Eco Radio KC

On August 30, 2021, EcoRadio KC, host Brent Ragsdale speaks with Larry Davis and Michael Almon, both fully electric vehicle (EV) owners.   Both can be described as local EV enthusiasts.  Larry Davis is a member of the Mid America Electric Auto Association. http://maeaa.org/ The Mid-America EAA is the Kansas/Missouri chapter of the Electric Auto Association, […]

The Half-Earth Project was co-founded by E.O.Wilson, one of America’s most pre-eminent biologist, whose purpose is to save half of the oceans and land for the preservation of most of the biodiversity on Earth.  In his book, The Creation (2006), E.O. Wilson states:  “The human hammer having fallen, the sixth mass extinction has begun.” Dr. […]

Host Craig Lubow speaks with Ty Gorman and Zack Pistora of the Kansas Group of the Sierra Club about the Beyond Coal Campaign.  To fight climate change, improve public health and reduce pollution, we have to stop burning fossil fuels. From mining to burning to waste disposal, there’s nothing clean about fossil fuels like dirty […]

Host Jon Honsaker speaks with Clint Brauer of Greenfield Robotics, a company located in Cheney Kansas which provides robots to eliminate weeds from agricultural row crops.  Mowing down weeds stops their growth.  The advantages include the fact that the desired crop can grow without being overshadowed by undesired weeds taking the water and sun, and […]

Join Climate Hour host Bob Grove, and guests as they discuss Sustainable Living: How to Reverse Global Warming.  Speakers will talk about how different aspects of our daily lives impact the environment and discuss the choices we can make to live more sustainable. Guests will include: Philip Fracica, Renew Missouri Ken Riead, Heartland Renewable Energy Society […]

Join Climate Hour host, Bob Grove, and guest, Brigadier General Wendell Chris King, to discuss the Strategic Defense Impacts of Climate Change. General King, U.S. Army (Retired), served our nation for 45 years. He retired from federal service in 2016, and was named Dean Emeritus of the Command and General Staff college. General King holds […]

For over a decade, New Roots for Refugees has empowered families from the refugee community to start farm businesses by growing and selling produce through farmer’s markets, wholesale, and the New Roots Farm Share. At the Juniper Gardens Training Farm, farmers are given a quarter-acre plot to grow vegetables such as tomatoes, beets, spinach, green […]

On our show for 7/12/21, we will hear from Mary English, Energy Program Manager, Building Performance, and Miriam Bouallegue, Project Manager, Sustainable Transportation, both with Metropolitan Energy Center (MEC). https://metroenergy.org/ Eco Radio host Brent Ragsdale talked with Mary and Miriam and discussed two initiatives MEC is working on with Kansas City MO – the building […]

This episode of Eco-Radio will explore regenerative agriculture and the critical role it will play in saving our Living Earth.  The global food system is responsible for up to one-third of all greenhouse gas emissions.  The book, Drawdown, ranks regenerative agriculture as #11 on their list of actions to reduce and/or drawdown GHG emissions from our atmosphere.  […]

The electrification of transportation is well underway.  Electric cars, trucks, and trains are increasingly common and electric commuter flights are in the air.  With carbon-emission issues being addressed, people are starting to ask tougher questions.  How much transportation do we really need?  How does transportation impact civil rights?  Are there better ways to live?  For […]

On our show for 6/28/21, we will hear from Jason Manuel, who is the founder of the Kansas City alternative podcast collective and co-host of KC caffeine, a podcast about “what’s happening now and how we got here featuring some of Kansas City’s brightest minds.” Eco Radio host Jon Hokenson sits down with Jason to […]

On EcoRadio KC, we will share the story of and teachings of Aldo Leopold, an American author, philosopher, naturalist, scientist, ecologist, forester, conservationist, and environmentalist. He was a professor at the University of Wisconsin and is best known for his book, A Sand County Almanac (1949), which has sold more than two million copies. https://www.aldoleopold.org/ […]

