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Barbara Bernstein
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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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SUSTAINABLE SELLWOOD: THE MAKING OF COMMUNITY

Airs at: Mon, 03/01/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Last year a group of Sellwood residents created a neighborhood movement that helped shape the design and impact of the soon-to-be rebuilt Sellwood Bridge. At the height of this organizing drive, a neighborhood march drew hundreds of people from all corners of the neighborho... Read more

Locus Focus on 02/22/10

Airs at: Mon, 02/22/2010 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
DEMOCRATIZING THE ENERGY GRIDOregon is about to institute a new incentive for households to power themselves using alternative energy sources like solar and wind. This method is called Feed-in Tarriff and is already in place in much of Germany as well as Vermont. Mark Pengi... Read more

Democratizing the Energy Grid

Airs at: Mon, 02/22/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Oregon is about to institute a new incentive for households to power themselves using alternative energy sources like solar and wind. This method is called Feed-in Tarriff and is already in place in much of Germany as well as Vermont. Mark Pengilly and Judy Barnes, with Ore... Read more

Locus Focus on 02/15/10

Airs at: Mon, 02/15/2010 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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WHAT THE HECK IS A GREEN BRIDGE?* - THE COLUMBIA RIVER CROSSING DILEMMAOregon has set ambitious goals for reducing our carbon emissions by 2020. But if all the currently proposed highway projects are built, any reductions that are achieved in other areas will be canceled ou... Read more

What the Heck is a Green Bridge?

Airs at: Mon, 02/15/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Oregon has set ambitious goals for reducing our carbon emissions by 2020. But if all the currently proposed highway projects are built, any reductions that are achieved in other areas will be canceled out by increased auto use. How do plans to replace the I5 bridge between ... Read more

Locus Focus on 02/08/10

Airs at: Mon, 02/08/2010 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
HEAVY WEATHERPremier of a new radio documentary by Barbara BernsteinThe Copenhagen Climate Talks yielded disappointing results. But there are many effective initiatives we can take to reduce global greenhouse emissions that don't require international treaties. HEAVY WEATHE... Read more

Heavy Weather

Airs at: Mon, 02/08/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The Copenhagen Climate Talks yielded disappointing results. But there are many effective initiatives we can take to reduce global greenhouse emissions that don't require international treaties. HEAVY WEATHER, a new radio documentary by Barbara Bernstein explores the connect... Read more

Locus Focus on 02/01/10

Airs at: Mon, 02/01/2010 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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GREY TO GREEN UPDATEDean Marriott, director of Portland's Environmental Services, and Anne Nelson, environmental program coordinator for the Willamette Watershed, give us a progress report on the Brooklyn Basin Project. In this section of inner southeast Portland, the city ... Read more

The Brooklyn Basin Project

Airs at: Mon, 02/01/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
300 miles of creeks lie beneath streets and buildings of Portland. In this segment of Locus Focus we explore a creek that flows under the streets of SE Portland and what the city is doing to recognize and replicate the important functions that creek once performed. Brooklyn... Read more

Locus Focus on 01/25/10

Airs at: Mon, 01/25/2010 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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Why World Population Control is Connected to Climate Change This week it's pledge week on KBOO and on Locus Focus we have a pledge drive special featuring guest Laurie Mazur who has edited a new book called A Pivotal Moment: Population, Justice and the Environmental Challen... Read more