Recovery Zone

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Hosted by: 
Stephanie Potter
Produced by: 
KBOO
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Recovery Zone has retired. It previously played on KBOO every 4th Wednesday of each month, from 11:00 am to 11:30 am.

 Healing Our World

Everywhere we look we see a world in trouble--environmental degradation; war, torture and militarism; corporate greed, poverty and economic injustice;  a negligent media--and all of it intertwined.  Yet there are also people dedicated to solving these problems--working on them from every possible angle.  They are part of a leaderless, bottom up, grass roots social movement manifesting itself in a myriad of ways. Paul Hawken describes this movement as humanity's "immune response"  to the sickness that pervades our world -- "social antibodies attaching themselves to the pathologies of power."  The Recovery Zone gives voice to these healers. Tune in or check it out in the KBOO archives.

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Retired

Recovery Zone on 04/24/13

Airs at: Wed, 04/24/2013 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
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Bitcoin is in the news recently as the world's first online, decentralized currency.  What is it? How does it work?  What are the possibilities and pitfalls? Host Stephanie Potter speaks with local bitcoin and alternative currency experts who are rethinking the concept of m... Read more

Recovery Zone on 03/27/13

Airs at: Wed, 03/27/2013 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
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What is it to be "human" or "wild?" What do we mean by "sustainability" or "civilization?" Miles Olson questions our basic assumptions, and shares practical information for surviving an uncertain future in his unconventional survival guide, Unlearn, Rewild: Earth skills, id... Read more

Recovery Zone on 02/27/13

Airs at: Wed, 02/27/2013 at 11:00am - 11:30am
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Would you prefer to age comfortably in your own home or retire to a senior care facility?  If you chose the former, you might be interested to know that Portland is about to become a part of the village movement, which began 10 years ago in Boston when 12 older adults creat... Read more

Recovery Zone on 01/23/13

Airs at: Wed, 01/23/2013 at 11:00am - 11:30am
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For many of us, a perpetual-growth economy in a world of finite resources doesn't make any sense, but the idea of a steady-state, no-growth economy creates fears of privation.  Rob Dietz and Dan O'Neill have set about to dispell those fears in their recent book Enough is En... Read more

Recovery Zone on 12/26/12

Airs at: Wed, 12/26/2012 at 11:00am - 11:30am
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According to city planner Jeff Speck the key to a thriving city is it's walkability. What are some simple inexpensive steps that we can take to get us our of our cars?  What's the matter with traffic engineers and "starchitects." How does Portland rate? Stephanie Potter hos... Read more

Recovery Zone on 11/28/12

Airs at: Wed, 11/28/2012 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
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Millions of us consider our use of plastic a perfectly normal part of everyday life.  We purchase and toss out our plastic products and packaging without giving it a second thought. But Beth Terry began thinking about it in 2007, and when she learned about the toxicity and ... Read more

"Plastic Free: How I kicked the Plastic Habit and How You can Too" with author Beth Terry

Airs at: Wed, 11/28/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
Millions of us consider our use of plastic a perfectly normal part of everyday life. We purchase and toss out our plastic products and packaging without giving it a second thought. But Beth Terry began thinking about it in 2007, and when she learned about the toxicity and e... Read more

Recovery Zone on 10/24/12

Airs at: Wed, 10/24/2012 at 11:00am - 11:30am
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Host Stephanie Potter welcomes Bev Harris of Renton, Washington, who founded Blackboxvoting.org. In 2002, Bev was among the first to reveal that modern-day voting systems are run by private for-profit corporations, using a certification system so fundamentally flawed that i... Read more

Recovery Zone on 09/26/12

Airs at: Wed, 09/26/2012 at 11:00am - 11:30am
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 Community Rights-Based Activism comes to Portland. Some 150 communities in 6 east coast states have passed local ordinances that strip corporations of their so-called "rights," banning corporate factory farming, fracking, water extraction for bottling, and more. West Coast... Read more

Recovery Zone on 08/22/12

Airs at: Wed, 08/22/2012 at 11:00am - 11:30am
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How are druids connected to the environmental movement?  Why would a druid consider modern economic theory to be backwards? What could we all learn from the laws of nature? Would an understanding of those laws help us put an end to tech stock bubbles, housing bubbles and ot... Read more