KEXP Presents Mind Over Matters Sustainability Segment: Recent Episodes
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The Sustainability Segment presents one-on-one interviews with inspiring leaders and grass roots activists on a variety of environmental, social, and economic issues affecting life and the future of our planet. 628142
Guest Marshall Rosenberg, Founder, Center for Nonviolent Communication, speaks with Diane Horn about how nonviolent communication can be used to bring about positive social change.
Guest Nick Norton, Executive Director, Washington Association of Land Trusts, speaks with Diane Horn about the work of Washington Land trusts to conserve land and help address climate change.
Guest Ivy Sager-Rosenthal, Communications Director, Toxic-Free Future, speaks with Diane Horn about progress towards a toxic-free future during 2018.
Guest Rebecca Ponzio, Climate and Fossil Fuel Program Director, Washington Environmental Council, speaks with Diane Horn about priorities for environmental legislation in the 2019 Washington State Legislative Session.
Guest Lisa Margonelli speaks with Diane Horn about her book “Underbug: An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology.”
Guest Leah Missik, Program Manager, Built Green, speaks with Diane Horn about the work of Built Green to encourage environmentally sound design, construction, and development practices in Washington's cities and communities.
Guest Rebecca Monteleone, Chair, Sierra Club Seattle Group, speaks with Diane Horn about the Move All Seattle Sustainably Coalition and their recommendations to improve transportation for Seattle pedestrians, bicyclists and transit riders.
Guest Mike Lufkin, Local Food Economy Manager, King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks, speaks with Diane Horn about King County's Local Food Initiative
Guest Patti Goldman. Managing Attorney, Northwest Office, Earthjustice. speaks with Diane Horn about efforts to ban chlorpyrifos, a pesticide widely used in agriculture associated with both pesticide poisoning and chronic health effects.
Guest Mindy Roberts, People for Puget Sound Program Director, Washington Environmental Council, and Member, Governor Inslee's Orca Recovery Task Force, speaks with Diane Horn about Task Force draft recommendations to help aid orca recovery and promote their future sustainability.
Guest Thor Hanson speaks with Diane Horn about his book “Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees.”
Guest Ahmed Gaya, Field Director, Yes on 1631, speaks with Diane Horn about Initiative 1631, which would charge pollution fees on sources of greenhouse gas pollutants and use the revenue to reduce pollution, promote clean energy, and address climate impacts.
Guest Marcia Bjornerud, Professor of Geology and Environmental Studies at Lawrence University, speaks with Diane Horn about her most recent book “Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World.”
Guest Kate Melges, Ocean Plastics Campaigner, Greenpeace USA, speaks with Diane Horn about the Greenpeace Ocean Plastics Campaign.
Guest Margaret Morales, Senior Research Associate, Sightline Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about how backyard cottages could help close the affordable housing gap and provide homes for extremely low income individuals.
Guests Alberto Rodriguez, Duwamish Valley Advisor, Office of Sustainability and Environment, City of Seattle, and Paulina Lopez, South Park resident and Manager, Duwamish Valley Youth Corps, speak with Diane Horn about the Duwamish Valley Action Plan: Advancing Environmental Justice & Equitable Development in Seattle.
Guest Bruce Speight, Executive Director at Environment Washington, and State Director at Environment Washington Research & Policy Center, speaks with about the report “Electric Buses: Clean Transportation for Healthier Neighborhoods and Cleaner Air."
Guest Kirstin Mueller. Election Security Chair, League of Women Voters of Washington, speaks with Diane Horn about the security of Washington State elections and how election security can be improved.
Guest Lisa Remlinger, Evergreen Forests Program Director, Washington Environmental Council, speaks with Diane Horn about the 2018 State of our Forests and Public Lands Report: An Evaluation of Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz's Results.
Guest Liz Hitchcock, Acting Director at Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families, speaks with Diane Horn about implementation of the Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act.
Guest Gordon Padelford, Executive Director of Seattle Neighborhood Greenways, speaks with Diane Horn about the work of Seattle Neighborhood Greenways to advocate for biking and walking in Seattle and to create safer streets.
Guest Irit Tamir, Director, Private Sector Department, Oxfam America, speaks with Diane Horn about Oxfam's Behind the Barcodes Campaign.
Guest Bruce Herbert, Founder and Chief Executive of Newground Social Investment, speaks with Diane Horn about progress made by shareholder advocacy in creating positive change in publicly traded corporations during 2018.
Guest Eric de Place, Programs Director at Sightline Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about the status of fossil fuel development projects in the Pacific Northwest and the environmental implications for Northwest and global communities.
Guest Elizabeth Fournier speaks with Diane Horn about her book “The Green Burial Guidebook : Everything You Need to Plan an Affordable, Environmentally Friendly Burial.”
Guest Wyking Garrett, President and CEO, Africatown Community Land Trust, speaks with Diane Horn about efforts to maintain the identity of and prevent displacement in the Central District.
Guests Danielle Shaw, Local Government Affairs Manager of the Washington Environmental Council, and Sophia Ressler, Staff Attorney at Puget Soundkeeper Alliance, speak with Diane Horn about Nature's Scorecard.
Guest Amy Carey, Executive Director at Sound Action, speaks with Diane Horn about the work of Sound Action to protect Puget Sound's vital nearshore habitat and species.
Guest Rich Hatfield, Senior Conservation Biologist at the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, speaks with Diane Horn about bumble bee conservation and the Pacific Northwest Bumblebee Atlas Project
Guest Alicia Daniels Uhlig, Living Community Challenge and Policy Director, International Living Future Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about the Living Community Challenge.
Guest Ellen Brown, Founder & Chair, Public Banking Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about the current status of efforts to create public banks in the U.S.
Guests Cuquis Robledo, Coordinator at Storytellers Series, and Clark Matthews, Lead Producer at Rooted in Rights, a program of Disability Rights Washington, speak with Diane Horn about the Rooted in Rights project and the Rooted in Rights Storytellers Film Festival.
Guests Sharon London of National Wildlife Federation, and Michelle Wainstein, Field Conservation Associate at Woodland Park Zoo, speak with Diane Horn about supporting wildlife in the city and the 2018 Wildlife in the City Week.
Guest Morgan Simon speaks with Diane Horn about her book, “Real Impact: The New Economics of Social Change”.
Guest Nick Abraham, Communications and Accountability Manager of Washington Environmental Council and Washington Conservation Voters, speaks with Diane Horn about how environmental legislation fared in the 2018 Washington State Legislative Session.
Guest Melissa Hoover, Executive Director of Democracy at Work Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about building better jobs and a fairer economy with worker cooperatives.
Guest Jennifer Chang, Acting Director of Puyallup Watershed Initiative, speaks with Diane Horn about the Puyallup Watershed Initiative, a new model for community-centered change.
Guest Stephen Jones, Director of The Washington State University Bread Lab, speaks with Diane Horn, about the work of the Bread Lab to to breed and develop publicly available varieties of grains and other crops that will benefit farmers, processors, and end-users while enhancing access to affordable and nutritious food for all members of our communities
Guest Kathy Sakahara, Democracy Issue Chair of the League of Women Voters of Washington, speaks with Diane Horn about bills that support democracy in the 2018 Washington State Legislative Session.
Guest Katherine Strange, Technical Analysis Manager at Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, speaks with Diane Horn about health implications of PM 2.5 particulate pollution and steps being taken to reduce PM 2.5 in the Puget Sound region.
Guest Chase Gunnell, Communications Director of the Conservation Northwest. speaks with Diane Horn about the work of Conservation Northwest to to protect, connect, and restore wildlands and wildlife from the Washington Coast to the British Columbia Rockies for the benefit of people and wildlife.
Guest Denise Fairchild, President & CEO of Emerald Cities Collaborative, speaks with Diane Horn about the book, “Energy Democracy: Advancing Equity in Clean Energy Solutions”, which she co-edited with Al Weinrub.
Guests Becky Kelly, President of the Washington Environmental Council, and Aiko Schaefer, Director of Front and Centered, speak with Diane Horn about the Alliance for Jobs and Clean Energy Initiative for effective and just climate action.
Guests Rebecca Ponzio, Fossil Fuel Program Director at Washington Environmental Council, and Vlad Gutman-Britten, Washington Director at Climate Solutions, speak with Diane Horn environmental legislation in the 2018 Washington State Legislative session.
Guest Ivy Sager-Rosenthal, Communications Director of Toxic Free Future, speaks with Diane Horn about progress towards a toxic free future during 2017 and plans for 2018.
Guest John de Graff speaks with Diane Horn about the And Beauty for All! Campaign, which seeks to embrace natural beauty and human design in ways that restore our landscapes, revitalize our communities and repair our dialogue.
Guest Rex Hohlbein, Founder and Creative Director of Facing Homelessness, speaks with Diane Horn about the work of Facing Homelessness and the status of the Block project.
Guests Lisa Chen, Executive Director, and Khatami Chau, Youth Leader, of FEEST, speaks with Diane Horn about the work of FEEST, a youth led food justice organization.
Guest David M. Buerge speaks with Diane Horn about his book “Chief Seattle and the Town That Took His Name: The Change of Worlds for the Native People and Settlers on Puget Sound”.
Guest Paul Wolfe, Senior Policy Specialist at the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, speaks with Diane Horn about the Coalition's policy platform for the 2018 Farm Bill.
Guest James Suzman speaks with Diane Horn about his book “Affluence without Abundance: The Disappearing World of the Bushmen.”
Guest Sandra Postel, Director of the Global Water Policy Project, speaks with Diane Horn about her most recent book “Replenish: The Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity”.
Guest Jennie Wetter, Public Policy Director at Population Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about the Population Institute's new report titled “Senseless: The War on Birth Control”.
Guests Frances Moore Lappe and Adam Eichen speak with Diane Horn about their book “Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want”.
Guest Max Tegmark, Professor of Physics at MIT, and Co-Founder and President of the Future of Life Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about his book “Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence”.
Guest Jason Cone, Executive Director of Doctors Without Borders USA, speaks with Diane Horn about the work of Doctors without Borders to aid refugees and the interactive exhibit “Forced from Home” which will be in Seattle October 2nd through the 8th.
Guest Linda Nageotte, President and CEO of Food Lifeline, speaks with Diane Horn about the work of Food Lifeline to end hunger in Western Washington by engaging communities and mobilizing resources.
Guest Jim Wallis, Founder and President of Sojourners, speaks with Diane Horn about racism, white privilege, and steps we can take towards racial reconciliation.
Guest Gretchen Goldman, Research Director, Center for Science and Democracy, Union of Concerned Scientists, speaks with Diane Horn about the UCS report “Sidelining Science Since Day One: How the Trump Administration Has Harmed Public Health and Safety in Its First Six Months”.
