Monday of this week was Cesar Chavez Day. Cesar Chavez was an iconic civil and labor rights leader and founder of the United Farm Workers union. In the 1980’s, Chavez led a high-profile boycott of table grapes, to protest the risk pesticides pose to farmworkers, rural communities, and consumers. Today, in honor of Cesar Chavez, we will talk about the latest efforts to protect farmworkers, their families, and consumers of agricultural products from environmental health risks associated with pesti...
Apr 04, 2014•4 min
Does your tap water contain fluoride? If so, why, and where does the fluoride come from? Should it really be in the water supply? Delve into these questions with Jay Sanders of Clean Water California, Paul Connett of the Fluoride Action Network, and children’s health campaigner Arlene Goetze. The post Terra Verde – March 28, 2014 appeared first on KPFA.
Mar 28, 2014•4 min
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Mar 21, 2014•4 min
On the third anniversary of the disaster in Fukushima, Terra Verde speaks with nuclear activists from Friends of the Earth and Mothers for Peace on the state of the nuclear industry globally, and the struggle against California’s Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. The post No Nukes: Stories from Fukushima to Diablo Canyon – March 14, 2014 appeared first on KPFA.
Mar 14, 2014•4 min
At the top of the reduce, reuse, recycle chain is reducing. In this segment, Terra Verde explores a new movement to reduce the use of single use disposable food containers at casual dining restaurants, and replace them with reusable containers, even for takeout. Guests: Samantha Meyer, Zero Waste Program Manager with Clean Water Action’s California office, Jena Davidson, owner of the Sacred Wheel Cheese Shop in the Temescal neighborhood of Oakland, and Laura Weiss, owner and founder of GoBox. Th...
Mar 07, 2014•4 min
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Feb 28, 2014•4 min
Paul Scheckel, energy efficiency and renewable energy consultant, talks about his books – The Home Energy Diet: How to Save Money by Making Your House Energy Smart and The Homeowner’s Energy Handbook: Your Guide to Getting off the Grid. The post Terra Verde – Adventures in Energy Efficiency appeared first on KPFA.
Feb 07, 2014•9 min
Josh Hart of Stop Smart Meters!, Dr. Joel Moskowitz of the Center for Family and Community Health at UC Berkeley, and filmmaker/teacher Kevin Kunze (Director/Editor of the documentary Mobilize) weigh in on the health impacts of wireless technologies–in particular, cell phones. The post Terra Verde – January 31, 2014 appeared first on KPFA.
Jan 31, 2014•4 min
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Jan 24, 2014•4 min
There’s a mythic Tesla and an historic Tesla, and we’re not talking about the car company based in Palo Alto. We’re talking about the Serbian engineer and inventor who made his way to New York City in 1884. Professor Bernard Carlson (author of Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age), Dr. Elizabeth Rauscher, and Dr. JJ Hurtak join host Laura Garzon Chica to discuss what, if anything, Tesla can offer the movement for a cleaner, safter, more equitable, and more efficient energy industry. The post Te...
Jan 17, 2014•4 min
Despite the fact that the Casino brings in over $200 million in revenue, the average Casino worker only earns $9.60/hour and hasn’t received a raise in 4 years. While workers continue their struggle for fairness inside the casino, workers and neighbors are joining together to build community and reclaim their own health and labor. On today’s Terra Verde, talking about their recent collaboration in connecting food justice, community resilience and worker rights, are guests Isidoro Saravia Ramos, ...
Jan 10, 2014•4 min
Today’s Terra Verde includes stories of illegal drugs grown in hidden compounds, indiscriminate killings and gruesome deaths. This segment is not, however, a news story about a foreign drug haven. Nor is it about the latest show on cable TV. Instead, it is about the secret life of super-toxic rat poisons, and the risks they pose to wildlife, birds, pets, and children in California. With us today in the studio is Lisa Owens-Viani, Founder and Director of Raptors Are the Solution, based in Berkele...
Jan 03, 2014•4 min
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Dec 27, 2013•4 min
Coral reefs around the world are impacted by global threats, like climate change, and local threats, including development on coastlines, fishing, coral harvesting, water quality, garbage, and physical contact with people and ships. Today, on Terra Verde, we’ll look at a few of these threats and what listeners can do to help protect reefs. Guests: Michael Webster, Executive Director of the Coral Reef Alliance, based in San Francisco; Jennifer Smith, Assistant Professor at the Center for Marine B...
Dec 20, 2013•4 min
Just as famed British environmentalist Tony Juniper asks in his new book: What has Nature Ever Done for Us? today we ask, what has KPFA ever done for you? Just as Juniper encourages his readers to put a monetary value for ecosystem services on corporate balance sheets, we ask you to put a monetary value on KPFA in your personal budget. The post Terra Verde – December 13, 2013 appeared first on KPFA.
