On our show for February 8th, host Jon Hokenson speaks with Mattie Bell of the Sunrise Movement Lawrence. Sunrise Movement Lawrence is a local hub of the national Sunrise Movement organization. The Sunrise Movement is a youth movement to stop climate change and create millions of good jobs in the process. They are building an […] The post Sunrise Movement Hits Us UP About Their Happenings appeared first on KKFI.

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Sunrise Movement Hits Us UP About Their Happenings

Host Craig Lubow talks to Jill Erickson, Executive Director of Heartland Conservation Alliance about issues and projects the organization is currently working on. Heartland Conservation Alliance is an urban land trust so that we can protect lands identified in regional plans. We are currently focusing our efforts in the Blue River Watershed. Land trusts protect […] The post Heartland Conservation Alliance appeared first on KKFI.

Heartland Conservation Alliance

On Jan. 25, 2021, Eco-Radio will have as our guest Bernadette Demientieff, Executive Director of the Gwich’in Steering Committee, a coalition of Gwich’in people seeking to preserve one of America’s last great wildernesses, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, from the depredations of the fossil fuel industry.  Included in this discussion will be the Jan. 6, […] The post Eco-Radio appeared first on KKFI.

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Elaine Giessel, marine biologist and chair of the Conservation Committee for the Kansas Chapter of the Sierra Club, joins host Craig Lubow to talk about the Monarch Butterfly and its proposed listing as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. RESOURCES: www.journeynorth.org www.biologicaldiversity.org www.monarchjointventure.org The post Monarch Butterflies appeared first on KKFI.

Monarch Butterflies

On our January 4th show, host Terri Wilke speaks with Alicia Ellingsworth, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Daniel Robinson, Farm Manager, and Jennifer Thomas, Co-Founder and Board Chair, from the KC Farm School on Gibbs RD.   KC Farm School’s mission is to bring individuals of all ages, abilities and ancestries on-farm, hands-on empowering them to connect […] The post KC Farm School on Gibbs Road Empowers the Community – On-farm, Hands-on appeared first on KKFI.

KC Farm School on Gibbs Road Empowers the Community – On-farm, Hands-on

You can tune in to hear Loretta Craig’s presentation at the KC Farm School conference, Let’s Grow! an event that occurred recently in November.  Loretta Craig speaks on Linking Human Health to Soil Health.  Loretta Craig’s years of research and hands-on observation at Prairie Garden Farm has reaped her discussion on the interconnectedness of all […] The post Let’s Grow! Linking Human Health to Soil Health appeared first on KKFI.

Let’s Grow! Linking Human Health to Soil Health

On our December 21st show, host Richard Mabion, our own community activist,  speaks with his friend Norman Anderson.  Norm has over 35 years of environmental public health experience.   He lives in Maine.  He and Richard met at an NAACP conference in Pittsburgh.  They are both involved in the Pittsburgh Platform, an endeavor intended to promote […] The post Host Richard Mabion Speaks with Norm Anderson, Environmental Public Health Consultant appeared first on KKFI.

Host Richard Mabion Speaks with Norm Anderson, Environmental Public Health Consultant

On our show before Veteran’s Day, host Richard Mabion, a proud Veteran, speaks with Nova Clarke, the new Visitor Services Manager for the Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge (NWR).  True to a veteran’s core leadership values, Richard will take the time to introduce our listeners to the resources in our community.   Marais des Cygnes […] The post Nova Clarke Invites Us to Marais des Cygne National Wildlife Refuge appeared first on KKFI.

Nova Clarke Invites Us to Marais des Cygne National Wildlife Refuge

Overpopulation puts a strain on Earth’s resources, food systems, and increases pollution and carbon emissions. Join host Bob Grove as his guests explore ethical ways to reduce population growth and shift to sustainable resources. Bob Grove, President, Climate Council of Greater Kansas City Alan Weisman, journalist & author of The World Without Us, and Countdown […] The post Overpopulation appeared first on KKFI.

Overpopulation

In Kansas, it is now legal to hunt coyotes at night using lights and thermal-imaging equipment. They can be hunted openly all year long with motor vehicles and at night. Only the use of this thermal-imaging equipment and lights is new. Coyote hunting may only exacerbate alleged predator concerns. Margaret Kramar, an environmental activist from […] The post Night Hunting of Coyotes in Kansas appeared first on KKFI.

Night Hunting of Coyotes in Kansas

Host Brent Ragsdale speaks with Dr. Ye Tao, Faculty and Principle Investigator from the Rowland Institute at Harvard about a solution to the climate change crisis – MEER:ReflEction,  a grand, versatile, and comprehensive engineering project rooted in the ecological functioning and resource availabilities of our planet. It addresses the urgency of climate change while reshaping […] The post Mirrors for Earth’s Energy Rebalancing w/Dr. Ye Tao, Harvard’s Rowland Institute – an engineering project to cool the planet. appeared first on KKFI.

Mirrors for Earth’s Energy Rebalancing w/Dr. Ye Tao, Harvard’s Rowland Institute – an engineering project to cool the planet.

Host Jon Hokenson speaks with Jacob Carter, a research scientist for the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). In this role, Dr. Carter investigates how science is used in the policy-making process, focusing on issues of scientific integrity across the federal government. Prior to joining UCS, Dr. Carter worked […] The post How Superfund Site Cleanups Ignore Communities of Color appeared first on KKFI.

How Superfund Site Cleanups Ignore Communities of Color

Host Teresa Wilke speaks with Bob Jurgens, the Bureau Director of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment Bureau of Environmental Remediation, and John Jurgensmeyer, Environmental Remediation Program Director with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.  They will each us tell us how contamination is addressed under state statutes and practices.  Both Directors acknowledge a […] The post Learning by Undoing – Environmental Remediation appeared first on KKFI.

Learning by Undoing – Environmental Remediation

Ty Gorman started in May as the Sierra Club Campaign Representative with the Beyond Coal Campaign in Kansas.  Ty grew up in East Tennessee fighting coal plants in the mountains near his home and has worked on climate change mitigation and adaptation projects for the last 15 years.  He first volunteered with the Sierra Club […] The post Richard Mabion Speaks with Ty Gorman of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign appeared first on KKFI.

Richard Mabion Speaks with Ty Gorman of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign

  On Oct. 26, Eco-Radio will have as our guest, Mr. Mark Hague, who retired after a decades long career at the Environmental Protection Agency, culminating in his appointment as the Administrator of the Region 7 office of the EPA in Lenexa, Ks. Our discussion will focus on environmental rollbacks by the EPA in recent […] The post Eco-Radio appeared first on KKFI.

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