People, Planet, Progress

Welcome to People, Planet, Progress, broadcasting the first and third Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm, following Alan Stahler’s “Soundings,” only here on KVMR. Today we’ll run through some local news and events, and talk about the importance of community, before touching on battery power for buildings and vehicles. As usual, we’ll be ending the show with a page out of the book Go Outside: 365 day...

Welcome to People, Planet, Progress, broadcasting the first and third Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm, following Alan Stahler’s “Soundings,” only here on KVMR. Today we’ll run through some local news and events, and talk about the importance of community, before touching on battery power for buildings and vehicles. As usual, we’ll be ending the show with a page out of the book Go Outside: 365 day...

Welcome to People, Planet, Progress, broadcasting the first and third Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm, following Alan Stahler’s “Soundings,” only here on KVMR. Today we’ll run through some quick local news and events before running through some interesting news and headlines, from science scrapping the best and worst scenarios for the future, to Portland, Oregon’s unique climate action fund. As u...

Welcome to People, Planet, Progress, broadcasting the first and third Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm, following Alan Stahler’s “Soundings,” only here on KVMR. Today we’ll run through some quick local news and events before running through some interesting news and headlines, from science scrapping the best and worst scenarios for the future, to Portland, Oregon’s unique climate action fund. As u...

Welcome to People, Planet, Progress, broadcasting the first and third Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm, following Alan Stahler’s “Soundings,” only here on KVMR. Today we’ll run through some quick local news and events before sharing some interesting news and headlines, from solar cookers to green burials. As usual, we’ll be ending the show with a page out of the book Go Outside: 365 days of Person...

Welcome to People, Planet, Progress, broadcasting the first and third Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm, following Alan Stahler’s “Soundings,” only here on KVMR. Today we’ll run through some quick local news and events before sharing some interesting news and headlines, from solar cookers to green burials. As usual, we’ll be ending the show with a page out of the book Go Outside: 365 days of Person...

Welcome to People, Planet, Progress, broadcasting the first and third Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm, following Alan Stahler’s “Soundings,” only here on KVMR. Today we’ll run through some quick local news and events before sharing some interesting news and headlines, from solar cookers to green burials. As usual, we’ll be ending the show with a page out of the book Go Outside: 365 days of Person...

Welcome to People, Planet, Progress, broadcasting the first and third Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm, following Alan Stahler’s “Soundings,” only here on KVMR. Today we run through some quick local news and events before running through some interesting news and headlines, from allergy season to wood burning stoves and solar cookers. For questions, comments, or links to news we read, please email...

Welcome to People, Planet, Progress, broadcasting the first and third Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm, following Alan Stahler’s “Soundings,” only here on KVMR. We talk about local and regional news and events, including Nevada County's new Climate Action Survey , before being joined by Shirley Freriks, local champion for personal climate action, to talk about a new series of Repair Cafes happenin...

Welcome to People, Planet, Progress, broadcasting the first and third Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm, following Alan Stahler’s “Soundings,” only here on KVMR. We talk about local events including EarthFest (4/19), a clothing swap (4/25), free compost (5/2), and battery recycling (5/30). Then we read some inspiring and empowering stories on starting your own vegetable garden and foraging for food...

Welcome to People, Planet, Progress, broadcasting the first and third Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm, following Alan Stahler’s “Soundings,” only here on KVMR. We talk about local events including EarthFest (4/19), a clothing swap (4/25), free compost (5/2), and battery recycling (5/30). Then we read some inspiring and empowering stories on starting your own vegetable garden and foraging for food...

Welcome to People, Planet, Progress, broadcasting the first and third Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm, following Alan Stahler’s “Soundings,” only here on KVMR. We talked about some of the latest news headlines that you may not have heard, starting with used EV rebates and how the economics can pencil for buying a used EV. We end the show with our usual page out of the book "Go Outside: 365 days o...

Welcome to People, Planet, Progress, broadcasting the first and third Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm, following Alan Stahler’s “Soundings,” only here on KVMR. We talked about some of the latest news headlines that you may not have heard, starting with used EV rebates and how the economics can pencil for buying a used EV. We end the show with our usual page out of the book "Go Outside: 365 days o...

