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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.
Lithium mining carries with it devastating environmental and social impacts, and a new documentary film from Argentina called En el Nombre del Litio is a ground breaking communications project capturing these cultural and environmental threats. To explore the dilemma embedded in the push for technological solutions to the climate crisis, Terra Verde is joined by … Continued
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally.
Earth Island Journal editor and Terra Verde host Maureen Nandini Mitra talks with veteran food activist and author Frances Moore Lappé about the 50th anniversary edition of her seminal book, Diet for a Small Planet, and the relationship between food, environment and democracy.
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally.
As corporations and governments drive hard for ‘net zero’ and ‘carbon capture’ as a supposed climate solution KPFA Terra Verde is joined by writer and climate justice advocate Anthony Rogers-Wright to discuss his recently published essay Colonizing Calamity: Why Anglocentrism Exacerbates the Climate Crisis, in which he articulates the imperative of the climate community rejecting … Continued
Earth Island Journal editor and Terra Verde host Maureen Nandini Mitra talks with author and oral historian Shanna Farrell about her new book, A Good Drink: In Pursuit of Sustainable Spirits, that looks into the environmental footprint of the spirits industry and highlights the work of a passionate group of farmers, distillers, and bartenders across the … Continued
From record-breaking wildfire to repeat droughts, extreme weather is taking an extreme toll on many Californians, not least of all the state’s small-scale farmers. Wildfire threatens homes and farmland. Smoke poses risks to health as well as crops. Lack of water forces tough decisions about what to grow and how to allocate resources. Terra Verde … Continued
This episode of Terra Verde features a detailed conversation about California climate and environmental justice politics with Luís Olmedo of Comité Cívico del Valle, a grassroots organization based in Brawley, California, with a broad mission to address community needs and elevate community engagement in decision making processes.
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally.
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally.
