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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.
The proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership is a massive trade deal with Asia that would have profound impacts on the environment. Host Adrienne Fitch Frankel is in discussion with Bill Waren of Friends of the Earth, Illana Solomon of the Sierra Club, and Victor Menotti of the International Forum on Globalization. (Image: activists in Dallas protest Fast … Continued
With California’s historic drought worsening by the month, how much should desalination be part of the solution? Host Michelle Chan explores the environmental aspects of desal with Rita Kampalath of Heal the Bay and Debbie Cook of Residents for Responsible Desalination.
The US Department of Agriculture estimates that 70% of the nation’s private farm and ranch land will change hands over the next couple decades as an older generation of American food producers retires. A younger generation of farmers and ranchers is stepping up with startup operations that aim for both ecological and economic sustainability. Today Laura Garzon Chica (@EarthMediaArts) … Continued
Terra Verde is a weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally. From food and agriculture, to energy and climate change, wildlife to industrial pollution, Terra Verde brings you defining stories of struggle and triumph that will determine the future course of our shared … Continued
The second part in a two-part series, host Adrienne Fitch Frankel explores how to deepen your green by volunteering. David Levinson, author of Everyone Helps, Everyone Wins, is the featured guest, plus shout-outs from an array of local environmental organizations.
Can community based “disaster collectivism” be both a strategy for climate resilience as well as an antidote to what Naomi Klein famously described as “disaster capitalism”? Host Michelle Chan speaks with Helena Wong about what CAAV: Organizing Asian Communities did in the wake of Superstorm Sandy and with Colette Pichon Battle of Moving Forward Gulf … Continued
Today we discuss ways we can empower ourselves as water activists in the face of drought and fracking, including by attending Bless the Lake in Oakland on World Water Day (Sunday, March 22 blessthelake.com). Host Laura Garzon Chica (@EarthMediaArts) talks with spiritual guide and Bless the Lake organizer Amelía Aeon Karris (knowtheself.com), David Nicol of the Gaiafield Project (gaiafield.net), and … Continued
We go to occupied Baghdad where our special correspondent met with Iraqi government officials and witnessed more US attacks on holy sites; a look at Donald Rumsfeld the impeachable war criminal; the education hunger strikers in Oakland continue their battle against the Governator; a conversation with Gore Vidal and Laura Flanders on the eve of … Continued
The first part in a two-part series, host Adrienne Fitch Frankel explores how to deepen your green by starting your own environmental initiative. Featured guests include Carrie Carlisle of Acta Non Verba, Lynnea Schuk of Don Edwards SF National Wildlife Refuge Junior Rangers, Lisa Owens-Viani of Raptors are the Solution. (Image: International Dialogue for Environmental … Continued
A look at the play The Doll Hospital which takes on the war in Iraq, the oppression of women, and migration, with award-winning Australian playwright Christine Evans and actors from the Day Laborers’ Theater.