Guest Tom Fucoloro, Founder and Editor of Seattle Bike Blog, speaks with Diane Horn about Seattle's new stationless bikeshare
Guests Rich Stolz, Executive Director of One America, and Jeff Johnson, President of the Washington State Labor Council, speak with Diane Horn about the Alliance for Jobs and Clean Energy and their campaign to pass equitable climate action in 2018
Guests Darcy Nonemacher, Government Affairs Director of the Washington Environmental Council, and Christopher Wierzbicki, Executive Director of Futurewise, speak with Diane Horn about the outcome of environmental legislation in the 2017 Washington State legislative session.
Guests Joanna Nelson des Flores, Green Cities Director at Fonterra, and Michael Yadrick, Plant Ecologist at Seattle Parks and Recreation, speak with Diane Horn about the work of the Green Seattle Partnership to restore and actively maintain the City's forested parklands.
Guest Eric de Place, Policy Director at the Sightline Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about his new report “Northwest Targets: Communities Threatened by Coal, Oil, and Gas.“
Guest Zoltan Grossman, Professor of Geography & Native Studies at The Evergreen State College, speaks with Diane Horn about his most recent book “Unlikely Alliances: Native Nations & White Communities Join to Defend Rural Lands."
Guest Meredith Wadman speaks with Diane Horn about her book “The Vaccine Race: Science, Politics, and the Human Costs of Defeating Disease.”
Guest Bruce Herbert, Founder and Chief Executive of Newground Social Investment, speaks with Diane Horn about progress made by shareholder advocacy during 2017.
Guest John Amos, President and Founder of Skytruth, and Co-Founder of Global Fishing Watch, speaks with Diane Horn about illuminating environmental problems and issues through the use of satellite images, aerial photographs, and other kinds of remote sensing and digital mapping.
Guest Rhys Roth, Director of the Center for Sustainable Infrastructure at The Evergreen State College, speaks with Diane Horn about water infrastructure in the Pacific Northwest.
Guest Margaret Morales, Senior Research Associate at the Sightline Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about how better zoning could help dismantle structural school segregation in Seattle.
Guest Majora Carter, a leading urban revitalization strategy consultant, and Founder of Sustainable South Bronx, speaks with Diane Horn about urban revitalization and how to incorporate equity into neighborhood development.
Guests Cluny McCaffrey, Executive Director, and Sophorn Sim, Community Outreach Associate of the Environmental Coalition of South Seattle (ECOSS), speak with Diane Horn about educating and empowering businesses and diverse communities to implement environmentally sustainable practices.
Guest Gar Alperovitz, co-founder, Democracy Collaborative, and co-chair, The Next System Project, speaks with Diane Horn about buying out the fossil fuel industry to address climate change.
Guests Alan Spears, Cultural Resources Director, and Rob Smith, Northwest Regional Director, National Parks Conservation Association, speak with Diane Horn about protecting America's National Park System for present and future generations.
Guest Lynda Mapes, Seattle Times Reporter, speaks with Diane Horn about her most recent book Witness Tree: Seasons of Change with a Century-Old Oak.
Guest Paul Hawken, environmentalist, entrepreneur, and Co-founder and Executive Director, Project Drawdown, speaks with Diane Horn about the book “Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming”, for which he is the Editor.
Guests Bea Covington, Executive Director, and Deirdre Grace, Community Engagement Manager of King Conservation District, speak with Diane Horn about the work of the King Conservation District to promote the sustainable use of natural resources through responsible stewardship.
Guest John Brosnan, Executive Director of Seattle Audubon, speaks with Diane Horn about the Neighborhood Flyways Campaign.
Guest Jonathan Rosenblum speaks with Diane Horn about his book Beyond $15: Immigrant Workers, Faith Activists, and the Revival of the Labor Movement.
Guest Coll Thrush, Associate Professor of History at the University of British Columbia speaks with Diane Horn about his book Native Seattle: Histories from the Crossing-Over Place, Second Edition.
Guest Bob Carey, Director of Strategic Partnerships at Nature Conservancy in Washington, speaks with Diane Horn about the Floodplains by Design project, a public-private partnership working to reduce flood risk and restore habitat along Washington's major rivers.
Guests Heather Trim, Executive Director of Zero Waste Washington, and Margaret Shield, Owner and Principal of Community Environmental Health Strategies, speak with Diane Horn about the benefits and status of medicine take back programs in Washington State
Guest Joel Berg, CEO, Hunger Free America, speaks with Diane Horn about his book America We Need to Talk: A Self-Help Book for the Nation.
Guest Mahnaz Eshetu, Executive Director of the Refugee Women's Alliance, speaks with Diane Horn about the work of the Refugee Women's Alliance and meeting the challenges for refugees and immigrants in the current political environment.
Guest Robert Wintner, Executive Director of the Snorkel Bob Foundation, speaks with Diane Horn about reef protection and efforts to ban the aquarium trade.
Guest Michael Frazier, Executive Director of Viva Farms. speaks with Diane Horn about the work of Viva Farms to launch a new generation of farmers.
Guest Gretchen Goldman, Research Director at the Center for Science and Democracy, Union of Concerned Scientists, speaks with Diane Horn about the status of scientific integrity in government decision-making and the implications for our democracy.
Guests Nick Abraham, Communications and Accountability Manager of Washington Conservation Voters and Washington Environmental Council, and Christopher Wierzbicki, Interim Executive Director of Futurewise. speak with Diane Horn about environmental legislation in the 2017 Washington State Legislative Session.
Guest Sarah van Gelder, Co-Founder and Editor at Large of YES! Magazine, speaks with Diane Horn about her book “The Revolution Where You Live: Stories from a 12,000-Mile Journey through a New America.”
Guest Cathy Tuttle, Executive Director of Seattle Neighborhood Greenways, speaks with Diane Horn about the work of Seattle Neighborhood Greenways and their priorities for 2017.
Guest Peter Godfrey-Smith, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, and Professor of the History and Philosophy of Science, University of Sydney, speaks with Diane Horn about his most recent book “Other Minds: The Octopus, The Sea, and The Deep Origins of Consciousness.”
Guest Paulina Lopez, Community Engagement and Outreach Manager of the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition/Technical Advisory Group, speaks with Diane Horn about the work of the Coalition's Duwamish Valley Youth Corps to support restoration and revitalization of Duwamish Valley neighborhoods.
Guests Vlad Gutman-Britten, Washington Director, and Seth Zuckerman, ClimateCast Editor, of Climate Solutions speak with Diane Horn about the prospects for addressing climate change under a Trump Administration.
Guest Frederick L. Brown speaks with Diane Horn about his book The City is More Than Human: An Animal History of Seattle.
Guest Chuck Collins, Senior Scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies. speaks with Diane Horn about his most recent book “Born on Third Base: A One Percenter Makes the Case for Tackling Inequality, Bringing Wealth Home, and Committing to the Common Good.”
Guest Eric de Place, Policy Director of the Sightline Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about the environmental implications of fracked fuel and petrochemical projects in the Pacific Northwest and the status of northwest coal and oil terminals.
Guests Steve Gilbert, Affiliate Professor, and Rachel Shaffer, Ph.D. student, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington School of Public Health, speak with Diane Horn about the dangers of lead exposure for workers and the role of work place lead standards in worker protection.
Guests Peter P. Marra and Chris Santella speak with Diane Horn about their book, "Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer”.
Guest Gene Baur, co-founder and president of Farm Sanctuary, speaks with Diane Horn about the work of Farm Sanctuary to protect farm animals from cruelty, inspire change in the way society views and treats farm animals, and promote compassionate vegan living.
Guest Dow Constantine, King County Executive and Chair of the Sound Transit Board, speaks with Diane Horn about Regional Proposition 1, the Sound Transit 3 proposal to expand mass transit in King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties and to be submitted to voters in the November 8th General Election.
Guest Brett Finlay, Professor of Microbiology at the University of British Columbia, speaks with Diane Horn about his book “Let Then Eat Dirt: Saving Your Child from an Oversanitized World”, co-authored with Marie-Claire Arrieta.
Guest Georgia Levenson Keohane, Executive Director of Pershing Square Foundation, speaks with Diane Horn about her book “Capital and the Common Good: How Innovative Finance is Tackling the World's Most Urgent Problems”.
Guest Randi Abrams-Caras, Senior Campaign Director of Washington Toxics Coalition, speaks with Diane Horn about passage of the Toxic Free Kids and Families Act in Washington State, the federal 2016 Toxic Substances Control Act, and current Washington Toxics Coalition campaigns.
Guest Lisa Quinn, Executive Director of Feet First, speaks with Diane Horn about Feet First Projects and updates to the City of Seattle's Pedestrian Master Plan.
Guest Erin Nelson, Co-Director of Seattle Good Business Network, speaks with Diane Horn about the efforts to rebuild a Seattle sewn-goods industry based on the principles of sustainability and equity.
Guests Jerilyn Brusseau, Co-Founder, and Claire Yunker, Executive Director, PeaceTrees Vietnam. speak with Diane Horn about the work of PeaceTrees Vietnam to heal communities affected by war.
Guests Mo!, Organizer, and Marion Romero, Fellow, of Got Green Young Leaders in the Green Movement, speak with Diane Horn about Got Green Young Leaders' Green Pathways Campaign and an upcoming City Council Resolution to advance green careers for communities of color and low income communities.
Guest Matthew Streib, Director of Communications of the Washington Coalition to Amend the Constitution, speaks with Diane Horn about I-735, a measure that would urge the Washington state congressional delegation to propose a federal constitutional amendment that constitutional rights belong only to individuals, not corporations, and constitutionally-protected free speech excludes the spending of money.
Guest Bruce Herbert, Chief Executive of Newground Social Investment, speaks with Diane Horn about shareholder advocacy and the progress made during 2016 in creating positive change in publicly traded corporations.
Guest Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director, Food and Water Watch, speaks with Diane Horn about her book “Frackopoly: The Battle for the Future of Energy and the Environment”.
Guest Terry Tempest Williams speaks with Diane Horn about her most recent book “The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America's National Parks”.
Guest Elizabeth Ruther, Northwest Representative, Defenders of Wildlife, speaks with Diane Horn about restoring grizzly bear populations to the North Cascades.
Guest Howard Garrett, Co-founder, Director, and President of the Board, Orca Network, speaks with Diane Horn about the status of Puget Sound orcas and Orca Month.
Guest Ramez Naam, Carbon Washington, a speaks with Diane Horn about I-732, a proposal to address climate change by imposing a carbon emission tax on certain fossil fuels and fossil-fuel-generated electricity in Washington State.
