Locus Focus

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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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Locus Focus on 06/04/12

Airs at: Mon, 06/04/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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THE CRASH COURSE with CHRIS MARTENS: Understanding the Interdependence of our Economy, Environment, and Energy Systems Chris Martenson used to be part of the 1%. Five years ago he traded his McMansion and position as Vice President of a Fortune 500 company for a much simple... Read more

THE CRASH COURSE with CHRIS MARTENS: Understanding the Interdependence of our Economy, Environment, and Energy Systems

Airs at: Mon, 06/04/2012 at 12:00am
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Chris Martenson used to be part of the 1%. Five years ago he traded his McMansion and position as Vice President of a Fortune 500 company for a much simpler life in rural western Massachusetts. Now his goal is to shed light on the limits of our present economic model of ... Read more

Locus Focus on 05/28/12

Airs at: Mon, 05/28/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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WHY THE O&C TRUST ACT CAN'T SEE THE FOREST FOR THE TREES? For the past year Oregon news has been filled with stories of timber-dependent counties on the brink of bankruptcy. Beginning in 1937 these 18 western Oregon counties benefited from federal timber receipts, as they o... Read more

WHY THE O&C TRUST ACT CAN'T SEE THE FOREST FOR THE TREES?

Airs at: Mon, 05/28/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
For the past year Oregon news has been filled with stories of timber-dependent counties on the brink of bankruptcy. Beginning in 1937 these 18 western Oregon counties benefited from federal timber receipts, as they overcut old growth forests on western BLM lands—the so-c... Read more

Locus Focus on 05/21/12

Airs at: Mon, 05/21/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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JUST HOW CLEAN ARE ELECTRIC CARS: An Interview with Don Anair, Union of Concerned Scientists Everybody knows an electric car doesn’t use gasoline, but since it gets its power from the electric grid, the question remains: How clean is an electric car? A new report from the U... Read more

JUST HOW CLEAN ARE ELECTRIC CARS: An Interview with Don Anair, Union of Concerned Scientists

Airs at: Mon, 05/21/2012 at 12:00am
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Everybody knows an electric car doesn’t use gasoline, but since it gets its power from the electric grid, the question remains: How clean is an electric car? A new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists, “State of Charge: Electric Vehicles’ Global Warming Emissions... Read more

Locus Focus on 05/14/12

Airs at: Mon, 05/14/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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FOOD FIGHT: What You Need to Know about the Food and Farm Bill with Dan Imhoff Why should you care about the Farm Bill if you're not a farmer or live in a farm state? The short answer is: because you eat and the Farm Bill is really about how our food is grown, what kinds of... Read more

FOOD FIGHT: What You Need to Know about the Food and Farm Bill with Dan Imhoff

Airs at: Mon, 05/14/2012 at 12:00am
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Why should you care about the Farm Bill if you're not a farmer or live in a farm state? The short answer is: because you eat and the Farm Bill is really about how our food is grown, what kinds of food gets grown and who gets to eat it. Every five years, Congress revisits... Read more

Locus Focus on 05/07/12

Airs at: Mon, 05/07/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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GARBOLOGY: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash - An Interview with author Edward Humes What is America's largest export, most prodigious product and greatest legacy? It's our trash. Each of us in on track to toss 102 tons of garbage in the course of our lifetime. Our disposabl... Read more

GARBOLOGY: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash - An Interview with author Edward Humes

Airs at: Mon, 05/07/2012 at 12:00am
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What is America's largest export, most prodigious product and greatest legacy? It's our trash. Each of us in on track to toss 102 tons of garbage in the course of our lifetime. Our disposable plastic alone outweighs the entire U.S;. Navy. But we don't like to think about... Read more