Environment/Climate

Voices from the Edge: Hurricane Katrina

Airs at: Thu, 08/26/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans five years ago this week. Katrina's impact went beyond the loss of life and property to reveal deeply rooted attitudes about race many Americans thought had withered away. Jo Ann and Dave talked about the various aspects of Kat... Read more

Voices from the Edge: Is the party really over? Alberta Street Last Thursday.

Airs at: Thu, 08/19/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Is the party really over? JoAnne and Dave discussed Alberta Street Last Thursday in NE Portland. The conversation doesn't end when the program does. You can join in additional discussion of the week's issue on our blog at kboo.fm/voicesfromtheedge (click on the "blog" t... Read more

GARDEN OF WONDERS

Airs at: Mon, 08/30/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

As students return to school this fall in Portland, many of them will also be returning to harvest vegetables from gardens they planted last spring. School gardens are becoming a feature of a growing number of schools in the Portland area. . . and around the country.... Read more

Anti LNG Pipeline Activists Across Oregon

Airs at: Wed, 08/18/2010 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Circle A Radio

Currently, there are two proposed Liquefied Natural Gas pipelines, both of which would run from Astoria through farmlands of Western Oregon east through the Mount Hood national Forest to connect with an existing pipeline that runs from Canada to California. Tonight on ... Read more

PDX 2 Gulf Coast

Airs at: Wed, 08/25/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Evening News

Evan Tenenbaum spoke with Mike Rosen from the group PDX 2 GULF COAST. Listen to the full interview here. Read more

The Floods in Pakistan.

Airs at: Tue, 08/24/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Frann Michel surveys the news, blogs and scientific agencies to make sense of the unusual floods that have been happening in Pakistan. She makes the case for understanding these natural disasters as social phenomena. Read more

Organic Agriculture Can Feed The World

Airs at: Mon, 08/23/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill interviews Catherine Badgley about her research into the comparative outputs of organic and conventional agriculture. In an article she wrote with seven other colleagues, "Organic Agriculture and the Global Food Supply," she makes the case for organic agriculture fe... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour August 23rd

Airs at: Mon, 08/23/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Today's show, hosted by Denise Morris on the left, is about organic agriculture, the social conditions of otherwise natural disasters, plus reviews of Pat Barker's WWI-novel "Ghost Road" and the buddy-cop film "The Other Guys." Below are links to the individual segments:... Read more

flooding in Pakistan

For the Old Mole Variety Hour August 23, 2010. The well-read red has been reading about the floods in Pakistan, which UN officials have called the worst disaster in decades. But as is usual these days, this purportedly natural disaster has some very human causes, and the ... Read more

Losing Our Cool: Uncomfortable Truths About Our Air-Conditioned World

Airs at: Wed, 08/18/2010 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Host Kathleen Stephenson speaks with Stan Cox, Losing Our Cool: Uncomfortable Truths About Our Air-Conditioned World (and Finding New Ways to Get Through the Summer). In his enlightening study, Cox looks at the consequences of air-conditioning on our environment and on o... Read more