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 Coal Plant early. Right now, Evergy is meeting to develop its Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) without providing an option for the public to comment. The […]

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 African American owned and produced adventure-sports reality TV show based in the U.S. Hosted by Wayne Hubbard, filming began in 1999 showing the outdoors from […]

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 to phone KKFI and show us your love! For our program,  Dorothy Barnett with Climate Energy Project (CEP), will tell listeners about their Beat the […]

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 organization. The Sunrise Movement is a youth movement to stop climate change and create millions of good jobs in the process. They are building an […]

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 trust so that we can protect lands identified in regional plans. We are currently focusing our efforts in the Blue River Watershed. Land trusts protect […]

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 last great wildernesses, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, from the depredations of the fossil fuel industry.  Included in this discussion will be the Jan. 6, […]

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 proposed listing as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. RESOURCES: www.journeynorth.org www.biologicaldiversity.org www.monarchjointventure.org

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 Farm School on Gibbs RD.   KC Farm School’s mission is to bring individuals of all ages, abilities and ancestries on-farm, hands-on empowering them to connect […]

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 Health to Soil Health.  Loretta Craig’s years of research and hands-on observation at Prairie Garden Farm has reaped her discussion on the interconnectedness of all […]

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 laws, regulations, and policies. Join host, Bob Grove, and guests on this Mark Luther King Day to discuss the local state of environmental justice. Guests […]

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 in Maine.  He and Richard met at an NAACP conference in Pittsburgh.  They are both involved in the Pittsburgh Platform, an endeavor intended to promote […]

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).  True to a veteran’s core leadership values, Richard will take the time to introduce our listeners to the resources in our community.   Marais des Cygnes […]

Overpopulation puts a strain on Earth’s resources, food systems, and increases pollution and carbon emissions. Join host Bob Grove as his guests explore ethical ways to reduce population growth and shift to sustainable resources. Bob Grove, President, Climate Council of Greater Kansas City Alan Weisman, journalist & author of The World Without Us, and Countdown […]

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. Only the use of this thermal-imaging equipment and lights is new. Coyote hunting may only exacerbate alleged predator concerns. Margaret Kramar, an environmental activist from […]

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, versatile, and comprehensive engineering project rooted in the ecological functioning and resource availabilities of our planet. It addresses the urgency of climate change while reshaping […]

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 how science is used in the policy-making process, focusing on issues of scientific integrity across the federal government. Prior to joining UCS, Dr. Carter worked […]

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 Missouri Department of Natural Resources.  They will each us tell us how contamination is addressed under state statutes and practices.  Both Directors acknowledge a […]

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 near his home and has worked on climate change mitigation and adaptation projects for the last 15 years.  He first volunteered with the Sierra Club […]

  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 Administrator of the Region 7 office of the EPA in Lenexa, Ks. Our discussion will focus on environmental rollbacks by the EPA in recent […]

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 of biochar. http://tracygarden.org/ Biochar is produced when plant matter, manure, or other organic material is heated in a zero- or low-oxygen environment. Biochar is a […]

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 to talk about food.  Our show will feature a discussion with Chef Michael Foust, Owner of Black Sheep Market +.   Foust converted Black Sheep & […]

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 Club, to protect water quality and implementation of the Clean Water Act.

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 at The Land Institute in Salina, Ks. We will explore some of the damages caused by industrial agriculture, it’s unsustainability, and the necessity to transition […]

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, especially in the greater Kansas City area. https://www.environmentalworks.com/ Federal regulations have committed us to safe, complete cleanup of the environmental legacy of mo...

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 CleanAirNow Coalition is dedicated to improving air quality in Kansas City and the surrounding region, particularly in communities suffering the greatest health burden, and […]