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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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Update on Nuclear Disaster in Japan with Nuclear Expert Arjun Makhijani

Airs at: Mon, 04/11/2011 at 12:00am
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Day-to-day coverage of the ongoing nuclear disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power complex has slipped from the headlines. But the severity of the nuclear crisis in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan continues to unfold. Right after the earthquake, ... Read more

Locus Focus on 04/04/11

Airs at: Mon, 04/04/2011 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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Changing Planet, Changing Health: A Conversation With Author Dan Ferber Climate change not only threatens the earth's ecosystems—it is damaging the health of people around the world. While early warning signals of ecological havoc brought on by climate change are being det... Read more

Changing Planet, Changing Health: A Conversation With Author Dan Ferber

Airs at: Mon, 04/04/2011 at 12:00am
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Climate change not only threatens the earth's ecosystems—it is damaging the health of people around the world. While early warning signals of ecological havoc brought on by climate change are being detected in arctic regions, its serious health impacts are most notable... Read more

Locus Focus on 03/28/11

Airs at: Mon, 03/28/2011 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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Fred Kirschenmann: Building Community Through Sustainable Farming Oregon is touted as one of the epicenters for the local food movement. As if to reinforce its credentials, there have been food related conferences up and down the Willamette Valley since the year began. Co... Read more

Fred Kirschenmann: Building Community Through Sustainable Farming

Airs at: Mon, 03/28/2011 at 12:00am
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Oregon is touted as one of the epicenters for the local food movement. As if to reinforce its credentials, there have been food related conferences up and down the Willamette Valley since the year began. Coming up on April 16 is one more conference, this time at the Univers... Read more

Locus Focus on 03/21/11

Airs at: Mon, 03/21/2011 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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The Heavy Haul: Fighting Goliath While 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 Alberta Tar Sands endanger the world and how its industrial... Read more

The Heavy Haul: Fighting Goliath

Airs at: Mon, 03/21/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
While 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 Alberta Tar Sands endanger the world and how its industrialized tentacles are trying to cree... Read more

Locus Focus on 03/14/11

Airs at: Mon, 03/14/2011 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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GREENWASHING OUR WAY OUT OF THE GMO CONTROVERSY When the USDA deregulated the growing of Roundup Ready (GMO) alfalfa last month, Ronnie Cummins with the Organic Consumers Association wrote a dispatch revealing collusion between three big time organic food companies and the ... Read more

NUCLEAR CRISIS IN JAPAN & SELF-DEFENSE AGAINST GMO FOOD

Airs at: Mon, 03/14/2011 at 12:00am
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NUCLEAR CRISIS IN JAPAN On this episode of Locus Focus we initially planned to focus on the USDA’s recent decision to deregulate round-up ready alfalfa. But first we need to reflect upon last Friday’s earthquake and tsunamis that have devastated Japan. As horrific as the e... Read more

Locus Focus on 03/07/11

Airs at: Mon, 03/07/2011 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of Dreams Until World War II, Odessa was one of Europe's great multicultural cities, a place of optimism and light. For nearly a century its colorful street life inspired poets and writers like Alexander Pushkin, Mark Twain and Isaac Babe... Read more