Shaye Wolf Climate Science Director, Center for Biological Diversity www.biologicaldiversity.org and Janet Johnson, Sunflower Alliance on Feb 12th event to bring awareness to the use of wood pellets as renewable energy www.sunflower-alliance.org/webinar-ca-biomass-plan-threatens-climate-and-environmental-justice-february-12/ image from the Center for Biological Diversity site extinction map  https://extinctionmap.org/index.html


UpFront

Ibram X. Kendi on “How to Be a (Young) Antiracist”; Plus, Paolo Bacigalupi on “The Water Knife”

0:08 — Ibram X. Kendi, founding director of the center for antiracist research at Boston university, where he’s also Andrew W. Mellon professor in the humanities. His newest book is for kids: it’s an adaptation of his memoir, now entitled How to be a (young) antiracist.  0:33 — Paolo Bacigalupi, Hugo-, Nebula-, and Locus Award-winning … Continued


The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

Death toll surpasses 20,000 in Turkey-Syria earthquake; President Biden brings his pledge to protect Medicare and Social Security to Florida; Acrimonious debate precedes unanimous House vote condemning Chinese surveillance balloon: The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – February 9, 2023

Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. The death toll surpasses 20,000 in Turkey-Syria earthquake President Biden doubles down on his warnings about Republican threats to Medicare and Social Security Republican-organized Select Subcommittee on Weaponization of Federal Government holds its first hearing Unanimous House … Continued


The Visionary Activist Show

The Visionary Activist Show – Tales of Environmental Devastation & Recovery (Part 2)

Tales of Environmental Devastation & Recovery – part 2, our next exciting episode! The Wasteland and the Grail – Turkey/Syria Earthquake – teasing Mythos into Pragmatic application. Caroline welcomes, encore, learned Druid, Hermetic, Masonic initiate, John Michael Greer, author of over 50 books on esoteric traditions, nature spirituality, and the future of industrial society. His … Continued


Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Jane Smiley discusses her latest novel, “A Dangerous Business,” set in Monterey, California in the 1850s. Then, a 1990 Probabilities interview with the great British feminist writer Fay Weldon (1931-2023) who died on January 4, 2023 at the age of 91, conducted by Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff. Finally, a review of the play “Clyde’s” by Lynn Nottage, at Berkeley Rep’s Peets Theater through February 26, 2023. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.