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Long-time environmentalists Jeanne and Dick Roy share their "Practice of Hope"

Airs at: Wed, 04/25/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Recovery Zone
For the past 19 years Jeanne and Dick Roy have been working tirelessly as full-time volunteers to heal our world,  co-founding the Northwest Earth Institute in 1993 and the Center for Earth Leadership in 2006 . In the face of so much "bad news," what sustains and motivates ... Read more

Coal Trains are Commin' to the Great NorthWest

Airs at: Tue, 04/24/2012 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Joe Uris There are plans afoot to build Coal Export Terminals on the Oregon Coast, and transport Huge Quantities of Coal for Export across our state by rail.  This is a Bad Idea, for myriad reasons.  Coal Trains leave a trail of Coal Dust in their wake that has a... Read more

Bruce Gagnon on Weapons in Space, Military Expansion, War, Climate Change and Corporate Domination

Airs at: Thu, 04/19/2012 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for Fight the Empire
Host Per Fagereng speaks with Bruce Gagnon, Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space. He was a co-founder of the Global Network when it was created in 1992. Between 1983–1998 Bruce was the State Coordinator of the Florida Coalition for Pea... Read more

Green Empowerment: renewable energy and water systems that alleviate poverty

Airs at: Wed, 04/25/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Political Perspectives
Aaron Liss of Green Empowerment talks about renewable energy projects in Nicaragua and the upcoming 25th anniversary of the death of Ben Linder. April 28th will mark the 25th anniversary of the death of Ben Linder, a mechanical engineer from Portland who was killed by U.... Read more

Larry Merculieff on indigenous elder wisdom and modern day personal to global challenges.

Airs at: Thu, 04/19/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Radiozine
Host Michelle Schroeder Fletcher interviews Larry Merculieff who is won of the presenters at the Earth and Spirit Council's Earthday Conference this Friday, April 20th and Saturday, April 21st. Larry Merculieff has almost four decades of experience serving his people, t... Read more

Headlines and Occuflu

Airs at: Thu, 04/19/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Presswatch
Host Theresa Mitchell discusses headlines including Ron Wyden, Fukushima, Sudan and New York protests, followed by the "Occuflu" and whether or not it is Tularemia. She also talks about the system of biological sensors in our major cities for detecting pathogens. Read more

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 role ... 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 and h... 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 us ... Read more