Guest Jim Puckett, Executive Director and Founder, Basel Action Network (BAN), speaks with Diane Horn about BAN's e-Trash Transparency Project.
Guest Peter Wilcox speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Greenpeace Captain: My Adventures in Protecting the Future of Our Planet," co-authored with Ronald B. Weiss.
Guest Sasha Pollack, Climate and Clean Energy Program Director, Washington Environmental Council, a member organization of the Alliance for Jobs and Clean Energy, speaks with Diane Horn about the Alliance's recently released Climate Action Policy.
Guest Liz Purdy, Salmon Beyond Borders Campaign, speaks with Diane Horn about efforts to protect the major transboundary salmon rivers that begin in British Columbia and flow into Alaska from mining.
Guest Kathy Sakahara, Vice-President of Advocacy, League of Women Voters of Washington, speaks with Diane Horn about I-1464, the 2016 Washington Government Accountability Act, a proposal to restore public trust and confidence in our state government.
Guest Lisa Remlinger, Evergreen Forests Agenda Director, Washington Environmental Council, speaks with Diane Horn about forest protection in Washington State and the 2016 State of Our Forests Report Card.
Guest Michael Waldman, President, Brennan Center for Justice, NYU School of Law, speaks with Diane Horn about his most recent book, "The Fight to Vote".
Guest Janette Sadik-Khan, former New York City transportation commissioner, speaks with Diane Horn about her newly published book, "Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution", coauthored with Seth Solomonow.
Guest Steve Gilbert, Director and Founder, Institute of Neurotoxicology and Neurological Disorders, and Affiliate Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, speaks with Diane Horn about the health effects of lead and our successes and failures as a society to prevent toxic exposures.
Guest Jill Mangaliman, Executive Director, Got Green, speaks with Diane Horn about the newly released Climate Justice Project report “Our People, Our Planet, Our Power: Community-Led Research in South Seattle”.
Guest Teresa Mosqueda, Political and Strategic Campaign Director, Washington State Labor Council, speaks with Diane Horn about the Raise Up Washington Initiative, I-1433, which will raise the state minimum wage to $13.50 per hour and provide up to seven days of paid sick and safe leave per year.
Guest Sonia Shah speaks with Diane Horn about her book “Pandemic: Tracking Contagions from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond".
Guest Chris Wilke, Executive Director, Puget Soundkeeper Alliance, speaks with Diane Horn about the work of the Puget Soundkeeper Alliance to protect and preserve the waters of Puget Sound.
Guest Courtney White speaks with Diane Horn about his most recent book “Two Percent Solutions for the Planet: 50 Low-Cost, Low-Tech, Nature-Based Practices for Combatting Hunger, Drought, and Climate Change”.
Guest Jessica Finn Coven, Director, Office of Sustainability & Environment, City of Seattle, speaks with Diane Horn about progress made by the City of Seattle towards addressing climate change.
Guest Audra Mulkern speaks with Diane Horn about The Female Farmer Project, a chronicle of in-depth stories about the rise of women working in agriculture around the world.
Guest Steve Gelb, Seattle Director, Emerald Cities Collaborative, speaks with Diane Horn about the RENEW multifamily housing program that will bring energy and water savings to affordable housing.
Guest Jack Tomkinson, Executive Director, Urban Sparks, speaks with Diane Horn about the work of Urban Sparks to facilitate the creation and improvement of public spaces.
Guest Eric de Place, Policy Director, Sightline Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about oil transport by rail in the Pacific Northwest and the implications for climate change.
Guests Randi Abrams-Caras, Senior Campaign Director, and Nancy Uding, Grants & Research Specialist, Washington Toxics Coalition. speak with Diane Horn about what the Washington Toxics Coalition is doing at the policy and marketplace levels to stem the flow of toxic chemicals that affect our health and environment.
Guest Jason Mark speaks with Diane Horn about his book “Satellites in the High Country: Searching for the Wild in the Age of Man.”
Guest William Powers, Senior Fellow, World Policy Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about his book, “New Slow City: Living Simply in the World's Fastest City”.
Guest Andrea Dwyer, Executive Director, Seattle Tilth, speaks with Diane Horn about Tilth's urban farms and gardens, including Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands.
Guest Michael Marmot, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, and President of the World Medical Association. speaks with Diane Horn about his most recent book, “The Health Gap: The Challenge of an Unequal World”.
Guest Jerry Kaplan, entrepreneur, technical innovator, bestselling author, and futurist, speaks with Diane Horn about his book “Humans Need Not Apply: A Guide to Wealth and Work in the Age of Artificial Intelligence”.
Guest Wen Stephenson speaks with Diane Horn about his book “What We're Fighting for Now is Each Other: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Climate Justice”.
Guest Sarah van Gelder, Co-founder and Editor at Large, Yes! Magazine, speaks with Diane Horn about her Edge of Change Road Trip.
Guest Joe Whitworth, President, Freshwater Trust, speaks with Diane Horn about his book “Quantified: Redefining Conservation for the Next Economy”.
Guest Philip Warburg speaks with Diane Horn about his most recent book, “Harness the Sun: America's Quest for a Solar-Powered Future”.
Guest Amanda Cronin, Project Manager, Washington Water Trust, speaks with Diane Horn about the work of the Washington Water Trust and how they are helping to address the challenges of drought in Washington State.
Guest Catherine Morrison, Executive Director, City Fruit, speaks with Diane Horn about the work of City Fruit to nourish people, build community, and protect the climate.
Guest Renee Lertzman. Environmental Communications Consultant, Associate Faculty, Royal Roads University, British Columbia, and author of the book “Environmental Melancholia: Psychoanalytic Dimensions of Engagement”, speaks with Diane Horn about how our emotional response to the climate crisis can hinder productive action and what we can do about it.
Guest Alan Durning, Executive Director, Sightline Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about I-122, the Honest Elections Seattle Initiative.
Guests Jon Ramer and Sommer Joy Albertsen, Compassion Games International, speak with Diane Horn about the 2015 Compassion Games: Survival of the Kindest.
Guest David Williams speaks with Diane Horn about his most recent book, “Too High and Too Steep: Reshaping Seattle's Topography”.
Guest Scott Kubly, Director, Seattle Department of Transportation, speaks with Diane Horn about the Transportation Levy to Move Seattle.
Guest Carl Safina, inaugural holder of the endowed chair for nature and humanity, Stony Brook University, and founding president of The Safina Center. speaks with Diane Horn about his book, “Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel”.
Guest Patti Goldman, Managing Attorney, Northwest Office, Earthjustice, speaks with Diane Horn about pesticide regulation.
Guest Fred Pearce speaks with Diane Horn about his book “The New Wild: Why Invasive Species Will be Nature's Salvation”.
Guests Rebecca Ponzio, Oil Campaign Director, and Sasha Pollack, Climate and Clean Energy Campaign Director, Washington Environmental Council, speak with Diane Horn about environmental legislation in the 2015 Washington State Legislative Session and next steps to address oil transportation safety and climate change.
Guest Bruce Herbert, Chief Executive, Newground Social Investment, speaks with Diane Horn about shareholder advocacy and progress made during 2015 in creating positive change in publicly traded corporations.
Guest James Longhurst, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin—La Crosse, speaks with Diane Horn about his book “Bike Battles: A History of Sharing the American Road”.
Guests Noelani Alexander, Founder and Wallingford Farmstand marketeer, and Becky Warner, Farm Manager, City Grown Seattle, speak with Diane Horn about the work of City Grown Seattle to help provide local sustainably grown produce and bring people closer to the source of their food.
Guest Tristan Donovan speaks with Diane Horn about his book, “Feral Cities: Adventures with Animals in the Urban Jungle”.
Guest Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow, Post Carbon Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about his most recent book, “Afterburn: Society Beyond Fossil Fuels”.
Guest David Korten, Cofounder and Board Chair, Yes! Magazine, speaks with Diane Horn about his most recent book, “Change the Story, Change the Future: A Living Economy for a Living Earth”.
Guest Yoram Bauman, Carbon Washington, speaks with Diane Horn about I-732, a measure to institute a revenue-neutral carbon tax on CO2 produced by fossil fuels and consumed in the state of Washington.
Guest Lester Brown, President, Earth Policy Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about his book, “The Great Transition: Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Solar and Wind Energy”, co-authored by Janet Larsen, J. Matthew Roney and Emily E. Adams.
Guest Christine Hanna, Co-Director, Seattle Good Business Network, speaks with Diane Horn about the work of the Good Business Network to promote, connect, and empower local, independent businesses building a sustainable local economy.
Guest Joseph Gaydos, Chief Scientist, SeaDoc Society, speaks with Diane Horn about his book, “The Salish Sea: Jewel of the Pacific Northwest”, coauthored with Audrey DeLella Benedict.
Guest Thor Hanson speaks with Diane Horn about his most recent book, “The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, & Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History”.
Guest James Rasmussen, Coordinator, Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition/Technical Advisory Group, speaks with Diane Horn about cleanup of the Duwamish Superfund site and plans to ensure a Duwamish River that works for all.
Guest Patti Goldman, Managing Attorney, Northwest Office, Earthjustice, speaks with Diane Horn about the lawsuit against the Port of Seattle, challenging a lease that opens Terminal 5 to Shell's Arctic drilling fleet.
Guest Liz Carlisle, Fellow, Center for Diversified Farming Systems, University of California, Berkeley, speaks with Diane Horn about her book “Lentil Underground: Renegade Farmers and the Future of Food in America”.
Guests Hannah Owusu‐Koranteng, Associate Director, WACAM, Ghana, Nadine Kone, Regional Extractive Industries Policy Coordinator, Oxfam America West Africa Regional Office, Senegal, and Jonathan Scanlon, Senior Advocacy Advisor, Oxfam America, United States, speak with Diane Horn about the tensions between extractive industries and agriculture in Ghana and efforts being made to protect small farmers and address poverty.
Guest Danielle Nierenberg, Co-founder and President, Food Tank, speaks with Diane Horn about Food Tank priorities and farmer-led solutions to protect natural resources, increase incomes, and improve livelihoods.
Guests Cathy Tuttle, Executive Director, Seattle Neighborhood Greenways, and Jim Curtin, Traffic Safety Coordinator, Seattle Department of Transportation, speak with Diane Horn about Seattle Neighborhood Greenways and Seattle's Vision Zero plan.
Guest Eric de Place, Policy Director, Sightline Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about the implications of oil transport by rail in the Pacific Northwest.
Guest Robert Wintner, Executive Director, Snorkel Bob Foundation, speaks with Diane Horn about reef protection and his most recent book, "Reef Libre: An-In Depth Look at Cuban Exceptionalism & the Last, Best Reefs in the World".
