Peril and Promise

Life After Wildfires, from Australia to the West Coast

Season 2020 Episode 4 | 13m 37s

As climate change makes wildfires stronger and more dangerous, how do we prepare for both the environmental and the emotional toll it takes? This this episode, we hear from those affected from Australia to California. Councillor Carol Duncan of Newcastle, Australia shares her experience working with fire refuges and her father’s harrowing near-death experience with wildfires.

Aired: 11/17/20 | Rating: NR

Major funding for Peril and Promise is provided by Dr. P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos with additional funding from The Marc Haas Foundation, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, and the Cheryl and Philip Milstein Family.

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