Eco Radio KC

On Saturday, May 17, Kansas City will join communities around the country to ask President Obama and local officials to reject the Keystone XL pipeline, offshore drilling, and other dirty […] The post Rejecting the Keystone XL Pipeline and What’s the Matter with Mercury appeared first on KKFI .

Craig presents a recording of Luz Martinez from when she visited KC back in February.  Natural E talks to a local farming collective.     The post GMO Corn and Mexico appeared first on KKFI .

Local environmental activist, and former EcoRadio KC host, John Kurmann, spoke at the April Greens’ Forum last Monday.  We’ll air his presentation on this evening’s program. Also, Natural E  tells […] The post Climate Disruption: A Green Imperative appeared first on KKFI .

Mike Murphy speaks with 2012 Green Party Presidential Candidate, Dr. Jill Stein about The Global Climate Convergence for People, Planet and Peace over Profit, an education and direct action campaign […] The post Earth Day to May Day with Dr. Jill Stein, The Ogallala Road: A Memoir of Love and Reckoning, & Fracking & Earthquakes with Joe Spease appeared first on KKFI .

Richard Maybion has a discussion with Teresa Kelly of Cultivate KC and Mike Murphy interviews Craig Volland of KC Food Circle concerning upcoming organic and local food Expos. The post Organic and Local Food Expos and Cultivate KC appeared first on KKFI .

Host Craig Lubow interviews Katherine Kelly, the Executive Director and a co-founder of Cultive KC (a locally-grown non-profit working to grow food, farms and communities for a healthy local food […] The post Cultivate KC & Battlefields To Farmfields appeared first on KKFI .

Former EcoRadio host John Kurmann, stops by to update us on all things pipeline, XL, Flannigan’s South (which incurs through KKFI’s listening area) and more. But before we get to […] The post Pipelines appeared first on KKFI .

On tonight’s EcoRadio KC, guests Mike Utz of Boulevard Beer and Michelle Goth of Ripple Glass will be in the studio to discuss sustainability. Learn how Boulevard Brewing Company is […] The post “Greening Your Beer”–A St. Patrick’s Day Special! appeared first on KKFI .

Host Richard Mabion talks with UMKC’s Program Director of Urban Planning, Associate Professor Michael Frisch, as well as Zay Thompson and Stacy Lindgren, co-founders of Kansas City ART’s Ecovillage (http://www.kcartsecovillageproject.org/) The post ArtsEcoVillage and Urban Planning appeared first on KKFI .

Former Vice President Al Gore was in Kansas City on February 22nd to make a presentation on climate change at the Folk Alliance Conference.  KKFI was on hand to record […] The post Al Gore on Climate Change at the Folk Alliance Conference in Kansas City appeared first on KKFI .

Guests include a technical expert from EPA, Region 7 Headquarters (probably Steve Wurtz, the Toxics Release Inventory Coordinator from the Chemical Risk Information Branch, Air & Waste Management Division) Our […] The post Community Right to Know: Informing Citizens about the Chemical Industry appeared first on KKFI .

As the Kansas City region gets ready for the Intermodal Hub, Richard Mabion explores how environmental impact can be mitigated.  Richard’s guests are:   1. Eric Kirkendall 2. Leticia DeCaigny […] The post Smart Growth appeared first on KKFI .

Elaine Geisel will talk about the Fukushima radiation scare in bluefin tuna and the whole concept of sustainable fisheries. She’ll have a website where folks can look at recommended fish […] The post Is It Okay to Eat the Fish? appeared first on KKFI .

Tonight on EcoRadio KC, the team will revisit some of their past show topics and provide updates on them, as well as live reports from the Keystone XL Pipeline protests in both  […] The post Past Story Updates and XL Pipeline Protests appeared first on KKFI .

Co-hosts Craig Lubow and Elaine Geisel interview Johnson County Commissioner Ed Peterson. The post Johnson County Update appeared first on KKFI .

A discussion of environmental justice on Martin Luther King Day The post EJ for MLK appeared first on KKFI .

This week on EcoRadio KC, we finally present Richard Mabion‘s 2013 Year in Review–all things that impacted us environmentally here in the KC metro, and the issues that fired us […] The post Richard’s 2013 in Review appeared first on KKFI .

On this installment of EcoRadio KC, Craig Lubow‘s guest will be David Mitchell, an activist in 350.org and the interim director of Citizens Climate Lobby. David has served on the Executive Committee […] The post Global Warming and Gaia Theory appeared first on KKFI .

Tonight on EcoRadio KC, host Richard Mabion takes us through a 2013 enviro-centric retrospect about the year that was, and where we are heading in 2014 as far as healing […] The post EcoRadio KC Year-End Wrap-Up appeared first on KKFI .

Host Elaine Geisel interviews two naturalists about their respective work The post Naturalists appeared first on KKFI .

The Williams Corp. of Tulsa, Okla., in partnership with the Boardwalk Pipeline Partners of Houston, has proposed construction of an interstate pipeline from two separate natural gas shales in western […] The post Nuns Try to Thwart Nasty Pipeline Habit appeared first on KKFI .

Host John Kurmann discusses the background and ecological impact of the Christmas Holiday Buying Season with Sarah Baird of the Center For the New American Dream, presents an interview from […] The post Sarah Baird on Holiday Ecology Impact; Bill McKibben on Tar Sands appeared first on KKFI .

Host Richard Mabion opens the phones to listeners to discuss a wide range of environmental issues. The post Local Environmental Issues Call-In Show with Richard Mabion appeared first on KKFI .

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Kansas City Eco-troubadour and environmentalist Stan Slaughter has been delving into the growing field of biomimicry. He says that it could be as big as the internet. He’ll talk to […] The post Biomimicry appeared first on KKFI .