Guest James McWilliams, Ingram Professor of History, Texas State University, speaks with Diane Horn about his most recent book “The Modern Savage: Our Unthinking Decision to Eat Animals”.
Guests Paula Swedeen, Forest Policy Specialist. Washington Environmental Council, and Joe Kane, Executive Director, Nisqually Land Trust, speak with Diane Horn about forest protection in Washington State and the Nisqually Community Forest.
Guest Terri Butler, Executive Director, Sustainable Seattle. speaks with Diane Horn about the work of Sustainable Seattle, including the Sustainability Leadership Awards, and the Pacific Northwest Resiliency Challenge.
Guests Guests Rebecca Ponzio, Puget Sound Policy Specialist, Washington Environmental Council, and KC Golden, Senior Policy Advisor, Climate Solutions, speak with Diane Horn about priorities for environmental legislation in the 2015 Washington State Legislative session: Oil Transportation Safety Now and the Carbon Pollution Accountability Act.
Guest Jeffrey Ashe, Research Fellow, Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University, and Fellow, Carsey Institute, University of New Hampshire, speaks with Diane Horn about his book “In Their Own Hands: How Savings Groups Are Revolutionizing Development”, co-authored with Kyla Jagger Neilan.
Guests Randi Abrams-Caras, Senior Campaign Director, and Erika Schreder, Science Director, Washington Toxics Coalition. speak with Diane Horn about how toxic flame retardants pollute our waterways and discuss plans to address toxics in the 2015 Washington State Legislative session.
Guest Kristin Eberhard, Senior Researcher, Sightline Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about putting a price on carbon in Oregon and Washington State to address climate change.
Guest Rhys Roth, Director, Center for Sustainable Infrastructure, The Evergreen State College, speaks with Diane Horn about his report “Infrastructure Crisis, Sustainable Solutions: Rethinking Our Infrastructure Investment Strategies."
Guest Robert Cowin, Director of Government Affairs, Union of Concerned Scientists' Climate and Energy Program, speaks with Diane Horn about the challenges and opportunities to address climate change at the federal and state levels following the 2014 election.
Guest Don Stuart speaks with Diane Horn about his book “Barnyards and Birkenstocks: Why Farmers and Environmentalists Need Each Other.”
Guest Jaime Lerner, architect and planner, speaks with Diane Horn about his book “Urban Acupuncture: Celebrating Pinpricks of Change that Enrich City Life.”
Guest Atul Gawande, surgeon and journalist, speaks with Diane Horn about his book “Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End.”
Guest Cristina Eisenberg, Lead Scientist, Earthwatch Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about her book “The Carnivore Way: Coexisting with and Conserving North America's Predators”.
Guest Nicholas Carr speaks with Diane Horn about his most recent book “The Glass Cage: Automation and Us”.
Guest Crystal Raymond, Climate Research and Adaptation Strategic Advisor, Seattle City Light, speaks with Diane Horn about Seattle City Light's Climate Change Research and Adaptation Initiative.
Guest Rebecca Sadinsky, Executive Director, PCC Farmland Trust, speaks with Diane Horn about the work of the PCC Farmland Trust to secure, preserve and steward threatened farmland in the Northwest.
Guests Bill Moyer, Co-Founder and Executive Director, and Patrick Mazza, Writer and Researcher, Backbone Campaign, speak with Diane Horn about Solutionary Rail, an effort to electrify US rail lines using renewable energy, move freight and passengers to rail, and provide an alternative to the region's railroads becoming a carbon-fuel export conduit to Asian markets.
Guest Rowan Jacobsen speaks with Diane Horn about his book “Apples of Uncommon Character: 123 Heirlooms, Modern Classics, and Little-Known Wonders”.
Guest Rob Johnson, Executive Director, Transportation Choices Coalition, speaks with Diane Horn about Seattle Transportation Proposition 1, a Seattle-only transportation measure to fund bus service.
Guest Kat Taylor, Co-Founder and CEO, Beneficial State Bank, speaks with Diane Horn about Beneficial State Bank, a Community Development Financial Institution whose mission is to bring beneficial banking to low-income communities in an economically and environmentally sustainable manner.
Guest Tom Uniack, Conservation Director, Washington Wild, speaks with Diane Horn about the 1964 Wilderness Act and the benefits both nationwide and for Washington State.
Guest Mark Jacobson, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Director of the Atmosphere/Energy Program, Stanford University, and Cofounder of the Solutions Project, speaks with Diane Horn about a 100% Wind, Water, Sunlight All-Sector Energy Plan for Washington State.
Guest Curt Black, Technical Advisor, Bats Northwest, speaks with Diane Horn about Northwest bats, including why they are important and what we can do to protect them.
Guest Brian Geller, Executive Director, Seattle 2030 District, speaks with Diane Horn about progress made by the Seattle 2030 District, a high-performance building district in Downtown Seattle that aims to dramatically reduce environmental impacts of facility construction and operations.
Guest Paul Greenberg speaks with Diane Horn about his book “American Catch: The Fight for Our Local Seafood”.
Guest Wendy Weiser, Director, Democracy Program, Brennan Center for Justice, New York University School of Law, speaks with Diane Horn about the State of Voting in 2014 report, co-authored with Erik Opsal.
Guest Bruce Herbert, Chief Executive, Newground Social Investment, speaks with Diane Horn about shareholder advocacy and progress made during 2014 in creating positive change in publicly traded corporations.
Guest Chris Jochnick, Director, Private Sector Department, Oxfam America, speaks with Diane Horn about Oxfam's Behind the Brands Campaign.
Guest Scott MacGowan, Co-Founder of Alleycat Acres, a Seattle urban farming collective, speaks with Diane Horn about the work of Alleycat Acres to reconnect people, place, and produce by transforming underutilized urban spaces into a network of neighborhood-run farms.
Guest Ken Bounds, Former Seattle Parks Superintendent and Board of Directors member, Seattle Parks Foundation, speaks with Diane Horn about Proposition 1, a measure to create a Seattle Park District.
Guest Amy Carey, Executive Director, Sound Action, speaks with Diane Horn about the work of Sound Action to protect the health of Puget Sound's nearshore habitats and species.
Guest Nik Money, Professor of Botany, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, speaks with Diane Horn about his book, "The Amoeba in the Room: Lives of the Microbes”.
Guest Randi Abrams-Caras, Senior Campaign Director, Washington Toxics Coalition, speaks with Diane Horn about the effectiveness of laws regulating toxic chemicals in children's and other consumer products.
Guest Ingrid E. Newkirk, Cofounder and President, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), speaks with Diane Horn about animal rights.
Guests Jeff Aken, Principle Planner, and McKayla Dunfey, Commute Programs Assistant, Cascade Bicycle Club, speak with Diane Horn about the City of Seattle's 2014 Bicycle Master Plan.
Guest Kristen Boyles, Staff Attorney, Northwest Office of Earthjustice, speaks with Diane Horn about how the Endangered Species Act has worked to protect species and their habitat in the Pacific Northwest.
Guest Jennifer Weiland, Public Space Manager, Seattle Department of Transportation, speaks with Diane Horn about the benefits of parklets, small segments of right-of-way that have been converted from private automobile use to public space.
Guest Jennifer Barnes, Cofounder of Biomimicy Puget Sound, speaks with Diane Horn about the Seattle Urban Greenprint, a biomimicry-inspried project that identifies ways to strengthen ecological systems in urban centers.
Guest William Easterly, Professor of Economics at New York University and Co-director of NYU's Development Research Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about his book “The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor”.
Guests April Putney, Campaign Manager for Move King County Now and Statewide Policy and Advocacy Campaign Manager for Futurewise, and Andrew Austin, Policy Director for the Transportation Choices Coalition, speak with Diane Horn about Proposition 1, a measure to support a King County Transportation District with a $60 per year license fee and .1% sales tax to help fund Metro bus service and county road safety and maintenance.
Guest Mark Gerome Walters, Associate Professor of Journalism and Media Studies, University of South Florida St. Petersburg, speaks with Diane Horn about his book “Seven Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them.”
Guests Stephanie Seliga-Soulseed, Founder and Director, Just Garden Project, a program of Seattle Tilth, and Brian Sellers Petersen, leader of the Just Garden Project's Food and Faith Initiative, speak with Diane Horn about the work of the Just Garden Project to build a just food system and a culture of gardening for all people.
Guests Greg Fogel, Senior Policy Specialist, and Sarah Hackney, Grassroots Director, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, speak with Diane Horn about the 2014 Farm Bill.
Guests Kathy Pelish, President, and Frank Calma, Vice-President and Skipper, Salish Sea Trading Cooperative, speak with Diane Horn about the Salish Sea Trading Cooperative, which relies on wind and tide to transport locally produced goods around Puget Sound.
Guest Elizabeth Kolbert, staff writer at The New Yorker, speaks with Diane Horn about about her book “The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History”.
Guest Brian Czech, founder of Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy (CASSE), speaks with Diane Horn about his most recent book “Supply Shock: Economic Growth at the Crossroads and the Steady State Solution”.
Guest John de Graaf, Executive Director, Take Back Your Time, speaks with Diane Horn about HB 2238, a bill mandating paid vacations for employees in Washington State.
Guests Cathy Tuttle, Executive Director, Seattle Neighborhood Greenways, and Deb Salls, Executive Director, Bike Works, speak with Diane Horn about progress made on implementing Seattle greenways, including the work of the Rainier Valley Greenway Group.
Eric Sorensen, Executive Director, Carbon Roots International, speaks with Diane Horn about the work of Carbon Roots International, a Seattle non-profit that produces green charcoal and biochar to reduce deforestation, increase agricultural productivity, and alleviate poverty in Haiti.
Guest Vicki Robin speaks with Diane Horn about her most recent book "Blessing the Hands that Feed Us: What Eating Closer to Home Can Teach Us About Food, Community, and Our Place on Earth".
Guest Joe Scott, International Conservation Director, Conservation Northwest, speaks with Diane Horn about grizzly bear conservation and the Coast to Cascades Grizzly Bear Initiative.
Guests David Bobanick, Executive Director, and Benjamin Rasmus, Harvest Against Hunger Program Director, Rotary First Harvest, speak with Diane Horn about the work of Rotary First Harvest to address hunger in Washington State.
Guest Lisa Quinn, Executive Director, Feet First, speaks with Diane Horn about public policies for pedestrians and key projects of Feet First.
Guest Rob Dietz, Editor of the Daly News, and former Executive Director of CASSE, the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Enough Is Enough: Building a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources", co-authored with Dan O'Neill.
