The Green Planet Monitor

The Green Planet Monitor


Latest Episodes

Green Planet Monitor Podcast
May 21, 2023

The roots of the US anti-abortion movement -- misogyny, racism and hatred of immigrants. On the edge of a big Canadian city, an oasis of calm where wildlife thrives. And, the latest report from the Wo

Green Planet Monitor Podcast
May 14, 2023

Turning tall cane stalks into small, supple reeds for woodwind instruments. Decarbonizing construction; tons of carbon are embodied in buildings; theres plenty of ways to decarbonize them. And, the P

Green Planet Monitor Podcast
May 07, 2023

Weve heard it before: Eat less meat. People lucky enough to eat, should eat less of everything. Microbe magic! Having fun with microbes. Growing them! And, Jerusalem, Jerusalem! Israels eternal, und

Voices From The Vault
May 03, 2023

The Earth Chronicles -- Trees & Earth. Something I produced back in 1993. Still makes sense.

Green Planet Monitor Podcast
April 30, 2023

Extinction Rebellion protests pack London streets; human beings have commandeered an astonishing quarter of Earths natural productivity, decimating biodiversity and polluting the planet; bacteria, on

Green Planet Monitor Podcast
April 22, 2023

A Palestinian village called Battir -- food culture under settler-colonial rule. What were humans like a hundred thousand years ago, and what have they done to the planet? And, the restorative powers

Green Planet Monitor Podcast
April 10, 2023

Fermented foods -- very nutritious, very magic. Taking stock of biological diversity, using DNA barcodes. And, a frightening vision of a warming planet Hothouse Earth.

Green Planet Monitor Podcast
April 04, 2023

Ice sheets melting, oceans rising, currents shifting Sex and the brain; womens and mens brains are different and sonic violence in Lebanese airspace; Israeli fighter jets and drones invade Leban

Green Planet Monitor Podcast
March 26, 2023

The geology of cities. Built out of stuff mined from the ground. Thats where all cities will end up -- broken down and fossilized. Forever chemicals, theyre called. In non-stick cookware, cosmetics,

Green Planet Monitor Podcast
March 21, 2023

Old songs linger in your head. Mobile phones are covered in germs. On the path to zero carbon emissions, hydrogen is a no-brainer.