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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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July 01, 2021 00:55:03
Fighting Fire with Fire

Fighting Fire with Fire

California is dry, dry, dry and that probably means we are in for a wild wildfire season. Since the beginning of January, there have...

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June 14, 2021 00:54:48
Making Solar Law and Solar Sausages: How It’s Done in California

Making Solar Law and Solar Sausages: How It’s Done in California

There is an old saying attributed to the 19th century German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck: “Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion...

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May 27, 2021 00:52:31
Finding the Mother Tree with Professor Suzanne Simard, University of British Columbia

Finding the Mother Tree with Professor Suzanne Simard, University of British Columbia

Join host Ronnie Lipschutz as he speaks with Dr. Suzanne Simard, Professor of Forestry and Conservation Sciences about the social life of trees.   Her...

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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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