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Bay Area Bountiful: Watersheds
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- On this edition of Bay Area Bountiful, we explore watersheds. First we’ll discover the science of watershed regions; next, we’ll explain how to best manage riparian corridors for water quality; and then we’ll report on the various ways water flows in...
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Bay Area Bountiful
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- Cultivate. Celebrate. Connect. The San Francisco Bay Area enjoys an incredible bounty of resources—both natural and creative—that enrich all our lives. Northern California Public Media presents the stories that are unique to our region and our way of...
Bay Area Bountiful: Transportation
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- Explore transportation options to protect the environment. A unique food distribution trucking company looks for technological solutions to reduce emissions; a San Mateo organization seeks to promote ride sharing and public transit; a Silicon Valley...
Bay Area Bountiful: Sustainable Communities
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- On this edition of Bay Area Bountiful, we ask the question, “What makes a community sustainable?” There are many facets of sustainability, from energy use and human capital, to transportation and future strategic planning. Sustainability is the goal...
The Earth Laughs in Flowers
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- The farmers at Coyote Family Farm are among a new generation who see farming as a combination of spiritual practice, political act, community engagement and art form. Selling their fresh produce weekly at the farmers market, they are helping to reviv...
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Sonoma Ecology Center
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- The Sonoma Ecology Center is committed to improving the ecological health of our region’s wild spaces. Friends of the Petaluma River improve watershed stewardship through public events and hands-on youth education programs. Produced by KRCB North Bay...
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Friends of the Petaluma River
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- Friends of the Petaluma River improve watershed stewardship through public events and hands-on youth education programs. Produced by KRCB North Bay Public Media's Student Reporting Initiative, with support from Sonoma Wine Country Weekend. Protect ou...
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Daily Acts
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- Daily Acts helps people live more sustainably by reclaiming the power of daily actions through smart landscaping and water conservation. Produced by KRCB North Bay Public Media's Student Reporting Initiative, with support from Sonoma Wine Country Wee...
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Civilians Who Tested Agent Orange Now Sick, Dying: Podcast
This year, our news team won three awards from the Public Media Journalists Association, formerly known as PRNDI. This week, we’re highlighting those stories. Living Downstream: The Environmental Justice Podcast, won first place in its category. In this excerpt, Reporter Jon Kalish talks to the civilian workers at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida who tested Agent Orange there during the Vietnam War. When the government settled with veterans exposed to this pesticide, these workers were left…
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Why Food Reformers Have Mixed Feelings About Eco-Labels
Dan Charles June 12, 2019 Hear this Morning Edition Story Take a walk through the grocery story; the packages are talking to you, proclaiming their moral virtue, appealing to your ideals: organic, cage-free, fair trade. When I dug into the world of eco-labels recently, I was surprised to find that…
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Firing Forests to Save Them: Could Native Traditions Save Lives?
When we imagined a podcast about environmental justice – it was before the Tubbs fire here in Sonoma County – and the deadly fire seasons of 2017 and 2018. Even so, we wouldn’t have thought of Indians and their relationship to fire as a matter of environmental justice. But producers Allison Herrera…
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