Environment/Climate

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NO ONE EATS ALONE

Airs at: Mon, 05/15/2017 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
In today's fast-paced, fast-food world we all seem to be eating alone, all the time - whether it's at our desks or in the car. And as much as we feel cut off from our friends and families, we certainly feel even more disconnected from all the other people in our vast foodsc... Read more

Borne by Jeff Vandermeer

Airs at: Thu, 05/25/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Named one of the most anticipated books of 2017 by The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Book Riot, Chicago Reader, The Week, and Publishers Weekly. "Supremely literary, distinctly unusual . . . VanderMeer’s deep talent for worldbuilding takes him into realms more remini... Read more

A GREAT ARIDNESS

Airs at: Mon, 05/08/2017 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
With its soaring azure sky and stark landscapes, the American Southwest is one of the most hauntingly beautiful regions on earth. Yet staggering population growth, combined with the intensifying effects of climate change, is driving the oasis-based society close to the brin... Read more

Answering the Call of the Soul in Times of Trouble and Disorder

Airs at: Fri, 05/05/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
        We are so very pleased to once again have author, mythologist and storyteller Micheal Meade as our guest on Positively Revolting. To say the times we live in are topsy turvy nightmare is an understatement, they are troubling and sometimes energizing, staying grounde... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for May 1, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 05/01/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris hosts this edition of the Mole for May 1, International Workers' Day. We hear --  1.  Bill Resnick talks with Rand Wilson of Labor for Bernie (LfB) and Our Revolution about the central role labor must play in contemporary politics. 2.  Two talks from the Port... Read more

From the Portland Climate March

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Voices from Saturday's People's Climate March in Portland, including PCUN organizer Marisol Ceballos, speaking on the links between organizing for climate justice and just working conditions for Oregon farmworkers. Photo Credit:  SirRound [at] hotmail.com Read more

Left of Center-Podcast

Airs at: Wed, 04/26/2017 at 3:00pm - Fri, 04/27/2018 at 3:00pm
This weeks' episode of Left of Center serves as a reminder of the current confirmed members of Donald Trump's Cabinet along with the threat they collectively represent to so many everyday issues we deal with; LGBTQ Rights, Education, The Environment and so much more.     ... Read more

THE DEATH & LIFE OF THE GREAT LAKES

Airs at: Mon, 05/01/2017 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The Great Lakes―Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario and Superior―hold 20 percent of the world’s supply of surface fresh water and provide sustenance, work and recreation for tens of millions of Americans. But they are under threat as never before, and their problems are spreadin... Read more

Oregon Documentaries

Airs at: Thu, 04/27/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Film Show
  A flurry of documentaries about Pacific Northwest newsmakers are making the rounds of film festivals and television shows, locally and around the country. The Reluctant Radical profiles climate activist Ken Ward, one of the Valve Turners in the campaign to shut down the... Read more

Urban Biodiversity Is Not An Oxymoron!

Airs at: Mon, 04/24/2017 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
One of the biggest challenges to protecting, restoring and managing significant urban natural areas and critical fish and wildlife habitat is the notion that cities are bereft of significant wildlife or the habitats that support them----that urban biodiversity is an oxymoro... Read more