Environment/Climate

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2023 Year in Review with Eric de Place

Airs at: Mon, 12/18/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
It’s been a wild year in many respects and this week is the time of year when we reconnect with Eric de Place with Salish Strategies in Seattle, to puzzle out all that’s happened. Today we talk about the positives – of which there have actually been a few – as well as the m... Read more

Keeping It Real, with Lisa Loving on 12/07/23

Airs at: Thu, 12/07/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Cascadia Stack has programs in Spanish and in English. They have a preparedness workshop scheduled for January 27th in Vancouver. Find out more about what they do online here.  Read more

Rumble on the River

Airs at: Mon, 12/11/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
For the past year a coalition of climate and social justice activists have been presenting a series of monthly Rumble On The River community forums that bring together expert voices to explain the risks of having 90% of Oregon’s fuel stored within city limits at the Critica... Read more

The Wild West of Carbon Credits

Airs at: Mon, 12/04/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
We still have a brief window of opportunity to avoid the worst impacts of climate change if we drastically and quickly begin to cut all carbon emissions. However meaningful efforts to achieve these cuts are being undermined by the heavy use of carbon offsets, which allow bu... Read more

A Girl, A Goat, & An Alternative to 4-H (Encore)

Airs at: Fri, 11/24/2023 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Voices for the Animals
In April of this year, a 9-year-old girl in Northern California who was raising a 4-H goat named Cedar decided that she couldn't go through with giving up her friend to be killed, as the program demands. The fair board, which runs the 4-H program, decided that was unaccepta... Read more

Playful Presence: Robin Jackson and Songwriting

Airs at: Mon, 11/27/2023 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Playful Presence
Playful Presence is a show about the creative process, mindfulness, and play. Plus some improvised scenes and poems. Hosted by Taj Baker. This month, Taj interviews Robin Jackson about songwriting and creativity.  We touch on topics such as creative blocks, the inner criti... Read more

Northwest Animal Rights Network (NARN) Interview

Airs at: Fri, 11/24/2023 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  That Vegan Show
"That Vegan Show" interviews Hannah and Rachel of The Northwest Animal Rights Network (NARN) and learns of their conscientious and far-reaching activism. Hannah Thompson-Garner is NARN’s Director of Advocacy and Mission Advancement, previously serving on NARN’s Board of Dir... Read more

Environmental Clashes on Native American Lands

Airs at: Mon, 11/27/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jan Haaken talks with Cynthia-Lou Coleman, Professor Emerita of communication at Portland State University, about her recent book, Environmental Clashes on Native American Lands (2020, Palgrave Macmillan). One of the clashes taken up in the book centers on the discovery ... Read more

A Fair Farm Bill for All

Airs at: Mon, 11/27/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The United States’ food system has become a corporate-dominated marketplace, strangled by an elite few, that holds farmers and consumers hostage to greed. Currently Congress is negotiating the 19th Farm Bill which is an opportunity to pass a fair Farm Bill for all, after de... Read more

Threshold

Airs at: Sun, 11/26/2023 at 8:30am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Pathways
John Nelson is a visionary author and writer of the new novel, Threshold: A Crisis Ignites a Universal Awakening. He is an award-winning author, novelist, editor, and screenwriter with forty-five years of writing experience, his work spans non-fiction and fiction. John's bo... Read more