Environment/Climate

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Catalogs; Russian fruit; Plus new gardening, animal husbandry classes with PDX's "Urban Growth Bounty"

Airs at: Wed, 01/12/2011 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  The Dirtbag
Host Glen Andresen and guest Jim Gilbert talk about Jim's recent fruit exploring trip to Russia and Ukraine. Then a discussion of favorite garden catalogs and new and exciting varieties of fruits and vegetables. Plus, the City of Portland's Bureau of Planning and Sustain... Read more

Daniel Lerch on Managing the 21st Century's Sustainability Crises

Airs at: Wed, 01/12/2011 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
Host Sue Supriano speaks with Daniel Lerch, Program Director of Post Carbon Institute about his book, The Post Carbon Reader: Managing the 21st Century’s Sustainability Crises. Daniel Lerch is the author of Post Carbon Cities (2007), the first major municipal guidebook ... Read more

This month Robert Meeropol on WikiLeaks and Christopher Wills author “The Darwin Touris

Dave DeAngelis interviews biologist Christopher Wills about his new book “The Darwinian Tourist: Viewing the World Through Evolutionary Eyes.” Wills discusses some of his adventures as a globe-trotting scientist, and describes how our understanding of the living world ca... Read more

THE MELTING POT - Free Download of the Week

THE MELTING POT - FREE DOWNLOAD of the WEEK 1 Forward is not just a direction, it's a way of life for Colorado based producer Alex B who is rolling out big tunes under the new guise of Paper Diamond. The new project finds the trusted producer moving into previously un... Read more

HUMANITY ON A TIGHTROPE

Airs at: Mon, 01/10/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Paul Ehrlich is arguably the most infamous environmentalist of the modern era. His 1968 book The Population Bomb, raised awareness on the connections between exponential human population growth and environmental degradation. It is still iconic to some while a discomfort ... Read more

Voices from the Edge 01-06-11 Lawmakers & Lawmen

Airs at: Thu, 01/06/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Lawmakers and Lawmen: A conversation with State Senator Jackie Dingfelder about the upcoming legislative session and a look at Portland Police Chief Mike Reese's comments on police shootings Oregon starts a new year with a new governor and legislature. It also starts wi... Read more

Fight the Empire on 01/06/11

Airs at: Thu, 01/06/2011 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
Host Per Fagereng speaks with Mike Ruppert, author of Crossing The Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil. They will discuss the New Year, the new Congress, peak oil and the future.  CD-1966 Read more

The Rural Organizing Project: Roots and Wings Celebration

Airs at: Wed, 01/05/2011 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
We put together a show based on interviews recorded during the Roots and Wings Celebration of the Rural Organizing Project on December 4, 2010. We included about 2/3rds of people who participated in the interviews, talking about the beginnings of ROP, how different indiv... Read more

Abe and Joe discuss the not inconsiderable accomplishments of the Obama administration.

Airs at: Tue, 01/04/2011 at 12:00am
Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris It's no secret that for progressives, the Obama administration has been a mixed bag. A number of landmark accomplishments seem diminished in light of what they might have been, had the President and his Congressional majority had the b... Read more

FRACKING THE MARCELLUS SHALE

Airs at: Mon, 01/03/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The good news that abundant new natural gas deposits in the United States are driving down the once soaring cost of natural gas has a disturbing underbelly. Hydraulic fracturing, the unconventional method used to extract this gas is creating nightmares for people who liv... Read more