Terra Verde – November 29, 2019
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally. The post Terra Verde – November 29, 2019 appeared first on KPFA.
Nov 29, 2019•30 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 – November 22, 2019
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally. The post Terra Verde – November 22, 2019 appeared first on KPFA.
Nov 22, 2019•30 min
Nothing Exists In Isolation: Connectivity Project Documentary Series
An interview with the director and producer of the Connectivity Project, a film series exploring a thematic focus on the interconnected manner in which the world functions. The post Nothing Exists In Isolation: Connectivity Project Documentary Series appeared first on KPFA.
Nov 15, 2019•30 min
Terra Verde – November 8, 2019
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally. The post Terra Verde – November 8, 2019 appeared first on KPFA.
Nov 08, 2019•30 min
Geoengineering 101: An Introduction to a Dangerous Techno-Distraction
An interview with program and research staff from the ETC Group regarding current dynamics around the surreptitious push by the fossil fuel industry and their political allies to advance geoengineering technologies under the guise of climate action. The post Geoengineering 101: An Introduction to a Dangerous Techno-Distraction appeared first on KPFA.
Nov 01, 2019•30 min
Communicating the Climate Crisis
This show is all about how we talk, write, joke, and otherwise communicate about the climate crisis. It’s about who constructed existing narratives around climate change and which voices are given the biggest microphones when it comes to climate communication. It’s about how to approach difficult climate conversations with friends and family, and how and when to make people laugh, or cry, or feel hope when it comes to the climate crisis in front of us. Terra Verde host and Earth Island Journal M...
Oct 25, 2019•30 min
California Air Resources Board Pushes Through Global Tropical Forest Offset Scheme
Steve Horn, a writer and producer from The Real News Network covering the California climate beat, joins Terra Verde to report on the state Air Resources Board approving a tropical forest offset scheme for global carbon markets. The post California Air Resources Board Pushes Through Global Tropical Forest Offset Scheme appeared first on KPFA.
Sep 27, 2019•30 min
The Kids Are All Right! #Climate Strike – September 20, 2019
Terra Verde host and Earth Island Journal editor Maureen Nandini Mitra in conversation with two young Bay Area climate activists who had helped coordinate this week of climate action — Oakland resident Isha Clarke, one of the original members of Youth Vs Apocalypse and recipient of this year’s Brower Youth Award, and Joe Glass an organizer with the Sunrise Movement. The post The Kids Are All Right! #Climate Strike – September 20, 2019 appeared first on KPFA.
Sep 20, 2019•30 min
Terra Verde – September 13, 2019
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally. The post Terra Verde – September 13, 2019 appeared first on KPFA.
Sep 13, 2019•30 min
Carbon Trading and Threats to Rights of Free Prior and Informed Consent
Questions of carbon trading and threats to indigenous rights and sovereignty are the focus of this edition of Terra Verde, featuring guest Alberto Saldamando of the Indigenous Environmental Network. The post Carbon Trading and Threats to Rights of Free Prior and Informed Consent appeared first on KPFA.
Sep 06, 2019•30 min
Terra Verde – August 30, 2019
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally. The post Terra Verde – August 30, 2019 appeared first on KPFA.
Aug 30, 2019•30 min
Terra Verde – August 23, 2019
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally. The post Terra Verde – August 23, 2019 appeared first on KPFA.
Aug 23, 2019•30 min
Sea Level Rise: Safeguarding the California Coast and the San Francisco Bay
Climate change impacts in California aren’t just limited to drought or wildfires. One of our most urgent concerns is sea level rise – occurring faster along the West Coast than nearly anywhere else on the planet. By the end of this century, California could experience a sea level rise greater than 9 feet, with property worth billions of dollars at risk of flooding. In this week’s episode of Terra Verde, freelance journalist and host Amrita Gupta talks with California Coastal Commissioner Sara Am...
Aug 16, 2019•30 min
Building Electrification’s Place in Climate Policy
When we think about climate change and emissions, a lot of us are likely to think first of things like driving and air travel. We’re probably less likely to think of our home- and workplace-based energy used. As it turns out, the natural gas we use to heat our homes, warm our water, and cook our food adds up quite a bit: Experts say that natural gas use in buildings accounts for around 25 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. Which is why a growing chorus of voices is calling for transitioning bu...
Aug 09, 2019•30 min
Restoring Native Olympia Oysters to the California Coastline – July 19, 2019
The state’s only native oyster once thrived along coastlines from Southeast Alaska to Baja, California. Photo by cswtwo/Flickr The Olympia oyster is the only oyster that’s native to California’s estuaries. In the 1800s, millions of Olys thrived in the San Francisco Bay, but today, only small remnants of those wild oyster populations remain. Olympias, as it turns out, are an incredibly efficient, sustainable solution to some of our most urgent environmental problems, including shoreline erosion a...
Jul 19, 2019•30 min
Why Green Groups are Struggling to Retain Staff of Color
Photo by Becker1999/Flickr Practices that have kept the movement so white persist even when people of color are added to the table. A new report by Green 2.0, an initiative dedicated to increase diversity across the environmental movement, says a big of the probelm is retention. In other words, the movement is struggling to keep people of color on staff once they have hired them. Terra Verde host and Earth Island Journal editor Maureen Nandini Mitra talks about why this is happening and what can...
