By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues
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Martin Sheen sat down with me at the Flint Center in Cupertino to talk about what motivates him to be green and actively involved in environmental causes. He supports projects like the Sea Water Foundation, which is using seawater to create rich agriculture land from coastal deserts around the world. Check out the new Fresh Dialogues YouTube Channel more exclusive interviews.
Martin describes how he chooses which green causes to support
Why he thinks we have to be aware of our responsibility to future generations
The Green Message: what he thinks of it and Al Gore’s movie An Inconvenient Truth
As former “acting” president of the United States in the West Wing, Martin’s insights into the challenges of our new president
Reflections on his low profile role in President Obama’s election
What to expect from Martin Sheen in 2009:
Martin talks about his role in the movie “Bhopal: a Prayer for Rain” – he plays Warren Anderson, the former CEO of Union Carbide who fled India after the biggest industrial disaster in history when over 10,000 people were killed by toxic gas.
He’s also working on a movie with son, Emilio Estevez about the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain
This is Part II of our interview; Part I– when Martin talks about the origins of his social conscience, how to find happiness; and his near-death experience during Apocalypse Now – can be found here.
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The interview was recorded on November 19, 2008 at the Flint Center in Cupertino.
