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During our show on September 5th, you can hear the most recent Climate Hour podcast, Impacts of the Russo-Ukrainian War on Labor’s Climate Movement, produced by Bob Grove. Over the past few months, we’ve seen a massive realignment of global alliances and supply chains caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. How is this impacting the […]

For our show on August 22nd, we introduce listeners to the Step by Step Project.  Filmmaker and clinical psychologist Stephen Lerner and fellow filmmaker Jim Jewell have teamed up for several documentary films in the past, and now they’re joining forces once again for a project called “Step by Step.” https://stepbystepkansas.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Step-By-Step-Kansas-102024462523886 This st...

For our show on August 15th host Brent Ragsdale speaks to Frankie Foster-Davis about tiny houses being built to assist youth aging out of foster care in Kansas.   Frankie works with Homeworks USA which is affiliated with the Bassuk Center. https://bassukcenter.org/ Home Works USA is piloting a new housing model for emerging adults leaving foster […]

For our show on August 8th host Richard Mabion speaks with three of the staff at Metropolitan Energy Center, Mary English, Program Manager, Building Performance, Brittanie Giroux, Building Performance Associate and Emily Wolfe, Sr. Program Coordinator and Policy Analyst.  Their discussion is a continuance of Richard’s idea that neighborhoods need energy rehabilitation and the people […]

This time it’s energy!! What is hydrogen energy. What is the difference between green hydrogen, blue hydrogen, and gray hydrogen? What role should it play or will it play in replacing coal and gas? Is it safe? What is the Biden administration doing to promote hydrogen in the Inflation Reduction Act and other infrastructure bills? […]

For our show on July 25th, host Craig Lubow will speak with Hannes Zacharias.  Hannes Zacharias has some 40 years of experience in administering government at the Federal, State, County and local level.  Hannes’ career in public service began in 1979 as Asst. to the Director of Travel and Tourism for the State of Kansas.  […]

For our show on July 18th, host Richard Mabion will speak with Bart Maffrey.  Bart Maffry founded Outside the Box Developers with the hope of adding solar to housing developments. It has become much more as solar, energy storage, EV operations and high-performance design will converge to create many advantages and cost savings, leading to […]

For our show on July 11th, host Terri Wilke will speak with several local purveyors of bulk household products so that consumers can simply refill the empty containers we already have. Zero waste is a set of principles focused on waste prevention that encourages the redesign of resource life cycles so that all products are […]

For our show on July 4th, we bring you the most recent Climate Hour episode produced by Bob Grove. The clothing you are wearing right now has a surprisingly large impact on our environment and climate systems. The fashion industry is responsible for 8.1% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Today’s combination of petroleum-based textiles and […]

Host Craig Lubow will talk to Steve Melton about climate change. The discussion will include carbon tax and dividend, economic impact of climate change, and the impact of climate change on human rights and global conflict. Steve has been an activist with the Citizens Climate Lobby in Kansas City.

For our show on June 20th, host Richard Mabion will speak with Elnora Quintelle Tellis Easley Jefferson, who defines herself as a civic activist.  In 2012, along with thirteen other presidents of Northeast KCK area neighborhoods, she co-founded the Historic Northeast-Midtown Association (HNMA), a Neighborhood Business Revitalization Organization (NBR) for Northeast Kansas City, Kansas.   The […]

For our show on June 13th, are going to play the podcast from Climate Hour. The New Deal enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt pulled the U.S. out of the Great Depression and led to decades of American prosperity. That New Deal combined economic reforms with lots of new jobs in emerging sectors. And 90 […]

For our show on June 6th, we are celebrating KKFI – now is the pledge drive! Listeners are aware that EcoRadio KC is produced weekly by KKFI volunteers, and we need to ask you to support KKFI, YOUR Community Radio Station. We bring you vital information underserved or ignored by mainstream media. We are all […]

