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Sustainability Now! on KSQD.org

KSQD 90.7 FM in Santa Cruz & KSQD.org

Are you concerned about the Earth"s future? Are you interested in what is being done in Northern California and the world to address environmental issues? Do you want to act? Then tune in every other Sunday to Sustainability Now! on KSQD.org. SN!! was launched on KSQD in 2019 by Ronnie Lipschutz. The show features interviews with activists, scholars, scientists, authors, philosophers, and others on a range of topics and issues that address the relationships among humans and nature, including

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00:50:57

American Environmentalism, Then and Now (1965-2025)...

Sustainability Now! on KSQD.org ·

2025/02/16

Mark Dowie describes himself as “Cowhand, guitarist, investigative historian, poet” and journalist. He’s probably best known as cofounder, editor and staff writer for Mother Jones, but during his more than 50-year career, over his he’s also written for many other magazines, newspapers and publications, written eight books and received no less than 19 journalism awards. In 1995, Dowie published Losing ground: American environmentalism at the close of the twentieth century.

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00:50:57

American Environmentalism, Then and Now (1965-2025)...

Sustainability Now! on KSQD.org ·

2025/02/16

Mark Dowie describes himself as “Cowhand, guitarist, investigative historian, poet” and journalist. He’s probably best known as cofounder, editor and staff writer for Mother Jones, but during his more than 50-year career, over his he’s also written for many other magazines, newspapers and publications, written eight books and received no less than 19 journalism awards. In 1995, Dowie published Losing ground: American environmentalism at the close of the twentieth century.

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00:53:55

Life and Death Decision-making through Algorithms,...

Sustainability Now! on KSQD.org ·

2025/02/02

Over the past few years, we’ve heard a lot about artificial intelligence and the algorithms that support public policy, decision making and resource allocations. By processing reams of presumably neutral data, the algorithms are supposed to produce unbiased results. But we’ve also heard concerns about the algorithms themselves: what unrecognized assumptions go into their construction and how they can produce different outcomes depending on programmer choices about the data

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00:53:55

Life and Death Decision-making through Algorithms,...

Sustainability Now! on KSQD.org ·

2025/02/02

Over the past few years, we’ve heard a lot about artificial intelligence and the algorithms that support public policy, decision making and resource allocations. By processing reams of presumably neutral data, the algorithms are supposed to produce unbiased results. But we’ve also heard concerns about the algorithms themselves: what unrecognized assumptions go into their construction and how they can produce different outcomes depending on programmer choices about the data

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00:53:38

From the Ground Up: The Women Revolutionizing...

Sustainability Now! on KSQD.org ·

2025/01/19

What is regenerative agriculture? Who is practicing regenerative agriculture? And what are its prospects? In two weeks, join host Ronnie Lipschutz for a conversation with Stephanie Anderson, author of From the Ground Up: The Women Revolutionizing Regenerative Agriculture, which explores how women are leading the movement to transform the U.S. agricultural system and inspiring hope in the face of environmental and social challenges.

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00:53:38

From the Ground Up: The Women Revolutionizing...

Sustainability Now! on KSQD.org ·

2025/01/19

What is regenerative agriculture? Who is practicing regenerative agriculture? And what are its prospects? In two weeks, join host Ronnie Lipschutz for a conversation with Stephanie Anderson, author of From the Ground Up: The Women Revolutionizing Regenerative Agriculture, which explores how women are leading the movement to transform the U.S. agricultural system and inspiring hope in the face of environmental and social challenges.

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00:53:41

Will the U.S. Environment Survive Trump 2.0? With Dr....

Sustainability Now! on KSQD.org ·

2025/01/02

On January 20, 2025, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as President of the United States for his second term. There is considerable trepidation in the environmental policy and activism sectors across the country and, indeed, the world. Trump’s appointees are committed to deregulation across the board, especially where the environment is concerned, to gutting funding for renewable energy and rescinding the Inflation Reduction Act and increasing fossil fuel production and

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00:53:41

Will the U.S. Environment Survive Trump 2.0? With Dr....

Sustainability Now! on KSQD.org ·

2025/01/02

On January 20, 2025, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as President of the United States for his second term. There is considerable trepidation in the environmental policy and activism sectors across the country and, indeed, the world. Trump’s appointees are committed to deregulation across the board, especially where the environment is concerned, to gutting funding for renewable energy and rescinding the Inflation Reduction Act and increasing fossil fuel production and

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00:56:27

Eco-utopia or eco-catastrophe?

Sustainability Now! on KSQD.org ·

2024/12/22

As California looks forward (!) to the beginning of a new Presidential Administration, there is growing trepidation about what it might mean for the state. Is it time to secede and join with other West Coast states to create a new country? Fifty years ago, Ernest Callenbach published Ecotopia, a vision of a new country dedicated to protecting people and the environment. In 2015, on the 40th anniversary of Ecotopia, UCSC held a conference called “Utopian Dreaming: 50 years of

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00:52:14

A Just Transition for All: Workers and Communities...

Sustainability Now! on KSQD.org ·

2024/11/24

To avert the worst impacts of climate change, a transition away from fossil fuels is necessary. However, what this transition looks like and what would make a transition “just,” remain open questions. What workers are missing from “green” economy discussions? What role do workers play in the fight for a future without fossil fuels? How can workers and communities ensure the transition is “just”? Join host Ronnie Lipschutz for a conversation with UCSC Assistant Professor of

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00:52:14

A Just Transition for All: Workers and Communities...

