KPFA - A Rude Awakening

An in-depth look at community affairs on a local, national and international level, with interviews and commentary. Hosted by Sabrina Jacobs.

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An in-depth look at community affairs on a local, national and international level, with interviews and commentary. Hosted by Sabrina Jacobs.

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An in-depth look at community affairs on a local, national and international level, with interviews and commentary. Hosted by Sabrina Jacobs.

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On today’s show, part two of my conversation with Maurice Carney, executive director of Friends of the Congo.  We’ll switch gears and speak to Kailea Rose Loften and Kate Rose Weiner of Loam Publishing about their latest publication entitled, “Compassion in Crisis: Building Disaster-Resilient Communities”.

Additional Links

Weaving Earth Center for Relational Education:  https://weavingearth.org/

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On today’s show, updates from local organizations.  I speak to Talia Nimmer, staff attorney for the Climate Law Institute with the Center for Biological Diversity will give us an update on the fight against Sable Offshore Corporation’s attempt to restart drilling off the coast of Santa Barbara, we switch gears and speak to Martin Bourque executive director of the Ecology Center will give an update on their latest happenings including saving the Market Match program and we will close out the show with part one of my interview with Maurice Carney, executive director of Friends of the Congo on their latest efforts to save the DRC in conjunction with the Basandja Coalition.

Link to Sonoma County Climate Activist Network Zero Waste Campaign Checklist:

https://www.sonomacountycan.org/zerowaste.html

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On today’s show, climate leader and All We Can Save co-editor Dr. Katharine K. Wilkinson will be with us for the hour discussing her latest poignant publication entitled, “Climate Wayfinding:  Healing Ourselves and the Planet We Call Home”.  Out on May 5.

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On today’s show, the Save Jackson Coalition will be sponsoring a Spirit Run at Jackson Demonstration State Forest this weekend in support of  AB 2494.  Polly Girvin will be here to discuss along with Melody Meyer of the Environmental Protection Information Center explaining AB 2494.  We’ll switch gears and speak to journalist and author Robert Moor about his latest publication entitled, “In Trees: An Exploration” (Simon and Schuster) just in time for Earth Day.

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On today’s show, delegates from the Nuestra America Convoy are back from their humanitarian excursion to Cuba.  I speak to Olivia DiNucci of CODEPINK, Brenda Lopez and Mark Freidman of US Hands Off Cuba Committee.

Helen Yaffee’s documentary, “Cuba’s Life Task: Combatting Climate Change”:

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On today’s show, an update on the Sabel Offshore offensive off the coast of Santa Barbara from the Center for Biological Diversity’s senior oceans campaigner Brady Bradshaw.  We’ll switch gears and speak to Tufts University Research Fellow Timothy A. Wise on the latest attempt by Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa to expunge their true character from the internet.

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On today’s show, I have my annual legacy media climate coverage conversation with Evlondo Cooper, Climate and Energy Senior Researcher at Media Matters for America.  We’ll switch gears to Global Forest Coalition’s flagship publication, Forest Cover which has select story from varying countries in the global South.  This morning, you’ll hear my conversation with Bareesh Choudhury, Campaigns and Policy Coordinator at the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association on how his organization is fighting to save the Madhapur Sal Forest.

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