For our show on May 30th, host Terri Wilke opens the hour with a short update on the current status of the monarch butterfly from Orley R. “Chip” Taylor, Founder of the Monarch Watch, a nonprofit education, conservation, and research program affiliated with the Kansas Biological Survey at the University of Kansas. The Monarch Watch […]

For our show on May 23rd, host Richard Mabion will speak with his guests Andrew Robinson and Rich Gutowski about entrepreneurship.  Andrew is active with the Benton Harbor Area Entrepreneur Support Organization and Mosaic Christian Community Development Association. Benton Harbor Area Entrepreneur Support Organization is a minority entrepreneur-focused resource organization for the Benton Harbor M...

For our show on May 16th, we will play the most recent Climate Hour podcast, Urban Permaculture produced 5-1-22 by Bob Grove. Permaculture is an approach to land management that incorporates principles found in healthy ecosystems. Urban Permaculture applies these principles to our backyards and vacant lots, giving us access to economical, healthy food; the […]

For our show on May 8th, Richard Mabion and Rich Gutowski return to speak about their KCK-Paterson NJ conversation with George Riley and Regana Bracey, two Paterson, New Jersey cohorts.   This show will be all about Paterson, and its thoughts and efforts to design a local strategy regarding social-economic development possibilities for their service areas. […]

For the show on 4-25, we will play from our recording at the 2022 Climate Action Summit April 9th.  First, you will hear Ulysses “Deke” Clayborn, Region 7 Administrator of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development introduce U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, II, Missouri 5th Congressional District; next, Mercedes García Pérez, Head of Global […]

For our show on Monday April 11th, four University of Kansas students, Sophia Pascente, Kaci Zarek, Lauren Stallings and Neal Niceswanger, have prepared our episode about our depletion of the Ogallala Aquifer – water essential to agricultural, municipal and industrial development. Stretching from western Texas to South Dakota, underlying approximately 225,000 square miles of the […]

For our show on Monday April 4th, we are honored to play the latest Climate Hour podcast, In the Midst of Crises, The Importance of Earth Day which has been produced by Climate Council of Greater KC and hosted by Bob Grove. Bob and his guests will tell us what is happening on Earth Day, […]

For our show on Monday March 21st, host Terri Wilke speaks with Jamie Hofling, Food Waste Reduction Specialist within the Lawrence-Douglas County Sustainability Office and Umut Bayramoglu, newly hired Program Manager for Common Ground, the community gardening program in Lawrence Kansas. https://www.douglascountyks.org/depts/sustainability https://lawrenceks.org/common-ground/ Sustainability means...

For our show on Monday March 21st, host Richard Mabion speaks with Matt Bunch, Horticulturist for the Giving Grove Program of Kansas City Community Gardens. The Giving Grove’s mission is to provide healthy calories, strengthen community, and improve the urban environment through a nationwide network of sustainable little orchards. https://www.givinggrove.org/ The Giving Grove supports neighborhood...

For our show on Monday March 14th, host Terri Wilke speaks with Rachael McGinnis Millsap, Director, Farm to Institution programming for KC Healthy Kids. https://www.kchealthykids.org/ There is an upcoming event Rachael will tell us about: The Eat Local and Organic Expo April 9, 2022, 9 AM – 4 PM at Johnson County Community College Free Admission | […]

Billie Davies is the conservation coordinator for the Ozark (Mo) Chapter of the Sierra Club. Billie joins host Craig Lubow to discuss the regional climate action plan, which is a collaborative effort between Climate Action KC, along with Sierra Club and Mid-America Regional Council. Kansas City, Missouri “joined” the plan. Climate Action KC is working […]

The Green Party is the fourth-largest political party in the United States. Its platform is based on Four Pillars – Peace, Ecology, Social Justice, and Democracy. Join host, Bob Grove, and guests as they explore the Green Party of the United States. Guests include: Howie Hawkins, Green Party Co-Founder and 2020 U.S. Presidential Candidate Nathan […]