Environment/Climate

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Fracked Gas Industry Takes a Page from the Tobacco Industry

Airs at: Mon, 02/27/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Recently the city of Eugene passed an ordinance to phase out gas appliances in new homes and buildings. This action follows similar ordinaces in cities around the country. But the fracked gas industry is not taking these moves lying down. Last November, NW Natural hired Dr.... Read more

Nightmare on the River

Airs at: Mon, 02/20/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
When you drive along Highway 30 through the industrial area of NW Portland, you witness an amazing contradiction. On the west side of the highway is Forest Park, Portland's premiere urban wilderness area. But on the east of the highway you see potential doom. That six mile ... Read more

Threshold

Airs at: Sun, 02/19/2023 at 8:30am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Pathways
John Nelson is an award-winning author and writer of both visionary fiction and non-fiction. John’s whose work spans many different areas—from exploring how technology will affect the future of our human spiritual evolution, to methods for bring greater peace and healing in... Read more

How Ocean Heat Ends The Human Experiment

Airs at: Thu, 02/09/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Radio Ecoshock
  Unwitting humanity has been saved by the sea. About 90% of the extra heat from our greenhouse gases was absorbed by the ocean, like a giant air-conditioner. But the power could be cut off soon, as we hear from our second guest Keith Moore. We are setting a hot stage for ... Read more

Nuclear Colonialism: Part 3 on Allyship & its Complications in Moving Forward and Peacefully Healing Mother Earth

Airs at: Thu, 02/09/2023 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  American Indian Airwaves
Part 1 Nuclear Colonialism with Leona Morgan (Dine Nation) is a three-part interview that has broadcast over three consecutive episodes of American Indian Airwaves. The series focuses on our guests community work since 2007, which includes combatting against many aspects of... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for February 13, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Saving the Planet: With climate change denial a dead letter, with many countries now deeply injured and a great majority of the world’s population concerned and seeking action, two... Read more

Saving the Planet

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
With climate change denial a dead letter, with many countries now deeply injured and a great majority of the world’s population concerned and seeking action, two programs have emerged to solve the crisis, one from the left, the other from Capital. Bill Resnick interviews Br... Read more

Just Transition or False Solutions?

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
As the climate crisis continues to intensify, accelerating the threats to communities across the planet, it is critical now more than ever to find solutions that come from impacted communities and not the fossil fuel industry.   On this episode of Locus Focus, we talk with ... Read more

Samuel Bautista Lazo on Handmade Futures

Airs at: Tue, 02/07/2023 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  For The Wild
  Grounding this conversation within Teotitlan del Valle in Oaxaca, Mexico, guest Samuel Bautista Lazo, brings listeners into an insightful conversation on the value of craftwork that connects us to the past and plants seeds for the future. Here, Samuel outlines the weavin... Read more

The Neuroscience of Bottom-Up Governance: Creating A Resilient Future

Airs at: Tue, 02/07/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  EcoJustice Radio
  For many years, specifically in Western culture, we have overlooked the scientific and cultural impact of human feeling. USC neuroscientist Dr. Antonio Damasio argues feelings and emotions are what make up human intelligence, consciousness, and the capacity for cultural ... Read more