On This Green Earth, James Johnston comes on the show to speak about prescribed forest burns. Johnston is a research associate at Oregon State University and the co-author of a paper about the benefits to forest health when mechanical thinning is combined with prescribed burns. Findings of this study are important becuase reducing accumulated fuels on federal forestland has been a congressional priority for nearly two decades; research such as this helps determine which techniques work.

On This Green Earth , Nell Larson and Chris Cherniak welcome Dr. Fritjof Capra. Capra is one of the most prominent thought leaders in the study of systems theory, which is the study of how complex, interrelated groups are affected by their environment and affected by each other. Dr. Capra is also the founding director of the Center for EcoLiteracy located in Berkeley, CA., which promotes ecology and systems thinking in primary and secondary education. He will be discussing the concepts behind

As fire and drought rage across the West, and severe hurricanes and flooding hammer the south and east coast, climate change is front and center, yet still remains a divisive issue.

On This Green Earth, Nell Larson and guest host Katy Wang talk sustainable tissue.

On This Green Earth, Adrienne Correa, Assistant Professor of BioSciences at Rice University, joins the show.

On This Green Earth, Nell and Chris bring you an inside look at a new type of pavement created from plastics.

On This Green Earth, Nell and Chris turn their attention skyward to talk about migrating birds.

On This Green Earth, Diego Zegarra, Vice President of Equity & Impact for Park City Community Foundation, along with Sarah Hall, Park City Community Foundation Board Member and Chair of the Park City Climate Fund join the show.

Hunting season is upon us, and on This Green Earth, Chris and Nell speak with Captain Wyatt Bubak about hunting saftey, protocols and etiquette, as well as what hikers should take into consideration during this time.

Hurricane Ida slammed into multiple states last week. It was a Category 4 storm with winds above 150 mph and rainfall rates that broke records. A warmer world may have made hurricane Ida a stronger storm.