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Voices from the Edge on 01-20-11 Guest Jim Middaugh from Metro

Airs at: Thu, 01/20/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
div { margin: 0px; } What's the future of public participation? A with Jim Middaugh about Opt In and other strategies for a more engaged community Oregonians like to think of themselves as actively involved citizens. Even though Oregonians tend to turn out for election... Read more

Positively Revolting on 01-21-11 Guest Dick Roy

Airs at: Fri, 01/21/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
Normal 0 Ani and Lyn spoke with in-studio guest Dick Roy, co-founder of The Center for Earth Leadership. How can we get to fixing the world around us, tangibly in the here and now? Read more

Local Expert Don Francis talks about Radon in and around Portland

Airs at: Wed, 01/19/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
 Host Lisa Loving's guest is radon expert Don Francis talking about why Oregon -- and Portland in particular --  is a hotspot for radon, which is the biggest trigger for lung cancer among those who do not smoke. You can buy a Radon Test Kit from the American Lung Associatio... Read more

SUSTAINABLE FOOD IN A SUSTAINABLE CITY with Portland's Food Czar

Airs at: Mon, 01/17/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Why is the city of Portland concerned about food policy issues? So, concerned in fact that the city's bureau of Planning and Sustainability devotes some of its resources to sustainable food programs like Urban Growth Bounty and the Better Together Garden at City Hall. On th... Read more

Dave DeAngelis interviews biologist Christopher Wills about his new book “The Darwinian Tourist, on the Digital Divide

Airs at: Fri, 01/14/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Digital Divide
Dave DeAngelis interviews biologist Christopher Wills about his new book “The Darwinian Tourist: Viewing the World Through Evolutionary Eyes.” Wills discusses some of his adventures as a globe-trotting scientist, and describes how our understanding of the living world can b... Read more

How To Remove Tons of Building Material From Waste Streams

Airs at: Wed, 01/12/2011 at 12:00am
Portland’s Rebuilding Center may be diverting eight tons of building and remodeling materials a day but Executive Director Shane Endicott is the first to admit that the used building materials supplier--which serves 300 people a day--only exists to fund an entirely differen... Read more

Positively Revolting on 01/07/11

Airs at: Fri, 01/07/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
2011, a year in review..... Ani and Lyn review the last seven days.  We think it's been a weird, and busy, first week of the year.  What's taken your attention this week?  Our discussion of topics included, but was not limited to: A Congressional Rep from Illinois s... Read more

Violence, revolution and global warming

Airs at: Thu, 01/13/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
Theresa Mitchell hosts a special hour-long Presswatch and takes calls on the issues of the day. She wonders where the unemployed Tucson mass murderer got the money for his $1,000 gun, and weighs in on the climate crisis and what to do about it. Read more

Catalogs; Russian fruit; Plus new gardening, animal husbandry classes with PDX's "Urban Growth Bounty"

Airs at: Wed, 01/12/2011 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  The Dirtbag
Host Glen Andresen and guest Jim Gilbert talk about Jim's recent fruit exploring trip to Russia and Ukraine. Then a discussion of favorite garden catalogs and new and exciting varieties of fruits and vegetables. Plus, the City of Portland's Bureau of Planning and Sustainabi... Read more

Daniel Lerch on Managing the 21st Century's Sustainability Crises

Airs at: Wed, 01/12/2011 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
Host Sue Supriano speaks with Daniel Lerch, Program Director of Post Carbon Institute about his book, The Post Carbon Reader: Managing the 21st Century’s Sustainability Crises. Daniel Lerch is the author of Post Carbon Cities (2007), the first major municipal guidebook on ... Read more