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Hosted by: 
Barbara Bernstein
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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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Activism, Agriculture, Science/Technology, Food, Global Affairs, Government/Politics, Environment/Climate
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WHAT IS PLAN B 4.0

Airs at: Mon, 11/16/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Lester Brown, president of the Earth Policy Institute, has come out with a new book PLAN B 4.0: MOBILIZING TO SAVE CIVILIZATION. This plan for how we can (and must) cut global emissions by 80% by the year 2020, suggests existing technologies and know-how that will accomplis... Read more

Locus Focus on 11/09/09

Airs at: Mon, 11/09/2009 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
FARMING BEYOND THE BARCODEPortland area farmers Clare Carver (Big Table Farm in Gaston) and Jill Kuehler (Zenger Farm in SE Portland) return to Locus Focus for a chat with Joel Salatin, farmer, food choice advocate and dream-doer, who runs Polyface Farm in the Shenandoah Va... Read more

Farming Beyond the Barcode

Airs at: Mon, 11/09/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Portland area farmer Clare Carver (Big Table Farm in Gaston) returns to Locus Focus for a chat with Joel Salatin, farmer, food choice advocate and dream-doer, who runs Polyface Farm in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. We'll discuss the sustainable agricultural methods the... Read more

Locus Focus on 11/02/09

Airs at: Mon, 11/02/2009 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Scientists now say there is substantial evidence that environmental conditions and environmental pollutants—among them synthetic chemicals used in consumer products—have a profound effect on human health. On this program Locus Focus host Barbara Bernstein talks with Portlan... Read more

CHASING MOLECULES

Airs at: Mon, 11/02/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
How can green chemistry revolutionize the materials we make, how they're used, and the benefits to our health and the environment.  Scientists now say there is substantial evidence that environmental conditions and environmental pollutants—among them synthetic chemicals use... Read more

Portland's Urban Growth Boundary

Airs at: Mon, 10/26/2009 at 12:00pm
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Locus Focus on 10/26/09

Airs at: Mon, 10/26/2009 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
PORTLAND'S URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY: THIRTY YEARS LATERIn the late 1970s, an imaginary line was drawn around the Portland area. Inside the line, urban development could flourish. Outside that line the farms and forestland that characterize western Oregon would remain intact. T... Read more

Portland's Urban Growth Boundary: Thirty Years Later

Airs at: Mon, 10/26/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
In the late 1970s, an imaginary line was drawn around the Portland area. Inside the line, urban development could flourish. Outside that line the farms and forestland that characterize western Oregon would remain intact. This line, called the urban growth boundary, has save... Read more

Locus Focus on 10/19/09

Airs at: Mon, 10/19/2009 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Eating locally has become a national movement. But how can we eat locally produced food if our nearby family farms are plowed under for subdivisions? Host Barbara Bernstein speaks with Kendra Kimbiraskas, co-president of Friends of Family Farmers, about how her organization... Read more

Friends of Family Farmers

Airs at: Mon, 10/19/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Eating locally has become a national movement. But how can we eat locally produced food if our nearby family farms are plowed under for subdivisions? Eating locally has become a national movement. But how can we eat locally produced food if our nearby family farms are plowe... Read more