Sustainability Now! on KSQD.org ·

2024/11/24

To avert the worst impacts of climate change, a transition away from fossil fuels is necessary. However, what this transition looks like and what would make a transition “just,” remain open questions. What workers are missing from “green” economy discussions? What role do workers play in the fight for a future without fossil fuels? How can workers and communities ensure the transition is “just”? Join host Ronnie Lipschutz for a conversation with UCSC Assistant Professor of

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00:54:09

What Does the Chicken Know? And other Animal Stories...

Sustainability Now! on KSQD.org ·

2024/11/07

Frequent listeners to Sustainability Now! know that, from time to time, interviews focus on animals, mostly from the perspective of animal rights and whether animals are people, too. Join host Ronnie Lipschutz for a conversation with Sy Montgomery, adventurer, naturalist and author, who has been engaging with and writing about animals since the 1980s. She asks questions like “what do chickens know? Does an octopus have a soul? And is it really “turtles all the way down?” She is

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00:54:09

What Does the Chicken Know? And other Animal Stories...

Sustainability Now! on KSQD.org ·

2024/11/07

Frequent listeners to Sustainability Now! know that, from time to time, interviews focus on animals, mostly from the perspective of animal rights and whether animals are people, too. Join host Ronnie Lipschutz for a conversation with Sy Montgomery, adventurer, naturalist and author, who has been engaging with and writing about animals since the 1980s. She asks questions like “what do chickens know? Does an octopus have a soul? And is it really “turtles all the way down?” She is

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00:53:11

Disabled Ecologies--Lessons from a Wounded Desert,...

Sustainability Now! on KSQD.org ·

2024/10/27

Join Host Ronnie Lipschutz for a conversation with Dr. Sunaura Taylor, Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at the University of California, Berkeley. Taylor is also an artist, writer, activist and mother, who has just published Disable Ecologies—Lessons from a Wounded Desert. Her first book, Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation, which received the 2018 American Book Award. Along with academic journals, Taylor has

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00:53:11

Disabled Ecologies--Lessons from a Wounded Desert,...

Sustainability Now! on KSQD.org ·

2024/10/27

Join Host Ronnie Lipschutz for a conversation with Dr. Sunaura Taylor, Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at the University of California, Berkeley. Taylor is also an artist, writer, activist and mother, who has just published Disable Ecologies—Lessons from a Wounded Desert. Her first book, Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation, which received the 2018 American Book Award. Along with academic journals, Taylor has

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00:54:08

Can Protection of Forests, Farms & Waters be...

Sustainability Now! on KSQD.org ·

2024/10/13

A longstanding debate in the environmental and conservation movements is whether protection of natural resources can be reconciled with their economic development? Join host Ronnie Lipschutz for a conversation about this question with Larry Selzer, President and CEO of The Conservation Fund, a Virgina-based nonprofit that buys land for conservation and promotes sustainable economic development. TCF works with public agencies to acquire land and hold it until the agencies are

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00:53:43

Dust to Dust or Earth to Earth? Composting as an...

Sustainability Now! on KSQD.org ·

2024/09/29

What happens to your corporeal body, if and when it is buried in the earth? According to Genesis in the Hebrew Torah, we come from dust and to dust we return. The original text, however, uses the word עָפָ֣ר ("apar"), which means “earth.” Most burials in the United States seek to protect the body from returning to the earth through containment, while cremation produces greenhouse gases and leaves behind heavy metals. Are there other ways to go? Join host Ronnie Lipschutz

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00:53:43

Dust to Dust or Earth to Earth? Composting as an...

Sustainability Now! on KSQD.org ·

2024/09/29

What happens to your corporeal body, if and when it is buried in the earth? According to Genesis in the Hebrew Torah, we come from dust and to dust we return. The original text, however, uses the word עָפָ֣ר ("apar"), which means “earth.” Most burials in the United States seek to protect the body from returning to the earth through containment, while cremation produces greenhouse gases and leaves behind heavy metals. Are there other ways to go? Join host Ronnie Lipschutz

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00:53:58

How should we speak with children about climate...

Sustainability Now! on KSQD.org ·

2024/09/15

How should we speak with children about climate change? Should young children be taught about climate change, and how? During the Cold War, the existential threat of nuclear holocaust was always present but there was, at least, a chance that the missiles would not be launched. Climate change is also an existential threat but it is already happening. Join host Ronnie Lipschutz for a thoughtful conversation with Dr. Elizabeth Bagley, managing director of Project Drawdown, who

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00:54:56

Protect San Benito County!

Sustainability Now! on KSQD.org ·

2024/09/01

San Benito County is one of the unsung jewels of the Central California Coast. Most people know of San Juan Bautista and the Pinnacles, but there is much, much more. Two mountain ranges, broad valleys, rangelands, farmlands and biodiversity. But the Highway 101 corridor, which runs through a corner of the county, provides access to Silicon Valley and the SF Bay and people are moving south in search of cheaper housing. Malls and sprawls are not far behind. Now, a local movement is seeking to limit

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