Happier Campers: Jun 10, 2016: 3pm - 3:30 pm

It's summertime, time to make your camping reservations. Oops, should have done that three months ago! This week's guest on Sea Change Radio, Alyssa Ravasio, noticed that there was a lot of private la...

Zoe Weil, Part II: Apr 20, 2016: 6:30 pm - 7pm

What if every child emerged from the public educational system with an appreciation for the connectivity of all human and non-human life, and with a commitment to create solutions to the problems that...

Zoe Weil: Apr 13, 2016: 6:30 pm - 7pm

What's the purpose of schooling? Reading, writing and 'rithmetic, right? Well, our guest today begs to differ. Zoe Weil, author and the founder of the Institute for Humane Education, argues that the o...

Public Transit: Apr 06, 2016: 6:30 pm - 7pm

If you live in the US, chances are you have at some point been frustrated that our public transit systems don't do a great job linking urban centers with suburbs, can't get you to the airport or work...

Alexandria Sage: Mar 30, 2016: 6:30 pm - 7pm

The glamour of the limousine is undeniable - who wouldn't want to be shuttled about town without a care in the world? Traffic, parking, sobriety? Somebody else's problem! With the introduction of the...

MIT Team Turning Fumes Into Fuel: Mar 23, 2016: 6:30 pm - 7pm

You know that sick feeling when you look at a smokestack belching noxious gases into the air? Well, what if you knew that the gas waste coming from that smokestack was getting turned into a usable, li...

Desalination: Mar 16, 2016: 6:30 pm - 7pm

Transforming ocean water into potable drinking water seems so remarkably cool on so many levels. But alas, desalination remains both expensive and energy intensive. Up to this point, it has only been...

David Rolf: Mar 09, 2016: 6:30 pm - 7pm

Back in 2014 we spoke with David Rolf, president of the Pacific Northwest branch of SEIU, the Service Employees International Union, about his efforts to raise Seattle's minimum wage to $15 an hour, t...

Methane Disdain: Mar 02, 2016: 6:30 pm - 7pm

Along with the Affordable Care Act, the Clean Power Plan may end up being one of President Obama s signature accomplishments. We learned recently, though, about the US Supreme Court s potential role i...

Alex Camacho: Feb 17, 2016: 6:30 pm - 7pm

Remember the Paris Climate Agreement, when it looked for a moment like world leaders were actually going to address our shared global concern? Well, last week the US Supreme Court, in an unprecedented...

Mike Fawcett, Lauren Markham: Feb 10, 2016: 6:30 pm - 7pm

Farm Zero is a five-year-old startup company that's a concept for sustainable agricultural systems that use sea water rather than fresh water as the core for growing fruits and vegetables. This concep...

Johan Rockstrom: Feb 03, 2016: 6:30 pm - 7pm

Given its northern latitude, Sweden is warming more rapidly than many other places in the world. Johan Rockstrom, one of Sweden's leading environmental scholars, joins us this week to discuss his late...

Roy Scranton: Jan 27, 2016: 6:30 pm - 7pm

When we try to visualize the Arctic, we usually think of ice as far as the eye can see. But, unfortunately, that's changing. This week's guest, author Roy Scranton, gives us a first-hand glimpse into...

Courtney White, Michael Townsend: Jan 20, 2016: 6:30 pm - 7pm

Author Courtney White believes he has a quick fix for what ails the planet: build topsoil, fix creeks and eat meat from pasture-raised animals. He outlines this strategy in his latest book, "Grass, So...

John Perry Barlow, Matt Atwood: Jan 13, 2016: 6:30 pm - 7pm

Who doesn't need a miracle? As the lyricist for many timeless Grateful Dead classics, as a privacy rights activist, or as the founder of the biofuel company Algae Systems, John Perry Barlow has used c...

20160106: Jan 06, 2016: 6:30 pm - 7pm

Produced by Alex Wise.

Richard Lunt: Dec 30, 2015: 6:30 pm - 7pm

Imagine a world where every window-laden skyscraper generates its own solar power, where the skylights in your ceiling are a source of light and electricity, and where your iPhone charges itself throu...

Vivienne Walt: Dec 23, 2015: 6:30 pm - 7pm

This week we re-cap the Climate Summit with prominent freelance journalist Vivienne Walt. Walt and host Alex Wise discuss the impact of the Paris Agreement on the world's largest polluters, explore ho...

Jed Davis, Doug Fine: Dec 16, 2015: 6:30 pm - 7pm

Many consumers have made the choice to be vegan. Be it for the humane treatment of animals, or because of the damaging impact of methane, choosing not to eat dairy seems an ecologically responsible ch...

Jeff Boehm: Dec 09, 2015: 6:30 pm - 7pm

If you've ever seen a seal, bobbing its head in the ocean, you might have been too busy admiring its natural beauty to think about the obstacles that this graceful creature had to overcome to reach ad...

Alex Levinson: Dec 02, 2015: 6:30 pm - 7pm

Many of us would like to be at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change, kicking off this week in Paris. Well, today we've got the next best thing. Alex Levinson is the executive director of Pa...

Julie Greene: Nov 25, 2015: 6:30 pm - 7pm

This week many people in the United States will be spending a fair amount of time laboring over elaborate meals, baking pies, roasting turkeys (or tofurkeys), and beating the lumps out of the gravy. I...

Bill McKibben, Harrison Dillon: Nov 18, 2015: 6:30 pm - 7pm

The drawn-out fight to prevent the Keystone XL pipeline recently ended in a triumph for environmental activists, when President Obama announced he would not approve the pipeline. This week we speak wi...

