Environment/Climate

'Whose Future? Our Future!'

Airs at: Tue, 11/28/2017 at 10:00am - Wed, 11/29/2017 at 10:15am

Produced for: Air Cascadia

Is Planet Earth on Death Row? Donald Trump’s America Inc.' is fueling Climate Change at a fast and furious pace. There is no such thing as 'Enough' until there really is nosuch thing as enough. Twinty-one plaintiffs, ages 9 to 20, in Juliana v. United States, filed their c... Read more

The Future of Food

Airs at: Mon, 12/04/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

What will the future of food look like? Some say the only way we will be able to feed ourselves in the future is through an expansion of agribusiness, reliant on GMOs and pesticides. But there is another vision of the future that involves creating crops that regenerate the ... Read more

The People's Summit

Airs at: Wed, 11/29/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

Over the weekend of June 9, 2017, over 4,000 activists gathered in Chicago for the People's Summit. Organizers described the Summit as a convening of organizations and individuals committed to social, racial and economic justice. Those who attended pushed forth a people'... Read more

The Pentagon, Hollywood, Climate Change, and An Appeal for Democracy

Airs at: Mon, 11/27/2017 at 12:00am

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

Professor of Philosophy at Columbia, Phillip Kitcher, talks with host John Shuck about how if human beings hope to survive the looming climate catastrophes, we will need to talk it out, one to one, in families, neighborhoods, and social gatherings. The power of grassroot... Read more

Learning Resiliency from Disaster

Airs at: Mon, 11/27/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

On October 16 Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow of the Post Carbon Institute, was scheduled to come on this show to talk about a controversy that was raging over how to reach a 100% renewable future. Richard lives in Santa Rosa and when I contacted him a week before the show ... Read more

Ep.11 Wild Mushroom Bisque

Airs at: Sat, 11/18/2017 at 3:45am - 4:45am

Produced for: Peace, Love and Soup

Nov. 2017 -- It’s that time of year when the weather gets brisk, the leaves change color and Portlanders have one thing on their mind… Wild Mushrooms! On this month’s episode: Cook / Renaissance man Saint James https://kboo.fm/media/61098-saint-james-show invites... Read more

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Threatened Again

Airs at: Mon, 11/20/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

For a while it seemed like the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge had been saved from oil rigs. But since Trump was elected every bad idea we thought we'd blocked is back in play. After decades of bipartisan support for protecting one of the last pristine, untouched wild place... Read more

Alternative Tech: Risks and Promises

Airs at: Wed, 11/22/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Recovery Zone

There's no arguing that human technology and energy use have a tremendous impact on our planet; and the problems we face, which include climate change and the risk of mass extinction, are daunting. What we end up doing is a clear reflection of our values and priorities. ... Read more

The Costs of War

Airs at: Wed, 11/15/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

The Costs of War Project is a team of 35 scholars, legal experts, human rights practitioners, and physicians, which began its work in 2011. They use research and a public website to facilitate debate about the costs of the post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the ... Read more

MEGAFIRES

Airs at: Mon, 11/13/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Wildfire, like actors in a Greek drama, has two opposing faces: one of destruction and another of rejuvenation. In recent years there has been a growing appreciation of wildfire’s regenerative function in forest ecology, but the increase in large, intensely hot “megafires” ... Read more