Dean Bavington, an assistant professor at the School of Natural Resources and Environment and a Fellow with the Michigan Society of Fellows, can be heard tomorrow (Wednesday, March 5) in a nationally broadcast interview with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Radio.

The hour-long interview begins at 9:05 p.m. EST. It can be heard online at http://www.cbc.ca/listen/index.html. If you cannot listen in, a podcast will be available Thursday at http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/features/science/index.html.

(Depending upon where in southeast Michigan you are tomorrow, you can also hear the broadcast via the CBC affiliate in Windsor, Ontario, at 1550 AM or 89.9 FM.)

The interview with host David Cayley is the latest in a 15-part CBC Radio series titled "How to Think About Science." Here is a description of the show: Industrial fishing developed in tandem with fisheries science. It was scientists who defined the stock and set the allowable catches. And yet Canada's cod fishery collapsed, never yet to recover, in 1992. Environmental philosopher Dean Bavington asked, what happened?

About Professor Bavington:

Professor Bavington has have a keen interest in, and experience with working on a variety of environment and development projects with NGOs, various levels (and nationalities) of government, academics, students and the public in multi-cultural international settings. He is particularly interested in restoration and management issues surrounding marine fisheries; the sustainability of coastal communities; the development of industrial marine aquaculture; environmental thought and ethics; political ecology; critical natural resource management geography; and exploring alternatives to managerial ecology. (Visit his web page)