Environment/Climate

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Why Natural Gas is Neither Natural nor Green

Airs at: Mon, 02/11/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
As North America veers away from oil and coal, so-called natural gas is being promoted as a green bridge fuel to a renewable future. Such is the reasoning behind massive gas projects being proposed for the Pacific Northwest, such as the world's largest methanol refinery in ... Read more

Buscando America on 02/05/19

Airs at: Tue, 02/05/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
Un acercamiento al mundo del teatro y los títeres con Camila Pérez y Rodolfo Armijo miembros del ensamble chileno  Silencio Blanco y su más reciente producción Pescador.  Roy Antonio Arauz nos habla sobre  La Segua que se estrena en el teatro Milagro. Virginia Marting y Tim... Read more

Community Energy in Lancaster, California

Airs at: Mon, 02/04/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick interviews Kathy Wells who's been organizing and managing the build out of Lancaster, CA's public community energy system which is moving toward zero carbon including transportation. Lancaster is 60 miles NE of L.A., 120,000 folks in the high desert. Read more

Power, Politics and Nature in the Tar Sands

Airs at: Mon, 02/04/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Laurie Mercier talks with Ian Urquhart author of the recent book, Costly Fix: Power, Politics, and Nature in the Tar Sands. Ian Urquhart is a professor of political science at University of Alberta. They discuss the post-1995 Alberta tar sands boom, and how the state inflat... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for February 4, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 02/04/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris Hosts this episode of The Old Mole which includes: Power, Politics, and Nature in the Tar Sands: Laurie Mercier talks with Ian Urquhart, professor of political science and author of the recent book, Costly Fix: Power, Politics, and Nature in the Tar Sands... Read more

014 Teaching Social Justice (Part 2)

Airs at: Mon, 04/29/2019 at 7:00am - 7:30am
Produced for:  Prescription for Justice
  This and the previous episode cover the topic, Teaching Social Justice. Brazilian educator Paulo Freire wrote, “Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring ab... Read more

012 Howl: Ecological Destruction, Endangered Species, and Wolves

Airs at: Mon, 04/15/2019 at 7:00am - 7:30am
Produced for:  Prescription for Justice
  This episode of Prescription for Justice, is entitled “Howl: Ecological Destruction, Endangered Species, and Wolves.” This episode provides an overview of ecological destruction and endangered species, including up to date statistics, from our current mass extinction, al... Read more

Yukiyo Kawano's threads of witness

Airs at: Fri, 02/01/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
  What does it mean to make sense of the most horrific use of weapons of mass destruction on a civilian population, and how that effects us as human beings, much less if that specifically impacts our family tree?  For Yukiyo Kawano, this means letting ancestors interfere w... Read more

005 Air Pollution - Purifying the Miasma

Airs at: Mon, 02/25/2019 at 7:00am - 7:30am
Produced for:  Prescription for Justice
  Together, air, water, soil, chemical, and occupational pollution cause over 9 million deaths worldwide each year, or 1/6 deaths worldwide. This is three times as many deaths as malaria, tuberculosis, and AIDS combined. Our guest today is Mary Peveto, president, Neighbors... Read more

Transitions and Milestones: Positively Revolting Turns 25 & Lyn Moelich Has Passed

Airs at: Fri, 02/01/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
  It is with a full and heavy heart that I bring the news of Lyn's passing to her listeners. Lyn has been a co-producer and co-host of Positively Revolting for 7 years. A genius with the art of conversation, she wove a rich blend of analytic brilliance, compassion, and hu... Read more