Environment/Climate

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Zuriel Van Belle and Karen Kraus of Coyote Crew PDX

Airs at: Thu, 04/10/2025 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Coyote Crew PDX is a new community-powered program of The Portland Urban Coyote Project. They like to say: It takes the whole community to keep everyone safe and healthy—people, pets, and coyotes. On May 31, they present CoyotePalooza at Portland Saturday Market.  Read more

Acting Like We're in a Climate Emergency

Airs at: Mon, 04/14/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Portland Urban Naturalist Mike Houck proclaimed the last time he was on Locus Focus: "We are living in a climate emergencty. It's time for Portland to act like it!" On this episode of Locus Focus Mike is joined by Dawn Uchiyama, former director of Portland's Bureau of E... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 14, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 04/14/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Health, care for all or for some? Hosted by Frann Michel, this episode of the Old Mole includes these segments: Healthcare for ALL Oregon:  Oregon is poised to become the first state in the union to enact a single payer health care plan. In June of this year, the Uni... Read more

Four Walls For Us All

Airs at: Tue, 04/22/2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
  As part of KBOO's Earth Day Programing we'll be joined by Erin Zipman, involved community member and recent graduate of Environmental Policy Studies. We explore the policies of safe, affordable housing, policy, and the passion to go beyond typical solutions to climate... Read more

Cow Poop Won't Solve the Climate Crisis

Airs at: Mon, 04/07/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Concentrated Animal Feed Operations have been around for a few decades. Basically concentration camps for cattle, pigs and chickens, these factory farms not only torture animals but also are major polluters and a principal emitter of greenhouse gases. But in recent years... Read more

Will Falk on the Tragedy of Thacker Pass

Airs at: Thu, 03/27/2025 at 8:00am - 9:00am
The guest is Will Falk of Protect Thacker Pass. Their campaign ended in a loss last year, construction of the open pit lithium mine in Nevada near the Oregon border is underway, and he is one of the protestors being sued by the mining company. Read more

Gaslighting Oregon

Airs at: Mon, 03/31/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Northwest Natural Gas's Smart Energy program advertises itself as a way for customers to “offset” their natural gas emissions by funding projects that the company says “reduce, or prevent the release of, greenhouse gases.” But in fact, as customers found out, Smart Energ... Read more

Spotlight on Eugene VeganFest

Airs at: Fri, 03/28/2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  That Vegan Show
Learn about The Eugene VeganFest and the non-profit organization behind it, Compassionate Living, on this week's "That Vegan Show." Eugene VeganFest, May 4, Eugene, Oregon: Hope Bohanec shared, The Eugene VeganFest is a celebration of compassionate and sustainable living ... Read more

Greenfrastructure

Airs at: Mon, 03/24/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
More than three decades ago Urban Naturalist Mike Houck coined the term Greenfrastructure to describe the important role that urban green spaces play in providing climate resilience. Green infrastructure emphasizes the importance of viewing our parks, forests, wetlands a... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 17, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 03/17/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Hosted by Desiree Hellegers, this episode features segments on Teaching Palestine, Food Justice, Health and Trans Fiction: Teaching Palestine:  In their Introduction to Teaching Palestine: Lessons, Stories, Voices, the editors begin by noting the silencing they routine... Read more