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Hosted by: 
Barbara Bernstein
Produced by: 
KBOO
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Every Monday from 10:00am to 11:00am.


 

A weekly conversation about our place on the planet. Locus Focus host Barbara Bernstein talks with local, regional and national experts, activists and policy makers about climate change, food policy, land use, salmon restoration, forest management and all the other things that matter in our environment.

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Activism, Agriculture, Science/Technology, Food, Global Affairs, Government/Politics, Environment/Climate
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KBOO Stream 1
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Locus Focus on 08/26/13

Airs at: Mon, 08/26/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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Guest host Ross Freeman Levin invited local activist Pierre to discuss his efforts to end oppression in modern culture. They talked about uncompromising environmental activism, corporate greed, police repression, prison abolition and efforts to liberate the earth from capit... Read more

Locus Focus on 08/19/13

Airs at: Mon, 08/19/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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Guest host Per Fagereng interviews environmentalist and writer William deBuys, author of the definitive book on the parching of the West, "A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest." They discuss deBuys' recent article, "Never Again Enough: F... Read more

Locus Focus on 08/12/13

Airs at: Mon, 08/12/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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Per Fagereng guest hosts. His guest is Dave Gardner, Producer/Director/Writer of GrowthBusters.Earth Overshoot Day—the approximate date our resource consumption for a given year exceeds the planet’s ability to replenish—is expected to come around August 19 this year. We wil... Read more

Locus Focus on 08/05/13

Airs at: Mon, 08/05/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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Barbara Bernstein is off this month. Today we'll hear Cindy Folkers and Mary Olson: Post-Fukushima Food Monitoring and: Gender Matters in the Atomic Age   Mary Olson and Cindy Folkers spoke at the Fukushima Symposium, organized by the Helen Caldicott Foundation and o-sponso... Read more

Locus Focus on 07/29/13

Airs at: Mon, 07/29/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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WILDFIRES, EXTREME DROUGHT AND CLIMATE CHANGE Fire season is now upon us and across much of the western United States wild fires are burning out of control. Why are droughts becoming more extreme and how do they contribute to the severity of wild fires? On this episode of L... Read more

Locus Focus on 07/22/13

Airs at: Mon, 07/22/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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COAL AWAY!The battle over coal trains carrying Powder River coal across the Pacific Northwest has been heating up in recent months. Plans have been withdrawn for three of the six terminals proposed in Washington and Oregon, where the coal would be transferred from trains to... Read more

Locus Focus on 07/15/13

Airs at: Mon, 07/15/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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EATING FROM YOUR GARDEN YEAR ROUND - With Living CityThough summer is just starting, it's already time to be thinking about what you'll be eating next winter. On this episode of Locus Focus, Sarah Canterberry and Rachel Freifelder with Living City join us to talk about what... Read more

Locus Focus on 07/08/13

Airs at: Mon, 07/08/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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IS SUSTAINABILITY STILL POSSIBLE?Every day, we are presented with a range of “sustainable” products and activities—from “green” cleaning supplies to carbon offsets. But with so much labeled as sustainable, the term has become essentially sustainababble, at best indicating a... Read more

Locus Focus on 07/01/13

Airs at: Mon, 07/01/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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THE FUTURE OF FEDERAL LANDS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: CARBON, WATER, WILDLIFE with Dominick Della SalaA few weeks ago we ran a Locus Focus episode called "Cows Save the Planet," in which the guest promoted a theory that soil health can be drastically improved through rotati... Read more

Locus Focus on 06/24/13

Airs at: Mon, 06/24/2013 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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The Heavy Haul: Fighting GoliathTHIS PROGRAM WAS ORIGINALLY BROADCAST ON MARCH 21, 2011While we worry about melting nuclear reactor cores and fuel rods in Japan, another environmental crisis is brewing closer to home. On this episode of Locus Focus we find out why the Alber... Read more