How does understanding the natural order help us make better decisions about the environment? How do the laws of nature relate to our social and political order?

Professor Saleem H. Ali discusses his new book Earthly Order: How Natural Laws Define Human Life with YIA Board Chair Kyle Wang and Board Director Ruth Spencer. Please go here to inform yourself more about Professor Saleem’s book.

Roald Hoffmann, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, said about Professor Ali’s book Earthly Order: “I learned something on nearly every page; so will you, as the author draws us into an affirmative view of a changing, interrelated, and wondrous world.”  

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About the speaker:

Saleem H. Ali was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts but grew up in Lahore, Pakistan until his college years, receiving his Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Tufts University, and his Masters and Ph.D. degrees in environmental policy and planning at Yale and MIT, respectively. He currently holds the Blue and Gold Distinguished Professorship in Geography and Spatial Sciences at the University of Delaware(USA) and is Honorary Professor at the University of Queensland (Australia). Dr. Ali’s laurels include being a National Geographic Explorer (having travelled for research to over 150 countries); being chosen as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and serving on the seven-member science panel of the Global Environment Facility (the world’s largest multilateral trust fund for the environment held in trusteeship by the World Bank). His earlier books include Treasures of the Earth: Need Greed and a Sustainable Future which was hailed by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus as providing “welcome linkage between environmental behavior and poverty alleviation.”