bigger barns. The drive in global capitalism to amass more wealth will not bring an abundant life. Self-control, sustainability, knowing when to say enough. Need to face a sustainable future.
Science and religion. Physics and theology relate rather well in contemporary cosmology. Biology and religion relate with difficulty. Evolutionary natural history can seem wasteful, nature red in tooth and claw. But Darwinian natural history does find prolific creativity, biodiversity. Conservation biologists are as concerned as Christians for saving creation, a shared concern. Conflict, but also dialogue. Science discovers facts, but science has no competence in recommending values, in judging good and evil. The value questions remain acute and painful. Comments on receiving Templeton prize and endowing chair in science and religion at Davidson College.
2003. "Genes, Genesis and God." Lecture at Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Arizona, November 17, 2003. Sponsored by Canyon Institute for Advanced Studies. About one hour.
VHS format.
2004
2004. Radio interview, Station KSFR Community Radio, Chico, California. Live on air January 20, 2004, 5.30 p.m. PST, and rebroadcast on Pacific Network to 24 stations. Interviewer: Randy Larsen. 55 minutes, lengthy interview mixing Rolston's ideas and his biographical experience. Why environmental ethics, in addition to environmental law, policy, economics. Duties directly to animals and plants, their intrinsic value. Hunting. Endangered species. Christianity as a source for environmental ethics. Rolston's response to Lynn White, Jr. with his claim that Christian dominion over nature is responsible for the environmental crisis. Jesus celebrating flowers, his earthy parables.
Rolston in a lover's quarrel with the three disciplines he loves: philosophy, theology, and science. Rolston's experiences on diverse landscapes. Positive aesthetic experiences on all landscapes, with John Muir: "no ugly wild landscapes." Reverential attitude toward nature. Place of science in aesthetic appreciation of nature; Rolston's recollections of his mother, father, grandparents and their love of nature. Science enriches a sense of creativity on Earth. Appreciation of systemic processes, as well as of individual lives. Quality of life, in both California and Colorado, requires both nature and culture. Nature programming on TV. Awe at the stars in the night sky, but the Western cowboy's wondered "if their glory exceeds that of ours."
Rolston's heroes: Aldo Leopold, John Muir, Rachel Carson, Phil Pister, David Brower, but also his parents and grandparents and their Scottish heritage. Optimism vs. pessimism. Much accomplished in Rolston's lifetime. Main environmental threat is escalating capitalism and consumerism, difficult to regulate. Law of the Sea, Antarctica, European Union demonstrating international cooperation. Rolston bought his own tombstone in a family cemetery in rural Virginia, had "Philosopher Gone Wild" inscribed on it, then went out the next day and climbed a high mountain on his childhood skyline (Jump Mountain in Goshen Pass). Rolston recalls spiritual experiences in nature, discovering a Whorled Pogonia in remote Virginia mountains, also at a rock cut in Tennessee Mountains, where he was surprised by a sheriff hunting moonshiners. How did his ought arise from rock? Current lectures and international travels in progress.
2004. Radio interview, Station KOFO, Ottawa, Kansas, January 22, 2004. Audio CD. 12 minutes. Holmes Rolston interviewed in relation to two lectures on the campus of Ottawa University. Topics: Bible and ecology, global capitalism, American empire. Genes, genesis, and God. Marvelous creativity found in evolutionary genetics. Rolston's lover's quarrels with both biology and theology. Opportunities for opening up new perspectives. Remarks about winning the Templeton prize.
2004. "Christians, Wildlife, Wildlands." Sermon by Holmes Rolston III at Saint Philip Presbyterian Church, Houston, Texas, January 25, 2004. Presiding pastor William C. Poe.
In two formats:
1. Audio tape cassette
2. Audio CD disk.
2004. "Challenges in Environmental Ethics," Holmes Rolston, III. Lecture at Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, UT, February 13, 2004. VHS format. About one hour. Fair recording, in difficult lighting situation, with speaker plus videoclips.
