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.  In addition, Richard will give us an update on the upcoming Metro KC Climate Action Summit. It has been conclusively shown that living things are […]

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 usable product.  BackAtcha Outdoor Furniture was created.  EcoRadio KC programmer, Teresa Wilke, shares with listeners a tour of the plant in Concordia Kansas.

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 Federal Jobs Guarantee policy onto the official campaign platform and helped in the vetting process of various academic resources. Alexandria would go on to become the youngest […]

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 that often accompanies awareness of the unfolding climate and ecological crisis.  From their website, https://www.theresilientactivist.org/ , the Resilient Activist is a local program to build...

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 we choose to live and the health of the whole community of life.

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.  Learn types of pest management strategies that are commonly used.  We’ll discuss risks and harms resulting from different methods and identify the healthiest and most […]

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 our resources, one of the most vital is to provide enriching educational opportunities for young people to help them learn to lead a healthier planet. […]

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 Rutgers – the State University of New Jersey. Pam is an interdisciplinary environmental scientist, with a joint Ph. D. in anthropology and forestry and with additional […]

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 we choose to live and the health of the whole community of life.

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 Wood, Solid Waste Management Coordinator for Johnson County, joins host Craig Lubow to discuss solid waste issues, including recycling.

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 class to his community: “Climate Change and What You Can Do About It: In a Nutshell”.  We believe our larger audience will be interested to […]

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. They will be discussing lead poisoning, children’s health and funding available for lead remediation. Lead poisoning occurs when lead builds up in the body, often […]

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 we choose to live and the health of the whole community of life. Zack Pistora, State Lobbyist for the Kansas Sierra Club, will review the […]

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 XR Movement and explain their actions on a global, national, state and local level.  Why are people concerned enough to get arrested? What are XR’s […]

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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 you can go to get fresh, sustainably grown food.  We …

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 you can go to get fresh, sustainably grown food.  We will feature an audio tour from Sacred Sun Cooperative Farm in Perry, Kansas by the […]

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 Deal. Their website says: “We’re building an army of young …

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 Deal. Their website says: “We’re building an army of young people to stop climate change and create millions of good jobs in the process.” Second, […]

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 act, reasons for the act, successes and failures, procedure for …