Environment/Climate

THE MOVEMENT TO STOP THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE

Airs at: Mon, 10/31/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Alberta's Tar Sands operations have been stirring up controversy north of the border for some time now, Last month awareness of Alberta's tar sands mining began to spread as thousands of activists gathered in Washington, D.C. to protest the Keystone XL pipeline, that is ... Read more

Gaia Workshops foster The Great Turning

Airs at: Wed, 10/26/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Recovery Zone

This month on the Recovery Zone, host Stephanie Potter speaks with climate activist and facilitator Barbara Ford, who works closely with eco-philosopher Joanna Macy in support of "The Great Turning." In her Gaia Workshops, Barbara's philosophy is that in confronting our des... Read more

Crass Struggle: Greed, Glitz, and Gluttony in a Wanna-Have World: An Interview with R.T. Naylor

Airs at: Wed, 10/19/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Greed!

Host Kathleen Stephenson interviews R.T. Naylor about his new book Crass Struggle: Greed, Glitz, and Gluttony in a Wanna-Have World. R.T. Naylor is professor at McGill University. His books include Satanic Purses, Wages of Crime, Patriots and Profiteers, and Hot Money and... Read more

FELLING THE CONDIT DAM

Airs at: Mon, 10/24/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

For a century dams have blocked salmon runs throughout the Pacific Northwest. These dams have wiped out or greatly reduced many of the salmon runs in the Columbia River Watershed, which was once the greatest salmon river in the west. But in the past few years, some of th... Read more

Richard Heinberg on "The End of Growth: Adapting to our New Economic Reality"

Airs at: Thu, 10/20/2011 at 9:30am - 10:00am

Produced for: Fight the Empire

Host Per Fagereng speaks with author, educator and speaker Richard Heinberg about his new book The End of Growth: Adapting to Our New Economic Reality. Richard Heinberg’s latest book goes to the heart of the ongoing financial crisis, explaining how and why it occurred, an... Read more

Christian Parenti discusses "Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence"

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

Hosts Cecil Prescod and Celeste Carey interview Christian Parenti, author of Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence. Parenti explores how, from Africa to Asia, extreme weather brought on by global warming is unleashing cascades of unrest and viole... Read more

Democratic Energy and Occupy Wall Steet

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick and Harvey Wasserman talk about the need, the possibility and the way for developing wind and solar energy systems that emphasize distributed, democratic production. Recently, Harvey spoke at Occupy Wall Street. They agree that this should be part of the Wall ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour October 17th

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick hosts this Old Mole and we hear: Bill interview Harvey Wasserman about the relationship between our democratic energy future and Occupy Wall Street. Joe Clement reads an essay by David Graeber about the Radical Imagination set loose by the Wal... Read more

Occupy Portland, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy The World!!!

Airs at: Tue, 10/18/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: The Abe and Joe Talk Radio Show

Hosted by Joe Uris. Joe reports on the popular Occupy Portland encampment, including phone calls from Sandy Polishuk, one of our Elder Activists working on-site in whatever capacity seems appropriate at the time, and from Jimmy, one of the Volunteer Coordinators. There is ... Read more

DEEP FUTURE: THE NEXT 100,000 YEARS OF LIFE ON EARTH

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

For the past few weeks we've been discussing relatively short term implications of climate change on a variety of ecosystems. On this episode of Locus Focus we look at how the course we take in the near future—whether to curb our appetite for fossil fuels or continue the... Read more