2004. Institute for the Study of Science and Religion, Star Island, Portsmouth, NH. Address: "Using Water Naturally." July 24-31, 2004. Address on July 29, 2004. One hour, six minutes
2004. "The Science and Religion Dialogue: Why It Matters." Public event sponsored by the International Society for Science and Religion, Sheraton Boston Hotel, August 19, 2004. Three Templeton Prize Laureates in an exchange across the common borders of science and theology. (1) George F. R. Ellis, 2004 Templeton laureate, theoretical cosmologist. (2) Holmes Rolston, III, philosopher, Colorado State University. (3) John C. Polkinghorne, Mathematical Physicist, Cambridge University, and Anglican priest. Moderated by Owen Gingerich, Astronomy, Harvard University. Question and answer session at the end. Filmed by WBGH Boston (PBS), and webcast. About a hour and a half.
In two formats:
1. VHS
2. DVD
A DVD copy is also in general circulation, CSU Library.
BL241.E55 2004
2004. "Genes, Genesis and God." Lecture by Holmes Rolston, III, at Northwestern College, Orange City, Iowa, October 4, 2004. About one hour. In DVD format.
2004. "The Good Samaritan and his Genes," Holmes Rolston, III. Lecture at University of Virginia Medical School, October 27, 2004. After introductory remarks, the filmed lecture is entirely just the PowerPoint slides, about 45 minutes, and there follows a reasonably good question and answer session, about 10 minutes. The lecture is published as "The Good Samaritan and His Genes." Pages 238-252 in Philip Clayton and Jeffrey Schloss, eds., Evolution and Ethics: Human Morality in Biological and Religious Perspective. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2004.
2004. "Challenges in Environmental Ethics," Lecture at Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, Utah, February 13, 2004. In VHS format. Fair recording, in difficult lighting situation, with speaker plus videoclips.
2005
2005. "Challenges in Environmental Ethics," Videoclips, Commentary, Holmes Rolston, III. Shot at Tamasag, CSU facility near Bellvue, Colorado, February 18, 2005. Edited DVD 55 minutes.
Also a CD with streaming media files: challenges_EE.wmv
Cases discussed:
1. Antelope Fence, Red Rim, Wyoming
2. Hunter's Ethic, Colorado
3. Bear Hunting
4. Drowning Whales in Alaska
5. Drowning Bison in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
6. Elephant Calf Euthanized, Botswana
7. Wawona Tree, Yosemite National Park, California
8. Tree Spiking
9. San Clemente Goats, San Clemente Island, California
10. Old Growth Forest, Pacific Northwest, USA
11. Yellowstone Fires, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
12. Home Planet: Earth
In two formats:
1. BETACAM SP raw footage, tape 1
BETACAM SP raw footage, tape 2
2. DVD finished edit.
A DVD copy is also in general circulation CSU Library.
GE42.R667 2005
2005. "The Good Samaritan and his Genes," Holmes Rolston, III, Mendel Medal Lecture, Villanova University, Villanova, PA. April 2, 2005. Lecture given on the occasion of receiving the Mendel Medal awarded by Villanova University. About one hour. Fair photography due to the low light situation in a PowerPoint lecture. Audio is good, PowerPoint slides visible, but the speaker is largely in darkness.
In two formats:
1. VHS
2. DVD
The lecture is published as "The Good Samaritan and His Genes." Pages 238-252 in Philip Clayton and Jeffrey Schloss, eds., Evolution and Ethics: Human Morality in Biological and Religious Perspective. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2004.
2005. Radio Panel, Earth Day. Station KEMC, PBS, Billings, Montana, aired April 22, 2005. Kris Prinzing, host. Panelists: Holmes Rolston, III, Colorado State University; Walter Gulick, Montana State University at Billings; William Lynn, Center for Humans and Nature, New York. Panelists remarks and exchange, followed by call-ins and dialogue. One and one-half hours. In the Rolston segment at the start: What science and economics cannot teach us about nature but religion can. Promised Land and Promised Earth, lands flowing with milk and honey, if and only if justice rolls down like waters. Gulick segment: Corporate capitalism and its threat to visions of a good Earth. Respect for life on Earth versus emphasis on economics. Rolston: Earth as commodity versus Earth as community. Lynn segment: Earth Day and global values, values in politics, the culture wars, animal welfare and protection, creating a moral vision for life on Earth. Call in questions and discussion: Power and wealth corrupt community values. Conservative Christian environmental conservation. Creation care Christians and social liberals. Creation care Christians and apocalyptic Christianity. Ranches and their attitudes to conserving nature. Restoration of wolves in Yellowstone.
