Environment/Climate

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Mindfulness in Education and Economics (ENCORE)

Airs at: Mon, 10/30/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
What if we brought mindfulness to schools and Buddhism to economics?   Clair Brown teaches at Cal Berkely and is the author of Buddhist Economics: An Enlightened Approach to the Dismal Science.  Caverly Morgan is the founder of Peace in Schools, the first for credit high sc... Read more

Eagle Creek Fire Seven Weeks Later

Airs at: Mon, 10/23/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
This past week a fifteen year old boy from Vancouver, WA was charged with five misdemeanor counts for starting the Eagle Creek Fire on September 2. Now that the fire is mostly contained and the alleged culprit will be brought to trial, attention is focusing on post-fire rec... Read more

The Echo Episode: Sound and Collecting It

Airs at: Fri, 10/20/2017 at 10:00am - 10:15am
Produced for:  Threshold Shift
If you missed our last long-form piece this Wednesday be sure to check it out on the special page. So this week, in our penultimate episode, I'd like to allow our minds to wander a bit and envision ourselves as echo collectors. I know the series has focused quite a bit on t... Read more

Climate and Capitalism

Airs at: Mon, 10/16/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Thom Becker shares excerpts from two articles on climate change and capitalism: Climate change and capitalism: We can’t confront one without facing the other by Conor Lynch and Climate Denialism Is Literally Killing Us By Mark Hertsgaard. Then Thom and Bill play and com... Read more

Preparing for Disaster

Airs at: Mon, 10/23/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Voices for the Animals
Dab Steadman interviews Jo Becker, professional disaster preparedness consultant, about the steps pet-owners can take to keep their animals safe in the event of both small emergencies and large-scale disasters.  A timely topic! Jo has more than 12 years of experience as a ... Read more

World-wide organization offers opportunities for education, inspiration, on organic farms

Airs at: Wed, 10/25/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms, aka Willing Workers on Organic Farms, (or  just plain WWOOF),  is a worldwide movement that links volunteers with organic farmers and growers. The idea is to promote cultural and educational experiences based on trust and non-monet... Read more

Local Group to Deliver Aid to Puerto Rico--Event this Saturday

Airs at: Tue, 10/17/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Puerto Rico is still suffering the consequences of Hurricane Maria and the somewhat haphazard government aid efforts. Ninety percent of the island is still without power, and clean water is near impossible to find, not to mention fuel to boil questionable water. A group of... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for October 16, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 10/16/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Thom Becker hosts this episode, which features these segments: Bill Resnick interviews Bayla Ostrach about Catalonian independence from Spain  Movie Moles review Reds (1981) about the October 1917 Revolution Thom shares comments on Climate Change and Capitalism Listen ... Read more

Positively Revolting Hosts an Open Forum

Airs at: Fri, 10/13/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
And we figured you might be in that same small boat with us.  What's on your mind? Could it be: active and looming climate change writ large threat of nuclear war the current occupant of the white house openly questioning major media's right to report facts that differ... Read more

Summer of Fire, Smoke and Ash

Airs at: Mon, 10/16/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Five weeks ago a massive fire roared through the western half of the Columbia River Gorge, while hundreds of thousands of acres burned across the rest of Oregon, and more than another million in Montana. This week massive wildfires erupted across far more populated areas in... Read more