This Green Earth

In Bugs, film director Andreas Johnson Follows them as they forage, farm, cook and taste insects with communities in Europe, Australia, Mexico, Kenya, Japan and beyond. The film Bugs is flying into the Santy Auditorium Thursday, April 2th. Executive Director of the film series, Katy Wang, Joins Chris and Nell on the program.

William T. Vollmann discusses a topic that will impact generations to come: the factors and human actions that have led to global warming. His new book, No Immediate Danger , is the first of two volumes titled Carbon Ideologies . Matt Abbott, deputy program manager of sustainability and energy at the University of Utah joins the second half of the show.

The first guest on the program today is Bryan Bird, Southwest Program Director with Defenders of Wildlife. He talks about Mexican Grey Wolves and the physical and legal challenges they face throughout the Southwestern U.S. The second guest is Erin Brass, Executive Director of Summit Community Power Works. Erin talks about “Watt Smart Communities.” The final guest is Lori Faeth of Land Trust Alliance who discusses that organizations efforts to promote land conservancy,

Today, on This Green Earth, Chris Cherniak and guest co-host Carolyn Wawra of Recycle Utah first speak with Brian McInerney from the National Weather Service on the state of Utah's reservoirs and watersheds. Much of Utah is currently experiencing moderate to extreme drought, so Brian will explain how that will impact our rivers and lakes this summer. Then in the second half of the show, a group of University of Utah students are converting plastic bags into sleeping mats by crocheting the bags

Chris and Nell speak with Donald Worster, environmental historian and author of the book: Shrinking the Earth: The Rise and Decline of Natural Abundance. Worster examines how America's social, political, economic and cultural revolutions were made possible by vast amounts of natural resources, and how - due to over-use and exploitation - this era of expansion is coming to an end.

Today, on This Green Earth, Chris and Nell speak with Momentum Recycling, a Salt Lake City-based company that specializes in recycling and upcycling glass. Momentum is considering starting a commercial and residential pickup program for glass here in Summit County. In the second half of the show, Chris and Nell speak with Dr. Jeff McCarthy, Director of the Environmental Humanities Graduate Program at the University of Utah. On March 26th, writer and novelist Amitav Ghosh is being honored with

On this Green Earth, Chris and Nell speak with Luke Cartin, Sustainability Director with Park City Municipal, about how the recent State legislative session will impact a number of city environmental initiatives including their plastic bag ban, solar energy systems and electric vehicle use and registration.

Chris speaks first with Chris Saeger, director of the Western Values Project, about a complaint the organization has filed with the U.S. Department of the Interior regarding how Utah Rep. Mike Noel (R-Dist. 73) may have benefited from recent boundary changes of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Next up is Zach Frankel, executive director of Utah Rivers Council, discussing the latest Utah bills that might influence municipal watersheds and water quality.

Chris and guest co-host Peter Metcalf discuss state legislative proposals with Ashley Soltysiak, chapter director for the Utah Sierra Club. The Sierra Club has identified a number of high-priority bills under consideration by both the House and the Senate that may impact Utah’s land, air and water. Next, they turn their attention to another state legislature, Idaho, and its recent decision to weaken and strip out the teaching of climate change science to public school students. Glen Branch,

Nell and Chris first speak with Dr. Philip Landrigan, Professor of Environmental Medicine, Public Health and Pediatrics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City and co-author of Children and Environmental Toxins: What Everyone Needs to Know . In the second half of the show Peter Metcalf, founder of Black Diamond Equipment, stops by to recap the annual Outdoor Retailer + Snow Show, which moved from Salt Lake City to Denver this year. Metcalf also shares his