Climate Change

Saving the Holy Trinity of Chocolate, Coffee and Vanilla-PW065

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/PatriciaRaineFutureofCoffeeChocolateVanilla.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:52 — 49.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreA visit with Patricia Rain, the Vanilla Queen and a look at the future fate of our favorite flavors. Patricia Rain is an author, educator, culinary historian, and owner of The Vanilla Company, a socially conscious, product-driven • Read More »


Green Buildings-Cool Planet: Strategies for Efficiency-PW064

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/EnergyEfficiencyLenBeyeaPeterDruckmeir.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:50 — 49.3MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | More Guests Len Beyea, an energy efficiency engineer/expert on green buildings and efficiency and Peter Drekmeier, former Mayor of Palo Alto and an eco warrior for the Tuolumne River, among other causes, share their insights • Read More »


Climate Restoration: Pipe Dream or Survival Strategy?-PW062

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/PeterFiekowskyClimateRestoration.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:43 — 73.8MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MorePeter Fiekowsky is an entrepreneur committed to leaving a world we’re proud of for our  children.  He is a founder of initiatives in climate restoration: 300×2050.com  and Healthy Climate Alliance. Founder and president of AVI • Read More »


Mary Silver: Ocean Science Pioneer-PW061

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/MarySilverOceanPioneer.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:39 — 49.2MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreWe present a conversation with Dr. Mary Wilcox Silver,Professor Emeritus of Ocean Sciences, one of the first women to head a major Ocean Sciences department at a UC. Her works focuses on phytoplankton and ocean • Read More »


What Ancient Hot Earth Can Teach Us About Global Warming-PW060

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/JimZachosPaleoClimateStudies.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:56 — 74.1MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreJames Zachos‘s investigations of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum and other major climate shifts in Earth’s past are highly relevant to understanding how human activities are driving modern-day global climate change. A study he coauthored in • Read More »


Digging into the Past to Save the Future-PW059

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/ArcheologyMikeNewland.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:33 — 73.6MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreIn this episode, we look at how archeologists are working with native tribes to mitigate the impact of sea level rise on native burial sites. We explore mapping the complex webs of interdependence involved in • Read More »


Better Living Through Chemistry: A Methanol Future?-PW058

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/MethanolFutureSuryaPrakash.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:51 — 74.0MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreDr. Surya Prakash, author of Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy, which he co-wrote with George Olah and Alain Goeppert. Find out about his latest discovery for converting methane gas to plastics and other • Read More »


Protecting America’s Coastline-PW057

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/ProtectingOurCoastsCharlesLesterCoastalCommission.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:49 — 98.6MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreIn this podcast we present an interview with former Director of the California Coastal Commission, Charles Lester. Lester presided over the most powerful regulatory body in the nation when it comes to coastal protection under • 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 »


Offshore Oil Drilling Proposal Threatens Coastlines Across U.S.-PW054

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/OffshoreOilDrilling.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:54 — 74.0MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreThe president’s efforts to open most of the U.S. coastlines to oil drilling has sparked a bipartisan condemnation and resistance across most of the affected states. In this episode we hear from Dan Haifley, Executive • Read More »