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The whole communities radio project explores the connections between the physical design of communities and the health of their residents. Through a series of radio programs on KBOO-FM, community workshops, public forums and an evening of entertainment, the whole communities radio project helps Portland area communities envision an environment where walking, bicycling and other outdoor physical activity are an integral part of daily life. The whole communities radio project explores what kind of community values are shaped by urban planning that promotes active living and preserves natural habitat within urban areas. The Whole Communities Radio Project is a project of KBOO-FM and the Media Project. You can contact us at (503) 235-5036 or mediapro@spiritone.com
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TUNE INTO SPECIAL PROGRAMMING ON KBOO-FM 90.7 COMMUNITY RADIO Listen to archives of the past year's WHOLE COMMUNITY RADIO PROJECT special panel discussions and lectures aired on Locus Focus.
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OAKS BOTTOM
Portland is a city of parks and natural resources. But perhaps its most amazing blessing is Oaks Bottom, nearly 200 acres of wetland wildlife habitat on the east bank of the Willamette River, just a couple miles south of downtown Portlands. Mike Houck, urban naturalist with the Urban Greenspaces Institute, was one of several people instrumental in saving Oaks Bottom in the 1970s from a wide range of development schemes, including draining the wetland, filling it and turning it into a race track. Mark Wilson, an ecologist with Portland Parks and Recreation, and Anne Nelson with Portland's Bureau of Environmental Services, continue the work that Mike began, now with city-institutionalized support. On March 19, Mike, Mark and Ann joined Locus Focus host Barbara Bernstein to discuss the successes and continuing challenges of protecting Oaks Bottom as a unique urban wildlife refuge.
PORTLAND SUSTAINABILITY
When it comes to planning for a sustainable future, the city of Portland is way ahead of the curve. The state of Oregon and the city of Portland have been planning for growth on a limited environmental footprint for 35 years. The city of Portland created a plan to curb greenhouse gas emissions in 1997. It's been said that if you grade on a curve, Portland would get an A+ for taking concrete steps to lower our carbon emissions and creating a sustainable community. But if you take away the curve, Portland, like the rest of the world, would flunk. So there's lots of hard work left to do. Michael Armstrong, deputy director of Portland's Office of Sustainable Development, joins Locus Focus host Barbara Bernstein for an indepth discussion of what Portland is doing right, and what still needs to be done. Originally broadcast on March 5, 2008.
WATCH COMMON CAUSE COMMON SENSE, the video produced by Feather & Fin Productions to help pass Measure 49 IN 2007, by clicking on the image above.
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In mid July of 2002 a series of lightning strikes ignited a number of small fires in some very remote mountainous areas of SW Oregon. The fires merged into what became known as the Biscuit Fire, the largest fire that year in North America, burning across an area the size of Rhode Island. SCULPTED BY FIRE takes us on a journey into a landscape that for thousands of years has been shaped by fire. But now these wildlands of the West are at the epicenter of a political conflagration. You can hear SCULPTED BY FIRE on the web and learn more about the Biscuit Fire and the role that wildfire plays in protecting forest health. http://mediaprojectonline.org/sculptedbyfire.html |
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URBAN GREEN, a new radio documentary by Barbara Bernstein, looks at how our connection to the place where we live is strengthened by eating locally grown food and learning to relate to the watershed we live in, as we search for the ribbons of green in the city that connect us to the natural world. Click on the picture above to listen to Urban Green. |
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The Whole Communities Radio Project presents Salmonlands. Click on the picture above to listen to this radio documentary. |
WHOLE COMMUNITIES RADIO GOES TO THE WORLD SOCIAL FORUM IN CARACAS In January 2006 Whole Communities Radio Project Director Barbara Bernstein joined WCRP training graduate Patrik Angstrom Poore in Venezuela, where Patrik has been working on a radio project since late 2005. Together with about 40 other Oregonians and 80,000 activists from all over the Americas and the rest of the world, Barbara and Patrik attended workshops, panels, protests and cultural events during the weeklong World Social Forum in Caracas. From there they headed into the Andes where they spent another week exploring the mountain villages and mountain peaks near the city of Merida high in the Andes. Click here for a slideshow of Barbara's and Patrik's adventures in Venezuela.
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