Environment/Climate

New Eco-Healthy Homes Guide from OEC

Airs at: Tue, 07/20/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Evening News

Oregon Environmental Council has released a new guide book, the "Eco-Healthy Homes Checkup Kit". KBOO's Jacob Anderson-Minshall spoke with Jen Coleman from OEC about the organization, toxins in our homesand what people can do to improve the health of their homes. Oregonia... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 07/15/2010

Airs at: Thu, 07/15/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Portland City Council voted 3-2 this morning to let police unit commanders have a vote in certain cases before the new police review board. Does this make the new board "structurally flawed" or does it increase accountability as commissioners supporting the change claim? V... Read more

GROWING GARDENS: GROWING THE NEXT GENERATION OF VEGGIE EATERS AND GROWERS

Airs at: Mon, 07/19/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Last week on Locus Focus we talked about transforming school lunch programs into vehicles that encourage kids to eat healthy foods, while teaching them about the connections between food, health, and the environment. This week we look at a program in Portland that n... Read more

Imagining the (climate) future

Imagining the future of the climate: Old Mole Variety Hour July 19, 2010: Today's show is about climate change and science fiction, and science fiction about climate change, but it is not about the illusion that climate change is itself science fiction. Let's put that n... Read more

Press**Watch update: Oil is not Well in the Gulf

BP is defying Admiral Thad Allen to keep the pipe closed at their oil catastrophe site. They are proudly announcing that the oil disaster is over, and that the 'seeps' nearby are not expressing oil. Their own live feed looks ominous this morning, however, with dark clouds... Read more

Rain Water Collection Systems

Airs at: Sat, 07/17/2010 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: The Dirtbag

Host Glen Andresen and Jim Gilbert of One Green World welcome Clackamas Community College horticultual instructor Bruce Nelson to talk about rainwater harvesting and two upcoming rainwater collecting workshops at Clackamas Community College on August 30 and September 1. ... Read more

Developments in the Gulf

Airs at: Mon, 07/12/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Jan Haaken interviews environmental engineer and former guest, Richard Heymann, about the changing situation in the gulf and what makes this spill and how it's being handled different from others. Read more

Heart of Dryness

Airs at: Mon, 07/12/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill interviews James Workman - author of "Heart of Dryness: How the Last Bushman Can Help Us Endure the Coming Age of Permanant Drought" - about fostering community through water-conservation, but specifically as he learned it studying African aborigines. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour July 12th

Airs at: Mon, 07/12/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Today's show ran the gamut from water conservation to oily devastation to the double-edge of postmodern autonomy, with a final romp by our Movie Moles through the Ozarks. Our host, Clayton Morgareidge, selected some bluegrass music to accent the plight of those who just wan... Read more

SCHOOL LUNCHES, SUSTAINABILITY AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH

Airs at: Mon, 07/12/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

In April a report was released showing that more than 9 million young adults, or 27 percent of all Americans ages 17 to 24, are too overweight to join the military and that national security in the year 2030 is "absolutely dependent" on reversing child obesity rates. Acc... Read more