Terra Verde Fundraiser Show: Part I We’re in a golden age of graphic novels, comics, and cartooning. Let’s make it a golden age for KPFA free speech radio! Hosts Michelle Chan and Laura Garzon Chica (@EarthMediaArts) talk to Andy Singer and Saul Griffith about their environmentally-themed comics projects. Andy Singer’s Why We Drive: The Past Present and Future of Automobiles in America from Microcosm Publishing and Saul Griffith’s Howtoons: Tools of Mass Construction from Image Comics are availa...
Dec 12, 2014•4 min
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Dec 05, 2014•4 min
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Nov 28, 2014•4 min
Tune in to hear about trends toward downsizing in housing. Host Laura Garzon Chica (@EarthMediaArts) discusses sustainable sheltering strategies like tiny homes, natural building, and multigenerational living with diverse guests. Architect Bob Theis (bobtheis.net), a strawbuilding pioneer, is working on a project in East Oakland that tailors natural building to the needs of folks opting for small spaces. Tatille Jackson is gearing up to build her own “living pod” at PLACE (aplaceforsustainableli...
Nov 21, 2014•4 min
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Nov 14, 2014•4 min
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Nov 07, 2014•4 min
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Oct 31, 2014•4 min
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Oct 24, 2014•4 min
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Oct 10, 2014•9 min
These days 3D printers are going with astronauts to outer space, creating prosthetic body parts, building up cars and houses, and bringing manufacturing jobs back to the USA. On a consumer level, 3D printers produce lots of stuff: toys, jewelry, accessories, home decor, etc. So, what’s the environmental potential of this additive manufacturing approach, relative to subractive milling or injection molding? What should we know about the toxicity and reusability of the common plastics and polymers ...
Sep 26, 2014•4 min
Today on Terra Verde we ask: What place is there for environmental stories in the new, networked, multiplatform, and interactive world of media? How are environmental journalists engaging with the tools of this digital revolution? Hear from Jason Jaacks of UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, Bruno Takahashi of Michigan State’s Knight Center for Environmental Journalism, and Jeff Burnside of the Society of Environmental Journalists and KOMO 4 (ABC), Seattle, with host Laura Garzon Chica ...
Sep 19, 2014•4 min
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Sep 12, 2014•4 min
There is a whole big world out there, with lots of forests in it. If you want to conserve them, where to start? How do you prioritize? What do you do? Our guests tell all: Laurie Wayburn, Executive Director of the Pacific Forest Trust; Rhett Butler, Founder of Mongabay; Pipa Elias, Consultant with the Union of Concerned Scientists The post Terra Verde – Global Forest Conservation 101 appeared first on KPFA.
Sep 05, 2014•4 min
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Aug 29, 2014•4 min
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Aug 22, 2014•4 min
You’ve heard about the Ebola virus outbreak, and you probably have a sense of how difficult it can be to identify, track, and control such contagions, what with so many travelers and so much cargo constantly criss-crossing the globe. When bizarre die-offs occur in nature, researchers must determine what kind of pathogen might be to blame, whether human activity had anything to do its emergence and spread, and if there’s anything that can or should be done about it. Hear from three biologists who...
Aug 15, 2014•4 min
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Jul 25, 2014•4 min
Nearby Silicon Valley is often celebrated for being a hotbed of innovative tech companies that are making the world a better place. Today we tackle tech from an environmental angle, pinpointing one of the hottest buzzwords of the day: The Internet of Things. The marriage of sensors and software means smart cities, smart roads, smart energy grids, smart agriculture, smart waste management… or does it? Will the IoT save us by making our modern lifestyles more efficient and sustainable or drown us ...
Jul 18, 2014•4 min
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Jul 11, 2014•4 min
If you ever travel on Highway 5 between Northern California and Southern California, as you pass the exit signs for small Central Valley towns or stop for gas and food…towns like Kettlemen City or Arvin, or exit signs for other highways that take you across the Central Valley to places like Modesto, and you may wonder about these places. What is their history? What is it like to live in one of these towns? On this segment, we learn about current and historical environmental justice struggles of ...
Jul 04, 2014•4 min
Today we explore the condemnation of eco-activism as terrorism punishable under the law (or outside the law) in the name of national security. Does the government’s attack on civil disobedience signal an end to a legitimate democracy in the USA? What does the corroding of civil liberties and the gutting of the Bill of Rights mean for those who struggle to protect our environment, ourselves as a species, and other creatures? What about corporations and the intelligence industrial complex at large...
Jun 27, 2014•4 min
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Jun 20, 2014•4 min
Terra Verde guests Vivian Huang of the Asia Pacific Environmental Network and author Antonia Juhasz discuss the explosion – both literally and figuratively – of crude oil being hauled across the US on rail lines. The post Terra Verde – Rolling through the East Bay: Deadly Oil Trains appeared first on KPFA.
Jun 13, 2014•4 min
Many consumers know they can look for organic, non-GMO, Fair Trade, or union label to find products that meet certain standards. But there is another trend in tracking corporate environmental performance, that goes deep into the supply chain of natural resources used as raw materials. In recent years, around the world, advocates for environmental conservation, as well as human rights and labor rights, have been calling for greater transparency as a key strategy to catalyze reforms in the public ...
Jun 06, 2014•4 min
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May 30, 2014•4 min
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May 09, 2014•9 min
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May 02, 2014•9 min
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Apr 25, 2014•4 min
Earth Day is around the corner and May Day is coming up too, so what better time to discuss the ways that the labor and environmental movements intersect. Tune in to hear from three organizers who are bringing together many kinds of workers around the Bay toward a new economy with environmental aims: Brooke Anderson of Movement Generation Justice and Ecology Project, Stephanie Hervey of the Sunflower Alliance and the Action Hub in Richmond, and Elliot Hughes of the Industrial Workers of the Worl...
Apr 18, 2014•4 min
California’s record drought has given new life to old proposals, such as building more dams and weakening environmental protections. Terra Verde speaks with Eric Wesselman of Friends of the River and Chief Caleen Sisk of the Winnemem Wintu tribe. The post Heart of Dryness: California’s Drought – April 11, 2014 appeared first on KPFA.
Apr 11, 2014•4 min
