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Hosted by: 
Barbara Bernstein
Produced by: 
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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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Locus Focus on 11/26/12

Airs at: Mon, 11/26/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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KEEPING CANOLA OUT OF THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY Oregon's Willamette Valley is an ecological gem and one of the few places left in the world where quality specialty seeds can be grown. One reason why specialty crop seeds thrive in the valley is that there is very little canola ... Read more

Locus Focus on 11/19/12

Airs at: Mon, 11/19/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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 THE CLEAN WATER ACT TURNS 40  In 1972, two thirds of America’s lakes, rivers, and coastal water were considered unfit for fishing or swimming. That year Congress passed the Clean Water Act (and overrode President Nixon’s Veto) in an overwhelming show of bipartisan suppo... Read more

Locus Focus on 11/12/12

Airs at: Mon, 11/12/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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 THE CONTINUING SAGA OF PEBBLE MINE AND BRISTOL BAY, ALASKA Now that Obama has been re-elected we don't have to worry about a Romney administration dismantling the EPA. With renewed wind at their backs, environmentalists are making sure that the EPA remains unimpeded in it... Read more

Locus Focus on 11/05/12

Airs at: Mon, 11/05/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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SLOW DEMOCRACY: Rediscovering Community, Bringing Decision Making Back Home On the eve of Election Day Locus Focus takes a look at how real democracy involves much more than casting an occasional vote. We talk with Susan Clark, co-author of a new book Slow Democracy: Redis... Read more

Locus Focus on 10/29/12

Airs at: Mon, 10/29/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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THE NATURE OF BORDERS: SALMON, BOUNDARIES and BANDITS ON THE SALISH SEA: An Interview with Lissa Wadewitz The 49th parallel has demarcated the border between Canada and the United States for over 150 years. But for millions of years before any people lived here, numerous... Read more

Locus Focus on 10/22/12

Airs at: Mon, 10/22/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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RUSH TO JUDGEMENT?: EPA WATERSHED STUDY OF THE PEBBLE MINE IN BRISTOL BAY, ALASKA The Pebble Mine proposed in southwestern Alaska is slated to become one of the largest gold, copper and molybdenum mines in the world. It would produce more than 10 billion tons of mining w... Read more

Locus Focus on 10/15/12

Airs at: Mon, 10/15/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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AIR: THE RESTLESS SHAPER OF THE WORLD - An Interview with William Bryant Logan We are dependent on air to sustain us, but rarely do we reflect on this fluid, boundless and unpredictable element of our planet. How do birds fly and why do they often fly in V formation? How... Read more

Locus Focus on 10/08/12

Airs at: Mon, 10/08/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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POWER FROM THE PEOPLE: How to Organize, Finance and Launch Local Energy Projects - author Greg Pahl More than ninety percent of the electricity we use to light our communities, and nearly all the energy we use to run our cars, heat our homes and power our factories, come... Read more

Locus Focus on 10/01/12

Airs at: Mon, 10/01/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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THE BLACK RHINOS OF NAMIBIA: An Interview with writer Rick Bass The Namib desert in Southwest Africa is one of the oldest landscapes in the world. It is home to the black rhino, a 3,000 pound nearly blind super-survivor that sports three-foot-long dagger horns and is capab... Read more

Locus Focus on 09/24/12

Airs at: Mon, 09/24/2012 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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CLIMATE CHANGE'S DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON POOR NATIONS Climate change is one of the greatest obstacles to ending poverty and one of the gravest equity challenges of our time. While the richest countries in the world have been responsible for a disproportionate amount of ... Read more