Terra Verde – December 15, 2006 at 1:00pm
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Dec 15, 2006•4 min
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Terra Verde delivers news and views about the most critical environmental issues across California and globally. From agriculture and wildlife to energy and climate change, industrial pollution to design solutions, Terra Verde brings you stories of struggle and triumph that will determine the future of our planet.
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Terra Verde – December 8, 2006
Liberia, the west African country established by freed African slaves, has recently emerged from years of civil war. With a new president at the helm, how can Liberia ensure that its natural resources, which once bankrolled Charles Taylor’s regime, are now used to promote poverty alleviation and sustainability? Terre Verde speaks with Silas Siakor, a 2006 Goldman Environmental Prize winner, and forest expert Michelle Medieros. The post Terra Verde – December 8, 2006 appeared first on KPFA.
Dec 08, 2006•4 min
Terra Verde – December 1, 2006 at 1:00pm
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Dec 01, 2006•4 min
Terra Verde – November 24, 2006
Terra Verde talks to Sarah Roberts from the Center for the New American Dream and Anna White, Sales Representative for "Nothing", about Buy Nothing Day and with Corrina Gould from Indian People Organizing for Change (IPOC) about the demonstration at the Bay Street Mall in Emeryville. The post Terra Verde – November 24, 2006 appeared first on KPFA.
Nov 24, 2006•4 min
Terra Verde – November 17, 2006
A Sustainable Thanksgiving Terre Verde talks with local experts in the slow food and sustainable agriculture movements to discover how to put together a sustainable Thanksgiving meal. The post Terra Verde – November 17, 2006 appeared first on KPFA.
Nov 17, 2006•4 min
Terra Verde – November 10, 2006
Election post-mortem with the Transportation and Land Use Coalition, Republicans for Environmental Protection and Gayle McLaughlin, the new mayor of the city of Richmond, who won a historic victory for the Green party. The post Terra Verde – November 10, 2006 appeared first on KPFA.
Nov 10, 2006•4 min
Terra Verde – November 3, 2006 at 1:00pm
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Nov 03, 2006•4 min
Terra Verde – October 27, 2006
Terra Verde hosts Bill Magavern from the California Sierra Club and Rico Mastrodonato from the California League of Conservation Voters to talk about California State Propositions. The post Terra Verde – October 27, 2006 appeared first on KPFA.
Oct 27, 2006•4 min
Terra Verde – October 20, 2006 at 1:00pm
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Oct 20, 2006•4 min
Terra Verde – October 6, 2006
Terra Verde talks to producer of the film "The Great Warming." Just as other generations spoke of a Great Plague and a Great Depression, our children will be compelled to endure The Great Warming – and find a way to conquer its consequences. Filmed in eight countries on four continents, endorsed by dozens of the world’s leading scientists, this three-hour television series is the most factually accurate, visually stunning and wide-ranging production ever mounted about this complex, fascinating s...
Oct 06, 2006•9 min
Terra Verde – September 29, 2006 at 1:00pm
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Sep 29, 2006•9 min
Terra Verde – September 22, 2006 at 1:00pm
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Sep 22, 2006•9 min
Terra Verde – September 15, 2006
It’s back to school season and as parents and students are getting ready for the start of a new school year, some parents are asking is my child’s school safe, healthy and environmentally sustainable? Our guest Deborah Moore, Executive Director of the Green Schools Initiative will talk about the campaign to clean up schools and make them healthier more sustainable learning environments. The post Terra Verde – September 15, 2006 appeared first on KPFA.
Sep 15, 2006•9 min
Terra Verde – September 8, 2006
In the wake of the huge oil spill in Lebanon caused by Israeli bombing several weeks ago, we speak with environmentalists there and here at home in California about clean-up efforts. Our guests are Wael Hmaiden, president of Green Line, a local environmental group working on the clean-up, Dana Michaels from the California Department of Fish and Game Office of Spill Prevention and Response and Dr Michael Ziccardi of the Oiled Wildlife Care Network, which is based out of the University of Californ...
Sep 08, 2006•9 min
Terra Verde – September 1, 2006
2006 Legislative Wrap-up: As the 2006 legislative season wraps up, environmentalists are heralding an agreement that would make California the first state to limit industrial greenhouse gas emissions. Bill Magavern of the Sierra Club and Moira Chapin of Environmental California join Terre Verde to explore this historic agreement, as well as how other key environmental bills fared this year. The post Terra Verde – September 1, 2006 appeared first on KPFA.
