Terra Verde

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 … Continued


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 … Continued


Terra Verde

Restoring Native Olympia Oysters to the California Coastline – July 19, 2019

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 … Continued