Eco Radio KC

Host Brent Ragsdale speaks with Davis Hammet, President of Loud Light.  Loud Light is a Kansas organization which fosters a culture of citizen participation. Davis Hammet began organizing across Kansas […] The post What if Everyone Voted? featuring Loudlight and Voter to Voter appeared first on KKFI .

Climate change is a topic we hear every day, in all areas of our lives.  Public controversy swirls around the topic, however, the scientific consensus on climate change is solid. […] The post Will Climate Change the Way We Garden? appeared first on KKFI .

The Missouri River is the longest river in North America. Rising in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana, the Missouri flows east and south for 2,341 miles before entering the […] The post More on the Missouri River appeared first on KKFI .

Host Richard Mabion will talk with the Chairman of the Equity Committee for the Climate Action KC group, Karan Gupta.  They will be defining what Equity really means.  Karan Gupta […] The post Karan Gupta Speaks to Richard Mabion about Environmental Equity appeared first on KKFI .

Bob Sommer, environmental activist and Fundraising director for Sierra Club-Kansas Chapter, talks to host Craig Lubow about the environmental grants program by the Sierra Club-Kansas. This program gives grants to […] The post Environmental Education and Turtles appeared first on KKFI .

Host Brent Ragsdale will discuss the Why and How of Carbon Removal from the Atmosphere with Alex Smith of Radio Ecoshock and also with Giana Amador from Carbon180.org. Our old […] The post The Future of Carbon Removal appeared first on KKFI .

Dr. Jay Portnoy and Craig Volland join host Craig Lubow to discuss air quality in the Kansas City region and the impact of poor air quality on health. We will […] The post Air Quality and Your Health appeared first on KKFI .

EcoRadio KC will have a round table discussion on gardens with Dennis Patton, Johnson County Kansas Horticulture Agent.  Dennis specializes in Ornamentals, Turf and volunteer management of Extension Master Gardeners, […] The post It’s time to garden!! appeared first on KKFI .

On this show we have in-studio two distinguished professors from the University of Kansas, Dr. Leonard Krishtalka, Director of the Biodiversity Institute and Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, and Dr. Jorge Soberon, Professor […] The post Biodiversity Loss appeared first on KKFI .

Join hosts Richard Mabion and Dave Bennett Freeling as they sit down with young people who have been learning and teaching others about water quality in the KC area through […] The post Friends of the KAW appeared first on KKFI .

Join hosts Richard Mabion and Dave Bennett Freeling as they sit down with young people who have been learning and teaching others about water quality in the KC area through […] The post Friends of the KAW appeared first on KKFI .

This week we get an update on the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule that have been changed to weaken our health protections over the past year.  It’s been […] The post What is Happening to the Waters of the United States? appeared first on KKFI .

Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) issued permits to the operators of four hog operations on two sites in Phillips and Norton Counties in Kansas and the Kansas Sierra […] The post Craig Volland, Agriculture Committee Chair of the Kansas Sierra Club, warns us of CAFOs appeared first on KKFI .

John Hickey, Chapter Director of the Missouri Chapter of the Sierra Club will call our studio to discuss negative effects of gerrymandering with our live guest Kevin Grooms of the […] The post How Gerrymandering Hurts the Environment in Missouri appeared first on KKFI .

First, Coco Castle and Meredith McAllister join host Craig Lubow to discuss composting on behalf of Compost Collective KC. Second, Annie Speicher Joins Craig for a discussion of her film, […] The post Composting and CAFOs appeared first on KKFI .

In the first half, John Kurman joins host Craig Lubow to talk about plastic bag bans. Do they work? What are the unintended consequences? What are the alternatives? John is […] The post Plastic Bag Bans – The Unintended Consequences & Environmental Justice appeared first on KKFI .

On today’s show, Matt Riggs, Outreach Coordinator with Mid-America Regional Counsel (MARC) comes to the KKFI studio to discuss recycling plastics with our host, Teresa Wilke. MARC is a nonprofit […] The post New Products Made From Recycled Plastics appeared first on KKFI .

This week host Brent Ragsdale brings Frank Jakob into the studio to discuss all aspects of transitioning our energy sources off of hydrocarbon fuels. Frank E. Jakob, PMP, P.E. is […] The post Energy Transition: What’s it going to take? appeared first on KKFI .

Richard’s guest this week is Huldah C Blamoville, M.D. Dr Blamoville is a pediatrician in St Louis and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including SSM Health Cardinal […] The post Getting the Lead Out of Health Care & Education and More with Dr Huldah Blamoville appeared first on KKFI .

Please tune in this week when Host Teresa Wilke talks live to Carey Gillam, a journalist, author, and a public interest researcher for US Right to Know, a not-for-profit food […] The post The Corporate Campaign Against U.S. Right To Know, featuring Carey Gillam appeared first on KKFI .

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 .

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 .