Climate Change

Don’t Panic, It’s Organic-PW053

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/OrganicPioneersThomasFarms.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:00 — 49.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | More For Jean and Jerry Thomas, organic farming came out of a love of gardening and an aversion to pesticides and the polluted world both of them grew up in around Los Angeles. Now, four • Read More »


Dr. Robert Kopp on the Latest Climate Report-PW052

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/RobertKoppCimateReport006.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:26 — 73.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreWe hear from Dr. Robert Kopp, one of the leading climate scientists in the U.S. talking about the most recent government report and what it says about sea level rise. Also, a story about selective • Read More »


Happy Holidays from Planet Watch-PW050

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/Christmas2017.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 52:14 — 71.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreIn this podcast we hear from family and far flung friends (in Norway and Virginia) and explore the traditions, rituals and science behind winter time and solstice. Rachel reads from Jean Ritchie’s “Singing Family of • 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 »


Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Maria-PW046

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/PuertoRicoHurricaneMaria046.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:00 — 49.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreThis week’s program focuses on the opportunity within the tragedy that is Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. Will the island move rapidly to embrace solar and micro-grids to make it more resilient? Will it go • Read More »


Off-Grid Solar Home Tour- PW027

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/6f97c9ea21af39a.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:00 — 49.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreA tour of an off-the-grid solar home in California with Bob Stayton, author and engineer, plus passive cooling of your home and homemade solar bread . Air Date: July 16, 2017 on  KSCO radio station • Read More »


Solar Car Racing Champion – PW026

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/SolarEnergyJackMartin025.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:34 — 73.6MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreSolar energy! The sun can provide clean energy and can save you money. Find out from solar expert Jack Martin how he won a solar car race with a vehicle he built,  and why. Community • Read More »


Climate Skeptic Sees the Light-PW021

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/ClimateSkeptic.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:00 — 49.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreAn interview with former Cato Institute and ALEC climate skeptic, Jerry Taylor, who studied the scientific literature on global warming and changed his views. He is now a strong advocate for finding solutions to anthropogenic • Read More »


Fog Into Water: Dr. Dan Fernandez-PW020

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/FogIntoWater018.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 52:11 — 71.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreIf you live in London or San Francisco, a constantly renewing source of water hovers all around you: Fog. Planet Watch interviews  California State University Monterey Bay scientist Dr. Dan Fernandez about his work capturing • Read More »


Measuring Attitudes About Climate Change-PW019

https://media.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/content.blubrry.com/planet_watch_radio/MeasuringAmericanClimateChangeConcern017.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:02 — 72.8MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreWhy are so many Americans confused about climate change and what to do about it? Dr. Connie Roser-Renouf of Yale’s Program on Climate Change Communication has been measuring and describing attitudes about how severe a threat • Read More »