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Indigenous Women Telling a New Story of Energy

Airs at: Tue, 04/19/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Indigenous women have a new story to tell for our energy future. The current story being told by our energy policies, practices and industry are devastating the land and changing climate. This program is an engaging and entertaining call to action for a new energy story ... Read more

Environmental soundscapes of Oregon

Airs at: Mon, 04/18/2016 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
A Different Nature has a tradition of airing natural soundscapes in conjunction with Earth Day, dating back to 1998 when the program's founding host Richard Francis directed that year's Earth Day programming: 24 hours of nothing but sounds from the natural environment.  Par... Read more

KBOO's Spring Membership Drive 2016

We are bringing you all kinds of special programs and trying to raise $120,000 from April 20th to May 3rd. Our theme for the drive is "Bringing Truth to Light". CALL 877-500-5266 (KBOO) DONATE NOW AND #SUPPORTKBOO ! Check out the thank you gifts available for members. ... Read more

ONCE THEY WERE HATS: In Search of the Mighty Beaver

Airs at: Mon, 04/18/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Beavers, those icons of industriousness, have been gnawing down trees, building dams, shaping the land, and creating critical habitat in North America for at least a million years. Once one of the continent’s most ubiquitous mammals, they ranged from the Atlantic to the Pac... Read more

Community Coalition Demands Minority Input on Superfund Cleanup

Airs at: Fri, 04/08/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The Portland Harbor community coalition led by Groudworks, a local agency working for environmental social justice delivered a letter to the city government today.  The Coalition wants more effort on the city’s part to include marginalized communities when they write their ... Read more

East Portland Kids Call for Bus Passes

Airs at: Fri, 04/08/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Students in East Portland are missing classes because they can’t afford the bus. That’s the conclusion of a study by the Youth Environmental Justice Alliance and OPAL looking at how young people’s access to public transportation affects their ability to succeed at school an... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for April 4, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 04/04/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes music by Diamanda Galas, Tuneyards, and these segments on environmental justice, sustainable communities, and the need for intersectional organizing to save the planet and each other: Bill Resnick interviews J... Read more

Radical Environmental Organizing

Airs at: Mon, 04/04/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Desiree Hellegers interviews sociologist Rik Scarce, author of the landmark study "Eco-Warriors: Understanding the Radical Environmental Movement" about the history and future of radical environmental organizing, and about his new book on "Creating Sustainable Communities: ... Read more

Linking Climate Justice and Other Movements

Airs at: Mon, 04/04/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Laurie Mercier talks with Cindy Wiesner, National Coordinator of Grassroots Global Justice about GGJA and its work, the Our Power campaign, and in particular linking climate justice organizing with other movements, and why this is important. Wiesner will speak in Vancouver ... Read more

Distributed Energy

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick interviews Joseph Goodman of the Rocky Mountain Institute. Goodman works in "distributed energy," in which cities combine small solar panel and small wind turbine installations (on homes, schools, offices, right of ways, and more) with smallish utility scale pl... Read more