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.
The New Environmentalism: Fad or Fundamental? In the wake of mega-concerts like LiveEarth and films like An Inconvenient Truth and The 11th Hour, environmental issues have surged into the American mainstream. In response, consumers and corporations alike are going green. But how abiding and profound is this shift, and will it translate into political change? … Continued
The recently released Building the Green Economy: Success Stories from the Grassroots shows how people have taken action against polluters and organized for food security and access to clean water, and strengthened their local economies. Co-authors Shannon Biggs and Jason Mark join host, Karolo Aparicio to discuss their book.
The Watershed Poetry Festival in downtown Berkeley is an annual event that explores the connection between the American literary imagination and our landscape, natural history, and sense of environmental urgency. Maya Khosla and Kirk Lumpkin, two Bay area poets, join host Pratap Chatterjee, to discuss the the 2007 event and read from their work.
Getting the lead out. When murder rates go down, politicians are quick to claim credit for being tough on crime. When they go up, many on the left blame unemployment. But Economist Rick Nevin has published research suggesting one of the most important factors affecting crime rates may be… pollution. Nevins is a senior advisor … Continued
Jeffrey Weidenhamer and Michael Clement, chemists at Ashland University in Ohio, have examined the composition of children’s jewelry and key chains made in China and determined that some contained toxics that probably originated in e-waste from the U.S. We are joined by Sarah Westervelt of Basel Action Network and Steve Lautze, of the city of … Continued
Toxic Fire Retardants This week, an important bill is moving through the California Senate which would ban cancer-causing chlorinated and brominated flame retardants from furniture and bedding. Terre Verde discusses this ground-breaking bill, as well as the future of green chemistry in California, with guests Arlene Blum, a biochemist and visiting scholar at UC Berkeley; … Continued
Livewires: Youth Take Action on Energy Youth from California Youth Energy Services and the Stanford American Indian Organization, a participant in the Energy Action Coalition, will discuss how Bay Area youth, faced with the prospect of future energy scarcity, are taking matters into their own hands to reduce consumption at households and universities, and to … Continued
A new coalition is taking on pollution from California’s booming ports–by connecting the labor rights of truckers to the environmental rights of port communities. Brian Edwards-Tiekert interviews Doug Bloch of the Coalition for Clean and Safe Ports and Ali Rafiat, a Port of Oakland driver. California’s Ports are magnets for diesel pollution from ships, trains, … Continued
James Alamillo from Heal the Bay talks about his group’s report card on California beaches and lets us know which are safe and which are contaminated and Kristan Markey from the Environmental Working Group who will share his group’s recent findings on which sunscreens are safe and effective and which ones come up short.
