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.
Terra Verde hosts a group of practitioners in bamboo building, crafting, landscaping, and regenerative design, who tell us about their experiences with this multi-purpose plant. They are Nik Bertulis (SF Art Institute), Brent Bucknam (Hyphae Design), Valerie Carey (Kleiworks International), Nick Chan (Stalk Bicycles), and Piper Aldridge (Bamboo Bike Studio).
You’re already recycling and using reusable water bottles and shopping bags. What’s next? Bea Johnson author of the Zero Waste Home blog, and her 10-year-old son, Max, explain how making your home Zero Waste is easier than you would think.
As governor Jerry Brown and District Attorney Kamala Harris take office, Terra Verde explores the future of environmental leadership in California. Featured guests include Dan Jacobson of Environment California and Danielle Fugere of the Environmental Law Foundation.
Getting out into nature is essential to heal the spirits and understand our place in the world. Guests share top local hiking trails and tips.
Artist Stephanie McMillan talks with Terra Verde about how the Minimum Security comic series brings her radical environmental views to life.
Whether you are closely following the climate talks in Cancun, concerned about wildlife, or preparing for the holidays, this is a great week to learn about the health of reindeer populations, reindeer conservation and reindeer-herding peoples around the globe.
Black Friday Backlash In recognition of the date, Black Friday, Terra Verde explores consumerism with two critics: sociologist Juliet Schor, author of The Overworked American and The Overspent American, and Micah White, contributing editor to Adbusters Magazine and organizer of its ‘Buy Nothing Day’ campaign.
An Anthropologists’ Thanksgiving: From the Cradle to the Cornucopia As doctoral candidates at Stanford University, Shannon Randolph and Jason Lewis have conducted much of their research in Africa. Their insight into how our ancestors gathered together around feasts and how feasting traditions continue to shape our relationship to the environment today is fitting food for thought … Continued
The “Locavore” lifestyle, eating locally-sourced food, is rapidly growing in popularity. Two Locavores join Terra Verde to discuss the environmental – and many other – benefits. This is a re-broadcast program.