Guests Jill Mangaliman, Lead Organizer, and Nanyonjo Mukungu, Steering Committee Member for the Young Workers in the Green Economy Project, for Got Green, speak with Diane Horn about their new report "Environmental Justice, Jobs, and Education: Seattle's Young Adults Speak Out."
Guests Karen Lee, Chief Executive Officer, and Hilary Young, Vice President of Policy & Communications, Pioneer Human Services, speak with Diane Horn about the work of Pioneer Human Services, an entrepreneurial human service organization that provides a chance for change to people overcoming the challenges of substance abuse and criminal histories by offering treatment, housing and employment.
Guest Lester Brown, founder of the Worldwatch and Earth Policy Institutes, speaks with Diane Horn about his most recent book, "Breaking New Ground: A Personal History".
Guest Alan Weisman speaks with Diane Horn about his most recent book, "Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?"
Guest Dawn Biehler, assistant professor of geography and environmental studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, speaks with Diane Horn about her book "Pests in the City: Flies, Bedbugs, Cockroaches, and Rats".
Guest Fred Felleman, Northwest consultant for Friends of the Earth, speaks with Diane Horn about proposed fossil fuel terminals and transport through Washington State and Puget Sound and the implications for communities and the environment.
Guest James Bush, Steering Committee member, Seattle Districts Now Campaign, speaks with Diane Horn about the City of Seattle Proposed Charter Amendment No. 19 to create districts to elect seven of nine Seattle City Councilmembers.
Guest Lucy Moore speaks with Diane Horn about her book "Common Ground on Hostile Turf: Stories from an Environmental Mediator".
Guests Annie Leonard, Co-Director of the Story of Stuff Project, and Erik Assadourian, Senior Fellow at Worldwatch Institute and Co-Director of Worldwatch Institute's "State of the World 2013: Is Sustainability Still Possible?", speak with Diane Horn about what is needed to move from a consumer society to a more sustainable future.
Guest Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org, speaks with Diane Horn about direct actions to prevent climate change and his most recent book "Oil and Honey: The Education of an Unlikely Activist."
Guests Jenny Heins, Eric Thomas, and Paula Jenson of Sustainable Ballard, speak with Diane Horn about current projects in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood and the 10th Annual Sustainable Ballard Festival on September 29th.
Guest Sherry Colb, Professor of Law and Charles Evans Hughes Scholar, Cornell University Law School, speaks with Diane Horn about her book "Mind If I Order the Cheeseburger? and Other Questions People Ask Vegans."
Guest Caleb Scharf, Director of the Columbia Astrobiology Center, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Gravity's Engines: How Bubble-Blowing Black Holes Rule Galaxies, Stars, and Life in the Universe."
Guest Emily Anthes speaks with Diane Horn about her book "Frankenstein's Cat: Cuddling up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts".
Guest Eileen Quigley, Director of Strategic Innovation, Climate Solutions, speaks with Diane Horn about the Northwest Biocarbon Initiative and how it fits with other efforts to prevent climate change.
Guest Kristen Brengel, Director of Legislative and Government Relations, National Parks Conservation Association, speaks with Diane Horn about threats to our National Parks, as well as opportunities to protect and enhance them.
Guest Ellen Brown, President, Public Banking Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about her book "The Public Bank Solution: From Austerity to Prosperity".
Guests Jennifer Grove, Executive Director, Northwest Seed, and Pam Burton, co-owner, Puget Sound Solar, speak with Diane Horn about progress made in providing solar energy for Washington State and the Solarize Washington program.
Guest Joel Sisolak, EcoDistrict Project Director, Capitol Hill Housing, speaks with Diane Horn about Seattle's Capitol Hill EcoDistrict, an effort to apply sustainability at the neighborhood scale
Guests Darcy Nonemacher, Legislative Director, and Kerry McHugh, Communications Director, Washington Environmental Council, and Randi Abrams-Caras, Senior Campaign Director, Washington Toxics Coalition. speak with Diane Horn about how environmental legislation fared in the 2013 Washington State Legislative Session.
Guest Daniel Aldrich, Associate Professor of Political Science, Purdue University, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Building Resilience: Social Capital in Post-Disaster Recovery".
Guests Bruce Herbert, Chief Executive, and Larry Dohrs, Vice-President, Newground Social Investment, speak with Diane Horn about shareholder advocacy and progress made during 2013 in creating positive change in publicly traded corporations.
Guest Brian Fagan, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, speaks with Diane Horn about his most recent book "The Attacking Ocean: The Past, Present, and Future of Rising Sea Levels".
Guest Cecile Andrews speaks with Diane Horn about her most recent book, "Living Room Revolution: A Handbook for Conversation, Community and the Common Good."
Guest Lynda Mapes, Seattle Times Reporter, speaks with Diane Horn about the effects of dam removal on the Elwha River in Washington State's Olympic Peninsula and her book "Elwha: A River Reborn", with photography by Steve Ringman.
Guest Kate Davies, Core Faculty, Center for Creative Change, Antioch University Seattle, and Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Health Services, University of Washington, speaks with Diane Horn about her book "The Rise of the U.S. Environmental Health Movement".
Guest Lester Brown, President of Earth Policy Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity."
Guest Rebecca Lerner speaks with Diane Horn about her book "Dandelion Hunter: Foraging the Urban Wilderness".
Guest Eric Dinerstein, Chief Scientist, World Wildlife Fund, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "The Kingdom of Rarities.
Guest Bill Carter speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Boom, Bust, Boom: A Story about Copper, the Metal that Runs the World".
Guest William McDonough, architect and founder of William McDonough and Partners, speaks with Diane Horn about his book, "The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability--Designing for Abundance", coauthored with Michael Braungart.
Guest Gar Alperovitz, Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy, University of Maryland, speaks with Diane Horn about his most recent book "What Then Must We Do?: Straight Talk About the Next American Revolution".
Guest Dave Lochbaum, Director of the Nuclear Safety Project, Union of Concerned Scientists, speaks with Diane Horn about safety in US nuclear plants.
Guest BJ Cummings, Development and Policy Director, Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition, speaks with Diane Horn about efforts to clean up the Duwamish, the Cumulative Health Impacts Analysis, and the best steps forward to make the Duwamish healthy for humans and the environment.
Guests Laura Musikanski, Executive Director and co-founder of The Happiness Initiative, and John de Graaf, co-founder of the Happiness Initiative and Executive Director of Take Back Your Time, speak with Diane Horn about the Happiness Initiative and discuss how happiness is key to a more sustainable future.
Guests Bernard Lietaer and Jacqui Dunne speak with Diane Horn about their book "Rethinking Money: How New Currencies Turn Scarcity into Prosperity."
Guest Emily Anthes speaks with Diane Horn about her book, "Frankenstein's Cat: Cuddling up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts".
Guests Casey Dilloway and Rachel Maxwell, Co-founders of Community Sourced Capital, speak with Diane Horn about how community sourced capital can support local communities and grow sustainable small businesses.
Guest Rob Dietz, Editor of the Daly News, and former Executive Director of CASSE, the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Enough Is Enough: Building a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources", coauthored with Dan O'Neill.
Guest Jasimne Minbashian, Special Projects Director, Conservation Northwest, speaks with Diane Horn about wolf conservation in Washington State and evaluates wolf bills in the 2013 Washington State Legislative Session.
Guest Anthony Greenwald, Professor of Psychology, University of Washington, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Blindspot: Hidden Bias of Good People", coauthored with Mahzarin R. Banaji.
Guests Holly Hauser, Executive Director, and Ref Lindmark, Board President, Puget Sound Bike Share, speak with Diane Horn about how Puget Sound Bike Share will benefit the Puget Sound region.
Guest Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director, Food & Water Watch, speaks with Diane Horn about her book, "Foodopoly: The Battle Over the Future of Food and Farming in America".
Guest Alex Steffen speaks with Diane Horn about his book, "Carbon Zero: Imagining Cities That Can Save the Planet".
Guest April Linton of the Fair Trade Association speaks with Diane Horn about her book "Fair Trade from the Ground Up: New Markets for Social Justice."
Guest Dennis Canty, Pacific Northwest Director, American Farmland Trust, speaks with Diane Horn about the report "Planting the Seeds: Moving to More Local Food in Western Washington."
Guests Ivy Sager-Rosenthal, Campaign Director, and Erika Schreder, Science Director, Washington Toxics Coalition, speak with Diane Horn about toxic flame retardants and discuss the Toxic-Free Kids and Families Act.
Guest Marjorie Kelly, a fellow at Tellus Institute and director of ownership strategy with Cutting Edge Capital, speaks with Diane Horn about her book "Owning Our Future: The Emerging Ownership Revolution."
Guest Kathy Pryor, Program Manager for the Washington Healthy Food in Health Care Initiative, speaks with Diane Horn about the Washington Healthy Food in Health Care Initiative and discusses local projects to promote healthy, sustainable food.
Guest Daniel Aldrich, Associate Professor of Political Science at Purdue University, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Building Resilience: Social Capital in Post-Disaster Recovery".
Guest Ray Offenheiser, President of Oxfam America, speaks with Diane Horn about the work of Oxfam and the GROW campaign to fix the food system and help end hunger.
Guest Robert Wintner, Executive Director of the Snorkel Bob Foundation, speaks with Diane Horn about the environmental impact of the aquarium trade and efforts to reduce and eliminate pet wildlife trafficking.
Guest Blaine Harden speaks with Diane Horn about his book "A River Lost: The Life and Death of the Columbia".
Guest Jeff Speck speaks with Diane Horn about his most recent book "Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time".
Guest Liz Dunn, Founding Director of the Preservation Green Lab, speaks with Diane Horn about the work of the Preservation Green Lab and makes the case that reusing and retrofitting existing buildings is better for the environment and our communities than demolishing and replacing them with new construction.
Guest Daniel Kessler, Media Campaigner for 350.org., a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis, speaks with Diane Horn about the work of 350.org and announces the "Do the Math" national tour to end fossil fuels.
Guest Woody Tasch, Founder and Chairman of the Slow Money Alliance, speaks with Diane Horn about the accomplishments of Slow Money and introduces the Soil Trust, a new non-profit fund dedicated to rebuilding local food systems.
Guest Gar Alperovitz, the Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy at the University of Maryland, and author of "America beyond Capitalism" and "If You Don't Like Capitalism, and You Don't Like Socialism, What Do You Want?", speaks with Diane Horn about the possibility of a community sustaining economy.
Guest Lester Brown, President of Earth Policy Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity."
Guest Jon Ramer of Compassionate Seattle speaks with Diane Horn about the work of Compassionate Seattle and the Compassion Games: Survival of the Kindest.
Guests Jenny Heins, Julia Field, and Eric Thomas, of Sustainable Ballard speak with Diane Horn about Sustainable Ballard campaigns.
