Environment/Climate

The Demise of Columbus Day and the Rise of Indigenous Peoples Day

Airs at: Thu, 11/02/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

LA Says Goodbye Columbus Day...Cary Watters and co-host Amory Zschach highlight the story and also discuss this within the context of Portland making the change in 2015 and the overarching momentum built in other cities. Read more

The Green Reaper

Airs at: Thu, 11/02/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

Elizabeth Fournier is the inspirational author of The Green Reaper - Memoirs of an Eco-Mortician. Her compassion for those who pass over and for their families is a true testament of who she is in this world: pure love. She is also following her heart by supporting famil... Read more

Valley Views

Valley Views played every Friday from 10-10:15am. Valley Views is a weekly forum for sharing relevant topics relating to people and places in the central Willamette Valley with host Dale Holiday. There will be discussions about race relations, gender issues, the env... Read more

Fire, Flood & Trump

Airs at: Mon, 10/30/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

As the world continues to take unnerving and unpredictable twists and turns, we check in again with Sightline Institute's Eric de Place, to gain some perspective on the craziness that abounds. We'll do a mash up everything that's frightening and confusing us - unprecedented... Read more

The Final Frontier Episode

Airs at: Fri, 10/27/2017 at 10:00am - 10:15am

Produced for: Threshold Shift

Hello and welcome to the final episode of Threshold Shift. I am your host, Nicole Martin. You have allowed us to take you around the globe across four continents and to the dark waters of the Arctic; from tiny Yellow Island in the San Juans all the way to Papua New Guine... Read more

Building Resilience in a Post-Carbon Society: Richard Heinberg

Airs at: Tue, 10/24/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

David Suzuki, the renowned Canadian environmental activist, author and broadcaster, says, “If you fly over a forest and look down, you'll see every green tree and plant reaching to the heavens to absorb the ultimate energy source: sunlight. What a contrast when you look ... Read more

Mindfulness in Education and Economics (ENCORE)

Airs at: Mon, 10/30/2017 at 12:00am

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

What if we brought mindfulness to schools and Buddhism to economics? Clair Brown teaches at Cal Berkely and is the author of Buddhist Economics: An Enlightened Approach to the Dismal Science. Caverly Morgan is the founder of Peace in Schools, the first for credit high sc... Read more

Eagle Creek Fire Seven Weeks Later

Airs at: Mon, 10/23/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

This past week a fifteen year old boy from Vancouver, WA was charged with five misdemeanor counts for starting the Eagle Creek Fire on September 2. Now that the fire is mostly contained and the alleged culprit will be brought to trial, attention is focusing on post-fire rec... Read more

The Echo Episode: Sound and Collecting It

Airs at: Fri, 10/20/2017 at 10:00am - 10:15am

Produced for: Threshold Shift

If you missed our last long-form piece this Wednesday be sure to check it out on the special page. So this week, in our penultimate episode, I'd like to allow our minds to wander a bit and envision ourselves as echo collectors. I know the series has focused quite a bit on t... Read more

Climate and Capitalism

Airs at: Mon, 10/16/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Thom Becker shares excerpts from two articles on climate change and capitalism: Climate change and capitalism: We can’t confront one without facing the other by Conor Lynch and Climate Denialism Is Literally Killing Us By Mark Hertsgaard. Then Thom and Bill play and com... Read more