In two formats:
1. Audio cassettes
Cassette 1, Part 1, Part 2
Cassette 2, Part 3
2. Set of two DVD disks
2005. "Promised Land and Planet of Promise." Lecture at Chautauqua Institution, New York. August 3, 2005. About 20 minutes.
In two formats:
1. Audiotape cassette
2. CD Audio disk.
2005. "Nature and Spirit." Lecture at Chautauqua Institution, New York. August 4, 2005. About 20 minutes.
In two formats:
1. Audiotape cassette
2. CD Audio disk.
2005. "Cruciform Nature." Lecture at Chautauqua Institution, New York. August 5, 2005. About 20 minutes.
In two formats:
1. Audiotape cassette
2. CD Audio disk.
2005. Environmental Ethics, taught by Holmes Rolston, III, at Yale University. The first four class lectures were recorded, audiotape.
Class 1. Introductory. Humans and Nature. September 1, 2005. About 50 minutes.
Class 2. Emerson and Romanticism. September 6, 2005. About 50 minutes.
Class 3. John Stuart Mill and Nature. September 8, 2005. About 50 minutes
Class 4. Values in Nature. September 13, 2006. Values in Nature, based on Chapter 1 in Rolston, Environmental Ethics. About 50 minutes.
In two formats:
1. Audio tape cassettes. Classes 1 & 2 on tape 1. Classes 3 & 4 on tape 2.
2. CD disk. Four audio CD disks, one for each class.
2006
2006. "Genes, Genesis, and God," Richard J. Burke Lecture, Oakland University, Rochester, MI. March 13, 2006. About one hour. The scientific and philosophical debate about order and disorder, randomness and probability, actualities and possibilities, as they result in increasing diversity and complexity over the evolutionary epic.
In two formats:
1. BETA CAM original tape raw footage
2. DVD format.
A DVD copy is also in general circulation, CSU Library.
BJ1311.R652 2006
2006. "Challenges in Environmental Ethics," Richard J. Burke Lecture, Oakland University, Rochester, MI. March 14, 2006. About one hour.
In two formats:
1. BETA CAM original tape (2 tapes: 1 of 2; 2 of 2)
2. DVD format.
A DVD copy is also in general circulation, CSU Library.
GE42.R667 2006
2006. July 27, 2006. Science, Religion, and the Environment. Panel Discussion, public event sponsored by the Center for Ethics, University of Montana, Missoula, MT. In a summer series, Exploring the Landscapes of Environmental Thought: An Environmental Ethics Institute in the Heart of Montana. Panelists: Holmes Rolston, III, Colorado State University; Albert Borgmann, University of Montana; Ned Hettinger, College of Charleston, SC; John Hart, Boston University. Produced by Montana Community Access Television (MCAT), Missoula, MT.
In two formats:
1. Mini DV originals, raw footage, three tapes
2. DVD format. Boxed with the following.
2006. "Generating Intelligent Life on Earth: Six Looming Questions in Evolutionary Biology," University of Montana, Missoula, MT. About one hour. July 28, 2006. DVD format, boxed with the preceding.
Public lecture, sponsored by the Center for Ethics, University of Montana, Missoula, MT.
Also for this lecture, there is the Master Cam Tape, DV CAM, raw footage.
A copy of the DVD format is also in general circulation in CSU Library.
GE42.R6675 2006 disk 1-2
2006. Business and Environment. Interview with Holmes Rolston, III, on Internet Radio, Station CHSR, Los Angeles, program called Enlightened Business, host Kathryn Alexander. Aired October 5, 2006. Rolston interview is about ten minutes into the program and lasts about seven and a half minutes. In two formats:
1. Audio tape cassette
2. CD disk
2006. "Generating Life on Earth: Six Looming Questions," Holmes Rolston, III. Lecture at The Ohio State University, November 2, 2006. DVD. One hour. Excellent photography. In two formats:
1. DV CAM original tape
2. DVD
Outline:
1. Creating information.
2. Inevitable vs. contingent creativity.
3. Possibilities: Omnipresent vs. emerging.
4. Co-option generating novel possibilities.
5. Anthropic biology?
6. Human uniqueness: Intelligent spirit.
A version of this lecture is published as:
"Generating Life on Earth: Five Looming Questions." Pages 195-223 in F. LeRon Schults, ed. The Evolution of Rationality. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2006.