Guest Caleb Scharf, Director of the Columbia Astrobiology Center, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Gravity's Engines: How Bubble-Blowing Black Holes Rule Galaxies, Stars, and Life in the Universe".
Guest Cathy Tuttle, Spokespeople founder and Director of Seattle Neighborhood Greenways, speaks with Diane Horn about Seattle's neighborhood greenways--dedicated residential streets where bicycles, pedestrians and neighbors' safety are given priority.
Guest Marjorie Kelly, a fellow at Tellus Institute and director of ownership strategy with Cutting Edge Capital, speaks with Diane Horn about her book "Owning Our Future: The Emerging Ownership Revolution."
Guest Sebastian Seung, Professor of Computational Neuroscience and Physics at MIT, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "CONNECTOME: How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us Who We Are".
Guest Frances Moore Lappé speaks with Diane Horn about her book "Ecomind: Changing the Way We Think, to Create the World We Want."
Guest John de Graaf, Executive Director of Take Back your Time, and co-founder of the Happiness Initiative, speaks with Diane Horn about the Happiness Initiative and the Happiness 2012 strategic gathering about Happiness, Compassion, and Sustainability at Seattle University on August 24th and 25th.
Guest April Linton of the Fair Labor Association speaks with Diane Horn about her book, "Fair Trade from the Ground Up: New Markets for Social Justice."
Guest Cary Moon, Co-Founder of the People's Waterfront Coalition, and Member of the Central Waterfront Committee, speaks with Diane Horn about plans for a new public waterfront in Seattle.
Guest James Howard Kunstler speaks with Diane Horn about his most recent book, "Too Much Magic: Wishful Thinking, Technology, and the Fate of the Nation."
Guests Peter O'Driscoll and Guadalupe Gamboa of Oxfam America speak with Diane Horn about the Equitable Food Initiative.
Guest David Goldberg, Communications Director for Transportation for America, speaks with Diane Horn about the 2012 federal transportation bill.
Guests Colin McCrate and Brad Halm, Co-Founders of Seattle Urban Farm Company, and co-authors of the book "Food Grown Right, In Your Backyard: A Beginners Guide to Growing Crops at Home", speak with Diane Horn about efforts to promote urban farming in Seattle and help Seattle citizens produce their own food.
Guest Jeff Deyette, Senior Energy Analyst for the Union of Concerned Scientists, speaks with Diane Horn about the book he co-authored, "Cooler Smarter: Practical Steps for Low-Carbon Living".
Guests Bruce Herbert, Chief Executive, and Larry Dohrs, Vice-President, Newground Social Investment, speak with Diane Horn about shareholder advocacy and progress made during 2012 in creating positive change in publicly traded corporations.
Guest Shoren Brown, Bristol Bay Campaign Director for Trout Unlimited, speaks with Diane Horn about the Save Bristol Bay Campaign to protect Alaska's Bristol Bay and stop the proposed Pebble Mine.
Guest Eran Ben-Joseph, Professor of Landscape Architecture and Planning at MIT, speaks with Diane Horn about his book, "Rethinking a Lot: The Design and Culture of Parking".
Guest Jenny Pell, permaculture designer for the Beacon Food Forest, speaks with Diane Horn about the Beacon Food Forest, a proposed forest garden ecosystem located next to Jefferson Park in Seattle's Beacon Hill neighborhood.
Dr. Drew Shindell, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and the Earth Institute, Columbia University, speaks with Diane Horn about simultaneously mitigating near-term climate change and improving human health and food security.
Guest Blaine Harden speaks with Diane Horn about his book "A River Lost: The Life and Death of the Columbia".
Guest Erik Assadourian, Senior Fellow at Worldwatch Institute and Co-director of State of the World 2012, speaks with Diane Horn about the State of the World 2012 report: Moving Toward Sustainable Prosperity and discusses the path to degrowth in overdeveloped countries.
Guests Ivy Sager-Rosenthal, Campaign Director for the Washington Toxics Coalition, Nancy Hirsh, Policy Director for the Northwest Energy Coalition, and Bill Robinson, State Government Relations Director for The Nature Conservancy, speak with Diane Horn about how environmental legislation fared in the 2012 Washington State Legislative Session.
Guest Jill Stein, front-runner for the Green Party nomination for President of the United States, speaks with Diane Horn about why she is running for President, and what she hopes to accomplish.
Guests Jarrett Walker, author of "Human Transit," and Darrin Nordahl, author of "My Kind of Transit" and "Making Transit Fun," speak with Diane Horn about what constitutes quality public transportation.
Guest Jeremy Smithson, owner of Puget Sound Solar and a Seattle homeowner, speaks with Diane Horn about the 2012 Green Home Tour.
Guests KC Golden, Policy Director, and Joëlle Robinson, Field Director, for Climate Solutions, speak with Diane Horn about the Power Past Coal Campaign.
Guest Gary Gardner, Senior Fellow at Worldwatch Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about "Emerging Cooperatives".
Guest Dennis Canty, Pacific Northwest Director for American Farmland Trust, speaks with Diane Horn about the report "Losing Ground: Farmland Protection in the Puget Sound Region", and takes a look at the potential of our Western Washington foodshed to produce the food we need.
Guests David and Michael Hanson speak with Diane Horn about their book "Breaking Through Concrete: Building an Urban Farm Revival", co-authored with Edwin Marty.
Guest Arnie Gundersen, Chief Engineer at Fairewinds Associates and nuclear expert, speaks with Diane Horn about the implications of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and evaluates the nuclear risks facing the Northwest and the United States.
Guest Sebastian Seung, Professor of Computational Neuroscience and Physics at MIT, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "CONNECTOME: How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us Who We Are".
Guest Stacey Sowers, Program Manager at Stewardship Partners, speaks with Diane Horn about the 12,000 Rain Gardens campaign to help reduce stormwater pollution in Puget Sound.
Guest Nathan Wolfe, Lorry I. Lokey Visiting Professor in Human Biology at Stanford University and founder and CEO of Global Viral Forecasting, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "The Viral Storm: The Dawn of a New Pandemic Age".
Guest Emma Marris speaks with Diane Horn about her book "Rambunctious Garden: Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World".
Guest Patti Goldman, Vice President for Litigation at Earthjustice, speaks with Diane Horn about orca protection and the threat to orcas from the navy's use of sonar in training exercises off the Pacific Northwest coast.
Guests Alexandra Salmon and Eric Thomas, residents of Seattle's Ballard neighborhood, speak with Diane Horn about their new net zero energy home.
Guest David Batker, Chief Economist and Executive Director of Earth Economics, speaks with Diane Horn about how valuation of ecosystem services can benefit both human economies and natural ecosystems.
Guests Nancy Hirsh, Policy Director for the NW Energy Coalition, and Mo McBroom, Policy Director for Washington Environmental Council, speak with Diane Horn about priorities for environmental legislation in the 2012 Washington State Legislative Session.
Guest Mark Hertsgaard speaks with Diane Horn us about his book "Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth".
Guests Joan Singler and Bettylou Valentine speak with Diane Horn about their book, co-authored with Jean Durning and Maid Adams, "Seattle in Black and White: The Congress of Racial Equality and the Fight for Equal Opportunity".
Guest Carla Saulter, author of the blog, buschick.com, speaks with Diane Horn about the benefits and challenges of riding the bus.
Guests Erika Schreder, Staff Scientist, and Ivy Sager-Rosenthal, Campaign Director, for the Washington Toxics Coalition, speak with Diane Horn about the 2011 Healthy Holiday Gift Guide, choosing less-toxic toys, and the Toxic-Free Kids Act, a bill proposed for the 2012 Washington State Legislative Session.
Guest Sarah van Gelder, co-founder and executive editor of YES! Magazine and YesMagazine.org, speaks with Diane Horn about the book she edited "This Changes Everything: Occupy Wall Street and the 99% Movement".
Guest Susan Freinkel speaks with Diane Horn about her book "Plastic: A Toxic Love Story".
Guest Rhys Roth, Director of Strategic Innovation for Climate Solutions, speaks with Diane Horn about the Northwest Biocarbon Initiative.
Guest Lynda Mapes, Seattle Times Reporter, speaks with Diane Horn about the Times special report "Elwha: The grand experiment to tear down two dams and return an Olympic wilderness to its former glory".
Guest David Batker, Executive Director of Earth Economics, speaks with Diane Horn about the book he co-authored with John de Graaf, "What's the Economy For, Anyway?: Why It's Time to Stop Chasing Growth and Start Pursuing Happiness".
Guest Gernot Wagner, an economist at the Environmental Defense Fund, speaks with Diane Horn about his newly published book, "But Will the Planet Notice? How Smart Economics Can Save the World."
Guest Kit Oldham, a staff historian for HistoryLink.org, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "The Story of the Port of Seattle: Rising Tides and Tailwinds: 1911-2011", co-authored with Peter Blecha and the HistoryLink Staff.
Guest Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow of Post Carbon Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about his most recent book, "The End of Growth: Adapting to Our New Economic Reality."
Guest Sarika Cullis-Suzuki speaks with Diane Horn about ocean conservation and the book "Beneath Cold Seas: The Underwater Wilderness of the Pacific Northwest," authored by photographer David Hall.
Guests Violet Lavatai and Kristyn Joy of Got Green, speak with Diane Horn about the report "Women in the Green Economy: Voices from Southeast Seattle" and discuss access to healthy food by low income families.
Guest Frances Moore Lappé speaks with Diane Horn about her book "Ecomind: Changing the Way We Think, to Create the World We Want."
Guests Cathy Tuttle, Moving Coordinator for Moving Planet Seattle, and Jenny Heins, Board President of Sustainable Ballard, speak with Diane Horn about the Moving Planet Seattle event on September 24 and the Sustainable Ballard Festival on September 25.
Guest Jonathan Bloom speaks with Diane Horn about his book "American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Nearly Half of Its Food (and What We Can Do About It)".
Guest Danielle Nierenberg, Senior Researcher, Worldwatch Institute, and Project Co-Director, State of the World 2011, speaks with Diane Horn about the 2011 State of the World report "Innovations that Nourish the Planet".
Guest Sarah Westervelt, e-Stewardship Policy Director at the Basel Action Network (BAN), speaks with Diane Horn about progress made in addressing the hazards of electronic waste.
Guest Richard Conlin, President of the Seattle City Council, speaks with Diane Horn about the Seattle Farm Bill Principles and progress made on the Local Food Action Initiative.
Guests Michael Brown, Professor of Geography, and Richard Morrill, Professor Emeritus of Geography, at the University of Washington, speak with Diane Horn about their book "Seattle Geographies."
