Romance and Spring Harvest At Paradise Lot
For most gardeners, springtime means a few seedlings on a window sill. But for perennial gardeners, spring is a time of harvest. The new book, Paradise Lot, is a personal and heartwarming account of finding romance and growing a permaculture food forest of perennial plants on a degraded backyard plot in a gritty neighborhood of Holyoke, MA.
Deepwater Disaster Three Years On
Just three years ago, the Deep Water Horizon oil spill poured 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Now, a team of chemists, engineers, and biologists is attempting to assess the damage to the Gulf ecosystem.
Baby Polar Bear Rescue
Climate Change is making life difficult for polar bears across the world. But an orphaned Alaska bear cub is about to get a new home, and a new sibling, at the Buffalo Zoo in upstate New York.
When You Eat Chicken You Could Be Eating Arsenic
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A new study from researchers at Johns Hopkins updates 2006 research showing excess levels of arsenic in U.S. poultry, especially chicken. In 2009 the Center for Food Safety petitioned the FDA to stop the use of arsenic in chicken feed. As the FDA has yet to act, the Center has now filed a lawsuit.
Chef Bun’s Sustainable Sushi
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Sushi Chef Bun Lai connects with scientists and organizations including the New England Aquarium to deliver sustainable sushi to restaurant-goers.
Lasting Impacts of Gulf Oil Spill
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The marine environment in the Gulf of Mexico is still suffering three years after nearly 5 million barrels of crude oil gushed from the blown out Macondo well. Scientists from the Center for Integrated Modeling and Analysis of the Gulf Ecosystem, C-IMAGE, are studying the effects on the tiny life forms at the base of the food chain.
This Week’s Show
May 17, 2013
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When You Eat Chicken You Could Be Eating Arsenic
listen / download
A new study from researchers at Johns Hopkins updates 2006 research showing excess levels of arsenic in U.S. poultry, especially chicken. In 2009 the Center for Food Safety petitioned the FDA to stop the use of arsenic in chicken feed. As the FDA has yet to act, the Center has now filed a lawsuit.
Chef Bun’s Sustainable Sushi
listen / download
Sushi Chef Bun Lai connects with scientists and organizations including the New England Aquarium to deliver sustainable sushi to restaurant-goers.
Lasting Impacts of Gulf Oil Spill
listen / download
The marine environment in the Gulf of Mexico is still suffering three years after nearly 5 million barrels of crude oil gushed from the blown out Macondo well. Scientists from the Center for Integrated Modeling and Analysis of the Gulf Ecosystem, C-IMAGE, are studying the effects on the tiny life forms at the base of the food chain.
Controversial Dam in Ethiopia
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The Gibe dam in Ethiopia has been under construction since 2006, and if built could be the 4th biggest dam in the world. But the project would disrupt the annual flooding of the Omo River, which thousands of indigenous people depend on for their livelihood.
BirdNote ® Night Voices
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In the evening, most birds fall silent as darkness falls. But for some birds, known as nightjars, it's time to strike up their particular songs.
The Wild Weather Book
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Why stay indoors just because of rain, wind, snow, or ice? A new book details activities for children to get them outside in all sorts of weather. Recently some elementary school students in Massachusetts tested a couple of the suggested projects in this new collection.
Right Whale in the Wrong Place Update
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North Atlantic right whales ordinarily give birth in the balmy waters of Florida and Georgia, but in January a whale named Wart gave birth in the cold waters of Cape Cod Bay. We check in to see how Warth and her baby fared through the long New England winter.
Other Stories and Features
Christiana Figueres Optimistic For Ultimate Global Climate Deal
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Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Climate Secretariat stopped by the Living on Earth studios on her way from the University of Massachusetts Boston to the next phase of international climate negotiations that began in Bonn, Germany on April 29. The Bonn session is one of many leading up to a final meeting in Paris, France in 2015 when nations have pledged to come together on a binding deal to expand the Kyoto Protocol to include all major emitters of global warming gases. Figueres spoke with Living on Earth's Steve Curwood.
Blog Series: Living on Earth
The South Dakota Prairie
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Writer Linda Hasselstrom lives and writes on the South Dakota Prarie. It's a beautiful place that commands deep respect when the winter cold and snow arrive.
Blog Series: The Place Where You Live
Northern California
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In collaboration with Orion Magazine we take you to the rolling green hills of Northern California, as appreciated by Wong Yoo-Chong.
Blog Series: The Place Where You Live
Bodega Headland
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Thanks to determined citizen activists in the 1960s, the lovely cliffs of Bodega Headland in California on the San Andreas Fault did not become the site of a nuclear power station.
Blog Series: The Place Where You Live
"One of the things in childhood that seems to shape environmental behaviors in adulthood is parents taking their kids mushroom picking and berry picking: selecting a natural resource for consumption seems to be something that leads to environmental behavior in adulthood."
-- David Sobel Professor of Environmental Studies at Antioch University
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