An abbreviated earlier version, which appeared in print later is:
"Originating Life: Six Big Questions." With questions and commentary. Pages 13-21
in Connie Bertka, Nancy Roth, and Matthew Shindell, eds., Workshop Report: Philosophical, Ethical, and Theological Implications of Astrobiology. Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2007.
A copy of the DVD is in general circulation, CSU Library.
GE42.R66752 2006
2006. Panel Discussion on the Two Cultures: Science and Religion in the Age of Darwin. Ohio State University, November 2, 2006. DVD format. Panelists: John F. Haught, Theology, Georgetown University; Edward J. Larson, Law, University of Georgia; Holmes Rolston, III, Philosophy, Colorado State University; Owen Gingerich, Astronomy, Harvard University. Moderator: Joan M. Herbers, Dean, Biology, Ohio State University. About one hour.
2006. Rolston on Danish Radio: "Kirkens rolle i miljobatten (The role of the church in the environmental debate), aired December 3, 2006. Aired on DR = Danish Radio, the Danish equivalent of BBC. Program: Mennersker og tro (People and Faith). Interviewer Anders Laugesen. DVD format.
Track 1 - Rolston interview in English, 26 minutes.
Track 2 - Program in Danish, 49 minutes. "Pastor Martin Ishoy on the role of the church in the environmental debate and sustainability in a Christian perspective. Afterward, the father of environmental ethics, Professor Holmes Rolston, III, talks about how he sees signs of God's existence in the universe." Rolston is mostly talked about in Danish, speaking himself in two brief segments.
2007
2007. Northland College, Ashland, WI. Van Evera Lecture Series on Environment, March 23-25, 2007.
Two radio interviews:
1. Interview on Station WOJB, 88.9, Hayward, WI, aired March 15, 2007. Interviewer Eric Schudring. About 10-15 minutes.
2. Interview on Station KUWS, 91.3, PBS station, Superior, Wisconsin, aired March 19, 2007. Also aired on a network of PBS stations in the area. Interviewer Mike Simonson. About 10 minutes.
In audio CD format.
2007. Earth Day 2007. Holmes Rolston III interviewed on Station KRFC, Fort Collins, CO. Aired April 20, 2007. 6 minute interview. Caroline Harding, host. Audio CD.
2007. Down to Earth: Persons in Nature. Classroom lecture by Holmes Rolston, III, in PHIL 345, Environmental Ethics, December 4, 2007. Recorded in Room 7, Eddy Building, Colorado State University. On two DVD disks:
Disk 1: Ethics living in place; Earth as home planet; Aristotle and humans as political animals, living in cities; humans as both citizens of cities and residences on landscapes; correcting Socrates (who thought that nature could not teach him anything); living on Western landscapes with "nature in your face": four priorities on the current world agenda (peace and war, population, development, environment); escalating population; escalating consumption (affluenza). 1 hour, 15 minutes.
Disk 2: Humans as earthling overseers; environmental ethics as respect for life; human biography as storied residence on Earth; test for appreciating a resident environment; three role models for living in nature: Arne Naess, Norwegian philosopher; John Muir; Aldo Leopold, founder of the land ethic. Leopold's experience of thinking like a mountain and seeing "green fire" in a dying wolf's eyes; Earth ethics and overview of the blue planet. 1 hours, 16 minutes. A copy is also in general circulation in CSU Library holdings.
GF21.R6673 2007 Disk 1 Disk 2
Also a CD with streaming media files: Down_Earth_1.wmv
Down_Earth_2.wmv
2008
2008. Philosopher Gone Wild - Photo-media Biography, Holmes Rolston, III. DVD disk. 43 minutes. Also CD with streaming media files: philosopher.wmv
Shenandoah Valley childhood. Davidson College. Union Theological Seminary in Virginia. Edinburgh. Southwest Virginia, Walnut Grove Church, Grand Canyon River run. Colorado State University, classroom 2007. Interview, University of Georgia. Natural value, from Rolston-Rollin debate, 1989. Africa: lion kill, wild dogs, elephant charge, gorillas. Wild Rocky Mountains. Asia and Antarctica. Science and Religion, from Oakland University, Michigan, 2006. Gifford Lectures, Edinburgh, 1997-1998. Wilderness. Templeton Prize in Buckingham Palace, 2003. In the Woods. The Pasqueflower
2008. Lectures at Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana, March 28-30, 2008. 8th Annual Religion and Science Conference.
