The manufacture of unmanned drones for the military is a growing industry in the Columbia Gorge, with Boeing/Insitu now employing nearly 700 people.  Guests, Theresa North and Susan Garret Crowley of Hood River, and Peter Lumsdaine, of  The Alliance to Resist Robotic Warfare and Society (ARROWS), have been active in raising concerns about the local and global costs of pursuing robotic warfare. Peter describes a conference that will be taking place at Hood River from April 16-19: "Challenging Robotic Warfare and Social Control." More info at Columbia River Fellowship for Peace, and in P.W. Singer's 2009 book:  Wired for War.  See also Jane Mayer's in depth look at drone warfare in the Oct. 26, 2009, New Yorker Magazine.  Host: Stephanie Potter. 

Host Stephanie Potter talks with Paul Osterlund  about his concept of "The 5th Space:" social enterprises doing good in the world. Paul is founder and executive director of the Abundance Farming Project, a social enterprise that provides technical solutions for subsistence farmers to increase food crop yields. He also serves as vice chair on the board of Springboard Innovations  which was established to help enable people  to design and launch sustainable, innovative solutions to local and global challenges through educational programs, community engagement, and public forums.

 Charles Eisenstein talks about the fundamental failure of our interest-bearing money system and the transition we must go through with what he sees as the impending collapse of our currency.  "Usury-money is the money of growth, and it was  perfect for humanity's growth stage on earth, and for the story of ascent, of dominance and mastery. The next stage is one of cocreative partnership with earth. The Story of the People for this new stage is coming together right now. . .No financial or economic reform can possibly work that does not include a new kind of money. The new money must embody a new story, one that treats nature not as a mother but as a lover."   Charles authored The Ascent of Humanity which can be read on his website, and writes for the online magazine Reality Sandwich. He is also on the faculty of the Health Arts and Sciences program at Goddard College. Hosted by Stephanie Potter  

Paul Cienfuegos teaches that corporate rights and privileges are at the core of almost every environmental and social justice problem that we face. Corporate power grew immensely toward the end of the 19th century with the dismantling of legal restraints and the redefinition of corporations as "persons." As citizens, can we take back our power from these fictitious corporate "persons?"   Cienfuegos says, "Yes!"  And he tells of communities doing just that with the help of organizations such as Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy, and The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund. CELDF is  presently helping a broad coalition called Envision Spokane to pass a Community Bill of Rights in November to create a healthy, sustainable, democratic Spokane.  (Last year CELDF helped draft a Rights of Nature into Ecuador's constitution!)  Paul Cienfuegos gives lectures and workshops in this growing movement, and was a featured speaker at this year's Village Building Convergence in Portland. He also runs an online bookstore: 100fires.com  which carries more than 7000 titles to help create a better world.  He plans on being back in the Northwest to conduct workshops and can be reached at 707-443-4483 or  paul@100fires.com .