Taking Direct Action – March 23, 2012
Sometimes you have to lay your body on the tracks and physically stop things happening. But how? Our guests explain various techniques but stress that many such techniques should be considered last resorts.
Terra Verde
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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.
Terra Verde – March 16, 2012
Today we’re talking about permaculture–a design science and philosophy of living rooted in observing the stability and resiliency of natural ecosystems. In some circles around the Bay Area today, taking a course to become a certified permaculture designer has become a sort of rite of passage, and many see this as a very promising development. … Continued
Highlights of the 2012 Berkeley Law School Environmental Justice Symposium – March 2, 2012
Every year, the Students for Economic and Environmental Justice, a student organization at Berkeley Law School, organize the Environmental Justice Symposium, a week-long series of events devoted to a pressing environmental justice issue. Today, Terra Verde is joined by panelists from the 2012 symposium taking place this week, focused on environmental justice struggles in rural … Continued
Can mycelium save the world? – January 27, 2012
Mycelium is one of the strangest, most important lifeforms on Earth – a sort of natural internet with amazing properties. Guest Paul Stamets says it can save the world.
Terra Verde – January 20, 2012
Today on Terra Verde we look skyward toward the rain finally falling in the Bay Area. While these showers complicate logistics for folks trying to get around town, we all know it’s been a dry year in our region, so precipitation is a blessing. Listen in to hear about the perils and promise of rainfall … Continued
Terra Verde – December 30, 2011
For many people, particularly city dwellers with little or no land, cash seems like the only way to acquire food and other essentials. Thankfully a movement is afoot that encourages city folk to work with the earth and its bounty. All around the Bay Area now and elsewhere, people are discovering how to make the … Continued
Terra Verde – December 16, 2011
As the days get shorter, many of us here in the Bay Area are seeing our utility bills begin their seasonal ascent and perhaps dealing with a bit of seasonal sickness, too. It’s timely then to rethink the ways we protect ourselves from the elements, with our most basic form of shelter—our homes. Today we … Continued
New Year’s Resolution 2012 Part I: Safety Warning: Meat, Dairy, and the Environment – December 2, 2011
Every year, Terra Verde provides information and tools for a New Year’s Resolution you might consider to take your environmentalism to the next level. This year, we’ll learn how to make a difference with some simple shifts in consumption of meat and dairy. Part I, on December 2, explores surprising environmental impacts of meat and … Continued