Discussion with Mallory Picket from Look Out Santa Cruz and Bob Berwyn from Inside Climate News on how California kelp forests have been impacted by global warming and how otters may hold the key to restoring the ecological balance. Naturalist author artist Obi Kaufmann on upcoming reception in Berkeley. photo: Christina Victoria Craft via Unsplash
A Rude Awakening
8AM Pacific Time: Fridays
A weekly update on climate change and it’s effects on a local, national and international level, with interviews and commentary. Hosted by Sabrina Jacobs.
Today on A Rude Awakening, we present an interview with Tim A. Wise, author and senior advisor for the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy in Mexico, on the latest decree by the President of Mexico to ban the herbicide glyphosate and the cultivation of Genetically Modified (GMO) corn. Then, we’ll give an update on … Continued
On our last day of the fund-drive, you’ll hear more excerpts from an online KPFA event featuring Lama Rod Owens, who speaks on his new book, Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation Through Anger, on harnessing the power of rage by bringing communities of color together through solidarity. The book is an “exploration of … Continued
On today’s fund-drive special and during #BlackHistoryMonth, you’ll hear excerpts from an online KPFA event featuring Lama Rod Owens, who speaks on his new book, Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation Through Anger. The book is an “exploration of our relationship with anger and our individual and collective trauma, inviting us to deeply come … Continued
Philadelphia based environmental journalist at The Grist, Brianna Baker, writes about the problem solvers and change makers in our rapidly changing word. Today, they join us on A Rude Awakening, to discuss their new article, The land-healing work of George Washington Carver, which reports how George Washington Carver, a celebrated African-American agricultural-scientist, was behind the creation of … Continued
Today on A Rude Awakening, environmental justice and disaster preparation go hand in hand. Attorney and council member for the National Justice Advisory Council, Ayako Nagano, discusses a series of upcoming town hall meetings to discuss yet another season of environmental disasters in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. We then speak with Benjamin Preston, … Continued
Sink-holes are making their mark in Siberia, and scientists like Dr. Katey Walter Anthony, professor at the Water and Environmental research center in Fairbanks, Alaska is trying to get to the bottom of it. Anthony speaks to us about the impacts of climate change in the arctic region. Investigative environmental journalist Steve Horne then joins … Continued
On today’s episode, host Sabrina Jacobs speaks first with Jan Spencer, a suburban permaculturalist, who speaks on how people can get their hands dirty in their daily lives and also connect with Spencer online through various upcoming events. We then turn towards northern California, as Jacobs connects with the executive director of Restore the Delta, … Continued
Today on A Rude Awakening, we speak with two front-line activists, Will Falk and Max Wilbert, who are fighting to save Thacker Pass in Nevada, against the construction of the Silver Peak lithium mine near Winnemucca. We then speak with, Akshat Rathi, a journalist at Bloomberg, about why large companies are not reporting on their … Continued
On today’s show, host Sabrina Jacobs once against speaks with Austrian based freelance environmental journalist Bob Berwyn on the need for the implementation of the Green New Deal. We also continue our conversation with the Nature Conservancy’s Michelle Passero on their recently published Roadmap to Nature Based Climate Solutions. photo: Jonatan Pie via Unsplash