Dec 13, 2013•9 min
As we reach for our heavy sweaters, jackets and thick socks, piling on the layers to brave the brisk air out there, how often do we think about the origins of the materials we use to bundle up? The local organic food movement has made great strides in recent years, but what about a movement for local organic fiber? Many of us know at least a bit about the contributions that agriculture makes to the accumulation of carbon in the atmosphere and all the havoc that wreaks, but are we aware of the po...
Dec 06, 2013•4 min
We’ve all heard of the formidable little creatures like E. coli or Salmonella that can bring us to our knees, or worse. Pathogens are no joke, and foodborne pathogens are a force to be reckoned with. So, as a society, we have food laws. Hear about changes to state and federal food laws that YOU can influence from Christina Oatfield of the Sustainable Economies Law Center, Sarah Hackney of the National Sustainable Agriculture Coaltion, and Jo Ann Baumgartner of the Wild Farm Alliance. The post Te...
Nov 15, 2013•4 min
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Nov 08, 2013•4 min
Guest Donald Shoup nearly titled his book “Aparkalypse Now” instead of “The High Cost of Free Parking.” Cumulatively, people consume a massive amount of oil (not to mention time) circling for parking. Isn’t there a better way? Tune in to learn about the theory and practice of designing parking policies to protect the environment. Guests: Donald Shoup, Distinguished Professor of Urban Planning and Director Emeritus of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California at Los ...
Nov 01, 2013•4 min
As more and more people connect the dots between farm to fork and all the stops in between, conversations about food bring up questions about sustainability and personal as well as animal and environmental health. A foodie holiday like Thanksgiving is no exception. Buying a local, sustainable turkey is a new and increasingly important choice for most. It’s also a confusing one. To help answer your questions about which Turkey to buy and from where, we have with us today Bill Niman from BN Ranch,...
Oct 25, 2013•4 min
Tune in as we talk about new frontiers and frontlines in the world of energy with Colin Miller of the Local Clean Energy Alliance, Max DeArmon of The Future of Energy, and Madeline Stano of The Center on Race, Poverty, and the Environment. The post Terra Verde – October 18, 2013 appeared first on KPFA.
Oct 18, 2013•4 min
Today we bring you stories from the frontlines of the struggle to take back the ancestral food-producing skills that so many of us lost during the golden years of the oil age, globalization, and modernity. It seems a new time is upon us now and the emerging lifeways hold much promise. Hear from photographer and writer Lori Eanes about her new book, Backyard Roots, and from one of the 35 urban farmers featured in that book: artist, herbalist, and homeopath Maya Blow. The post Terra Verde – Septem...
Sep 27, 2013•9 min
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Sep 20, 2013•4 min
Today we delve into aquaponics, which combines elements of aquaculture (farming aquatic animals) and elements of hydroponics (growing veggies without soil, in water). Max Meyers of NorCal Aquaponics, Girasimos Christoforatos of Aquabiotic Systems, and Jessica Schilke of Green Aquaponics discuss this symbiotic food production system as one that is high-tech and trendy and also ever-evolving from ancient roots. The post Terra Verde – September 13, 2013 appeared first on KPFA.
Sep 13, 2013•4 min
Adaptive Urbanism is a concept that is gaining currency among city planners and dwellers worldwide. Instead of seeing the city’s design as an ‘end state’ and aiming toward that final vision, it calls for an ongoing process of engagement and reiteration, inviting public participation and feedback in a collaborative, flexible process. Today on our show we’ll explore how this concept is connected to a rise of pedestrian plazas and the broader effort to create safer and more welcoming places in citi...
Aug 30, 2013•4 min
Global climate change can increase the risk of food insecurity and even famine. What is being done to prevent both? Listen in to host Adrienne Fitch-Frankel speaking with guests Chris Funk, Senior Research Geographer with UC Santa Barbara’s Climate Hazards Group and the US Geological Survey and contributor to the Famine Early Warning System, David Lobell, Associate Director of the Center on Food Security and the Environment and Assistant Professor of Environmental Earth System Science at Stanfor...
Aug 23, 2013•4 min
Ecotherapy is rooted in the idea that natural outdoor settings are powerful aids to mental health and psychological healing. This idea is backed both by ancient wisdom and modern science. Today we explore the precedents and promise of ecotherapy with Berkeley-based therapists Ariana Candell and Rain Sussman and Jan Edl Stein of the Holos Institute in San Francisco. The post Terra Verde – August 16, 2013 appeared first on KPFA.
Aug 16, 2013•4 min
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Aug 09, 2013•4 min
Why We Should and How We Can Restore Our Night Skies Tune in today for a conversation with Chad Moore of the National Park Service’s Night Skies Program, Scott Kardel of the International Dark-Sky Association, and Paul Bogard, author of The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light. The post Terra Verde – July 19, 2013 appeared first on KPFA.
Jul 19, 2013•4 min
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Jul 12, 2013•4 min
