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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We speak with Pepperdine University’s Dr. Javier Monzon about coyotes. We’ll discuss the differences between urban and rural coyotes and even a new hybrid subspecies. Then, Dr. Joseph Wilson joins the show to discuss wild bees. Did you know that Utah is home to more than 1,000 species of bees? We chat everything from bee biology to a bees facial recognition abilities, and the best way to help bee conservation in our own backyards. -
Environmental journalist Caroline Tracey discusses her debut book "Salt Lakes: An Unnatural History," a blend of reporting and memoir exploring the fragile, vanishing ecosystems of salt lakes around the world. She takes readers from the Great Salt Lake to the Aral Sea, documenting their decline—and the urgent efforts to save them. (xxx)Then, zoologist Joanna Bagniewska shares her work and her book "The Modern Bestiary: A Curated Collection of Wondrous Creatures." The book presents 100 real, fascinating animals in the style of a medieval bestiary, but with scientific accuracy. (xxx)
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Nature Leaves Clues Everywhere — Tristan Gooley Shows how to find them in his new book "The Hidden Seasons: A Calendar of Nature’s Clues." Then, world-renowned wildlife photographers Peter and Beverly Pickford capture Earth’s most remote places. A conversation with Peter and Beverly Pickford about their global adventures.
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Environmental journalist Alix Morris has written a captivating book about the life of one of the sea's most enigmatic creatures. Then, award-winning illustrator and author, Jennifer N.R. Smith joins the program to discuss her latest book in her Wild Wonders series, "LIFE: the Wild Wonders of Biodiversity".
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Stewardship Director for Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, Jeremy Lynch, shares the organization's newly launched Stewardship Projects for 2026. Then we get an in-depth report on what all the data means when it comes to our snowpack from Utah Snow's Jordan Clayton.
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Middle school teacher and author Ellen Cochrane discusses her new book "Follow the Water: The Unbelievable True Story of a Teenager's Survival in the Amazon." It tells the remarkable true story of 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke’s 11-day survival trek through the Amazon after a plane crash. Then we revisit a conversation with world-renowned wildlife biologist and award-winning writer, Diane Boyd. She has poured her four decade long work of studying wolves into a new book titled, "A Woman Among Wolves."
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Swaner Preserve & EcoCenter team members Hunter Klingensmith and Rhea Cone talk about their latest exhibit and a variety of upcoming educational events. Then, Claire talks with 4MyCiTy Founder and Executive Director, Christopher Dipnarine, about the upcoming 2026 Zero Waste Forum in Park City.
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Filmmaker Lindsay McIntyre discusses her film "Tuktuit: Caribou," which explores the territory of Nunavut, revealing a land where caribou struggle to survive burn events and habitat disruption. Then writer, director, producer, and Sundance alumni Mark Decena shares his latest film "Farming While Black." -
Oscar nominated Director Sara Dosa shares behind the scenes stories of her newest film "Time and Water." Then Claire is joined by filmmakers Biljana Tutorov and Peter Glomazic whose film "To Hold a Mountain" is screening this week at Sundance in the World Cinema Documentary competition.
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Jill Tidman, executive director of The Redford Center, takes a look back at some of the Sundance Film Festival's most powerful environmental films. Then, University of Utah atmospheric scientist Derek Mallia shares a new data-driven modeling tool to help visualize a shrinking Great Salt Lake and what that means for toxic dust along the Wasatch Front.
