Environment/Climate

The Developmental Origins of Obesity

Airs at: Mon, 04/23/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Radiozine

Health and Health Care Forum Host Roberta Hall presents Dr. Jerrold Heindel, a scientist at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in North Carolina. He spoke about the Developmental Origins of Obesity at the Northwest Environmental Health conference. Read more

PROTECTING OLD-GROWTH FORESTS: Keys to Prepare for Climate Change

Airs at: Mon, 04/23/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

This past winter the Forest Service released its long anticipated final planning rule for the nation's 155 national forests and 20 national grasslands. The plan validates what many scientists have been saying for years: mature and old-growth forests play a critical ro... Read more

MY NEW WEBCAST RADIO SHOW: NEW VISIONS FOR PEACE

I'm very excited to announce the start of my new podcast called NEW VISIONS FOR PEACE produced through the KBOO Community Radio studios here in Portland. The first show was an interview with Hillary Larson, Regional Coordinator for the Gangaji Foundation about Gangaji an... Read more

Positively Revolting on 04-20-12 Environmental activist Barbara Ford

Airs at: Fri, 04/20/2012 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Positively Revolting

Barbara Ford talks with Ani and Lyn about her part in the Earth Day Conference & Celebration “Barbara Ford is an impassioned leader of the Great Turning, a visionary artisan of cultural evolution, one of our best twenty-first-century guides to a better world. She helps ... Read more

Interview; Eugene Linden; The Ragged Edge of the World

Airs at: Thu, 04/12/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: A Deeper Look

The Ragged Edge Of The World The intersection where the forces of the modern world collide with the wildlands and the Indgenous People who call them home. This is the Title and the focus of Eugene Linden's book, the The Ragged Edge of the World: Encounters at the Fron... Read more

Duane Elgin on Great Transition Stories for Earth Day and Beyond

Airs at: Wed, 04/18/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Radiozine

We live in a time of converging crises -- climate change, financial disruption, energy shortages, species extinctions, the list goes on. "Life as usual" is on the verge of implosion. How do we enter this new era? How can we make sense of it? Visionary author and speaker,... Read more

Jon Rasmussen interviews Steve Weiss on The Sandy River and the Sandy River Restoration Expo

Airs at: Thu, 03/29/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Radiozine

Host Jon Rasmussen interviews Steve Weis, Sandy River Basin Watershed Council Executive Director, about the the second annual Sandy River Restoration Expo and about the ecosystem of the Sandy River and its importance to Northwest Oregon. The Sandy River Restoration Expo:... Read more

Chemical Pollutants in Household Products

Airs at: Mon, 04/16/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Radiozine

Health and Health Care Forum Host Roberta Hall speaks with Maye Thompson, one of the organizers of the Northwest Environmental Health Conferences and Jen Coleman, outreach coordinator for the Oregon Environmental Council, about chemical pollutants in household products. Read more

Host Theresa Mitchell gives headlines and the latest on Fukushima

Airs at: Thu, 04/12/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Presswatch

PressWatch is a weekly counterpropaganda and Left opinion program hosted by Theresa Mitchell; expect analysis, alternative news, humor, and transgender politics. On todays' show host Theresa Mitchell gives headlines and the latest on Fukushima. Read more

NESTLE IN THE GORGE

Airs at: Mon, 04/16/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

In late February the Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD) issued the first set of permits necessary to facilitate Nestlé’s proposal to take and bottle water in the Columbia River Gorge. This decision came despite overwhelming public opposition to the plan. Now opp... Read more