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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.
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
Communities are drafting local bills of rights that give the environment legal rights. Terra Verde explores this radical new approach with Thomas Linzey from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund. And yes, a river can now sue a corporation!
