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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Dr. Shirley Strum joins the show to share more on her life’s work with baboons. Dr. Strum is a professor of anthropology at the University of California, San Diego and the Director of the Uaso Ngiro Baboon Project in Kenya. She has just written a new book titled, "Echos of Our Origins: Baboons, Humans, and Nature." -
Former Wall Street Journal reporter and Pulitzer Prize finalist, Roger Thurow shares insights about ways in which farmers around the globe are overcoming the issues and challenges they face every day. -
"Terminal", a new documentary directed by Abby Ellis will soon be released. The film intimately covers the fight currently being waged to save Utah's Great Salt Lake. Ellis talks about the doc, currently in production, which follows scientists and politicians from both sides of the aisle who are battling to save the Great Salt Lake – the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere – as it rapidly vanishes. -
Arctic sea ice has experienced an unprecedented decline over the past decade. Senior research scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center, Walt Meier, discusses what is currently happening to sea ice and how it is effecting the ecosystems that rely on it. -
Ronda Carnegie, executive director and co-founder of Project Dandelion, discusses the mission of the organization and how it is campaigning for women with smallholder farms. -
Go deep into the sea with National Geographic Explorer Dr. Lisa Briggs, an underwater archaeologist, archaeological scientist and documentary filmmaker. She is best known for her work excavating shipwrecks and conducting scientific analysis on artifacts recovered from some of the world's most important underwater archaeological sites. -
In his new book, "INSECTOPOLIS: A Natural History", award-winning cartoonist Peter Kuper transports readers through the 400-million-year history of insects and the remarkable entomologists who have studied them. -
Bridget Lyons, a traveler, explorer and former wilderness guide has just penned a new book, "Entwined: Dispatches from the Intersection of Species." The book takes readers everywhere from Alaska to California and Honduras to Mexico, braiding stories of animals and plants with careful observation, scientific research and wonder. -
Award-winning author Gary Ferguson has written for a variety of national publications and and has penned twenty-seven books on nature and science, including his latest book: "The Twilight Forest: An Elegy for Ponderosa in a Changing West." -
Science journalist Cara Giaimo dives into the ocean’s abyss to learn new approaches to life from some of the oceans most interesting creatures. In her latest book, "Leaving the Ocean Was a Mistake: Life Lessons from Sixty Sea Creatures," Giaimo uses the bizarre and fascinating adaptations of sixty marine creatures to offer humorous and insightful advice for living on land.
