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Occupy Portland, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy The World!!!

Airs at: Tue, 10/18/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Joe Uris. Joe reports on the popular Occupy Portland encampment, including phone calls from Sandy Polishuk, one of our Elder Activists working on-site in whatever capacity seems appropriate at the time, and from Jimmy, one of the Volunteer Coordinators. There is ... Read more

DEEP FUTURE: THE NEXT 100,000 YEARS OF LIFE ON EARTH

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
For the past few weeks we've been discussing relatively short term implications of climate change on a variety of ecosystems. On this episode of Locus Focus we look at how the course we take in the near future—whether to curb our appetite for fossil fuels or continue the... Read more

Linda Neale and Luisah Teish from the Earth and Spirit Council

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Political Perspectives
 Hosted by Sue Supriano Linda Neale from the Earth And Spirit Council brings us Luisha Teish, who will conduct a workshop this weekend.   Luisah Teish will speak at The Natural Way about learning to love the Earth, our Mother, and will share her personal stories of growing u... Read more

Pursuing Petroleum Pigs, Power Pirates and High Finance Carnivores: A conversation with Greg Palast

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Voices from the Edge
 Award-winning investigative journalist Greg Palast blew the lid off voter fraud in 2000 and 2004 that threw the presidential elections into doubt. Greg has picked up the money trail again, following it to a corrupt link between Big Oil and High Finance that has produced re... Read more

True Wealth: How & Why Millions of Americans Are Creating a Time-Rich, Ecologically Light, Small-Scale, Hi-Satisfaction Economy

Airs at: Fri, 10/07/2011 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Radiozine
Host Michelle Schroeder Fletcher interviews Juliet Schor about her recent book: True Wealth: How and Why Millions of Americans Are Creating a Time-Rich, Ecologically Light, Small-Scale, High-Satisfaction Economy    Publisher Comments: A groundbreaking statement about ecol... Read more

The Occupy Movement -- People Power vs. Hypocrisy!

Airs at: Thu, 10/13/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Presswatch
Theresa Mitchell with the "news you're not supposed to know" examines the hypocrisy in criticisms of the Occupy Movement, and the real power being expressed by the movement.  Plus, latest on increasing radiation around Fukushima. Read more

Sandra Steingraber talks about hydro-fracking and how it threatens our air, water and food.

Airs at: Mon, 10/10/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Radiozine
 The guest is writer and ecologist Sandra Steingraber, author of the groundbreaking book "Living Downstream: An Ecologist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment." Her latest book is "Raising Elijah: Protecting Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis." She... Read more

A backward agenda: Using Solyndra failure to end support for clean energy

Airs at: Mon, 10/03/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for More Talk Radio
Solyndra, a solar power company that got more than half a billion dollars in loan guarantees from a Department of Energy Recovery Act program, went bankrupt at the beginning of September. The reason why it happened and who’s to blame is still unclear, but that’s not the mai... Read more

EMPIRE OF THE BEETLE Author Andrew Nikiforuk on the Bark Beetle's Seige of North American Forests

Airs at: Mon, 10/10/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
A bug the size of a rice kernel is killing off more than 30 billion pine and spruce trees in North America. Historically bark beetles are not pests. A bark beetle can probably hear the distressed song of a drought stricken tree and for tens of millions of years they have... Read more

Occupy Portland!!! Bob Kelly talks about The Occupation

Airs at: Tue, 10/04/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Joe Uris. Today's guest is Bob Kelly, the Communications Representative from Occupy Portland, in to talk about this week's Demonstration. Thursday, October 6, 2011 Noon O'Clock Tom McCall Waterfront Park Under the Burnside Bridge We will Meet at the Waterfront, Ge... Read more