This Green Earth
Tuesday, 9-10 AM
This Green Earth includes interviews with local and national experts in the fields of water resources, air quality, environmental policy, fossil and renewable fuels, climate, conservation, ecosystems, agriculture, aquaculture and sustainability.
Christopher Cherniak is an environmental engineer with nearly 30 years experience as an environmental consultant. Claire Wiley is an award winning broadcast journalist. Together, they direct This Green Earth's mission: to educate listeners about the importance of environmental preservation, conservation and stewardship.
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For questions and inquiries, or to inquire about appearing on the show, contact the hosts directly at thisgreenearth@kpcw.org.
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On today's episode of "This Green Earth," chemical biologist, conservation leader and National Geographic Explorer Dr. Rosa Vásquez Espinoza shares her work protecting wild pollinators and the Amazon.Then, Kasey Lindstorm, Utah project manager for Wildlands Network, shares more about the organization and the policy and initiatives created to study, restore and maintain large-scale habitat connectivity in the West. -
Marine ecologist, Eliza Heery talks us through her extensive research exploring urban seascapes and the creatures that inhabit them and then environmental scientist, Dr. Shahir Masri, discusses the experiences that led to writing his book, On the Road for Climate Action: A Story of Science, Activism and an American Adventure.
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Anthropologist and former hotshot wildland firefighter, Jordan Thomas discuss his new book titled, "When It All Burns: Fighting Fire in a Transformed World" The book provides a gripping firsthand account of a record setting fire season. (0:53)Then, as Lake Powell shrinks, something remarkable is happening beneath the waterline. Eric Balken of the Glen Canyon Institute discusses the surprising ecological rebirth unfolding in Glen Canyon and what it could mean for the future of the Colorado River. (30:18) -
Filmmaker Penny Lane discusses her documentary Wild Inside, which follows Flaco, a Eurasian Eagle-Owl whose unexpected year of freedom in Manhattan explores captivity, wild instincts, and humanity's relationship with urban wildlife. Then, Wildlife SOS Executive Director Nikki Sharp discusses their work to improve the welfare of both people and wildlife in India through conservation and human-wildlife coexistence.
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With the recent news about the 90% reduction of Grand-Escalante Staircase and Bears Ears National Monuments, this episode takes a deeper dive into what this means for our public lands. Executive Director of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, Scott Braden, Director of Designation Campaigns for The Wilderness Society Axie Navas and coordinator for the Grand Staircase Intertribal Coalition, Autumn Gillard walk us through the past, present and future of these National Monuments.
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Award-winning writer and scientist Dan Werb, takes us into the world of synanthropes in his his latest book, Our Wild Familiars: How Animals are Adapting to Cities and Reshaping the Natural World. Then This Green Earth revisits the interview with Award-winning author Sophie Pavelle takes readers on a thrilling exploration of nature's symbiotic relationships in her latest book, "To Have or To Hold."
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Charlotte Overby, Vice President of Conservation Field Programs at the Conservation Lands Foundation walks us through public lands policy and her work with the foundation.Then, critically acclaimed writer Cal Flyn discusses her exploration of the world’s wildest and most remote places in her new book, "The Savage Landscape: How We Made the Wilderness."
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Craig Stanford explores the growing extinction crisis facing reptiles and amphibians, sharing insights from his latest book, Cold-Blooded Murder, and why these often-overlooked species matter more than ever. (00:49) Then science writer Margie Patlak reveals the surprising intelligence, complex behaviors, and hidden lives of insects, highlighting the discoveries that are changing how we see the world's smallest creatures. (26:55)
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Earth science educator and geologist Christa Sadler discusses the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument's remarkable biodiversity. Then, Jackie Grant, Executive Director of Grand Staircase Escalante Partners, explains her organization’s work and the outcome of a recent effort to overturn the monument’s management plan.
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Leigh Ann Henion, author of "Night Magic: Adventures Among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, and Other Marvels of the Dark," celebrates the natural world after sunset. Then, Robert Voss, Curator for the Department of Mammalogy, Division of Vertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History, sheds light on a commonly misunderstood marsupial, the opossum.