Welcome to People, Planet, Progress, broadcasting the first and third Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm, following Alan Stahler’s “Soundings,” only here on KVMR. We talked about Pioneer Community Energy, PG&E, and solar, and how rate changes are affecting everyone’s bills. Plus how the White House is helping China own the green energy revolution across the globe. We end the show with our usual...

Welcome to People, Planet, Progress, broadcasting the first and third Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm, following Alan Stahler’s “Soundings,” only here on KVMR. We talked about Pioneer Community Energy, PG&E, and solar, and how rate changes are affecting everyone’s bills. Plus how the White House is helping China own the green energy revolution across the globe. We end the show with our usual...

Welcome to People, Planet, Progress, broadcasting the first and third Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm, following Alan Stahler’s “Soundings,” only here on KVMR. For the first show in March 2026, we thanked THE EARTH STORE - Announcing a new location at 408 Broad Street, Nevada City. Rooted in the love for nature and committed to the local artistic community. Offering unique science and nature gift...

Welcome to People, Planet, Progress, broadcasting the first and third Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm, following Alan Stahler’s “Soundings,” only here on KVMR. For the first show in March 2026, we thanked THE EARTH STORE - Announcing a new location at 408 Broad Street, Nevada City. Rooted in the love for nature and committed to the local artistic community. Offering unique science and nature gift...

Welcome to People, Planet, Progress, broadcasting the first and third Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm, following Alan Stahler’s “Soundings,” only here on KVMR. For today's show we interview an amazing local dynamo, Laurie Seagal, about her ongoing work as a Board member for the local "energywise" nonprofit Sierra Energy Reimagined (SERi). Starting with her engineering and environmental background...

Welcome to People, Planet, Progress, broadcasting the first and third Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm, following Alan Stahler’s “Soundings,” only here on KVMR. Today we talk about our show underwriters the right way, plus a curious new way where humans on the planet can keep eating meat without harming the climate balance. Plus we finally dive into our Listener’s Response series…pinky promise! (S...

Welcome to People, Planet, Progress, broadcasting the first and third Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm, following Alan Stahler’s “Soundings,” only here on KVMR. Today we talk about our show underwriters the right way, plus a curious new way where humans on the planet can keep eating meat without harming the climate balance. Plus we finally dive into our Listener’s Response series…pinky promise! (S...

Welcome to People, Planet, Progress, broadcasting the first and third Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm, following Alan Stahler’s “Soundings,” only here on KVMR. Today we talk about ways to reduce our impact on the planet that don’t require fancy new inventions or tons of financing, and instead involve ways to think and act and organize ourselves smarter, using aviation as an example. A recent stud...

Welcome to People, Planet, Progress, broadcasting the first and third Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm, following Alan Stahler’s “Soundings,” only here on KVMR. Today is the first show of the year, and we are going to kick off our series based on responding to a listener’s email. And we’ll end the show with our usual page out of the book Go Outside: 365 days of Personal Climate Action Inspiration....

Welcome to People, Planet, Progress, broadcasting the first and third Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm, following Alan Stahler’s “Soundings,” only here on KVMR. Today is the first show of the year, and we are going to kick off our series based on responding to a listener’s email. And we’ll end the show with our usual page out of the book Go Outside: 365 days of Personal Climate Action Inspiration....

Welcome to People, Planet, Progress, broadcasting the first and third Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm, following Alan Stahler’s “Soundings,” only here on KVMR. Today is the last show of the year, and we will try to read as many remaining 2025 headlines as we can, while also prepping everyone for a new year of action. As always, we start with some local news and info and we’ll end with another pag...

Welcome to People, Planet, Progress, broadcasting the first and third Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm, following Alan Stahler’s “Soundings,” only here on KVMR. Today is the last show of the year, and we will try to read as many remaining 2025 headlines as we can, while also prepping everyone for a new year of action. As always, we start with some local news and info and we’ll end with another pag...