Barnali Ghosh and Terra Verde host and Earth Island Journal editor Maureen Nandini Mitra, focuses on how our individual cultures and histories inform the ways in which we understand and interact with nature.
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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.
As the climate crisis manifests itself all around us, you may have begun hearing terms like climate anxiety, ecological grief, and climate depression. You may even have felt your own form of grief, or anxiety, or anger about global heating. A recent survey found that some 70 percent of Americans are worried about climate change, … Continued
Lithium, the Environment and a Green Constitution? Historical Moment in Chile Merits Global Attention
After an unprecedented street protest movement against inequality put Chile in the global media spotlight in 2019, the recent election of a former radical student leader to the countries presidency has once again turned all eyes to this South American country. As a process continues to write a new constitution that many are hoping will … Continued
Humane Education and Solutionary Thinking
Humane Education is a field of study and an approach to teaching that draws connections between human rights, environmental sustainability, and animal protection. Zoe Weil, Co-founder and President of the Institute for Humane Education, and Andra Yeghoian, Environmental and Sustainability Literacy Coordinator for the San Mateo County Office of Education, join the show to discuss … Continued
Tackling Overwork and Inequity at Environmental NGOs
Burnout has been getting a lot of attention lately, and for good reason. As the pandemic drags on, many people continue to face evolving workplaces, navigate uncertainty around childcare and school schedules, and confront difficult choices about acceptable risk in practically everything they do. It’s no wonder that so many are feeling stressed and exhausted. … Continued
This episode of Terra Verde features field interviews with Contra Costa County residents with decades of collective experience in responding to the public health and safety threats of the Phillips 66 refinery in Rodeo, one of two San Francisco Bay Area refineries pursuing permits to convert their operations to high deforestation risk soy feedstock biofuels. … Continued
Climate Change and the Covid-19 Pandemic
Professors Fred Cohan and Bill Johnston join the show to discuss some of the broader environmental and historical lessons to be learned from the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as the implications this pandemic (and others) may have in the future.
Across the world, more and more youth are taking to build more sustainable communities. On this show, hosted by Earth Island Journal editor Maureen Nandini Mitra, we hear from two such young people, who recently received the 2021 Brower Youth Awards for their work — Peter Pham, who organizes for Turnout4Transit, a coalition of environmental … Continued
Terra Verde – November 12, 2021
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally.
San Francisco Bay Area Biofuels Refinery Permitting Requires Scrutiny
This episode of Terra Verde features interviews with Ann Alexander, an attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council, and Greg Karras, energy systems scientist and founder of Community Energy Re-Source, describing the environmental review of the proposed conversion of the Phillips 66 Rodeo and Marathon Martinez SF Bay Area refineries to fossil gas intensive and … Continued