Do we need to break the system to save the climate? Permaculture co-founder David Holmgren says “yes”, in rare radio interview. Then Nicole Foss replies. Plus Alex’s climate music. Last week on Radio Ecoshock we looked at a growing group of activists, authors …
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SUMMARY: From The Farm in Tennessee, alternative guru Albert Bates rates responses to predictions of doom. Film-maker Anne Macksoud on new movie “The Wisdom to Survive” Plus musical activist Rachelle Van Zanten. List your alternative speakers and writers – Albert Bates probably knows …
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FRYING AUSTRALIA Do you want to know what the future looks like? Try Australia, where bats falls dead out of the sky, and tennis players drop like flies in the heat. Coming right up: a report from the hot front with Cam Walker, …
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Welcome back to Radio Ecoshock. I’m Alex Smith with a variety show this week. SHOW SUMMARY We talk with the scientist with the biggest climate news of 2014. Dr. Steve Sherwood in Australia made a breakthrough on the future of clouds. It’s not …
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True stories from Walter Brasch, author of”Fracking Pennsylvania”. An update from Friends of Earth UK campaigner Helen Rimmer as government makes new “dash for (fracked) gas”. With clips from American biologist/activist Sandra Steingraber. Don’t buy into fracking! Radio Ecoshock 140108 FUKUSHIMA FRAUDSTERS Just …
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As we found out from Fukushima, when a nuclear reactor blows up or leaks, it’s everybody’s problem. Many of my listeners were sprinkled with radiation from that accident in Japan. The same applies to nuclear waste. It will be dangerous for hundreds of …
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Talk, talk, talk about the end and new beginning. I’m Alex. This week we go for the best environmental songs, in our annual Radio Ecoshock green music festival. You will hear folk, rock, rap, a bit of dance, a bit of humor. Support …
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Climate scientist Paul Beckwith explains weather distortion & spurt of Arctic methane. NOAA’s Dr. Richard Feely on the threat of ocean acidification. PAUL BECKWITH EXPLAINS THE BIG PICTURE BEHIND OUR STRANGE WEATHER Download or listen to my 38 minute feature interview with Paul …
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Welcome to Radio Ecoshock. I’m your reporter, Alex Smith. Later in this program we will tackle a serious world-wide problem seldom discussed: the toxic and harsh environmental impacts of mining. We have a case study from the United States, the Polymet mine proposed …
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In the winter, we dare to ask: why did global warming pause? New science shows it didn’t. Official records grossly underestimated real heating here on Earth. You’ll hear that science unfold. What else has been low-balled? The US EPA estimates of dangerous methane …
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It’s a quick one-two punch this week. Later we’ll hear from the and only Albert Bates on the wonder of biochar and how it might save the world climate. But first, an Australian expert explains how humans die off in a hotter world. …
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What happens when millions of urban Americans decide to grow food? Soil activist Nance Klehm on “dirty activism” – reclaiming a city waste stream to make new gardens. Why is it illegal? Plus: Fukushima update from Alex & stimulating new green music: after …
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