Audio CD's.
Lecture 1. Generating Life on Earth: Five Looming Questions, Friday March 28, 2008, on three CD's Part 1 and Part 2. Disk 3: Discussion.
Lecture 2. Human Uniqueness: Spirited Mind, Saturday, March 29, 2008. Disk 1, Lecture. Disk 2. Discussion.
Lecture 3. Three Big Bangs, Sunday, March 30, 2008. Disk 1. Worship and Lecture. Disk 2. Discussion.
2008. Retirement. Philosophy Department Retirement Dinner and Recognition. DVD. 58 minutes. With brief extract from Liberal Arts Retirement Reception and Recognition, April 17, 2008.
2008. Lectures by Holmes Rolston III in Taiwan 2008. Six lectures at National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
Lecture # 1. "Philosophy Gone Wild." AValues in Nature.@ ADuties to Nature.@ October 7, 2008. 2 DVD disks, about 4 hours, other lectures in Chinese. Rolston lecture in English, Disk 2, starting at 11.00 minutes.
Lecture # 2: "Science and Religion Face the Environmental Crisis." October 14, 2008. 2 DVD disks, about 4 hours, other lectures in Chinese. Rolston lecture in English, with Chinese translation. Disk 2, starting at 19.00 minutes.
Lecture # 3. Duties to Nature: Can We Follow Nature? Ought We to Follow Nature?" October 21, 2008. 2 DVD disks, about 4 hours, other lectures in Chinese. Rolston lecture in English with Chinese translation, Disk 2, starting at 2.00 minutes .
Lecture # 4. A Managed Earth and the End of Nature. Nature and Culture in Environmental Ethics." October 28, 2008. 2 DVD disks, about 4 hours, other lectures in Chinese. Rolston lecture in English with Chinese translation, Disk 2, starting at 2.40 minutes.
Lecture # 5, The Future of Environmental Ethics. November 4, 2008. 2 DVD disks, about 4 hours, other lectures in Chinese. Rolston lecture in English with Chinese translation, Rolston lecture, Disk 2, starting at 3.00 minutes.
Lecture # 6. Environmental Ethics and Business. November 11, 2008. Rolston lecture, Disk 2, starting immediately. Lecture at Tainan Science Park.
2008. Holmes Rolston, III Lecture: "Nature's Revolt. Pushing Nature's Limits," given at National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, October 8, 2008. Introduced by Jo Chiange-Hua Chen, professor of art. Sequential translation by Wang, Shun-Mei, professor of human ecology.
On two DVD disks. Plays on comuter media player but may not play on DVD player Total time: about two hours. Good quality video.
Lecture part one is on Disk Part A.,
File: 200081008...Rolston01.mpg. Rolston lecture starts at 6 mins. 30 seconds. .
Lecture continues, concluded and Q&A on Disk Part B. File 20081008.... Rolston02.mpg
2008. Holmes Rolston, III, Lecture: "Values in Nature," given at National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Gong Guan campus, October 13, 2008 Sequential translation by Yen, Mong-Yuan. Good quality video.
Plays on comuter media player but may not play on DVD player Total time: about two hours.
Three files on one DVD disk:
20081013 .....001).wmv
20081013 .....002).wmv
20081013.... .003).wmv
Note that these are .wmv files (streaming media files), not .mpg files.
2008. Caring for the Earth: Promised Land and a Planet of Promise. Lecture by Holmes Rolston, III, at Providence University, Shalu, Taichung, Taiwan. St. Francis of Assisi Inaugural Lecture. October 17, 2008. DVD. About 1 hour. 20 minutes. In English with sequential translation into Chinese by Lin, Yih-Ren, Institute of Ecology, Providence University. Also a CD of photos of the occasion, .jpg digital photos.
2008. Environmental Ethics and Sustainability. Lecture by Holmes Rolston, III, at National Taiwan University, College of Bio-Resources and Agriculture and College of Life Sciences, November 12, 2008. 1. Sustainability: A comprehensive ethic. 2. Present duties to future generations. 3. America's duties to the world. 4. Ethics and economic development. 5. Sustainable development vs. Sustainable biosphere.