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AI serves the purpose of scouring the Internet and telling you what it finds. It's instructive to find a good summary of what the "Internet" is saying about climate change.

This is an irreverent look at what the "experts" are saying about climate change. Yes, climate change is real. But the root causes are misunderstood, even by the so-called experts. We need to understand the root causes so we can actually solve the problems.

For example, droughts, floods and wildfires are not caused PRIMARILY by climate change. These problems have causes and solutions, quite apart from greenhouse gases.

We face serious problems. We need serious problem solvers. We will solve these problems only if we first identify the true causes and address the root causes.

This episode critiques a video whose script is written by AI. AI is really confused because journalists, and many scientists, are really confused. And the real story is being buried.

If you want to solve climate change, don't listen to the so-called experts, until you listen to this episode.

Get to know black farmers of Kentucky with us on this week’s Sustainability Now! Your host, Justin Mog, introduces you to the work of Emmanuel Fields, a UofL Masters in Sustainability student and Stewardship Coordinator at Bluegrass Land Conservancy. At the April 4th UofL Sustainability Roundtable, Emmanuel shared his research and screening his documentary "Rural Black Farmers of Kentucky, Narratives From the Field" in which he traveled throughout the state gathering and filming interviews of Black farmers from several different counties.

The Sustainability Roundtable is a biweekly series hosted by UofL’s Sustainability Council online from August to April. It is open to the public and you can find upcoming speakers and the link to join at http://louisville.edu/sustainability. More information about Emmanuel’s presentation is at https://louisville.edu/sustainability/events/sustainability-roundtable-emmanuel-fields-on-black-farmers-in-kentucky

As always, our feature is followed by your community action calendar for the week, so get your calendars out and get ready to take action for sustainability NOW!

Sustainability Now! is hosted by Dr. Justin Mog and airs on Forward Radio, 106.5fm, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Monday at 6pm and repeats Tuesdays at 12am and 10am. Find us at http://forwardradio.org

The music in this podcast is courtesy of the local band Appalatin and is used by permission. Explore their delightful music at http://appalatin.com

We were live from the Kore Gallery in Germantown to celebrate Forward Radio's 6 years in your ears!

Justin Mog joins Patty & Brian LIVE in the studio for a special Pledge Drive edition of the program to encourage you to support Forward Radio during our 6th Anniversary Pledge Drive at https://secure.givelively.org/donate/wfmp-low-power-radio/forward-radio-s-6th-anniversary-pledge-drive. Don't worry, we also mix in plenty of great content, including Confessions of Critical Thinkers!

To mark our 6th Anniversary Pledge Drive and encourage you to donate today at https://secure.givelively.org/donate/wfmp-low-power-radio/forward-radio-s-6th-anniversary-pledge-drive, we bring you a special Access Hour featuring a community conversation about Youth Climate Activism in Kentucky! The conversation was organized by the Kentucky Student Environmental Coalition on February 20th and was facilitated by Jeri Katherine Howell who researched why young people in Kentucky get involved in climate activism from 2020-2022 as a graduate student pursuing a Master’s of Science in Community and Leadership Development at the University of Kentucky (https://uknowledge.uky.edu/cld_etds/60/).

Jeri is a singer-songwriter, educator, activist, and sustainable community development practitioner. She engages people of all ages in creative learning experiences that uplift our stories, embody our interconnectedness with more-than-human nature, and build community. She employs this work as the Assistant Director at Josephine Sculpture Park and as a musician, teaching artist, and consultant. Jeri is an adjudicated member of the Kentucky Arts Council and Partners for Rural Impact Teaching Artist Rosters and a certified environmental educator and Kentucky Community Scholar. Her artistic, activist, and academic achievements have been recognized by the Kentucky Arts Council, U.S. Department of State Fulbright program, and Kentucky Foundation for Women. She is a proud KSEC alumna. Learn more and connect at http:// jerikatherinehowell.com

This is a phenomenal resource for any Kentucky activist looking to engage with youth on climate issues. Jeri's thesis explores personal stories, what has worked well, and overall set backs in these spaces.

