Environment/Climate

Ball of Confusion (Election?! Edition)

Airs at: Fri, 11/04/2016 at 12:00am - 3:00am

Produced for: The Sacred Circle "TEMENOS"

Temptations sing: "One, two, one, two, three, four, ow People moving out, people moving in Why, because of the color of their skin Run, run, run but you sure can't hide An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth Vote for me and I'll set you free Rap on, brother, rap on ... Read more

Dolce Vita Confidential

Airs at: Thu, 10/27/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: The Film Show

Film writer Shawn Levy sits down with Jenn Chavez to tell behind-the-scenes stories of the classic Italian film studios, as collected in his newest book Dolce Vita Confidential: Fellini, Loren, Pucci, Paparazzi, and the Swinging High Life of 1950s Rome. Then, S.W. Conse... Read more

A MINE ON MT. ST. HELENS?

Airs at: Mon, 10/24/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Since 2010, Ascot Resources has been trying to get a permit to conduct exploratory drilling for gold, copper and molybdenum deposits on Mt. St. Helens, with plans to ultimately develop a mine. The proposed drilling project is located just outside the boundary of the Mount S... Read more

Would a Crisis Benefit Left or Right?

Airs at: Thu, 10/20/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Flashpoints was pre-empted last night for the Presidential Candidate Debate, so we'll hear the latest episode from the series Radio Ecoshock with host Alex Smith. The show asks, "Should we hope for a crisis as a way out?" Alex speaks with Eddie Yuen from Pacifica's "Again... Read more

Bill McKibben on the State of the Climate Movement

Airs at: Thu, 10/20/2016 at 9:00am - 9:30am

Produced for: Presswatch

Host Theresa Mitchell interviews environmental activist and author Bill McKibben about the state of the climate movement and what it takes to keep fossil fuels in the ground. Bill McKibben’s 1989 groundbreaking book, The End of Nature, was the first of his 13 remarkable... Read more

Election 2016: Syndicated Version

Airs at: Sun, 10/16/2016 at 6:30am

Produced for: Beloved Community

This is the syndicated version of the Beloved Community. This is the election episode. I speak with Laurence Leamer author of The President’s Butler, a fictional account of a billionaire who decides to run for president. Afraid of Trump becoming president? Well, don’t b... Read more

Amy Livingstone, Sacred Art and Spiritual Ecology

Airs at: Sun, 10/16/2016 at 12:00am

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

Amy Livingstone is the proprietor of Sacred Art Studio in Portland. Amy explores the intersection of theology, ancestral ways of knowing, environmentalism, and spiritual ecology. Her work is informed by her love for the earth and engagement with many forms of creative expre... Read more

Street Farm: Growing Food, Jobs and Hope on the Urban Frontier

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

According to the American Farmland Trust, fifty acres of prime agricultural land are paved over and developed every hour in North America. At the same time the number of farmers is declining while the human population is expected to eclipse eight billion in just over a deca... Read more

The Digital Divide: Host Rabia Yeaman interviews Donald Hoffman

Airs at: Fri, 10/14/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: The Digital Divide

Rather than as a set of absolute physical principles, reality is best understood as a set of phenomena our brain constructs to guide our behavior. To put it simply: we actively create everything we see, and there is no aspect of reality that does not depend on consciousn... Read more

BRINGING CLIMATE JUSTICE TO THE CLASSROOM

Airs at: Mon, 10/10/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

THIS PROGRAM WAS ORIGINALLY BROADCAST ON MAY 23, 2016 In what may be a first in the nation, the Portland, Oregon school board passed a sweeping “climate justice” resolution that commits the school district to “abandon the use of any adopted text material that is found to... Read more