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Villages in Cities

Airs at: Sun, 05/25/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
The Village Building Convergence is a project for creating new public spaces in our cities through neighbors working together to create urban villages, some of which can be found in many Portland neighborhoods. Bill Resnick talks with two members of this movement, Kat Steel... Read more

Patenting the Climate Genes

Airs at: Tue, 05/27/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for People Rise Up
Hope Shand,  Research Director for the ETC Group and I discuss their new report describing efforts by the ag-biotech industry to patent 'climate-ready' genes which would theoretically allow our most common agricultural crops to continue thriving in the warm future confronting... Read more

Get This! with Veterans For Peace and The Illahee Institute

Airs at: Sun, 05/25/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for Get This
Hostess Chris Andreae has a two part show today. First up, Chris talks with Malcolm Cradock from Veterans for Peace (vfpChapter72.org) about how to wage peace in America and beyond. Next up, Chris interviews Peter Schoonmaker, President of the Illahee Institute (Illahee.o... Read more

Gary Null and The Food Mood Connection: Nutritional and Environmental Approaches to Mental and Physical Health.

Airs at: Sun, 05/25/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for Healthwatch
Host Dr. David Naimon (DrNaimon.com) talks with Gary Null (GaryNull.com), author of many books, including The Food Mood Connection (Seven Stories Press), Nutritional and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Well-being. Read more

Misconduct by Natural Gas Companies: Lawsuit Update

Airs at: Thu, 05/22/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for Evening News
A lawsuit was filed in Washington County, Oregon yesterday alleging misconduct by companies involved in proposing natural gas pipelines in Oregon.   The lawsuit charges an Arizona-based surveying company working on the Palomar pipeline proposal with trespassing. The plainti... Read more

Locus Focus on the Election and Green Streets

Airs at: Tue, 05/20/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for Locus Focus
Today, Barbara Bernstein hosts a two part show. First up, Bernstein and local political consultant Liz Kaufman discuss the recent election. In the latter half, Steve Shackman, Mitch Frister, and Kim White from Portland Friends of Green Streets (Frogs Blog) talk about how w... Read more

The Portland Plan, Civic Engagement & the Village Building Convergence

Airs at: Tue, 05/20/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for People Rise Up
Building on the work of visionPDX, the Portland Plan is a citywide effort to guide the physical, economic, social, cultural and environmental development of Portland over the next 30 years.  City Repair, among many projects, seeks to activate people to be part of the communit... Read more

Our Backyard: Do the Presidential candidates really believe what they say?

Airs at: Tue, 05/13/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for Our Backyard
Our Backyard: KBOO's locally produced environmental series. Do the Presidential candidates really believe what they say or are they simply trying to woo voters by saying what they want to hear? Links: http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2007-08-30-ethanol-can... Read more

Joe and Abe and the Village Building Convergence

Airs at: Mon, 05/12/2008 at 5:00pm
Hosts Joe Uris and Abe Proctor speak with Mark Lakeman of City Repair on the upcoming Village Building Convergence. Read more

Alexandra Fuller, author of "The Legend of Colton H. Bryant"

Airs at: Mon, 05/12/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for Between The Covers
KBOO producer Lisa Loving speaks with author and essayist Alexandra Fuller about oil drilling in the Wyoming wilderness, and the war-like impact the Haliburton Corporation's drilling rigs have on local communities. Fuller's newest work of nonfiction is "The Legend of Colton... Read more