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Airs at: Mon, 03/10/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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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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GARBOLOGY: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash - An Interview with author Edward Humes

Airs at: Mon, 05/07/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
What is America's largest export, most prodigious product and greatest legacy? It's our trash. Each of us in on track to toss 102 tons of garbage in the course of our lifetime. Our disposable plastic alone outweighs the entire U.S;. Navy. But we don't like to think about... Read more

Locus Focus on 04/23/12

Airs at: Mon, 04/23/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
PROTECTING OLD-GROWTH FORESTS: Keys to Prepare for Climate Change This past winter the Forest Service released its long anticipated final planning rule for the nation's 155 national forests and 20 national grasslands. The plan validates what many scientists have been saying ... Read more

PROTECTING OLD-GROWTH FORESTS: Keys to Prepare for Climate Change

Airs at: Mon, 04/23/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
This past winter the Forest Service released its long anticipated final planning rule for the nation's 155 national forests and 20 national grasslands. The plan validates what many scientists have been saying for years: mature and old-growth forests play a critical role ... Read more

Locus Focus on 04/16/12

Airs at: Mon, 04/16/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
NESTLE IN THE GORGE In late February the Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD) issued the first set of permits necessary to facilitate Nestlé’s proposal to take and bottle water in the Columbia River Gorge. This decision came despite overwhelming public opposition to the... Read more

NESTLE IN THE GORGE

Airs at: Mon, 04/16/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
In late February the Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD) issued the first set of permits necessary to facilitate Nestlé’s proposal to take and bottle water in the Columbia River Gorge. This decision came despite overwhelming public opposition to the plan. Now oppone... Read more

Locus Focus on 04/09/12

Airs at: Mon, 04/09/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
HOUSING RECLAIMED: SUSTAINABLE HOMES FOR NEXT TO NOTHING The American Dream of owning your own home has shattered on the shoals of the economic crisis that started in 2008. While it has become much harder harder to achieve this dream, there is a surge of interest in finding ... Read more

HOUSING RECLAIMED: SUSTAINABLE HOMES FOR NEXT TO NOTHING

Airs at: Mon, 04/09/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The American Dream of owning your own home has been battered by the economic crisis that started in 2008. While it has become much harder harder to achieve this dream, there is a surge of interest in finding resourceful, affordable and environmentally friendly ways of cr... Read more

Locus Focus on 04/02/12

Airs at: Mon, 04/02/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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THE FUTURE IS NOT ALL DOOMED - A Conversation with Carl Safina In this age of climate change, species extinction and exponentially expanding human population, it's hard not to feel like we're doomed. So it's important that we find voices to listen to that offer some glimmers... Read more

THE FUTURE IS NOT ALL DOOMED - A Conversation with Carl Safina

Airs at: Mon, 04/02/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
In this age of climate change, species extinction and exponentially expanding human population, it's hard not to feel like we're doomed. So it's important that we find voices to listen to that offer some glimmers of hope. On this episode of Locus Focus we are joined agai... Read more

Locus Focus on 03/26/12

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
BEAUTIFUL & ABUNDANT: BUILDING THE WORLD WE WANT No one understands the fundamental realities of life on earth better than the farmer. The farmer understands that each habitat can support a certain number of living things sustainably, and to exceed natural limits creates las... Read more