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Category: Environmental Justice

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• Telling the Truth About Climate Change (VB #131.11&12):
  Lynn Handlin of Extinction Rebellion PDX explains why the group protested the local ABC affiliate demanding coverage of the climate crisis, intercut with sounds and sights from the rally. (6/10/24)
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• Climate Emergency! (VB #129.02):
  Portlanders lose patience with City Council's lack of action on the climate crisis and take to the streets and City Hall in 2023. (10/9/23) --Clip--
• Celebrating Black Environmentalism (parts 1&2) (VB #127.05&06):
  History of environmental efforts such as community gardens and stories of amazing Black women who helped make and continue to make Oregon greener. (5/1/23) --Clip--
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• Doom or Bloom: It's Up to Us (parts 1&2) (VB #124.06&07):
  Extinction Rebellion and other environmental groups at Zenith Energy's doorstep on June 4, 2022 encourage Zenith to leave Portland. (8/8/22) --Clip--
• Turning Up the Heat for Climate Action (parts 1&2) (VB #123.11&12):
  Portlanders take to the streets voicing frustration and anger with powerful institutions in the Scientist Rebellion (April 2022) and Youth Climate Strike Climate Villain Tour (May 2022). (6/13/22) --Clip--
• Climate Action: Youth vs. ODOT (VB #122.04):
  Sunrise Movement youth protest the proposed widening of Portland's I-5 highway during the climate emergency. (1/24/22) --Clip--
• Zenith 5 Trial: Tom Hastings Testimony (parts 1&2) (VB #121.03&04): A professor of conflict resolution at PSU testifies about non-violence, the elements of a winning movement, and what makes civil disobedience necessary. (10/18/21) --Clip--
• Zenith 5 Trial: Nicholas Caleb Testimony (parts 1&2) (VB #116.05&06):
  At the trial of five Portland activists who planted a garden on railroad tracks, an environmental attorney provides a comprehensive explanation for how the system prevents climate protection. (8/3/20) --Clip--
• Zenith 5 Trial: Deke Gundersen Testimony (parts 1&2) (VB #115.06&07):
  A professor at Pacific University explains the impact of climate change on the environment, the economy and society during a trial for activists who blocked oil trains. (5/11/20) --Clip--
• Climate Emergency Town Hall (parts 1&2) (VB #114.13/115.01):
  A panel of elected officials and activists on work around climate change at the federal, state and local levels. (3/30/20) --Clip--


• The Deliberate Documentarian: Making "The Reluctant Radical" (VB #108.04): Flying Focus interviews filmmaker Lindsey Grayzel about climate change, creating a documentary, and the implications of the government seizing her footage. (7/23/18) --Clip-- .
• Earth Day Science Expo (VB #109.04): Organizers, attendees and exhibitors on how science can help us and our planet. Includes information on compressed air power, biochar (carbon-absorbing charcoal), and turning biomass into methanol. (10/22/18) --Clip--


• Factory Farming: The Climate-Diet Connection (parts 1&2) (VB #107.13/108.01): People from four organizations share information and statistics connecting the production/ consumption of meat to climate change. Their message: you don't have to be a vegan, just cut back on animal products. (6/25/18)
• Water is Life: Pipeline Protest 11/16 (VB #106.12): Portlanders show solidarity with water protectors in Standing Rock with a protest at the Army Corps of Engineers. Speakers, a march, and interviews emphasize saving the earth. (3/19/18)


• Shades of Green Burial (VB #105.11): Elizabeth Fournier, eco-mortician, known as the Green Reaper, shares her considerable knowledge about natural burial and other alternatives to standard burial and cremation. (12/11/17)
• The End of the World as We Know It (parts 1&2) (VB #101.03&04): Dr. Guy McPherson, conservation biologist and author, summarizes peer- reviewed research on Earth's recent phase of rapid warming with grave conclusions. 10/17/16
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• Youth, Climate Change and Dahr Jamail (parts 1&2) (VB #100.01&02): Journalist Dahr Jamail speaks about the drastic effects of climate change, and 2016 Greenfield Peace teen essay winners read parts of their writings connecting global warming to peace. 7/4/16
• Mitigating Climate Change (parts 1&2) (VB #101.11&12): Michael Toman of the World Bank speaks at PSU about the need for technology breakthroughs as well as emissions reductions in order to offset climate change. 12/12/16
• Erin Brockovich: Environmental Organizing in Portland (parts 1&2) (VB #99.10&11): The famous consumer advocate spoke in April 2016, focusing on air toxins in Portland and ways the community can fight for clean-up; a lawyer and an anti-lead activist also appear. 6/6/16
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• What is Community Solar Power? (parts 1&2) (VB #98.11&12): Representatives of a clean power cooperative and an economic development group explain how neighbors, businesses and/or churches can come together to generate renewable electricity. 3/14/16
• Eating for the Planet (parts 1&2) (VB #96.05&06): Paul Shapiro, VP of Farm Animal Protection, explains the importance of a plant based diet for saving the planet, in a May 2015 presentation in Portland. 8/3/15
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• Climate Action Ride (VB #96.09): Interviews with bicyclists participating in the June 24, 2015 ride to push PDX City Council, the Oregonian, and other climate profiteers to step up on climate justice issues. 8/31/15
• Sierra Club: Coal to Clean Energy (parts 1&2) (VB #93.10&11): Speakers at a Nov. 2014 forum kicked off the effort for Oregon to be free of coal-sourced electricity by 2025, covering impacts of and alternatives to coal. 12/8/14
• Making Brownfields Green (parts 1&2) (VB #90.07&08): Experts explain how to deal with vacant or underused properties that may have been contaminated by prior use. 2/14
• Oil Spill Update (parts 1&2) (VB #81.03&04): "Black Tide" author Antonia Juhasz on the state of the Gulf of Mexico in April 2011, and the detrimental effects of the oil industry on workers and the environment. 10/11
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• Cell Phones, What Can They Hurt? (VB #80.06): Talal Jabari, journalist and filmmaker, in an interview about the dangers of cell phones and the making of his film "Full Signal." 8/11
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• In Quest of a Smaller Footprint (parts 1&2) (VB #77.02&03): Looking for alternatives to gas guzzlers at an Oregon Electric Vehicle Association meeting and an electric bike store. 10/10
  