On June 7th, 2021, host Richard Mabion speaks with Paula Console-Soican, Asst Professor of English and Joe Multhauf, Asst Professor of Biology, both of Donnelly College, a private Catholic college in Kansas City, Kansas. The college offers bachelor’s, associate degrees, and Nursing certifications. It is the only college or university in the state to be […]

On May 31st, 2021, host Brent Ragsdale speaks with Tom Jacobs, Environmental Program Director with the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC), along with Hillary Thomas, Councilmember Ward 1 of Mission KS and Damien Boley, Mayor of Smithville MO.  Tom Jacobs will lay out the KC Climate Action plan and then Hillary and Damien will explain how […]

On May 24th, 2021, host Richard Mabion speaks with Neil Brown, PhD, Director of Community Education and Engagement at UrbanKind Institute and Rich Gutowski of Stonegate Brokerage who is now affiliated with Philantrophic Life. UrbanKind Institute’s mission is to eliminate barriers to family thriving in over-burdened and under-resourced communities.​ They do this by centering the […]

Sometimes called Active Mobility or Active Travel … Active Transportation is any form of transport that moves people or goods around without using a motor. The best know examples are walking and biking. Others types of Active Transportation are running, hiking, skateboarding, roller skating, kick scooters … anything that moves you someplace using physical activity […]

On May 10th, 2021, host Terri Wilke speaks with Lori Trojan, a herbalist who owns Wild Ivy Herb Farm, a 3-acre spot of beauty in Lawrence, Kansas where a vast variety of culinary and medicinal herbs are grown.  And Lori is not only a Master Gardener who knows how to grow them, she comes from […]

Host Jon Hokenson speaks with guests Brien Darby, NEW Executive Director with Cultivate KC. Brien Darby relocated to Kansas City from Colorado with her husband and young daughter. She worked for the Denver Botanical Gardens.  She was born in KC and still has family here. Brien supports the staff and programs and keeps the wheels […]

Host Craig Lubow speaks with guests about People2People Inc. (P2P Inc.) which makes efforts to give a hand-up, one community at a time. Chris Roesel, Executive Director of P2P Inc, is a former PeaceCorp volunteer, and Jeff Morgan, Founder of Morgan Miller Plumbing and board member of Plumbers Without Borders, have been instrumental with addressing […]

Kansas City Community Gardens (KCCG) is one of the only gardening organizations in the country dedicated to helping home gardeners have successful gardens. KCCG helps people grow food for themselves in backyards, vacant lots and at community garden sites.   Shea is an educator and a coordinator.  He and Richard will be talking about this year’s […]

Join host, Bob Grove, and the people behind EF21 to discuss Kansas City’s 2021 Earth Festival.

Four students currently enrolled in KU’s Environmental Studies Capstone course, Madisen K. Hane, Eleanor Read Walsh, Hannah Nuest, and Sloan M. Sprau have chosen to fulfill their Capstone by creating their own show and we are lucky to broadcast that show March 29th on EcoRadio KC. http://college.ku.edu/sites/clas.ku.edu/files/docs/Governance/CUSA/2012-13/2012_12_6CLAS%20Capstone%20Info.pdf Given t...

On March 22nd, we will replay our show from 4/20 when host Terri Wilke discussed the dicamba drift lawsuit with Paul Johnson and Rob Faux.  Paul Johnson is an organic farmer and the lobbyist/policy analyst for the Kansas Rural Center (KRC) which is working on local food systems, water, environment and noxious weed law. Rob […]

For our show for March 8th, host Richard Mabion speaks with Zack Pistora,  state lobbyist for the Kansas Sierra Club.  March 5th  was Turnaround: the last day for non-exempt bills in a house of origin.   That means no more new bills, now the legislature’s job is to pass or veto the bills that were brought […]

Join host, Bob Grove, and guests to discuss U.S. Climate Policy under the new Biden administration. Guests include: • Winston Apple – Author and former member of the Democratic National Committee • Howie Hawkins – Co-founder of the Green Party of the United States, and presidential nominee in the 2020 presidential election • Wendell Chris […]