Eco Radio KC

For our show for March 1st, host Jon Hokenson speaks with Brian Schath of CleanAirNow.  Brian wants listeners to know of their campaign to ask Evergy to retire the Lawrence […] The post CleanAirNow Explains Efforts to Close Coal Power Plants; MARC and KCMO Discuss Clean Energy Plans appeared first on KKFI .

For our show for February 22nd, host Richard Mabion speaks with the Founders of Urban American Outdoors (UAO),  Candice Price and Wayne Hubbard. Urban American Outdoors (UAO) is the first […] The post Urban American Outdoors – Where Diversity Meets Nature! appeared first on KKFI .

Our show for February 15th is during the KKFI 2021 Winter Fund Drive.  We truly appreciate your support for EcoRadio KC and we are happy for the opportunity for listeners […] The post Beat the Virus! appeared first on KKFI .

On our show for February 8th, host Jon Hokenson speaks with Mattie Bell of the Sunrise Movement Lawrence. Sunrise Movement Lawrence is a local hub of the national Sunrise Movement […] The post Sunrise Movement Hits Us UP About Their Happenings appeared first on KKFI .

Host Craig Lubow talks to Jill Erickson, Executive Director of Heartland Conservation Alliance about issues and projects the organization is currently working on. Heartland Conservation Alliance is an urban land […] The post Heartland Conservation Alliance appeared first on KKFI .

On Jan. 25, 2021, Eco-Radio will have as our guest Bernadette Demientieff, Executive Director of the Gwich’in Steering Committee, a coalition of Gwich’in people seeking to preserve one of America’s […] The post Eco-Radio appeared first on KKFI .

Elaine Giessel, marine biologist and chair of the Conservation Committee for the Kansas Chapter of the Sierra Club, joins host Craig Lubow to talk about the Monarch Butterfly and its […] The post Monarch Butterflies appeared first on KKFI .

On our January 4th show, host Terri Wilke speaks with Alicia Ellingsworth, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Daniel Robinson, Farm Manager, and Jennifer Thomas, Co-Founder and Board Chair, from the KC […] The post KC Farm School on Gibbs Road Empowers the Community – On-farm, Hands-on appeared first on KKFI .

You can tune in to hear Loretta Craig’s presentation at the KC Farm School conference, Let’s Grow! an event that occurred recently in November.  Loretta Craig speaks on Linking Human […] The post Let’s Grow! Linking Human Health to Soil Health appeared first on KKFI .

Environmental justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental […] The post Climate Hour: Environmental Justice appeared first on KKFI .

On our December 21st show, host Richard Mabion, our own community activist,  speaks with his friend Norman Anderson.  Norm has over 35 years of environmental public health experience.   He lives […] The post Host Richard Mabion Speaks with Norm Anderson, Environmental Public Health Consultant appeared first on KKFI .

On our show before Veteran’s Day, host Richard Mabion, a proud Veteran, speaks with Nova Clarke, the new Visitor Services Manager for the Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge (NWR).  […] The post Nova Clarke Invites Us to Marais des Cygne National Wildlife Refuge appeared first on KKFI .

Overpopulation puts a strain on Earth’s resources, food systems, and increases pollution and carbon emissions. Join Climate Hour host Bob Grove as his guests explore ethical ways to reduce population […] The post Climate Hour: Overpopulation appeared first on KKFI .

In Kansas, it is now legal to hunt coyotes at night using lights and thermal-imaging equipment. They can be hunted openly all year long with motor vehicles and at night. […] The post Night Hunting of Coyotes in Kansas appeared first on KKFI .

Host Brent Ragsdale speaks with Dr. Ye Tao, Faculty and Principle Investigator from the Rowland Institute at Harvard about a solution to the climate change crisis – MEER:ReflEction,  a grand, […] The post Mirrors for Earth’s Energy Rebalancing w/Dr. Ye Tao, Harvard’s Rowland Institute – an engineering project to cool the planet. appeared first on KKFI .

Host Jon Hokenson speaks with Jacob Carter, a research scientist for the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). In this role, Dr. Carter investigates […] The post How Superfund Site Cleanups Ignore Communities of Color appeared first on KKFI .

Host Teresa Wilke speaks with Bob Jurgens, the Bureau Director of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment Bureau of Environmental Remediation, and John Jurgensmeyer, Environmental Remediation Program Director with […] The post Learning by Undoing – Environmental Remediation appeared first on KKFI .

Ty Gorman started in May as the Sierra Club Campaign Representative with the Beyond Coal Campaign in Kansas.  Ty grew up in East Tennessee fighting coal plants in the mountains […] The post Richard Mabion Speaks with Ty Gorman of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign appeared first on KKFI .

  On Oct. 26, Eco-Radio will have as our guest, Mr. Mark Hague, who retired after a decades long career at the Environmental Protection Agency, culminating in his appointment as […] The post Eco-Radio appeared first on KKFI .

Marty Kraft, local biochar enthusiast,  works with Tracy Garden, a no-till community garden that showcases biochar and carbon smart gardening. Host Brent Ragsdale will speak with Marty about the assets […] The post Marty Kraft with Tracy Gardens Tells Us About Biochar appeared first on KKFI .

Host Teresa Wilke speaks with Chef Michael Foust about how to dine with the planet in mind. http://www.blacksheepkcmo.com/ EcoRadio KC airs each week at the dinner hour – it’s time […] The post Dine With the Planet in Mind, Words with Chef Michael Foust appeared first on KKFI .

Albert Ettinger joins host Craig Lubow to discuss the Clean Water Act and recent developments. Albert is an environmental law attorney and has represented various environmental organizations, including the Sierra […] The post Clean Water Act appeared first on KKFI .

This week’s edition of Eco-Radio, with host, Dave Mitchell, will interview Dr. Richard Cruse, Professor in the Agronomy Department at Iowa State University, and Dr. Timothy Crews, Director of Research […] The post The Unsustainability of Industrial Agriculture appeared first on KKFI .

Host Teresa Wilke speaks with Nick Godfrey, Principal and National Program Manager- Due Diligence at Environmental Works, Inc. and Andrew Brought, Environmental Attorney with Spencer Fane LLP,  about environmental cleanup, […] The post What We Can Learn From Environmental Clean Up appeared first on KKFI .

Breathe, breathe in the air, don’t be afraid to care! Host Richard Mabion speaks with activists with Clean Air Now, including Eric Kirkendahl, Rachel Jefferson and Beto Lugo Martinez, Co-Director. […] The post Breathe, Breathe in the Air!….Clean Air Now appeared first on KKFI .