Are we suffering from illusions about alternative energy? Have solar panels become a pointless fetish that could make climate change worse? What about electric cars? Is the whole “green energy” game just an extention of the fossil fuel industry, dressed up in green …
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Are Christian fundamentalists derailing climate action? Rev Michael Dowd. Then new report from UNEP shows alternative energy strong but slightly down in 2013. Radio Ecoshock 140416 Welcome to Radio Ecoshock, a voice for science and truth, no matter where they lead. Later in …
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Coming up in this program: a new report from the World Meteorological Organization tallies the big weather hits in 2013. Is it rampant climate change? Norway decides how to spend almost a trillion petrodollars, and Indian solar loses out. Plus direct from Yokohama …
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From the Mother Earth News Fair, we hear about Life on the “Farmstead.” Lisa Kivirist turning your dreams of small scale food into a living in Wisconsin. Lisa has tips for us all. Then we go solar with author and speaker Dan Chiras, …
LEARN MOREHappy Birthday humans! At the end of October 2011, the 7th billion person will be born on Earth. With over a billion humans already going to bed hungry every night, this may not be a blessed event. Just twelve years after we hit …
SURVIVING THE TRIPLE CRUNCH An interview with Jeremy Leggett, by Alex Smith. From the Radio Ecoshock Show Feb. 25, 2011. Alex Smith: This civilization uses oil for its blood. Almost everything we make, buy, and use has oil in it’s food chain. You …
How to make buildings that use 10% of current energy needs. Here is a bonanza of links you want for this Radio Ecoshock special on Passivhaus and Net Zero construction, including two free workshops. The full workshop by Guido Wimmers on Passivhaus, held …
What will our grandchildren experience in the year 2080? Or will some of you feel the heat, the climate and social disruption as soon as 2060? Scientific studies are pouring out their warnings – we have already passed the danger levels. And there …
[opening Quote from John Kerry on the looming catastrophe in climate change] That is Senator John Kerry, Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. This is Radio Ecoshock. I’m Alex Smith, and you are about to get 20 minutes of the latest from …
This week’s program begins with a quick review of planet-shaking news. Then, we go to the book launch of “Transportation Revolutions: Moving People and Freight Without Oil” The authors are Richard Gilbert & Anthony Perl. I recorded that on March 18th, in Vancouver, …