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Are you concerned about the Earth's future? Are you interested in what is being done in Northern California and the world to address environmental issues? Do you want to act? Then tune in every other ...more

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May 17, 2021 00:56:33
“Are we the cows of the future?”  The digital management of nature and humans  with Professor Esther Leslie, Birkbeck University, London

“Are we the cows of the future?” The digital management of nature and humans with Professor Esther Leslie, Birkbeck University, London

Join host Ronnie Lipschutz and Dr. Esther Leslie, Professor of Political Aesthetics at Birkbeck University in London.  “Political Aesthetics highlights the complex and ambiguous...

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May 03, 2021 00:53:54
 What’s that bug up to, anyway?  Insect socioecology in urban gardens, with Azucena Lucatero

What’s that bug up to, anyway? Insect socioecology in urban gardens, with Azucena Lucatero

“Gosh, I never realized there was a social ecology in my backyard!” Find out just what those bugs are up to in your garden,...

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April 19, 2021 00:56:11
Getting Back to the Garden, with Orin Martin, Master Gardener, Horticulturalist and Teacher

Getting Back to the Garden, with Orin Martin, Master Gardener, Horticulturalist and Teacher

UCSC’s Agroecology Farm is known around the world for innovation, training and inspiration.  But before there was a Farm, there was a Garden: the...

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April 05, 2021 00:53:30
The Green Business Program in California & the Monterey Bay Region, with Brooke Wright, Green Business Expert

The Green Business Program in California & the Monterey Bay Region, with Brooke Wright, Green Business Expert

These days, we are hearing a lot about plans to transform the country’s energy infrastructure from one based on fossil fuels to one based...

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March 24, 2021 00:46:36
Water in California’s Future, with Dr. Ruth Langridge

Water in California’s Future, with Dr. Ruth Langridge

It’s beginning to look as though California is headed into another multi-year drought. The snowpack is meager and contracted water supplies through the state’s...

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March 23, 2021 00:54:16
There Otter be a Law! Will the Southern Sea Otter Survive? A conversation with James Estes

There Otter be a Law! Will the Southern Sea Otter Survive? A conversation with James Estes

The southern sea otter is a keystone species in kelp forest communities, acting to increase the species diversity and providing ecosystem services. Despite federal...

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