Sep 01, 2006•9 min
Terra Verde – August 25, 2006
Climate Change and the Insurance Industry One year after Hurricane Katrina, has the insurance industry woken up to the role of climate change in making severe storms worse? What will be the effects of climate chaos on insurance companies, and ultimately on customers? Terre Verde will talk with Rachel Harold of CERES, and Evan Mills of Lawrence Berkeley Labs to find out. The post Terra Verde – August 25, 2006 appeared first on KPFA.
Aug 25, 2006•9 min
Terra Verde – August 18, 2006
From greenhouse gases to childhood asthma, air pollution has serious effects on the health of the planet and our bodies. Terra Verde explores the connection between healthy air and human health with Jack Colburn from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, and Maria Luz Torre from Parent Voices, which successfully convinced the San Francisco Unified School District to switch to from dirty diesel school buses to cleaner ones. The post Terra Verde – August 18, 2006 appeared first on KPFA.
Aug 18, 2006•9 min
Terra Verde – August 11, 2006
High Tech Trash Terre Verde explores the environmental and health impacts of our throwaway electronic society. Featuring Elizabeth Grossman, author of the new book "High Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics, and Human Health," and Aditi Vaidya of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition. Also in studio will be performance artist Praba Pilar, whose solo performance "Computers are a Girl’s Best Friend" comes to San Jose on August 11. The post Terra Verde – August 11, 2006 appeared first on KPFA....
Aug 11, 2006•9 min
Terra Verde – August 4, 2006
On the 61st anniversary of the first atomic bombing, Terra Verde interviews Keiji Tsuchiya, a Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor, who served as a rescue worker in the week immediately following the bombing. Now at age 78 he is Vice President of Okayama A-bomb Sufferers Association. We will also be joined by Tara Dorabji of Tri-Valley CAREs who will talk about nuclear testing in the Bay area and the role of companies like Bechtel, which has built more than half of the nuclear facilities in the United...
Aug 04, 2006•9 min
Terra Verde – July 21, 2006
If you have ever wandered around the residential neighborhoods in certain parts of the Bay Area, you may have noticed the sound of a creek gurgling quietly in the most unexpectedly places between houses. Or perhaps you have heard about the Friends of Creeks organizations that have befriended these creeks to help protect and restore local watersheds. With us in the studio to tell us more about Friends of Creeks groups in the Bay Area and the actions local communities are taking to protect their c...
Jul 21, 2006•9 min
Terra Verde – July 14, 2006
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger this week announced a plan to petition the Bush administration to protect all 4.4 million acres of roadless areas in California’s national forests, which could offer permanent protection for more than one-fifth of the state’s forested public land. Guests: Jim diPeso, policy director for the Republicans for Environmental Protection, Sara Barth, California/Nevada regional director of the Wilderness Society and Scott Greacen, Public Lands Coordinator of the Environmen...
Jul 14, 2006•9 min
Pushing Limits – July 7, 2006
Terre Verde speaks with Chris Paine and Jessie Deeter, Director and Producer of the new film "Who Killed the Electric Car?" which opens in Bay area theatres tonight. Also featured is Marc Geller, co-founder of Plug In America. The post Pushing Limits – July 7, 2006 appeared first on KPFA.
Jul 07, 2006•9 min
Terra Verde – June 30, 2006 at 1:00pm
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Jun 30, 2006•9 min
Terra Verde – June 23, 2006 at 1:00pm
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Jun 23, 2006•9 min
Terra Verde – June 16, 2006 at 1:00pm
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Jun 16, 2006•9 min
Terra Verde – June 9, 2006 at 1:00pm
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Jun 09, 2006•9 min
Terra Verde – June 2, 2006
2006 Primaries: Join Terre Verde in conversation with leading environmental advocates as they discuss the future of the environment in California’s upcoming primaries. Topics include the Pombo race, and how the Democratic gubernatorial candidates stack up against each other and against the Greens. The post Terra Verde – June 2, 2006 appeared first on KPFA.
Jun 02, 2006•9 min
Terra Verde – May 5, 2006 at 1:00pm
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May 05, 2006•4 min
Terra Verde – April 28, 2006 at 1:00pm
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Apr 28, 2006•4 min
Terra Verde – April 21, 2006 at 1:00pm
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Apr 21, 2006•4 min
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