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Hosted by: 
Barbara Bernstein
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Every Monday from 10:00am to 11:00am.


 

A weekly conversation about our place on the planet. Locus Focus host Barbara Bernstein talks with local, regional and national experts, activists and policy makers about climate change, food policy, land use, salmon restoration, forest management and all the other things that matter in our environment.

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Activism, Agriculture, Science/Technology, Food, Global Affairs, Government/Politics, Environment/Climate
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Portland's Largest Mural at Oaks Bottom

Airs at: Tue, 12/30/2008 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
A new mural is rising above the wetlands of Oaks Bottom. The largest public art project in Portland is beginning to adorn the walls of Portland Memorial that face the Bottoms. By next spring this former eyesore of weirdness will become an artistic reflection of the diversit... Read more

Locus Focus

Airs at: Wed, 12/24/2008 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
What opportunities and challenges have the events of 2008 created for us in the coming year? Locus Focus host Barbara Bernstein is joined by two college students - Justin Ralls and Ted Sweeney, whom she recently met at a Sellwood cafe - for a cross-generational conversation... Read more

Locus Focus

Airs at: Wed, 12/17/2008 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
At 8 AM Locus Focus host Barbara Bernstein is joined by writer and activist Harvey Wasserman to critique Barack Obama's recent nominations for cabinet positions related to energy and the environment. At 8:30 Raed Jarrar, Iraq Consultant for the American Friends Service Comm... Read more

Harvey Wasserman on Obama's Cabinet, and Raed Jarrar on The Shoe, That Dog!

Airs at: Tue, 12/16/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Locus Focus
 At 8 AM Locus Focus host Barbara Bernstein is joined by writer and activist Harvey Wasserman to critique Barack Obama's recent nominations for cabinet positions related to energy and the environment.  At 8:30 Raed Jarrar, Iraq Consultant for the American Friends Service Co... Read more

Locus Focus

Airs at: Wed, 12/10/2008 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The Bush administration continues issuing midnight regulations that will help destroy the earth as we know it. This past week they issued a new rule that loosens restrictions on how mountaintop removal is regulated by reducing the required buffer zones from streams and maki... Read more

Mountain Top Removal Coal Mining

Airs at: Tue, 12/09/2008 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Hosted by Barbara Bernstein with Mine safety & health and environmental expert Jack Spadaro. The Bush administration continues issuing midnight regulations that will help destroy the earth as we know it. This past week they issued a new rule that loosens restrictions on how... Read more

Locus Focus

Airs at: Wed, 12/03/2008 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Heidi McIntosh, associate director of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, discusses the impact that some of Bush's midnight regulations could have on pristine and remote areas in southeastern Utah (which are among host Barbara Bernstein's favorite spots in the world).   ... Read more

Bush's Attack on the American Landscape

Airs at: Tue, 12/02/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Locus Focus
 Host Barbara Bernstein invites Heidi McIntosh, associate director of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, discusses the impact that some of Bush's midnight regulations could have on pristine and remote areas in southeastern Utah (which are among Barbara Bernstein's favor... Read more

Locus Focus

Airs at: Wed, 11/26/2008 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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President-elect Obama has just unveiled his new economic team, but the economic meltdown continues. On this week's Locus Focus our guest is journalist Nomi Prins, who draws on her extensive international financial career to help us navigate this strange new world of bailout... Read more

Nomi Prins on the Economic Maelstrom

Airs at: Tue, 11/25/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Hosted by: Barbara Bernstein  Journalist Nomi Prins helps us sort our way through the current economic crisis. President-elect Obama has just unveiled his new economic team, but the economic meltdown continues. On this week's Locus Focus our guest is journalist Nomi Prins,... Read more