Ecotopia

Our guest on this edition was Laura Gladson. She’s a PhD Candidate with Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University Grossman School of …

Our guests on this program were Marc Maddox and Katie Simmons. Marc is Paradise’s Public Works Director and Town Engineer, and Katie Simmons is the town’s Disaster Recovery Director. They spoke with us about the town’s …

We recently read some essays about the environment printed in the Chico Enterprise Record. These were written on topic of water conservation by 5th …

Chico Attorney Richard Harriman spoke candidly about the Chico affordable housing crisis and need need for affordable infill rather than suburban developments for the affluent. He lamented the lack of community input …

KZFR programmer and polymath Gayle Kimball, author of over twenty books, spoke with us about her newest book, Climate Girls Changing Our World. She …

This program focused on the Sierra Nevada snowpack, which supplies about one-third of California’s water and serves as a vast winter reservoir. We spoke with Sean de Gusman of the Department of Water Resources. He is …

Often on this podcast we bring you some discouraging words about the environment, though generally with some concrete solutions.  Although 2020 was a …

Our guest on this program was Melina Watts, who has written a fascinating novel called Tree, a piece of magical fiction written from the perspective of a Live Oak!  We  read the book and loved it, finding it engaging …

We interviewed Anna Moore and Lise Smith, members of the Bidwell Parks and Recreation Commission in Chico. Our interview was sparked by an excellent letter they wrote to the  Chico Enterprise Record, regarding homeless …

We spoke with Ron Stork, Senior Policy Advisor, Friends of the River in Sacramento. He joined Friends of the River as Associate Conservation Director …

We had two guests on this podcast, both strong advocates for universal, single-payer health care. Bruce  McLean has lived and worked in Butte County since 1990 and has been on  the Board of the Butte County Health Care …

In this episodl we spoke with Cheri Chastain, who Chair of the Chico Climate Action Commission and with  Molly Marcussen associate planner for the …

In this program, we spoke with Cheri Chastain. She is Chair of the Chico Climate Action Commission, which is overseeing the update of Climate Action Plan for the City of Chico. She is also Campus Sustainability Manager …

This week we inteviewed Wolfy Rougle, who serves the Butte County Resource Conservation District as a Forest Health Watershed Coordinator under a …

Our ecosystem in this program is the complex one of Chico, and our guest on the phone was She is a Chico native and went to Butte College, and then …

We spoke with Richie Bamlet. the Urban Forest Manager for the City of Chico. In addition to being responsible for the care and management of trees in Chico, he is responsible for thinking about the future of trees as we …

Our guest was Matt Hearn, educator and community organizer from East Vancouver, British Columbia. He describe the "Solid State Project," that helps …

Our guest was Ali Meders-Knight, a member of the Mechoopda Tribe and an artist, activist, and educator.  She has a vision to educate people in …

Our guest on this program was the wonderfully outspoken Harvey  Wasserman, advocate for solar power, anti-nuclear-power advocate and  crusader on …

Our guest on this program was Patrick Newman, longtime Chico activist, a frequent contributor to the letters page of our local papers, and a man …

We interviewed Paul Ehrlich, author of The Population Bomb and founder of the Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere, and Dan Blumstein, …

As part of our series on Radical Change we interviewed two guests on the topic of Radical Medical Reform.  First we spoke with Norma Wilcox of Northstate Medicare for All, who  spoke about our broken health insurance …

In this program, Susan Tchudi spoke with  Dr. Clair Brown, Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Work, Technology, and Society at the …

In this program, we spoke with Eartha Shanti, longtime activist. We discused her views on:

1.  The Life Killer culture.  A culture that rewards who …

In this episode, activists George Gold and Marty Dunlap of  Concerned Citizens for Justice (Chico, CA), spoke about radical reform for policing. …

This episode introduces our new series on RADICAL CHANGE, where guests give us their best, most imaginative, and even outlandish ideas for changing …