Jul 12, 2019•30 min
Terra Verde – July 5, 2019
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally. The post Terra Verde – July 5, 2019 appeared first on KPFA.
Jul 05, 2019•30 min
Why We Need to Stop Using AntiCoagulant Rat Poisons – June 28, 2019
Raptors, like this barn owl, are especially vulnerable to rat poisons. Photo by Kristina Servant/Flickr Exterminating rats is big business in most urban areas with their steady supplies of trash and food, but the business of pest extermination has been having an alarming side effect — it’s also killing lots of non-target wildlife. Terra Verde host and Earth Island Journal editor Maureen Nandini Mitra talks with Allen Fish, Director of the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory and Lisa Owens Viani, Dire...
Jun 28, 2019•30 min
Climate Change in the 2020 Presidential Race
In 2016, climate change wasn’t a hot topic. In fact, candidates dedicated a total of just 5 minutes and 27 seconds to climate change in the last presidential debates. In the build up to 2020, things are playing out a lot differently. Polls have indicated that climate change is among the most important issues to democratic voters. Candidates are giving it much more attention in their platforms, and one candidate, Washington Governor Jay Inslee, is even running a campaign focused entirely on the c...
Jun 21, 2019•30 min
Towards a Fur-Free Future
Fur has been a hot button topic for some time now. Most people have probably read about a fur-clad celebrity getting doused in paint, or seen a provocative PETA ad with a photo of a nude actress proclaiming she would rather go naked than wear fur. Still, the industry has managed hang on. Recently, though, animal welfare and wildlife advocates seem to have gained some ground. Big-name designers and retailers have pledged to go fur free, and cities, towns, and even countries have begun to ban the ...
Jun 14, 2019•30 min
Utility Scale Wind Project Threatens Iconic Lost Coast
Terra Verde explores the current status and the probable impacts of a utility scale wind energy project that is proposed for the iconic prairie ridges of Northern California’s Lost Coast. The post Utility Scale Wind Project Threatens Iconic Lost Coast appeared first on KPFA.
Jun 07, 2019•30 min
Terra Verde – May 31, 2019
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally. The post Terra Verde – May 31, 2019 appeared first on KPFA.
May 31, 2019•30 min
Community Radio and Forest Defense
A Judi Bari Day special edition of Terra Verde featuring Global Justice Ecology Project and Karen Pickett of Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters. The post Community Radio and Forest Defense appeared first on KPFA.
May 24, 2019•30 min
Are Trees The New Coal?
The makers of the documentary movie Burned: Are Trees The New Coal? join Terra Verde to describe the environmental and economic dangers of the ongoing destruction of forests for industrial fuels to feed the biomass energy industry. The post Are Trees The New Coal? appeared first on KPFA.
May 03, 2019•30 min
Banking on Climate Chaos – April 26, 2019
Climate and finance campaigners from the Rainforest Action Network join Terra Verde host Gary Hughes to discuss the 10th edition of the annual fossil fuel finance report card “Banking on Climate Change.” The post Banking on Climate Chaos – April 26, 2019 appeared first on KPFA.
Apr 26, 2019•30 min
Speaking to the Heart – Eco-Poetry and Environmentalism
Terra Verde host and Earth Island Journal Editor, Maureen Nandini Mitra, talks two award-winning Bay Area eco-poets and authors, who also happen to be scientists — have Sonoma County Poet Laureate Maya Khosla and Lucille Lang Day founder of Scarlet Tanager Books, about eco-poetry and the power of ideas and words, to change minds. Maya Khosla, who is also field-based biologist and a writer and filmmaker and she has just come out with a new book of poems All the Fires of Wind and Light published b...
Apr 19, 2019•30 min
Towards a Fur-Free Future
Fur has been a hot button topic for some time now. Most people have probably read about a fur-clad celebrity getting doused in paint, or seen a provocative PETA ad with a photo of a nude actress proclaiming she would rather go naked than wear fur. Still, the industry has managed hang on. Recently, though, animal welfare and wildlife advocates seem to have gained some ground. Big-name designers and retailers have pledged to go fur free, and cities, towns, and even countries have begun to ban the ...
Apr 12, 2019•30 min
Fire Ecology and Living With Wildfire
Terra Verde host Gary Hughes is joined by Paul Hughes, the executive director of Forests Forever, to discuss the current state of California forest politics and the imperative of reforming California wildfire policy to integrate science and better protect homes and communities. The post Fire Ecology and Living With Wildfire appeared first on KPFA.
Apr 05, 2019•30 min
Monsanto’s Roundup Weedkiller on Trial
Chances are you’ve heard of Roundup, the glyphosate-based weedkiller that has been produced and sold by agrochemical giant Monsanto for decades. The widely-used herbicide has generated more than a few headlines over the years, most recently in relation to a surge of cancer-related litigation against Monsanto. Some 11,000 plaintiffs have sued Monsanto, which was acquired by Bayer last year, alleging that their use of the herbicide caused their cancer. Terra Verde host and Earth Island Journal Man...
Mar 29, 2019•30 min
Terra Verde – March 22, 2019
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally. The post Terra Verde – March 22, 2019 appeared first on KPFA.
Mar 22, 2019•30 min
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