Ken Geiser: Nov 11, 2015: 6:30 pm - 7pm

When you see an ad sponsored by the chemical industry espousing the wonders of chemicals, you probably roll your eyes like most of us. But how much does it influence our attitude towards chemicals? As...

Brooke Borel, Brent Constantz: Nov 04, 2015: 6:30 pm - 7pm

University of Florida Horticultural Science professor, Kevin Folta, invented a persona for his podcast, the Science Power Hour with Your Host Vern Blazek. Our guest today is Brooke Borel, a journalist...

Bill Baue: Oct 28, 2015: 6:30 pm - 7pm

The environmental impact of any business enterprise depends on the specific environmental conditions and challenges that exist where that enterprise is doing business. So a dairy in Vermont, where the...

Tim Murphy: Oct 21, 2015: 6:30 pm - 7pm

The former CEO of Massey Energy, Don Blankenship, is currently on trial for conspiracy to violate mandatory mine safety and health standards, making false statements to the SEC, and securities fraud....

Adam Simha, David Pakman: Oct 14, 2015: 6:30 pm - 7pm

This week we hear from a craftsman who makes razor-sharp kitchen knives, and with a progressive political talk show host who relies on razor-sharp analysis. First, knife-maker extraordinaire, Adam Sim...

Richard Heinberg: Oct 07, 2015: 6:30 pm - 7pm

After a two-century-long burning bender, the globe is in for a heck of a hangover. Our guest this week is Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow at the Post-Carbon Institute, and author of a dozen books abou...

Jared Genser: Sep 30, 2015: 6:30 pm - 7pm

In the remote Pacific island nation of the Maldives, the small country's very existence faces a nearly inescapable fate of submersion. As president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed was embraced by the...

Dan Dicker: Sep 23, 2015: 6:30 pm - 7pm

Some energy analysts predict that the past year's downward trend in oil prices will continue. Our guest this week, energy expert Dan Dicker, disagrees. He thinks that the price of oil will inevitably...

Tim Dwight: Sep 16, 2015: 6:30 pm - 7pm

Perhaps the hardest job in professional football is that of the Punt Returner, who tries to avoid being torn to shreds by very large, rapidly approaching human beings. Our guest today is Tim Dwight, w...

Summer Brennan, Doug Woodring: Sep 09, 2015: 6:30 pm - 7pm

What does the word wilderness evoke in your mind? A vast field, a dense forest, a body of water? If you're an attorney, it may simply be a legal term. It turns out that how the law defines wilderness...

William Powers: Sep 02, 2015: 6:30 pm - 7pm

As we approach Labor Day, now seems like a good time to think not only about the value of our labor, but about the value of the time we spend not working. Our guest this week is William Powers, author...

Anthony Artusa, Peter Brewitt: Aug 26, 2015: 6:30 pm - 7pm

This week we are talking about the California drought. First we talk to Anthony Artusa, a meteorologist from the National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center. He gives us a sense of what to ex...

Douglas Meffert: Aug 19, 2015: 6:30 pm - 7pm

As the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches, we thought it would be an appropriate time to head back down to the bayou. This week we hear from the Executive Director of Audubon Louisiana,...

Alex Guillen, Tim McDonnell: Aug 12, 2015: 6:30 pm - 7pm

President Obama’s bold new climate plan is being heralded by environmental advocates but pilloried by coal states and fossil fuel companies who are actively mounting legal challenges. This week we tal...

Katherine Bagley, Adam Browning: Aug 05, 2015: 6:30 pm - 7pm

The Obama Administration recently announced a $520 million initiative for community solar farms which could give access to renters as well as owners to renewable technology. This week we talk about th...

Lydia Wendt, Michael Townsend: Jul 29, 2015: 6:30 pm - 7pm

In business schools, and increasingly in actual capital enterprises, people are talking about, and working toward a "triple bottom line" which considers not only private profit but creating positive s...

Dean Kuipers: Jul 22, 2015: 6:30 pm - 7pm

Host Alex Wise talks with author Dean Kuipers about how farms get the money they need to grow the food we eat. Today we delve into the different models for financing agriculture not only in the U.S. b...

Suzanne Goldenberg: Jul 15, 2015: 6:30 pm - 7pm

Host Alex Wise talks with The Guardian's Suzanne Goldenberg, one of the leading environmental journalists today, about the history of climate change awareness, the responsibilities of large fossil fue...

Richard Lunt: Jul 08, 2015: 6:30 pm - 7pm

Host Alex Wise talks with Prof. Richard Lunt, the lead researcher on the MIT team that developed the photovoltaic solar cell, about the science behind transparent luminescent solar concentrators and t...

Bill Kreutzmann: Jul 01, 2015: 6:30 pm - 7pm

Host Alex Wise talks with Bill Kreutzmann, original drummer of the Grateful Dead and organic gardener, about the natural resources on the idyllic island of Kaua'i, where he currently lives and where h...

Abrahm Lustgarten, James Redford: Jun 24, 2015: 6:30 pm - 7pm

Host Alex Wise speaks with Abrahm Lustgarten of ProPublica, who exposes policies and practices regarding water conservation and management during this record dry spell in the western U.S. Also, an int...

Todd Thorner: Jun 17, 2015: 6:30 pm - 7pm

This week's guest on Sea Change Radio is Todd Thorner, an entrepreneur who has started and operated multiple renewable energy companies himself, from wind to solar to hydro-electric. Thorner tells hos...

Jennifer Vervrier, Geoff Larson: Jun 10, 2015: 6:30 pm - 7pm

Produced by Alex Wise.

The Grey Lady and The EPA: Jun 03, 2015: 6:30 pm - 7pm

Produced by Alex Wise.