living wisely

Salmon: Restoring an Endangered Species

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/MBSTP.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:00 — 49.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreMonterey Bay Salmon and Trout Project Executive Director Ben Harris talks about the importance of salmonids—salmon and trout— in maintaining the ecological health of ocean and land. Harris explains how and why Pacific salmon populations • Read More »


Pesticides: Out of Our Soil, Air, Water, and Food-PW089

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/PesticidesOut089.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:00 — 49.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreBrain-Harming Chlorpyrifos just the latest agricultural pesticide poisoning our children and our planet Californians for Pesticide Reform  co-director Mark Weller, and author/pesticide activist Mary Flodin talk with with Planet Watch hosts Rachel and Joe about challenges and • Read More »


Grid Alternatives: Making Renewable Energy Accessible Around the World-PW085

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/GridAlternatives.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:00 — 49.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreGrid Alternatives Director of International Programs Jenean Smith is today’s guest on Planet Watch Radio. The vision of Grid Alternatives is a successful transition to clean, renewable energy that includes everyone, and its mission is • Read More »


What to do About the Human Predicament? A Conversation with Friends-PW081

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/ConversationWithFriends.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:00 — 49.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreFriends visit Planet Watch’s Joe Jordan for a free-ranging conversation on what an “everyday person” can do about the consequences of anthropogenic climate change, including our attitudes and actions when confronted catastrophic floods, droughts, crop • Read More »


Green Skyscrapers? Tiny Changes Can Save Big Energy-PW067

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/BarryGilesGreenBuildings.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:04 — 48.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreWhat’s so green about skyscrapers? What are the top three best ways to “green them up”? How long until owners recoup their investment in green retrofits? Find out with green building guru, Barry Giles, CEO • Read More »


Saving American Democracy and the Planet-PW056

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/DavidOrrSavingAmericanDemocracy.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 50:45 — 116.2MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreA conversation with David Orr, writer and professor emeritus of environmental studies and political science from Oberlin College about the future of American democracy. What do we do to repair the damage being done to • Read More »


The Best of Planet Watch 2017-PW051

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/planet-watch/Newyearpodcast005.m4aPodcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 51:49 — 24.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreHappy New Year from Joe and Rachel! Welcome to a new bunch of shows and an expanding network of radio stations running the program. In the coming year we’ll have more interviews with leading scientists • Read More »


A Passive House That Uses 80% Less Energy-PW049

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/Midorihaus.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 52:47 — 72.5MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreChie Kawahara and Kurt Hurley designed their passive house to save tons of energy. Find out how they turned a 95-year old house into a modern energy saving miracle. And they did it without solar • Read More »


BlueMind:Your Brain on Water-PW048

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/WallaceNichols.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:42 — 73.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreWhy do our brains behave so differently around water, and how can we harness that relationship to clean up the rivers and oceans of the earth? We talk with best-selling author and marine biologist Wallace • Read More »


Micro-Hydro Power Guru Don Harris – PW013

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/Microhydrogenerators011.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:01 — 49.5MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreEver thought of making your own electricity in a nearby stream? We’ll talk with Don Harris, world-class guru on micro-hydropower and inventor of the Harris Hydroelectric Permanent Magnet Turbine about his experiences with these low-cost, • Read More »