# Choosing a Past for the Future: Why today's environment policy is also history (but doesn't know it)

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Dr Paul Warde
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Earth and environment, Society and politics, History, Philosophy
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/choosing-past-future-why-todays-environment-policy-also-history)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

It is hard to imagine an area of policy more future-orientated than environmental policy. Whether deciding the destiny of forests, nature reserves, protecting species, or seeking to arrest climate change, the policies we set now are shaping the world for generations to come.

## Lectures

1. [Choosing a Past for the Future: Why today's environment policy is also history (but doesn't know it)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/choosing-past-future-why-todays-environment-policy-also-history/351e03fd5400) (YouTube)