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Beyond BP: A Future Without Oil

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?

No ‘Fracking’ Way: The Perils of Natural Gas Drilling

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

We’ll hear excerpts from the movie “Gasland,” and from locals from people who are trying to prevent the toxic fallout from ‘fracking’ before it starts.

Crisis as Opportunity: Voices from the U.S. Social Forum

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

This June, thousands of grassroots activists converged on Detroit, Michigan to attend the 2010 United States Social Forum. We were there and on this edition of Making Contact, we’ll bring you some of the local and international voices we found.

Art in Action

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Art is everywhere…but why do we do it? On this edition, we speak with young artists of diverse backgrounds who use their independent experiences and creative impulses to talk about race, identity, and politics…and along the way to self-reflect.

The Road to Detroit: US Social Forum 2010

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

This June, the US Social Forum will be held in Detroit, Michigan. We look at how Domestic Workers got organized at the last US Social Forum and we ask, what can we learn from the fall and rise of one of America’s great industrial cities?

Back from Copenhagen: Moving Climate Justice Forward

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

The climate talks at Copenhagen closed in 2009 with no binding agreements or timetables for curbing greenhouse gas emissions. On this edition, we hear from climate justice activists who went to Copenhagen and say we need a system change, not climate change.

Native Harvest in a Modern World

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

An agricultural renaissance has taken root among the Taos Pueblo people in New Mexico. Sustainable agriculture is returning, after years of unhealthy food, poor health and obesity. Rita Daniels brings us a story of rebirth and renewal.

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