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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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What does Last Month's Election Mean for Northwest Climate Policy?

Airs at: Mon, 12/06/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
It's conventional wisdom that the new more heavily GOP configuration in Congress spells bad news for climate policy. There's some truth in that, but this week on Locus Focus we look at a more positive side to the story. In what has appeared to be an overall hostile polit... Read more

Locus Focus on 11/29/10

Airs at: Mon, 11/29/2010 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
What Becomes of the Environment under a New Congressional Regime? In January a new congress takes over, with a reduced Democratic majority in the Senate and a lopsided Republican majority in the House. For the first time there will be an official House Caucus of Climate Ch... Read more

What Becomes of the Environment under a New Congressional Regime?

Airs at: Mon, 11/29/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
In January a new congress takes over, with a reduced Democratic majority in the Senate and a lopsided Republican majority in the House. For the first time there will be an official House Caucus of Climate Change Deniers. In this new political environment, what prospects ... Read more

Locus Focus on 11/22/10

Airs at: Mon, 11/22/2010 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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BE LOVE NOW - A Conversation with Rameshwar Das on the teachings of Ram Das Richard Alpert was an eminent Harvard psychologist on the fast track to success when he fell in with fellow Harvard professor Timothy Leary who turned him on to LSD. Harvard University did not appr... Read more

BE LOVE NOW - A Conversation with Rameshwar Das on the teachings of Ram Das

Airs at: Mon, 11/22/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Richard Alpert was an eminent Harvard psychologist on the fast track to success when he fell in with fellow Harvard professor Timothy Leary who turned him on to LSD. Harvard University did not appreciate their ardent research on the psychological and spiritual potentials... Read more

Locus Focus on 11/15/10

Airs at: Mon, 11/15/2010 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
CAFO: THE TRAGEDY OF INDUSTRIAL ANIMAL FACTORIES Most Americans - and a growing number of people around the world - now eat meat that was grown on factory farms. The brutal, inhumane conditions in which factory farm animals are raised calls into question not just the ethic... Read more

CAFO: THE TRAGEDY OF INDUSTRIAL ANIMAL FACTORIES

Airs at: Mon, 11/15/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Most Americans - and a growing number of people around the world - now eat meat that was grown on factory farms. The brutal, inhumane conditions in which factory farm animals are raised calls into question not just the ethics of eating meat but the very foundations of th... Read more

Locus Focus on 11/08/10

Airs at: Mon, 11/08/2010 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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ALBERTA TAR SANDS - A WORSE ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER THAN THE BP GULF OIL DISASTER?   Last spring's BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico alerted us to the unforeseen hazards of deep water oil drilling. Since most of the remaining conventional sources of oil are located in... Read more

ALBERTA TAR SANDS - A WORSE ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER THAN THE BP GULF OIL DISASTER?

Airs at: Mon, 11/08/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Last spring's BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico alerted us to the unforeseen hazards of deep water oil drilling. Since most of the remaining conventional sources of oil are located in politically unstable regions of the world, many political leaders are looking towar... Read more

Locus Focus on 11/01/10

Airs at: Mon, 11/01/2010 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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PRE-ELECTION DAY SPECIAL: CALIFORNIA PROP. 23, DIRTY MONEY AND THE FUTURE OF THE PLANET   The environment is on the ballot in hundreds of electoral contests in all 50 states, in the guise of anti-environmental, anti-science and anti-climate candidates and ballot measures... Read more