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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.
“Green MBA” programs and eco-oriented for-profit start-ups are on the rise: taking us behind the scenes are Oriana Sarac Tiell of San Francisco-based Neighborhood Fruit and Naveen Sikka of TerViva Bioenergy out of Oakland.
Climate policy in the US: Now What? With climate legislation off the table, environmentalists are taking stock of what to do next. Representatives of 350.org and Credo Mobile talk about lessons learned, building a grassroots climate movement, and the 10/10/10 Global Work Party.
Did you ever wonder why salmon swim upstream? Or why farmed salmon is controversial? Join Terra Verde today and you’ll find out. September is the time for the Salmon Aid festival, so today we have three guests who are part of the Salmon Aid coalition.
Author and activist Derrick Jensen has a radical take on environmental activism: Let’s take down oppressive power structures. Terra Verde goes in depth with Derrick.
Although organized labor and eco-activists have had heated confrontations over the years, the workers’ and green movements do converge in democratically organized cooperatives dedicated to social and environmental justice. Several workplaces in the Bay Area exemplify this happy union, as we learn from Oakland’s Poonam Whabi of the Design Action Collective and Dennis Terry of … Continued
Nativists, Environmentalism & the Hypocrisy of Hate. Terra Verde explores a new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center which exposes how nativist groups are attempting to infiltrate environmental organizations and bring them onto the anti-immigration agenda.
Increasingly, eco-activists are turning to popular platforms such as hip hop to engage young people in campaigns for food and climate justice in the Bay Area and beyond. Terra Verde probes the mentality behind this strategy with organizers Ambessa Cantave and Aaron Ableman.
Although tragic, the BP oil spill could inspire a new wave of preparation for life without oil. Terra Verde speaks to members of the Transition Movement about how communities are taking action.
Listen in as two local women discuss how their lives changed rather dramatically as a result of the infamous Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion on April 20th. Although they both reside here in the Bay Area, what many would consider a safe distance from the site of the disaster, Janel Sterbentz and Deborah Levoy were … Continued
Terra Verde explores the corrupting influence of oil money in politics and environmental regulation. Host Michelle Chan speaks with Steve Kretzmann of Oil Change International and Dave Levinthal of the Center for Responsible Politics.
