Hitman for the Kindness Club with Captain Paul Watson   For uncounted millennia, the creatures of the world’s ocean have been hunted, captured and killed by human beings.  For most of that history, however, this was done for subsistence purposes.  Only over the last few centuries, was the slaughter of whales, seals, otters, turtles, sharks […]

Why are some people so up in arms about CEQA? with Professor Deborah Sivas, Stanford Law School   What do you know about CEQA, the California Environmental Quality Act, passed in 1970 and signed into law by then-Governor Ronald Reagan? For more than 50 years, CEQA has been used to inform decisionmakers and the public […]

Have you ever wondered about the history of the landscapes around you, how they were shaped and by whom?  UCSC Associate Professor of Anthropology Andrew Mathews has and he has studied landscape histories and their transformations in Italy.  Now he has published his research in Trees are Shape Shifters–How Cultivation, Climate Change and Disaster Create […]

How Kinship Practices Could Foster New Relations between Humans and Nature, with Prof. Rosalind Warner of the Earth Systems Governance Project The Rights of Nature is one way to rethink the relationships between humans and Nature, but are there other ways to think about those connections? Join host Ronnie Lipschutz for a conversation with Dr. […]

Does Nature have Rights? with Katie Surma of Inside Climate News More than 50 years ago, Christopher Stone, a UCLA law professor, wrote a groundbreaking book Should Trees Have Standing? in which he argued for the right of trees to be represented in courts of law.  Since then, the Rights of Nature movement has taken […]

When Public Works is Homeland Security, with Jackie McCloud When is the safety, health and well-being of people a concern for homeland security? Jackie McCloud, Watsonville’s Environmental Sustainability Manager in Public Works, has been accepted into the Naval Postgraduate School’s MA program in Security Studies at their Center for Homeland Defense and Security in Monterey.  […]

Can Green Manure Cover Crops End Drought in Africa? With Roland Bunch Join Host Ronnie Lipschutz for a conversation with Roland Bunch, who has worked in agricultural development for more than half a century in more than 50 nations of Latin America, Africa and Asia. In 1982, he published the book, “Two Ears of Corn, […]

Innovation and Entrepreneurship at UC Santa Cruz, With Nada Miljkovic   We hear a lot these days about innovation, entrepreneurship and disruption of the status quo in pursuit of a better world.  It sounds good but what does it really mean? And can it contribute to sustainability? Join host Ronnie Lipschutz for a conversation with […]

Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future Elizabeth Kolbert and Ezra Klein in Conversation Listen to a conversation between Elizabeth Kolbert and Ezra Klein on May 21st, part of UC Santa Cruz’s annual Deep Read, about  Kolbert’s 2021 book, Under a White Sky. Kolbert is a writer, observer and commentator on the environment […]

Electrification of California & the Battle over Solar Farms in the Deserts with Professor Dustin Mulvaney   On Sustainability Now! Sunday, May 14th, 5-6 PM on KSQD 90.7 FM and KSQD.org   In the face of climate change, jurisdictions across the country and the world have set ambitious electrification goals that will rely heavily on […]