Terra Verde – January 23, 2009 at 1:00pm
Despite already being highly developed, the Bay Area has one massive untapped area to grow fresh produce: its rooftops. Terra Verde talks to experts about the new frontier of green roofs.
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Terra Verde – Big Year, Big Winners
Terre Verde speaks with two winners of the “Big Year” contest, a competition sponsored by the Golden Gate National Recreation Area to observe each of the 33 endangered and threatened species found within the park, and to take 33 actions to prevent these species from going extinct.
Terra Verde – The Environment and Obama’s First 100 Days – January 2, 2009 at 1:00pm
The day after New Years, Terra Verde looks toward the future and what the first 100 days of the next administration might bring for the environment, with guests from Friends of the Earth, Environment California, and Cleantech and Green Business for Obama.
Over the Edge – “A Very Boopy Christmas” – December 26, 2008 at 12:00am
“A Very Boopy Christmas”Mark Hosler, Jennifer Bennett, Don. Park ‘n Meter join Izzy Isn’t for Negativland’s “A Very Boopy Christmas” show. In the process, we’re rehearsing some of the material for an upcoming New Years Eve performance of “The Booper Symphony” in San Francisco. Along with a lot of mixing with boopers galore, there’s all … Continued
Terra Verde – The Stuff that Dreams Aren’t Made Of – December 12, 2008 at 1:00pm
And under the tree there was…nothing! (Or, almost nothing.) In fact there might not even be a tree! AND the holidays were more fun! What??? Talk about revolutionary! Annie Leonard of The Story of Stuff and No Impact Man Colin Beavan, (a NYC guy whose family went no-impact for one year), share with Terra Verde … Continued
Terra Verde:”The Price of Fire” – An interview with Ben Dangl
Before Seattle, there was Chochabamba: A small city in the Andean highlands brought to a grinding hault by protests over water privatization. On one side: The World Bank, and Bechtel, Inc., two of the world's largest transnational institutions. On the other: Thousands of the rural poor and indigenous, fighting for their survival, and creating new … Continued