Guest Brian Geller, Executive Director of the Seattle 2030 District, speaks with Diane Horn about the goals of the Seattle 2030 District, a high-performance building district in downtown Seattle that aims to dramatically reduce environmental impacts of facility construction and operations.
Guest Wendy Weiser, Director, Democracy Program, Brennan Center for Justice, New York University School of Law, speaks with Diane Horn about our current voting system and election reform.
Guest Patti Goldman, Vice President for Litigation at Earthjustice, speaks with Diane Horn about the environmental record of the Obama administration.
Guest Lisa Stiffler, journalism fellow for Sightline Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about the threat of stormwater runoff to Puget Sound waterways and stormwater solutions.
Guest David Wilma, former deputy director of HistoryLink.org, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Power for the People: A History of Seattle City Light", co-authored with Walt Crowley and the HistoryLink Staff.
Guests Bruce Herbert, President, and Larry Dohrs, Vice-President, Newground Social Investment, speak with Diane Horn about shareholder advocacy and progress made during 2011 in creating positive change in publicly traded corporations.
Guest Barbara McCann, Executive Director of the National Complete Streets Coalition, speaks with Diane Horn about the 2011 Transportation for America pedestrian safety report titled "Dangerous by Design."
Guest Lisa Taylor, Education Program Manager, Seattle Tilth, speaks with Diane Horn about her book "Your Farm in the City: An Urban Dweller's Guide to Growing Food and Raising Animals," coauthored with the Gardeners of Seattle Tilth.
Guest Alex Steffen, co-founder of Worldchanging.com, speaks with Diane Horn about his revised and updated book, "Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century."
Guest Siddhartha Mukherjee, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Columbia University, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer."
Guest Amanda Parrish, Beaver Project Director, Lands Council, speaks with Diane Horn about the Beaver Solution and how beavers can provide an alternative to concrete dams for water storage needs, as well as helping to protect and restore ecosystems.
Guest Ronald Collins, Harold S. Shefelman Scholar at the University of Washington School of Law, speaks with Diane Horn about his book, "We Must Not Be Afraid to Be Free: Stories of Free Expression in America," co-authored with Sam Chaltain.
Guest KC Golden, Policy Director for Climate Solutions, speaks with Diane Horn about the environmental implications of shipping coal to China through Washington State ports.
Guest Morgan Currier, University of Washington Chapter of the United Students Against Sweatshops, speaks with Diane Horn about efforts to promote ethical university apparel and the contributions of the apparel company Alta Gracia towards worker rights in global manufacturing.
Guest Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "The Bond: Our Kinship with Animals, Our Call to Defend Them."
Guests Joan Singler and Bettylou Valentine speak with Diane Horn about their book, co-authored with Jean Durning and Maid Adams, "Seattle in Black and White: The Congress of Racial Equality and the Fight for Equal Opportunity".
Guests Ronny Bell and Jon Ramer speak with Diane Horn about the Ideal Network, a cause-marketing company that combines the power of collective purchasing to benefit members, local businesses, nonprofits, and schools.
Guest Alex Steffen, co-founder of Worldchanging.com, speaks with Diane Horn about his revised and updated book, "Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century."
Guest Gene Baur, Co-founder and President, Farm Sanctuary, speaks with Diane Horn about Washingtonians for Humane Farms and Initiative 1130, a measure to prevent the extreme confinement of egg laying hens.
Guest Andrew Austin, Field Director, Transportation Choices Coalition, speaks with Diane Horn about the Transportation for Washington Campaign.
Guest Steve Gilbert, an environmental health and nuclear disarmament advocate, speaks with Diane Horn about "Particles on the Wall", a book connecting science and art in exploring major themes of today's nuclear age.
Guest Robert Engelman, Vice President for Programs, Worldwatch Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about the Worldwatch report "Population, Climate Change, and Women's Lives."
Guest Mark Hertsgaard speaks with Diane Horn us about his book "Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth."
Guests John de Graaf, Executive Director, Take Back Your Time, and Laura Musikanski, Executive Director, Sustainable Seattle, speak with Diane Horn about the Seattle Area Happiness Initiative.
Guest Jon Rynn speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Manufacturing Green Prosperity: The Power to Rebuild the American Middle Class."
Guest Dickson Despommier, Professor of Public Health and Microbiology, Columbia University, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "The Vertical Farm: Feeding the World in the 21st Century."
Guest Charlotte Cote, Associate Professor, American Indian Studies, University of Washington, speaks with Diane Horn about her book "Spirits of Our Whaling Ancestors: Revitalizing Makah and Nuu-chah-nulth Traditions."
Guest Ginny Sullivan, Special Projects Director and U.S. Bicycle Route System Coordinator, Adventure Cycling Association, speaks with Diane Horn about the benefits of a U.S. Bicycle Route System and progress made towards its implementation.
Guest Jonathan Bloom speaks with Diane Horn about his book "American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Nearly Half of Its Food (and What We Can Do About It)".
Guest Jason McLennan, CEO of the Cascadia Green Building Council and of the International Living Building Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about the Living Building Challenge.
Guest Mitch Friedman, Executive Director, Conservation Northwest, speaks with Diane Horn about the Columbia Highlands Initiative.
Guest Rowan Jacobsen speaks with Diane Horn about his book "American Terroir: Savoring the Flavors of Our Woods, Waters, and Fields."
Guest Peter Gleick, President, Pacific Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about his book, "Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water".
Guest Scott Huler speaks with Diane Horn about his book "On the Grid: A Plot of Land, an Average Neighborhood, and the Systems that Make Our World Work."
Wes Jackson, Founder and President, Land Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about the 50 Year Farm Bill and moving towards more sustainable agriculture.
Franz Litz, Senior Fellow, World Resources Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about his report, co-authored with Nicholas Bianco, titled "Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the United States Using Existing Federal Authorities and State Action."
Guest Richard Conlin, President, Seattle City Council, speaks with Diane Horn about making Seattle a carbon neutral city.
Guest Kathy Fletcher, Founder and Executive Director, People for Puget Sound, speaks with Diane Horn about Puget Sound oil spill prevention and preparedness.
Guests Ethan and Sarita Schaffer, Co-Directors, GrowFood.org, speak with Diane Horn about their efforts to help recruit, train, and capitalize the next generation of sustainable farmers.
Guests Bruce Herbert, President, and Larry Dohrs, Vice President, Newground Social Investment, speak with Diane Horn about shareholder advocacy and progress made during 2010 in creating positive change in publicly traded corporations.
Guest Steven Hill, Director, Political Reform Program, New America Foundation, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Europe's Promise: Why the European Way is the Best Hope in an Insecure Age."
Guest Bill McKibben speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Eaarth: Making A Life on a Tough New Planet."
Guest Ted Sturdevant, Director, Washington State Department of Ecology, speaks with Diane Horn about the need to reform regulation of toxic chemicals at the federal level and the Safe Chemicals Act of 2010.
Guest Ellen Brown speaks with Diane Horn about the growing movement for publicly owned banks.
Guest David Gershon, founder and CEO, Empowerment Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about his book, "Social Change 2.0: A Blueprint for Reinventing Our World."
Guest Alex Steffen, Executive Editor of Worldchanging.com, speaks with Diane Horn about sustainable cities and how Seattle can move towards a more sustainable future.
Guest Jeremy Rifkin, President, Foundation on Economic Trends, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "The Empathic Civilization: The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis."
Guest Richard Conlin, President, Seattle City Council, speaks with Diane Horn about progress made on the City of Seattle's Local Food Action Initiative and the Year of Urban Agriculture.
Guest Erik Assadourian, Senior Researcher, Worldwatch Institute, and Director, State of the World 2010, speaks with Diane Horn about the 2010 State of the World report titled "Transforming Cultures: From Consumerism to Sustainability."
Guest Elizabeth Grossman speaks with Diane Horn about her book "Chasing Molecules: Poisonous Products, Human Health, and the Promise of Green Chemistry."
Guest Jon Ramer, Executive Director, Compassionate Action Network, speaks with Diane Horn about the Charter for Compassion.
Guest Lester Brown, President, Earth Policy Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization."
Guest Teresa Opheim, Executive Director, Practical Farmers of Iowa. speaks with Diane Horn about transitioning to more sustainable agriculture in the Midwest.
Guest Chris Morgan, Executive Director of Wildlife Media and Co-Director of the Grizzly Bear Outreach Project, speaks with Diane Horn about the status of the world's bears and his film "BEARTREK."
Guest Irene Khan, Secretary General, Amnesty International, speaks with Diane Horn about her book, "The Unheard Truth: Poverty and Human Rights."
Guests Erika Schreder, Staff Scientist, Washington Toxics Coalition, and Heather Trim, Toxics Program Manager, People for Puget Sound, speak with Diane Horn about the report "Puget Sound Down the Drain: How Everyday Products are Polluting Puget Sound."
Guest Rowan Jacobsen speaks with Diane Horn about his book "The Living Shore: Rediscovering a Lost World."
Guest Colin Beavan speaks with Diane Horn about the No Impact Project and his book "No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet and the Discoveries He Makes About Himself and Our Way of Life in the Process."
Guests Alfredo Quarto, Executive Director, Mangrove Action Project, and Anne Mosness, Go Wild Campaign, speak with Diane Horn about ocean protection and the October 3 Blue Festival.
Guest Cecile Andrews speaks with Diane Horn about her book, co-edited with Wanda Urbanska, "Less is More: Embracing Simplicity for a Healthy Planet, a Caring Economy, and Lasting Happiness."
Guest David Mas Masumoto speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Wisdom of the Last Farmer: Harvesting Legacies from the Land."
Guest Nalini Nadkarni, a Member of the Faculty in the Environmental Studies Program at Evergreen State College, speaks with Diane Horn about the ecological importance of forest canopies.
Guest Rob Dietz, Executive Director, Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy, speaks with Diane Horn about the problems with economic growth and the benefits of a steady state economy.
Guest Patrick Mazza, Research Director, Climate Solutions, speaks with Diane Horn about the New Energy Solutions project--the convergence of smart power grids, green intelligent buildings, and plug-in electric vehicles.
Guest Les Leopold speaks with Diane Horn about his book "The Looting of America: How Wall Street's Game of Fantasy Finance Destroyed Our Jobs, Pensions, and Prosperity, and What We Can Do About It."
Guests Bruce Herbert, President, and Larry Dohrs, Vice President, Newground Social Investment, speak with Diane Horn about shareholder advocacy and progress made during the 2009 proxy season in creating positive change in publicly traded corporations.
Guest Lynda Mapes speaks with Diane Horn about her book Breaking Ground: The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and the Unearthing of Tse-whit-zen Village.
