Not too long ago I posted about meeting Deborah Solomon. She has mastered the art of the Q&A like no other. She has it down to a routine.
Although I wasn’t able to do it with as extreme proficiency, I tried my hand at the Q&A format recently for Seed.
Gearing up for Earth Day and the environmentally aware month of April you might remember that I went to the State of the Planet convention at Columbia University. I also started doing some reading on Denis Hayes and Laurie David, because I was told to interview both for a brief Q&A for the site.
Denis Hayes is the founder of Earth Day and gave me a scary breakdown of where he thinks the planet is going.
Laurie David’s interview was not as depressing in terms of doomsday scenarios. And although Larry David — her husband and creator of Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm — didn’t pick up the phone as I hoped, she was a delight to speak with.
I won’t over-analyze the Q&A’s here. I will say this, I’m happy with them but not thrilled. I would have liked the chance to go into more detailed subjects, but for what these conversations are worth — an introduction to environmental concerns via a famous personality — they get the job done.