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Civilization and its Future, Part 2

Airs at: Mon, 05/01/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick interviews John Bellamy Foster. They discuss the future as the world continuously warms, wreaking havoc with vast destructive storms, spiraling food prices, whole populations desperately fleeing, and more. At some point people around the world will awake and de... Read more

Interview with Amber Canavan of Compassionate PDX

Airs at: Fri, 04/28/2023 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for That Vegan Show
Join me as I interview Amber Canavan, an organizer with Compassionate PDX. Compassionate PDX is a grass-roots group of volunteers dedicated to creating political change in favor of non-human animals. Their current campaigns are Fur Free Portland, Fur Free Oregon, and Foie G... Read more

Certified Disaster

Airs at: Mon, 05/01/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
The oil & gas industry is turning to unproven and unregulated  “gas certifiers” like Project Canary that claim to “measure” emissions and label their methane gas as “responsibly sourced”. The certified gas industry allows companies to charge a premium for their products, an... Read more

Looking Back to Look Forwards: The Warm Springs Water Treatment Plant

Airs at: Sat, 04/22/2023 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
  Oregon Water Pollution and Water Rights Earth Day Special Programming Only on KBOO 90.7FM Portland     Read more

International Earth Protectors

Airs at: Sat, 04/22/2023 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  Interview with International Earth Protectors Earth Day Special Programming Only on KBOO 90.7FM Portland       Read more

2023 A New Earth Rising

Airs at: Sat, 04/22/2023 at 12:30pm - 2:00pm
  My first guest is Chris Maeri, talking about Eco-Construction and Eco-Tourism, how those things tie together. Followed by an improvised Earthday jam. My second guest is Dave Sobel who is talking about his recent experience in the Jungle of Chiapas Mexico. As well as a n... Read more

Seventh Generation Thought Now

Airs at: Sat, 04/22/2023 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
  Join Ender Black on a special Earth Day episode of Squirrels Know!  We will be discussing the undeniable beauty of Mother Earth, the immense value of all the multiplicity of beings around us, the injustices that are constantly perpetrated and continually allowed by what ... Read more

The Soul of Earth Day

Airs at: Sat, 04/22/2023 at 11:00am - 12:30pm
  Welcome to a special edition of LTAR-   We  address climate change and environmental issues that disproportionately impact low-income communities and communities of color.  Nia Gray, Professor Johnson, Althea Billings, and Cecil Prescod on The Soul of Earth Day   “Envi... Read more

Once A Braided River

Airs at: Sat, 04/22/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
  For thousands of years the north reach of the Willamette River, near its confluence with the Columbia, was a braided river of shallow channels and islands rich in biodiversity. That was until European settlers came to the Pacific Northwest and displaced the Indigenous pe... Read more

Labor and Environmental Protection

Airs at: Sat, 04/22/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
  The latest IPCC report states unequivocally that we need to reduce carbon emissions 50% by 2030 to avoid climate catastrophe.  All sectors of society need to take this seriously. The environment is being seriously threatened by the increase in global temperatures and ai... Read more