Guest Dave Reid, Sail Transport Company, speaks with Diane Horn about petroleum-free delivery of local organic produce in the Puget Sound area.
Guest Robert Glennon, Morris K. Udall Professor of Law and Public Policy, Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Unquenchable: America's Water Crisis and What to Do About It."
Guest John de Graaf, author, filmmaker, and Executive Director of the Take Back your Time Campaign, speaks with Diane Horn about the importance of vacation time for health, environmental protection, and productivity, and the need for a paid vacation law.
Guest Jill Stein, MD, Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility, speaks with Diane Horn about the report "Environmental Threats to Healthy Aging."
Guest Peter Singer, Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics, Princeton University, speaks with Diane Horn about his most recent book, "The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty."
Guest Vicki Robin speaks with Diane Horn about her book, "Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence", coauthored with Joe Dominguez and Monique Tilford.
Guest David Korten speaks with Diane Horn about his most recent book "Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth".
Guest Lew Daly, Senior Fellow, Demos, speaks with Diane Horn about his book, coauthored with Gar Alperovitz, titled "Unjust Deserts: How the Rich Are Taking Our Common Inheritance and Why We Should Take It Back."
Guest Mark Jacobson, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of the Atmosphere/Energy Program, Stanford University, speaks with Diane Horn about his recent article "Review of solutions to global warming, air pollution, and energy security."
Guest K.C. Golden, Policy Director, Climate Solutions, speaks with Diane Horn about current efforts to fight global warming.
Guest Kathy Fletcher, Founder and Executive Director, People for Puget Sound, speaks with Diane Horn about the Puget Sound Partnership "Action Agenda," a strategy for cleaning up, restoring, and protecting Puget Sound by 2020.
Guest Amanda Ripley speaks with Diane Horn about her book "The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes and Why."
Guest Janine Benyus, author of "Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature," speaks with Diane Horn about biomimicry and the Nature's 100 Best Technologies project.
Guest Rowan Jacobsen speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Fruitless Fall: The Collapse of the Honey Bee and the Coming Agricultural Crisis".
Guest Dan Koeppel speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Banana: The Fate of the Fruit that Changed the World".
Guests Pam Burton, President, Solar Washington, and Meg Gluckman, Acting Solar Cities Coordinator, Seattle City Light, speak with Diane Horn about the status of solar energy in the Seattle area and the 2008 Solar Tour.
Guests Jenny Heins and Vic Opperman of Sustainable Ballard, a nonprofit organization in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood developing a grassroots vision of sustainability, speak with Diane Horn about the accomplishments of Sustainable Ballard, SCALLOPS (Sustainable Communities All Around Puget Sound), and the 2008 Festival.
Guest Peter Norton, Assistant Professor, Department of Science, Technology, and Society, University of Virginia, speaks
with Diane Horn about his book "Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City."
Guest Elizabeth Gray, Director of Conservation Science, Nature Conservancy of Washington, speaks with Diane Horn about the environmental footprint of biofuels and recommends principles for developing environmentally sound biofuels.
Guest Robert Engelman, Vice President for Programs, Worldwatch Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "More: Population, Nature, and What Women Want."
Paul Stamets, founder of Fungi Perfecti, speaks with Diane Horn about how mushrooms can help save the world.
Guests Michael Mayer, Legal Director and Director of the Water for Washington Campaign, Washington Environmental Council, and Darcy Nonemacher, Associate Director for Washington Water Policy, American Rivers, speaks with Diane Horn about the recent report "Before the Wells Run Dry: Water Solutions for Washington."
Guests Bruce Herbert, President, and Larry Dohrs, Vice President, Newground Social Investment, speak with Diane Horn about shareholder advocacy and progress made in creating positive change in publicly traded corporations during the 2008 proxy season.
Guest Taras Grescoe speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood."
Guest Richard Conlin, President of the Seattle City Council, speaks with Diane Horn about the City of Seattle's Local Food Action Initiative.
Guests Alfredo Quarto, Executive Director, and Eli Penberthy, Campaign Coordinator of the Mangrove Action Project, speak with Diane Horn about The High Cost of Cheap Shrimp--a consumer awareness campaign on the dangers of imported farmed shrimp.
Guest Charles Halpern, founder of the Center for Law and Social Policy and board chair of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, speaks with Diane Horn about his book, "Making Waves and Riding the Currents: Activism and the Practice of Wisdom."
Guest Brian Fagan, emeritus professor of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, speaks with Diane Horn about his book, "The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations."
Guest Tom Geiger, Outreach Director, Washington Environmental Council, speaks with Diane Horn about environmental legislation passed in the 2008 Washington State Legislative Session.
Guest Ted Schettler, Science Director, Science and Environmental Health Network, speaks with Diane Horn about the implications for human health of adding fluoride to municipal water systems.
Guest David Wilcove, professor of ecology, evolutionary biology, and public affairs, Princeton University, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "No Way Home: The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations."
Guests David Batker, Founder and Executive Director, Earth Economics, and Katherine Davies, Director and Faculty Member, Center for Creative Change, Antioch University Seattle, speak with Diane Horn about applying ecological economics to the Puget Sound region.
Guest Warren Karlenzig, Chief Strategy Officer, SustainLane, speaks with Diane Horn about his book, "How Green is Your City?," which ranks the largest 50 U.S. cities for sustainability.
Guest Steven Gilbert, Director, Institute of Neurotoxicology and Neurological Disorders, speaks with Diane Horn about the health hazards of lead and steps we can take as a society and as individuals to reduce lead exposure.
Guest Kevin Marsh, Assistant Professor of U.S. History and Environmental History, Idaho State University, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Drawing Lines in the Forest: Creating Wilderness Areas in the Pacific Northwest."
Guest Seattle City Councilmember Richard Conlin, Chair of the Council's Environment, Emergency Management, and Utilities Committee, speaks with Diane Horn about Seattle's Zero Waste Strategy.
Guest Susan Gleason, Media and Outreach Manager, YES Magazine, speaks with Diane Horn about the 2007 US Social Forum.
Guest Jonathan Mooney, president of Project Eye-to-Eye, a nonprofit mentoring and advocacy organization for students with learning disabilities, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal."
Guest Paul Hawken speaks with Dian Horn about his book "Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming."
Guest Coll Thrush, Assistant Professor of History, University of British Columbia, speaks with Diane Horn about his book, "Native Seattle: Histories from the Crossing-Over Place."
Guest John Pucher, Professor, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University, speaks with Diane Horn about what we can do to promote bicycling and walking as modes of transportation.
Guest George Monbiot, columnist and author, speaks with Diane Horn about his book, "Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning."
Guest Bill McKibben speaks with Diane Horn about his book, "Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future."
Guest architect Edward Mazria, founder of Architecture 2030, speaks with Diane Horn about the 2030 Challenge to achieve a dramatic reduction in the greenhouse gas emissions of buildings by changing the way they are designed and constructed.
Sherry Boschert, cofounder and President of the San Francisco Electric Vehicle Association, speaks with Diane Horn about Boschert's book "Plug-in Hybrids: The Cars That WIll Recharge America."
K.C. Golden, Policy Director, Climate Solutions, and Diane Horn evaluate our current efforts to fight global warming.
Guest Larry Nussbaum, Program Director, Stewardship Partners, speaks with Diane Horn about the Salmon-Safe farm certification and eco-label program.
Guest Alex Steffen, Co-founder and Executive Editor of Worldchanging.com, speaks with Diane Horn about ways to create a future which is sustainable, dynamic, prosperous, and fair, and about the book he edited, "Worldchanging: A User's Guide to the 21st Century."
Guest Peter Barnes, cofounder and former president of Working Assets Long Distance, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Capitalism 3.0: A Guide to Reclaiming the Commons."
Guest Lynn McMullen, National Campaign Director for The Peace Alliance, speaks with Diane Horn about the citizen lobbying effort to establish a cabinet level U.S. Department of Peace.
Guest Shay Salomon, co-founder of the Small House Society, speaks with Diane Horn about Salomon's book "Little House on a Small Planet."
Guest Jenny Kurtzweil speaks with Diane Horn about Kurtzweil's book "Fields that Dream: A Journey to the Roots of our Food."
Guest Jill Bamburg, Dean, MBA Program, Bainbridge Graduate Institute, an institution offering programs focused on sustainable business, speaks with Diane Horn about Bamburg's book "Getting to Scale: Growing Your Business Without Selling Out."
Guest Cecile Andrews, founder of the Voluntary Simplicity Study Circles movement and founder and coordinator of the Phinney Ecovillage, speaks with Diane Horn about Andrews most recent book "Slow is Beautiful: New Visions of Community, Leisure, and Joie de Vivre."
Guest Terry Tamminen, former head of the California EPA, speaks with Diane Horn about Tamminen's book "Lives per Gallon: The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction."
Guest Samuel Fromartz, freelance business journalist, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Organic, Inc.: Natural Foods and How They Grew."
Guest David Helvarg, President of the Blue Frontier Campaign, and author of "50 Ways to Save the Ocean" and "The Blue Frontier: Dispatches from America's Ocean Wilderness" speaks with Diane Horn about ocean protection.
Guest Jay Bolus Executive Vice President, Benchmarking and Certification, MBDC, speaks with Diane Horn about how cradle to cradle design principles can be used to create ecoeffective products that enhance both society and the natural environment.
Guest Sarah Westervelt, Toxics Research Analyst, Basil Action Network, speaks with DIane Horn about "The Digital Dump: Exporting Re-use and Abuse to Africa."
Guest John de Graaf, Independent television Producer, speaks with Diane Hornabout his most recent documentary film, "Buyer Be Fair: The Promise of Product Certification", co-produced with Hana Jindrova.
Guest John Hatch, founder and Director of Research, FINCAInternational, speaks with Diane Horn about how village banking and other forms of microfinance are helping the poor worldwide.
Guest Dr. Donald Shoup, Professor of Urban Planning, University of California at Los Angeles, speaks with Diane Horn about the high cost of free parking and proposes some new policies to solve our parking problems.
Guest David Korten speaks with Diane Horn about his new book "The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community."
Guests Bruce Herbert, President, and Larry Dohrs, Vice President, Newground Social Investment, speak with Diane Horn about shareholder advocacy and progress made during the 2006 proxy season in creating positive change in publicly traded corporations.
Guest Dr. Frederick vom Saal, Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, speaks with Diane Horn about the human health risks posed by the polycarbonate plastic used in many consumer goods and what we can do to make healthier choices for ourselves and for our children.
Guests Bruce Herbert, President, and Larry Dohrs, Vice President, Newground Social Investment, speak with Diane Horn about shareholder advocacy and progress made during the 2007 proxy season in creating positive change in publicly traded corporations.