Environment/Climate

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THE DEATH & LIFE OF THE GREAT LAKES

Airs at: Mon, 05/01/2017 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The Great Lakes―Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario and Superior―hold 20 percent of the world’s supply of surface fresh water and provide sustenance, work and recreation for tens of millions of Americans. But they are under threat as never before, and their problems are spreadin... Read more

Oregon Documentaries

Airs at: Thu, 04/27/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Film Show
  A flurry of documentaries about Pacific Northwest newsmakers are making the rounds of film festivals and television shows, locally and around the country. The Reluctant Radical profiles climate activist Ken Ward, one of the Valve Turners in the campaign to shut down the... Read more

Urban Biodiversity Is Not An Oxymoron!

Airs at: Mon, 04/24/2017 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
One of the biggest challenges to protecting, restoring and managing significant urban natural areas and critical fish and wildlife habitat is the notion that cities are bereft of significant wildlife or the habitats that support them----that urban biodiversity is an oxymoro... Read more

David Korten: Toward an Ecological Civilization

Airs at: Tue, 04/18/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Will Rogers, a famous U.S. humorist once said, “If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.” Good advice. Wish that it were heeded when it comes to climate change. Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, says, “there's tremendous disagreement” ab... Read more

MARCH FOR SCIENCE

Airs at: Mon, 04/17/2017 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The Trump administration has declared a war on science. The first thing they did upon taking office was erase all references and data about climate change from government websites, and impose gag orders on scientists working for the EPA and Department of Energy. Then Trump ... Read more

Group Opposing Lincoln County Spray Ban Gets Help from Dow Chemical

Airs at: Thu, 04/13/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
A ballot measure in Lincoln County would ban the aerial spraying of pesticides and herbicides. The last few years have seen a number of local and statewide agriculture reform measures face overwhelming industry opposition--for example the 2014 GMO bans in Jackson and Josep... Read more

Daniel McGowan Speaks at PSU

Airs at: Fri, 04/07/2017 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
On Apri 7th at PSU KBOO had the pleasure to record a presentation from former political prisoner Daniel McGowan about his experiences in the Earth Liberation Front (ELF), time in federal prison, & the necessity of broadening the scope of radical movements and supporting pri... Read more

Getting to the root, cutting the weeds... and continuing to grow.

Airs at: Thu, 04/13/2017 at 7:00pm - 10:00pm
The inundation of increasingly compact technology is said to 'free us up' from being tied to one place, enabling us to create larger (global) communities, based on our interests and ideologies.  What we have seen though, is that this has led to the marketing and perpetuatio... Read more

Anti-Earth Day show

Airs at: Fri, 04/21/2017 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  From the Grassroots
“The planet is fine. The people are fuxxxd.”George Carlin Listen to “ From the Grassroot-where we agitate for social change with music and commentary, “ for our annual Anti-Earth Day focusing on the political humor of George Carlin and we will continue our musical tribute t... Read more

THE INNER LIFE OF CATS

Airs at: Mon, 04/10/2017 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
For millennia, cats have been celebrated as secretive, mysterious companions, content to live alongside, yet apart from humans. But science is beginning to reveal that their cool exterior actually conceals hidden depths of emotion and affection—for us, and for each other. ... Read more