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Hosted by: 
Barbara Bernstein
Produced by: 
KBOO
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Every Monday from 10:00am to 11:00am.


 

A weekly conversation about our place on the planet. Locus Focus host Barbara Bernstein talks with local, regional and national experts, activists and policy makers about climate change, food policy, land use, salmon restoration, forest management and all the other things that matter in our environment.

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Topic tags: 
Activism, Agriculture, Science/Technology, Food, Global Affairs, Government/Politics, Environment/Climate
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KBOO Stream 1
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Locus Focus on 10/22/12

Airs at: Mon, 10/22/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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RUSH TO JUDGEMENT?: EPA WATERSHED STUDY OF THE PEBBLE MINE IN BRISTOL BAY, ALASKA The Pebble Mine proposed in southwestern Alaska is slated to become one of the largest gold, copper and molybdenum mines in the world. It would produce more than 10 billion tons of mining w... Read more

Locus Focus on 10/15/12

Airs at: Mon, 10/15/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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AIR: THE RESTLESS SHAPER OF THE WORLD - An Interview with William Bryant Logan We are dependent on air to sustain us, but rarely do we reflect on this fluid, boundless and unpredictable element of our planet. How do birds fly and why do they often fly in V formation? How... Read more

Locus Focus on 10/08/12

Airs at: Mon, 10/08/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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POWER FROM THE PEOPLE: How to Organize, Finance and Launch Local Energy Projects - author Greg Pahl More than ninety percent of the electricity we use to light our communities, and nearly all the energy we use to run our cars, heat our homes and power our factories, come... Read more

Locus Focus on 10/01/12

Airs at: Mon, 10/01/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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THE BLACK RHINOS OF NAMIBIA: An Interview with writer Rick Bass The Namib desert in Southwest Africa is one of the oldest landscapes in the world. It is home to the black rhino, a 3,000 pound nearly blind super-survivor that sports three-foot-long dagger horns and is capab... Read more

Locus Focus on 09/24/12

Airs at: Mon, 09/24/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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CLIMATE CHANGE'S DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON POOR NATIONS Climate change is one of the greatest obstacles to ending poverty and one of the gravest equity challenges of our time. While the richest countries in the world have been responsible for a disproportionate amount of ... Read more

Locus Focus on 09/17/12

Airs at: Mon, 09/17/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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THE FIGHT FOR HOME: How (Parts of) New Orleans Came Back - An Interview with author and filmmaker Daniel Wolff Five months after Hurricane Katrina, Daniel Wolff and Oscar-winning film director Jonathan Demme traveled to New Orleans.  As they treked through the city and p... Read more

Locus Focus on 09/10/12

Airs at: Mon, 09/10/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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THE MARINE STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE FISHING PRACTICES ONE FISHERY AT A TIME What does it mean when a fishery crashes and who is responsible for the accelerating loss of marine life throughout the world? From cod fisheries of New England to salmon fisher... Read more

Locus Focus on 08/27/12

Airs at: Mon, 08/27/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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NOTHING THAT IS POISONED CAN GROW: THE RICHMOND OIL REFINERY FIRE

Airs at: Mon, 08/20/2012 at 12:00am
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At 6:30 in evening on Hiroshima Day this month, the Chevron Oil Refinery in Richmond exploded in a massive fire, spreading a mushroom cloud of thick black smoke over the homes and gardens of the residents of this marginalized community. That night thousands of people flo... Read more

A NEW URBAN FOOD ZONING CODE FOR PORTLAND

Airs at: Mon, 07/30/2012 at 12:00am
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Portland has long been a center of ad-hoc urban agriculture. For many decades, Portlanders have grown vegetables in their backyards. Over the past 30 plus years, community gardens have sprung up where people without adequate yard space can also garden. And now an increas... Read more