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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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Activism, Agriculture, Science/Technology, Food, Global Affairs, Government/Politics, Environment/Climate
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KBOO Stream 1
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Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent

Airs at: Mon, 11/30/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
In these end days of peak oil, the Canadian province of Alberta is on a mission to replace Saudi Arabia as the world's major source of petroleum. The once pristine boreal forests of Northern Alberta are being transformed into gigantic pit mines as energy companies rush to e... Read more

Locus Focus on 11/23/09

Airs at: Mon, 11/23/2009 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Cap-and-trade systems are being touted across the country as the most likely way to reduce carbon emissions and they have been in practice in Europe for several years. But cap-and-trade is controversial in the eyes of some envrironmentalists—who see carbon trading as a form... Read more

Cap & Trade 101

Airs at: Mon, 11/23/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Cap-and-trade systems are being touted across the country as the most likely way to reduce carbon emissions and they have been in practice in Europe for several years. But cap-and-trade is controversial in the eyes of some envrironmentalists—who see carbon trading as a form... Read more

Locus Focus on 11/16/09

Airs at: Mon, 11/16/2009 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
What is Plan B 4.0?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 ... Read more

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
Produced for:  Locus Focus
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