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Looking Back, Moving Forward: 2011 Year in Review

post thumbnail Tuesday, December 27th, 2011

A look back at some of the most important issues of 2011: Attacks on organized labor, the Egyptian revolution, and the struggle to address climate change. We’ll hear highlights from some of our best programs of the year, and get updates on where those stories stand now.


Bees: The Threatened Link in Food Security

post thumbnail Tuesday, September 20th, 2011

Honey bees help pollinate 1 in every 3 bites we eat. But they’re fighting to survive, in a world filled with pesticides and parasites. We’ll learn about colony collapse disorder and hear from beekeepers, researchers, and gardeners who are trying to protect the honey bee.


Christian Parenti: Unstable Climate, Unstable People

post thumbnail Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011

Journalist Christian Parenti speaks about his new book, Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence. He connects the effects of climate change to the increasing number of civil wars, ethnic violence, criminality and failed states in Kenya, Brazil and India, among others.


Women Rising XXI: Women’s Rights to Water, Land, and Farming

post thumbnail Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

As part of our “Women Rising” series, we profile a dynamic partnership between the Women’s Earth Alliance and the Global Women’s Water Initiative: working on women’s rights to water, land, farming and basic human dignity. This is a special collaboration with Lynn Feinerman and Crown Sephira Productions.


Climate Change Gridlock: Where Do We Go From Here? (Part 2)

post thumbnail Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

Global warming is no longer a fear for the future. It’s threatening human civilization, now. Part 2 of a special 2 part series produced by Brian Edwards Tiekert…on climate change that is happening, the political response that isn’t, and the people trying to break the gridlock.


Climate Change Gridlock: Where Do We Go From Here? (Part 1)

post thumbnail Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

Global warming is no longer a fear for the future. It’s threatening human civilization, now. Part 1 of a special 2 part series produced by Brian Edwards Tiekert…on climate change that is happening, the political response that isn’t, and the people trying to break the gridlock.


Changing the Climate on Climate Change

post thumbnail Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

With the UN’s climate negotiations faltering, indigenous and other grassroots community groups are re-strategizing. We’ll hear voices from the streets of Cancun and look at where the world might turn for answers to catastrophic climate change.


The Price of Nature: Buying Our Way Out of Climate Chaos?

post thumbnail Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

At the 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico, discussion centered on market-based solutions. On this edition, experts engage in a roundtable discussion about alternative ways to both understand and solve the climate crisis.


Beyond BP: A Future Without Oil

post thumbnail Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

We go to the gulf coast to hear why, despite the dangerous and deadly consequences, locals aren’t ready to turn their backs on the oil industry.  What does that mean for the rest of us, as we pursue a future free of fossil fuels?



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