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April Waters on "Sheroes"

Airs at: Tue, 04/19/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
Guest host Kathleen Stephenson interviews painter April Waters about her series of paintings called "Sheroes," which is currently on exhibit through April 21st at Portland Artists Repertory Theater at 1515 SW Morrison. "Sheroes" is an exhibit of larger than life portraits a... Read more

Raising Elijah:Protecting Our Children In An Age of Environmental Crisis

Airs at: Mon, 04/18/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Healthwatch
Biologist, author and mother, Sandra Steingraber discusses her new book Raising Elijah. Steingraber demonstrates how the intimate world of parenting connects to the public world of policy-making and how the ongoing environmental crisis is fundamentally a crisis of ... Read more

Portland State University celebrates Earth Day, April 22

Portland State University celebrates Earth Day, April 22 (Portland, OR) April 12, 2011 -- Portland State University's (PSU) fourth annual Earth Day Festival, featuring food, music, and demonstrations of sustainable living, will be held Friday, April 22, from 11 a.m. to 4 ... Read more

Attracting native pollinators. Plus, plant of the month: Figs

Airs at: Wed, 04/13/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Dirtbag
Host Glen Andresen and guest Jim Gilbert welcome Matthew Shepherd, Senior Conservation Associate with The Xerces Society (a nonprofit organization that protects wildlife through the conservation of invertabrates and their  habitat) to talk about their brand new book Attract... Read more

Portland Climate Action Now!

Airs at: Mon, 04/18/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
In October 2009 the Portland city council adopted a climate action plan, setting in place the city’s ambitious sustainability roadmap to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by the year 2050. A year and a half later the city is putting the action plan to work with... Read more

No safe level of exposure: the battle to ban asbestos

Airs at: Sun, 04/17/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 11.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana} span.s1 {color: #0018eb} Host Dan Johnson interviews Ann Samuelson, a former Clatsop County Commissioner, businesswoman and outspoken advocate in the pursuit of outlawing the use of asbes... Read more

The Assault on Labor and ALL of America's Working Class

Airs at: Tue, 04/12/2011 at 12:00am
Hosted by Joe Uris and Abe Proctor What if the labor movement never happened? What if we never gained weekends or sick leave? Or lunch hours, paid vacation, health insurance? The 40-hour work week? With hundreds of union-busting bills pending across the nation, Abe and Joe... Read more

Death & Dying: Green Funeral Options in Oregon

Airs at: Fri, 04/08/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Digital Divide
Elizabeth Fournier, owner and mortician of Cornerstone Funeral Services joined us for a lively conversation on death, embalming, Formaldehyde and options for green burial in and around the Portland area. Read more

Update on Nuclear Disaster in Japan with Nuclear Expert Arjun Makhijani

Airs at: Mon, 04/11/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Day-to-day coverage of the ongoing nuclear disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power complex has slipped from the headlines. But the severity of the nuclear crisis in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan continues to unfold. Right after the earthquake, ... Read more

Radiation issues with Fukushima, HAARP

Airs at: Wed, 04/06/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
Host Sue Supriano speaks with Leuren Moret, a geoscientist who has worked around the world on radiation issues, educating citizens, the media, members of parliaments and Congress and other officials. She formerly worked at the Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab where she became ... Read more