Eco Radio KC

Tune in to hear growers Kathy Dean (President of Uplift) & Pantaleon Florez (Maseualkualli Farms), as well as ATH Gleaning Network Manager Zach Callaway on EcoRadio Oct. 14 at 6 pm. Learn about Kathy's efforts to raise corn to donate and how she has created a partnership with After the Harvest gleaners over the past several years.  Since 2017, Kathy has donated 13,722 lbs. of corn, which After...

Co-hosts Dave Bennett Freeling and Brent Ragsdale bring you field recordings from the Prairie Festival at the Land Institute in Salina, KS.  Celebrating it's fortieth year, the event has been called  “an intellectual hootenanny” in The New York Times.  This year's theme is Carbon, Culture and Change: From the Ground Up.    Held September 27-29th along the banks of the Smoky Hill River, the festiva...

This week Richard Mabion hosts a program all about the economic potential of industrial hemp in Kansas and beyond.   He'll be joined by our friend Zack Pistora, State Lobbyist for the Kansas Sierra Club to inform you about the latest in legal hemp in the sunshine state.  With an eye towards entrepreneurship, we'll also have Murray D Anderson, Sr, Founder of Taylor Made Visions and grassroots organ...

Host Brent Ragsdale shares an "audio tour" of Project Living Proof, a demonstration house run by the Metropolitan Energy Center.  David Albrecht, Program Coordinator with the MEC explains the many energy efficient features of this historic home located at 917 Emanuel Cleaver II Blvd that was renovated in 2010 to showcase the benefits of building or retrofitting with energy efficiency in mind. For...

This week, we speak to Garrett G. Sullivan MD, a physician practicing integrative, functional, and biophysical medicine about the impacts and implications of Sunlight on our health and ecological well-being.  […] The post Light in Our Cells appeared first on KKFI .

The owners of Champlin Tire Recyling, Inc. were well aware that mountains of plastic and rubber waste are brought to our landfills and they decided to turn that waste into […] The post Making Good Use of Our Waste – BackAtcha! appeared first on KKFI .

EcoRadio KC is fortunate to have the opportunity to share with you a live conversation with one of the biggest crusaders in the movement to reverse climate change Paul Hawken.  Interviewers, Teresa Wilke and Dave Bennett Freeling will be asking about some of the powerful changes that are happening and those that we can make happen for our future. Paul is an renowned environmentalist, entrepreneur,...

In the Summer of 2017 Andrés Bernal began supporting the Congressional campaign of former colleague Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as a policy advisor and organizer.  His work facilitated the incorporation of the […] The post The Green New Deal in KC – Andres Bernal Speaks to Us appeared first on KKFI .

Sami Aaron of TheResilientActivist.org joins hosts Brent Ragsdale and Dave Bennett Freeling in the studio to discuss the growing need for “ecopsychology” as a response to emotional and psychological distress […] The post Resilient Activism appeared first on KKFI .

EcoRadio KC is a magazine show, including live segments, prerecorded stories, and interviews. The weekly explores our interdependence with the rest of the world, showing the connections between the ways […] The post EcoRadio • Aug. 12, 2019 appeared first on KKFI .

It’s a buggy summer and this week we are here to teach you practical ways to manage insects in and around the home and those surrounding the plants you maintain.  […] The post Dealing With Bugs Without Harming Ourselves appeared first on KKFI .

The environment we are passing down to our children is becoming less hospitable every day.  While there are many positive actions we should take as caregivers of our youth and […] The post Teaching Toward a Sustainable Future appeared first on KKFI .

For this program, Eco Radio KC airs an interview with Pamela McElwee.  She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Human Ecology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, at […] The post EcoRadio KC • July 15, 2019 appeared first on KKFI .

Hosts Brent Ragsdale and Richard Mabion recap an event that took place on April 30th 2019 at the Metropolitan Energy Center’s new home in the Nonprofit Village 31 West 31st […] The post EcoRadio KC • July 8, 2019 appeared first on KKFI .

In the first segment, Julie Koppen joins host Craig Lubow to discuss the “Historic Green Restoration Home Tour.” Julie is the publisher of Greenability Magazine. In the second segment, Craig […] The post EcoRadio KC • July 1, 2019 appeared first on KKFI .

EcoRadio KC is pleased to present Daniel Clark Reuman, University of Kansas Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Senior Scientist, Kansas Biological Survey. Earlier this year, Daniel offered a […] The post A Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality for Households and Small Organizations appeared first on KKFI .

On today’s show: Our programmer, Richard Mabion, will host a discussion with Althea Moses from EPA, Amy Roberts from KCMO Heath Dept and Christina VanCleave from Wyandotte County Health Dept. […] The post Lead poisoning and your health in the least expected places appeared first on KKFI .

EcoRadio KC is a magazine show, including live segments, prerecorded stories, and interviews. The weekly explores our interdependence with the rest of the world, showing the connections between the ways […] The post EcoRadio KC • June 24, 2019 appeared first on KKFI .

On EcoRadioKC, host Brent Ragsdale welcomes guests Lee Gum and Russell Gray.  Both are active with the KC Extinction Rebellion Movement.  Lee and Russell will give us a history of […] The post Extinction Rebellion – this is OUR issue appeared first on KKFI .

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Things are growing here in the Midwest and it is a great time to seek out locally grown foods.  This week’s episode will provide you with up-to-date information about where […] The post Farm Living at Sacred Sun Coop appeared first on KKFI .

First, Brent Ragsdale interviews Jack Vandeleuv Hub Coordinator for Sunrise Movement KC. We will be discussing what the Sunrise Movement is about and particularly their support for the Green New […] The post Sunrise Project and Environmental Impacts of Floods appeared first on KKFI .

Join host Craig Lubow for a discussion of the Endangered Species Act with Heather Navarro, Executive Director of Missouri Coalition for the Environment. Discussion will include an overview of the […] The post Endangered Species Act appeared first on KKFI .

The second part of our glyphosate roundup series reveals the science behind the harm caused by the most popular herbicide in history.  Learn the details of the inside information that […] The post Glyphosate Corrupts Our Health, featuring Anthony Samsel appeared first on KKFI .

The second part of our glyphosate roundup series reveals the science behind the harm caused by the most popular herbicide in history.  Learn the details of the inside information that […] The post Glyphosate Corrupts Our Health, featuring Jennifer Sass appeared first on KKFI .