Environment/Climate

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Van Jones on "Beyond Green Jobs"

Airs at: Fri, 02/04/2011 at 12:00am
Van Jones, environmental advocate, civil rights activist, and attorney, is a co-founder of three non-profit organizations. In 1996, he founded the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights which works for alternatives to violence. In 2005, he co-founded Color of Change, an advocac... Read more

International Women's Day on 03/08/11

Airs at: Tue, 03/08/2011 at 5:30am - Wed, 03/09/2011 at 5:30am
March 8th is International Women’s Day. Continuing our annual tradition, KBOO is broadcasting an entire day of music, information, and news—all produced by about women. Tune in anytime between 5:30 AM, Tuesday, March 8th, and 5:30 AM, March 9th to hear a variety of music a... Read more

Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of Dreams

Airs at: Mon, 03/07/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Until World War II, Odessa was one of Europe's great multicultural cities, a place of optimism and light. For nearly a century its colorful street life inspired poets and writers like Alexander Pushkin, Mark Twain and Isaac Babel. It was also a major center of Jewish cultur... Read more

U.S. to bomb Libya? Oil again? Off shore banks hide billions for bankster class

Airs at: Thu, 02/24/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
 Theresa Mitchell with the "new you're not supposed to know."  Kadafy blames protests in Libya on Al Queda, Gov. Walker in Wisconsin shows himself to be lickspittle for the bankster class.  British judge rules Julian Assange to be deported to Sweden. U.S. preparing "full ra... Read more

Voices from the Edge 03-03-11 True Crime: Fact and Fiction about Oregon's Crime Rate

Airs at: Thu, 03/03/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  True Crime: Fact and Fiction about Oregon's Crime Rate Turn on the local news and most likely the lead story will be about crime. Its the rare elected official who won't suggest crime is overwhelming our public safety resources. Its little wonder that the maj... Read more

Center for Earth Leadership supports Agents of Change throughout NW

Airs at: Wed, 02/23/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
The Center for Earth Leadership offers a free six-week Agent of Change Course -- for anyone who would like to introduce sustainable practices and raise ecological awareness within their school, workplace, church, neighborhood or other such circle of influence. Participants ... Read more

The Coal Truth and Nothing But the Truth, Longview WA

Airs at: Thu, 02/24/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Normal 0 On Febuary 23rd a group gathered at the courthouse in the town of Kelso, Washington to express their outrage surrounding plans to build a coal export terminal nearby in Longview, Washington. Millennium Bulk Logistics, a subsidiary of Australia’s Ambre Energy, h... Read more

The Act of Reclaiming Agriculture

Airs at: Mon, 02/28/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Oregon is blessed with many small family farms that have somehow managed to survive in a hostile environment dominated by behemoth industrial farming operations. Friends of Family Farmers, a statewide organization working to promote and protect socially responsible agricult... Read more

Cajun breakfasts for Mardi Gras; GMO Alfalfa and Sugar Beets; the Whole Hog; "Farm Direct" House Bill 2336

Airs at: Wed, 02/16/2011 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Food Show
February may be our shortest month, but we still bring you a sumptuous yet policy-packed Food Show! We begin again with the first meal of the day. Breakfast in Bridgetown author Paul Gerald returns to talk Cajun petit dejeuner spots in advance of Mardi Gras (March 8). Then... Read more

FARMING BEYOND THE BARCODE

Airs at: Tue, 02/22/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
While Barbara was in Eugene this week for the Food Justice Conference (check out last week's Locus Focus to learn more about this event), we repeated a Locus Focus episode from November 2009 that features, Joel Salatin, farmer, food choice advocate and dream-doer, who runs ... Read more