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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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Real Climate Action

Airs at: Mon, 09/28/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
    The pressure is on for the United States to emerge from the dark ages of the Bush years and finally pass meaningful legislation to address the coming climate change crisis. So what is happening with the federal Climate Bill and will it have the teeth it needs. Host Barb... Read more

Sustainable Food Policy and Practice

Airs at: Mon, 09/21/2009 at 12:00am
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Thirty years ago Portland was ringed by working farms and the community garden program was beginning to blossom. Today community gardens are still alive and well throughout Portland, but much of the old farms at the edge of town are now covered with housing and commercial d... Read more

Locus Focus

Airs at: Mon, 09/14/2009 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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We can create a sustainable future one solar panel array at a time. Seattle solar designers/community activists Jeremy Smithson and Pam Burton talk with host Barbara Bernstein about the work they are doing on the individual, neighborhood and regional level to make solar ene... Read more

Creating a Sustainable Future One Solar Panel at a Time

Airs at: Mon, 09/14/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
 We can create a sustainable future one solar panel array at a time. Seattle solar designers/community activists Jeremy Smithson and Pam Burton talk with host Barbara Bernstein about the work they are doing on the individual, neighborhood and regional level to make solar en... Read more

Locus Focus on 08/05/09

Airs at: Wed, 08/05/2009 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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On Talk Radio, Marianne Barisonek (Bear-a-sonic) hosts, with guests Lisa Weasel, author of the book Food Fray: Inside the Controversy over Genetically Modified Food and Rick North of Physicians for Social Responsibility. Read more

Food Fray: Inside the Controversy over Genetically Modified Food

Airs at: Tue, 08/04/2009 at 5:00pm
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 On Wednesday Morning Talk Radio, Marianne Barisonek hosts, with guests Lisa Weasel, author of the book Food Fray: Inside the Controversy over Genetically Modified Food and Rick North of Physicians for Social Responsibility. Read more

Locus Focus

Airs at: Wed, 07/29/2009 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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The post-election political struggle in Iran is no longer front page news, but that doesn't mean that it has ceased to be important. Journalist Reese Erlich was in Iran for the elections, He’s now back in the states, closely monitoring events in Iran as they continue to unf... Read more

Reese Erlich on current events in Iran

Airs at: Tue, 07/28/2009 at 5:00pm
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 Hosted by: Barbara Bernstein The post-election political struggle in Iran is no longer front page news, but that doesn't mean that it has ceased to be important. Journalist Reese Erlich was in Iran for the elections, He’s now back in the states, closely monitoring events i... Read more

Locus Focus

Airs at: Wed, 07/22/2009 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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  What is Green Infrastructure? According to Portland's Bureau of Environmental Services it's: "interconnected natural systems and/ or engineered systems that use plants and soil to slow, filter, and infiltrate runoff close to its source in ways that strengthen and mimic na... Read more

Portland's Green Infrastructure

Airs at: Tue, 07/21/2009 at 5:00pm
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  Why preserving and building new green infrastructure is so important in making our city sustainable. Hosted by: Barbara Bernstein  What is Green Infrastructure? According to Portland's Bureau of Environmental Services it's: "interconnected natural systems and/ or enginee... Read more