10:30 AM Pacific Time: Fridays
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.
Today we delve into aquaponics, which combines elements of aquaculture (farming aquatic animals) and elements of hydroponics (growing veggies without soil, in water). Max Meyers of NorCal Aquaponics, Girasimos Christoforatos of Aquabiotic Systems, and Jessica Schilke of Green Aquaponics discuss this symbiotic food production system as one that is high-tech and trendy and also ever-evolving … Continued
Adaptive Urbanism is a concept that is gaining currency among city planners and dwellers worldwide. Instead of seeing the city’s design as an ‘end state’ and aiming toward that final vision, it calls for an ongoing process of engagement and reiteration, inviting public participation and feedback in a collaborative, flexible process. Today on our show … Continued
Global climate change can increase the risk of food insecurity and even famine. What is being done to prevent both? Listen in to host Adrienne Fitch-Frankel speaking with guests Chris Funk, Senior Research Geographer with UC Santa Barbara’s Climate Hazards Group and the US Geological Survey and contributor to the Famine Early Warning System, David Lobell, … Continued
Ecotherapy is rooted in the idea that natural outdoor settings are powerful aids to mental health and psychological healing. This idea is backed both by ancient wisdom and modern science. Today we explore the precedents and promise of ecotherapy with Berkeley-based therapists Ariana Candell and Rain Sussman and Jan Edl Stein of the Holos Institute … Continued
Why We Should and How We Can Restore Our Night Skies Tune in today for a conversation with Chad Moore of the National Park Service’s Night Skies Program, Scott Kardel of the International Dark-Sky Association, and Paul Bogard, author of The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light.
The only native range of coastal and giant Sequoia redwood trees in the world is almost exclusively in California, on a narrow strip of land, starting in the Big Sur area and ending just past the Oregon border, and east-west from Sierra mountains to the coast. Ninety-five percent of the ancient coastal redwood forest here, … Continued
Disposable, single use plastic has become an environmental and public health hazard. Plastic creates toxic pollution at just about every stage of its existence, from manufacture, to use, to disposal. Here’s the good news. We can move beyond our addiction to plastic. Tune in to hear Pam Marcus, an entrepreneurial coach and one of the … Continued
This solstice we honor the invaluable services that natural systems provide to city dwellers and ponder a potential “ecosystem economy.” We discuss strategies to tackle urban and industrial health hazards by “stacking functions” and leveraging the detoxifying effects of green infrastructure, such as living roofs and walls, permeable pavers, trellises, bioswales, rain gardens, constructed wetlands, … Continued