In this context, “youth climate activism” involves anyone who identifies as “young” or “youth” and takes action to address climate change. The research focused on participants ages 18-24 years old.

The Access Hour airs on Forward Radio, 106.5fm, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Wednesday at 2pm and repeats Thursdays at 11am and Fridays at 1pm. Find us at http://forwardradio.org

If you’ve got something you’d like to share on community radio through the Access Hour, whether it’s a recording you made or a show you’d like to do on a particular topic, community, artistic creation, or program that is under-represented in Louisville’s media landscape, just go to http://forwardradio.org, click on Participate and pitch us your idea. The Access Hour is your opportunity to take over the air waves to share your passion.

For show notes for any episode, go to our website at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. We are also on Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod and on FB Perks of Being a Book Lover

Books Mentioned In This Episode

Books mentioned--

1- American Cheese by Joe Berkowitz

2- Blue by Kai Kupferschmidt

3- Bike Riding in Kabul: The Global Adventures of a Foreign Aid Practitioner by Jamie Bowman

4- Nala's World: One Man, His Rescue Cat, and a Bike Ride Around the Globe by Dean Nicholson

5- What I Hate from A to Z by Roz Chast

6- Franny K Stein book series by Jim Benton

7- Mrs. Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

8- Tidepool by Nicole Willson

9- A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World’s Smartest Birds of Prey by Jonathan Meiburg

10- The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery

11- The Hummingbird's Gift by Sy Montgomery

12- H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

13- Champagne Widows by Rebecca Rosenberg

14- Madame Pommery, Creator of Brut Champagne by Rebecca Rosenberg

15- Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart

16-Wake the Bones by Elizabeth Kilcoyne

17- The Monsters: Mary Shelley and the Curse of Frankenstein by Dorothy Hoobler

18- Tulip Fever by Deborah Moggach

19- The Queen of Hearts by Kimmery Martin

20- Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss

21- City of Ember by Jeanne duPrau

22- Mordew by Alex Pheby

23-When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

24- Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch

25- You Never Forget Your First by Alexis Coe

26- Nothing To See Here by Kevin Wilson

27- Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

28- The Monsters of Rookhaven by Padraig Kenny

29- Winterhouse by Ben Guterson

30- Drowned Town by Jane Moore Waldrop

31- Somebody's Daughter by Ashley Ford

32- Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond

33- The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill

34- Benjamin Banneker and Us: Eleven Generations of an American Family by Rachel Jamison Webster

35- They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers

36- The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley

37- Lone Women by Victor LaValle

38- The United States of Cryptids: A Tour of American Myth and Monsters by JW Ocker

Movies mentioned--

Rebecca (2020- Netflix)

Podcasts mentioned--

1- Ologies hosted by Allie Ward

2- Thoughts From A Page hosted by Cindy Burnett

Get mindful with us on this week’s Sustainability Now! LIVE for the Pledge Drive, your host, Justin Mog, welcomes back to the studio Kyle Kramer, Executive Director of the Passionist Earth & Spirit Center (http://earthandspiritcenter.org) and host of the Earth & Spirit podcast on NPR (https://www.npr.org/podcasts/1004504654/earth-and-spirit).

We talk about what’s new at the Earth & Spirit Center and the trainings, retreats, and summer camps coming up this year. We also ask Kyle to share about some of the incredible guests he has had on his podcast recently, what he’s learned from them, and who is coming up on the podcast soon.

Don’t miss our conversation about some of the books he’s read, how he makes time for that and what remarkable things he’s read lately! Then we turn to stories of god speaking to us through natural phenomenon and the practices of asceticism (or “ludditism”) Kyle employs. We end with the magic sustainability wand question - if you could change one thing about modern life as we know it, what would it be?

The Courier-Journal profiled Kyle and the Earth & Spirit Center on March 30th: “Step inside Louisville's Earth and Spirit Center, devoted to mindfulness, social healing” https://www.courier-journal.com/picture-gallery/money/companies/2023/03/30/louisvilles-earth-and-spirit-center-focuses-mindfulness-healing/11535718002/

As always, our feature is followed by your community action calendar for the week, so get your calendars out and get ready to take action for sustainability NOW!