• Better Living Show (VB #76.09): From the 2009 event of the same name: interviews with participants on electric cars, solar panels, and elephant poo paper. 8/10
  
• Your Food or Your Car (parts 1&2) (VB #73.12&13): Mia McDonald, Executive Director of the environmental think tank Brighter Green, compares the environmental damage by the meat and dairy industry to that caused by transportation. 12/09
  
• Sustainability and Justice Out of Crisis (VB #72.9): Oregon leaders speak about systems that create social inequities and alternatives at the 2009 Regional Livability Summit. 8/09
• Greener Homes and Gardens (VB #60.03&04): Expo tablers on helping the environment with biofuels, eco-businesses, natural building products, alternative energies, natural pest remedies, and more. 7/06
  
• Last Child in the Woods (VB #59.12): Futurist and journalist Richard Louv on "nature deficit disorder," or how society alienates us from nature and how we can remedy it. 6/06
• Oregon Biodiesel Workshop (VB #54.10): Loren Fennell shows how to use biodiesel--a renewable, domestic, low-emission fuel alternative--to power cars and trucks while reducing dependency on petroleum. 2/05
• Derrick Jensen: The Culture of Make Believe (VB #50.05&06): Controversial author and environmental activist on future prospects, philosophy, psychology, pacifism, abuse and sustainable levels of technology. 1/04
• Julia Butterfly Hill: Stewardship of the Earth (VB #46.01): The activist famous for a 2-year tree sit encourages us all to take action to lower consumption and protect the planet. 12/02
• Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigeria, and Big Oil (VB #42.03): Ken Wiwa, son of slain activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, speaks out on the military regime that murdered his father and the plundering of Nigeria's oil by multinational oil companies. 1/02
• Eldridge Cleaver at Earth Day '98 (pt 1&2) (VB #27.09&10): Cleaver's last public appearance before his untimely death shows a man changed, reflective, and respectful of the earth and all living things. 60 min. 8/98
• The Cars That Ate Your Life (VB #03.03): Bicycle activists urge Portland to get out of the traffic jams. 30 mi 04/20/92
• Heal the Planet (VB #03.04): Portland holds an environmental conference prior to the Earth Summit. 30 mi 04/27/92
• Environmental Law Conference (VB #03.06): International speakers address legal aspects of planetary preservation. 30 mi 05/31/92
• Renew Reuse Recycle (VB #03.10): Good reasons to shop at secondhand stores & yard sales. 30 mi 06/30/92
• Pliny Fisk Answers Questions (VB #05.07): 30:00 11/09/92
• Stop The Violence/Forest Service Protest (VB #06.05): South Africa erupts. Also: Earth First!ers raise their voices against the Forest Service Region 6. 30 mi 02/01/93
• Forest Debate (VB #06.06): 30 02/08/93
• Voluntary Simplicity (VB #07.02): Cecile Andrews describes ways to pare your lifestyle & help save the planet. 30 mi 04/12/93
• Solar Powered Boy (VB #08.05): 30 mi 08/03/93
• Pesticides: Inerts can hurt your innards (VB #09.07): 30 mi 11/15/93
• Clayoquot Sound not Clearcut Sound (VB #10.09): Friends who work to save Canada's largest rainforest. 30 mi 02/28/94
• Who Slew the Slough? (parts 1&2) (VB #10.11&12): Tour of Columbia River offshoot with commentary. (two parts) 60 mi 3/14 & 3/21/94
• Forest Gumption (parts 1&2) (VB #17.10&11): Activists put themselves on the line to save Oregon's remaining forests. 12/04/95
• In-Power '94: Solar Fair (VB #12.10): Vendors, a solar car, and alternative technologies. 30 mi 09/05/94
• Critical Mass: Bike Riding in Portland (VB #12.13): People's bike rally interrupted by police while city sponsors cop-free ride. 30 mi 09/26/94
• Opal Creek: Oregon's Last Stand (VB #13.09): Rally in Pioneer Square to save Oregon's largest remaining rainforest. 30 mi 11/28/94
• Forest Conference Rally (SE #029): 05/09/93
• Endangered Species Act (part 1&2) (VB #13.13&14.01): 60 mi 12/26/94
• Still Endangered (VB #16.01): Re-examining reason for Endangered Species Act while Pres. Bill Clinton in town for economic summit. 30 mi 07/03/95
• Darryl Cherney (SE #022): 01/31/93
• Celilo: Protecting Mother Earth (SE #037): 9/5/92
• Wes Jackson: Becoming Native to This Place (SE #082): 02/29/96
• Howard Rheingold: Whole Earth Review (SE #063): Editor of Whole Earth Catalog recaps the history of the 60's to the 90s and the implications of cyberspace. 12/12/94

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