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Hosted by: 
Barbara Bernstein
Produced by: 
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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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Locus Focus on 10/05/09

Airs at: Mon, 10/05/2009 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Locus Focus host Barbara Bernstein continues our journey into the politics of food. This week we explore the original concept of economics, which in Ancient Greece meant "rules of the household." Harriet Fasenfest, writer, cook, gardener, food preserver and backyard economi... Read more

Living Beyond the Barcode: Backyard Food Production & Preservation

Airs at: Mon, 10/05/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Program: Locus Focus Air date:  Mon, 10/05/2009 - 10:15am - 11:00am Living beyond the barcode: backyard food production and preservation Locus Focus host Barbara Bernstein continues our journey into the politics of food. This week we explore the original... Read more

Locus Focus on 09/28/09

Airs at: Mon, 09/28/2009 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The pressure is on for the United States to emerge from the dark ages of the Bush years and finally pass meaningful legislation to address the coming climate change crisis. So what is happening with the federal Climate Bill and will it have the teeth it needs. We'll find ou... Read more

Real Climate Action

Airs at: Mon, 09/28/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
    The pressure is on for the United States to emerge from the dark ages of the Bush years and finally pass meaningful legislation to address the coming climate change crisis. So what is happening with the federal Climate Bill and will it have the teeth it needs. Host Barb... Read more

Sustainable Food Policy and Practice

Airs at: Mon, 09/21/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Thirty years ago Portland was ringed by working farms and the community garden program was beginning to blossom. Today community gardens are still alive and well throughout Portland, but much of the old farms at the edge of town are now covered with housing and commercial d... Read more

Locus Focus

Airs at: Mon, 09/14/2009 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
We can create a sustainable future one solar panel array at a time. Seattle solar designers/community activists Jeremy Smithson and Pam Burton talk with host Barbara Bernstein about the work they are doing on the individual, neighborhood and regional level to make solar ene... Read more

Creating a Sustainable Future One Solar Panel at a Time

Airs at: Mon, 09/14/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
 We can create a sustainable future one solar panel array at a time. Seattle solar designers/community activists Jeremy Smithson and Pam Burton talk with host Barbara Bernstein about the work they are doing on the individual, neighborhood and regional level to make solar en... Read more

Locus Focus on 08/05/09

Airs at: Wed, 08/05/2009 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
On Talk Radio, Marianne Barisonek (Bear-a-sonic) hosts, with guests Lisa Weasel, author of the book Food Fray: Inside the Controversy over Genetically Modified Food and Rick North of Physicians for Social Responsibility. Read more

Food Fray: Inside the Controversy over Genetically Modified Food

Airs at: Tue, 08/04/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Locus Focus
 On Wednesday Morning Talk Radio, Marianne Barisonek hosts, with guests Lisa Weasel, author of the book Food Fray: Inside the Controversy over Genetically Modified Food and Rick North of Physicians for Social Responsibility. Read more

Locus Focus

Airs at: Wed, 07/29/2009 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The post-election political struggle in Iran is no longer front page news, but that doesn't mean that it has ceased to be important. Journalist Reese Erlich was in Iran for the elections, He’s now back in the states, closely monitoring events in Iran as they continue to unf... Read more