Sustainability Now! is hosted by Dr. Justin Mog and airs on Forward Radio, 106.5fm, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Monday at 6pm and repeats Tuesdays at 12am and 10am. Find us at http://forwardradio.org

The music in this podcast is courtesy of the local band Appalatin and is used by permission. Explore their delightful music at http://appalatin.com

What planets can we see in the night sky this month? How about Mercury, Venus and Mars? Listen-up on how to find them in April. And can you believe there have been four barge accidents on the banks of the Ohio River near Louisville in the last five years? How harmful are these accidents? We rebroadcast our January 7, 2019 report on the barge accident in Louisville on Christmas Day, 2018 that dumped 10,500 tons of coal into the Ohio River.

‘Bench Talk: The Week in Science’ is a weekly program that airs on WFMP Louisville FORward Radio 106.5 FM (forwardradio.org) every Monday at 7:30 pm, Tuesday at 11:30 am, and Wednesday at 7:30 am.

Visit our Facebook page for links to the articles discussed in this episode: https://www.facebook.com/pg/BenchTalkRadio/posts/?ref=page_internal

Lena Slachmuijdler a Senior Vice President at Search for Common Ground. Search for Comon Ground is an international organization that boast of an estimated 1000 employees; founded in 1982 (at the height of the cold war.

Lena brings experience working for peace and social change as an engaged, creative and dynamic peace builder with 30 years of experience in fragile and conflict-affected states in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Before joining the Common Ground organization Washington, DC headquarters, she lived and worked in Africa for 21 years as a journalist, editor, human rights defender during the transition to democracy. director, producer, performing artist, cultural facilitator, trainer, and project manager. She joined Search for Common Ground in Burundi in 2001, heading the ‘Studio Ijambo’ radio production studio, while supporting regional media efforts. In 2005, she was appointed Country Director in the Democratic Republic of Congo, growing it to become Search’s largest program, with seven offices around the country working on repatriation, sexual violence, governance, elections, security sector reform, and regional cohesion. While working In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lena pioneered tools such as participatory theatre, a reality TV show, and innovative approaches to army and police reform. She has trained journalists, artists and peace builders on all continents, has published numerous articles, and wrote and produced a documentary film about Burundi's 'Heroes.' She now oversees all of Search’s Regional Directors and supports our programs across Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Lena is fluent in English, French, and Zulu and has working knowledge of Swahili, Lingala, and Kirundi.

For our special 6th anniversary Pledge Drive edition of Truth to Power, we are so excited to bring you a community conversation like you won't hear anywhere else on the dial! On March 21st, Forward Radio's Justin Mog, was thrilled to host a virtual community meeting of the West Jefferson County Community Task Force (WJCCTF), long-time campaigners for environmental justice in Louisville!

In addition to an annual Environmental Justice Conference in October, on the third Tuesday of each month (except December) from 5:30-7pm online, the Task Force brings concerns and important information to residents and businesses about environmental, health and wellness issues that impact our communities. Topics vary each month. Join the conversation. Let your voice be heard and get the answers you need. Monthly topics are posted at http://facebook.com/WJCCTF. And for more information, you can contact the Executive Director, Arnita Gadson at 502-645-3588.

On today's program, we introduce you to not only Arnita, but the current Board of the WJCCTF! Joining us in the virtual studio were:

- Arnita Gadson, Executive Director

- Kurt Mason, Chair

- Ann Hagan-Grigsby, Treasurer

- Annie Haigler, retired school social worker

- Bruce Sherrod, works with the Parkhill development project and community organizer

- Bianca Goodlett, a realtor with degrees in Business Management and Special Education

- Ada Middleton, Long time supporter and church leader

- Eric Baxter, Architect

- Funmi Babarinde, Phd student in UofL's School of Public Health and informational Sciences

- Gracie Lewis, Rubbertown resident and long-time campaigner for environmental justice in the West End.

Truth to Power airs every Friday at 9pm, Saturday at 11am, and Sunday at 4pm on Louisville's grassroots, community radio station, Forward Radio 106.5fm WFMP and live streams at http://forwardradio.org