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  • Eliminating Herbicides on College Campuses

    Moving toward organic practices has helped UC Berkeley create a healthier campus and set a precedent for sustainable land management at universities across the country.

    KPFA · Terra Verde · November 2024

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  • Recognizing the Rights of Nature

    A deep dive into one of the fastest-growing environmental justice movements in the world, and how it is intimately connected with global struggles for Indigenous rights and climate justice.

    KPFA · Terra Verde · October 2024

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  • Understanding the Forever Chemicals Found in Menstrual Products

    Research into PFAS’ use in female hygiene products and the impact they have on reproductive health remains limited.

    KPFA · Terra Verde · August 2024

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  • Making Sustainable Living Practical (and Irresistible)

    This queer-led climate hub in Guerneville, CA, is dedicated to bioregional regeneration and sustainable land stewardship.

    KPFA · Terra Verde · June 2024

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  • Voices of the River Teesta

    Indigenous Lepcha activists and storytellers reflect on the October 2023 Teesta III dam disaster, when a 60-meter dam in Sikkim, India was destroyed after torrential rains caused an upstream glacial lake to overflow and burst.

    KPFA · Terra Verde · May 2024

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  • West Berkeley Shellmound Returns to Lisjan Nation in Historic #LandBack Victory

    The 2.2-acre parcel is the last undeveloped portion of the first human settlement in the Bay Area, where ancestors of today’s Ohlone people created a unique way of life.

    KPFA · Terra Verde · March 2024

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  • Community-Based Farming in the Age of Commodity-Based Agriculture

    At Pi Ranch, Leonard Diggs is helping to transform food systems by empowering the next generation of sustainability-minded farmers.

    KPFA · Terra Verde · January 2024

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  • Youth Activists are Leading the Way to Sustainable Schools

    Muskan Walia and Angelina Xu were recognized by this year's Brower Youth Awards for their environmental leadership.

    KPFA · Terra Verde · October 2023

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  • Growing Food in an Oil Town

    Urban Tilth is using urban agriculture to fight back against the fossil fuel industry in their Bay Area community of Richmond, California.

    KPFA · Terra Verde · August 2023

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  • EPA Toughens Rules on Chemicals Used to Clean Up Oil Spills

    Activists and environmental advocates point to the need for additional, local action to ensure community health and safety in the wake of oil disasters.

    KPFA · Terra Verde · June 2023

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  • The Art and Science of Earth Pigments

    Ochre researcher and artist Heidi Gustafson sees earth pigments — humankind’s oldest art material — as an invitation to deepen our connection with the lands we live on.

    KPFA · Terra Verde · May 2023

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  • Burning Toxic Chemicals ≠ Clean-Up

    After a train derailed near East Palestine, Ohio and spilled hundreds of thousands of pounds of hazardous chemicals recently, part of the “cleanup” response was to burn the chemicals that spilled.

    KPFA · Terra Verde · March 2023

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  • 30×30 in California and Beyond

    Conserving habitat has been recognized as an essential part of efforts to address climate change and safeguard biodiversity.

    KPFA · Terra Verde · February 2023

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  • Pushing Schools to be Carbon-Neutral

    Annika Webber, one of this year's Brower Youth Award winners, believes in combining youth passion with adult experience.

    KPFA · Terra Verde · November 2022

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  • Manzanar Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust

    Exploring the legacy of colonization, racism, and environmental injustice in California's Payahuunadü region.

    KPFA · Terra Verde · August 2022

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  • The Rematriation of Coast Miwok Ancestral Homelands

    Theresa Harlan discusses her efforts to rematriate, re-indigenize, and restore the Coast Miwok’s ancestral homelands at Point Reyes National Seashore.

    KPFA · Terra Verde · June 2022

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  • California’s Fight for Solar Power

    Reacting to pressure from the utilities, state officials have proposed major cuts to the net-metering program along with a tax on solar panels.

    KPFA · Terra Verde · March 2022

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  • Transitioning to Clean Energy through Building Electrification

    Industry experts and local government officials discuss the important question: how far along is California in reducing emissions from gas appliances?

    KPFA · Terra Verde · January 2022

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  • Humane Education and 'Solutionary' Thinking

    “Solutionary frameworks” can be implemented in our education systems to draw connections between human rights, environmental sustainability, and animal protection.

    KPFA · Terra Verde · December 2021

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  • The Toxic Chemicals Used to "Clean Up" Oil Spills

    Many communities that are impacted by oil spills also end up facing long term health impacts from exposure to toxic chemicals that are used in the oil spill ‘cleanup’ process.

    KPFA · Terra Verde · October 2021

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  • Climate Change and the Covid-19 Pandemic

    There are broader environmental and historical lessons to be learned from the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as the implications this pandemic (and others) may have in the future.

    KPFA · Terra Verde · April 2021

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  • Chief Caleen Sisk on California Water Issues and the Raising of Shasta Dam

    Chief Caleen Sisk of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe discusses the importance of water for her community’s livelihoods, cultural practices, and the wellbeing of people and the environment.

    KPFA · Terra Verde · March 2021

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  • Saving the West Berkeley Shellmound and Village Site

    Corrina Gould discusses recent efforts to stop a proposed development at the West Berkeley Shellmound and Village Site, and to facilitate the return of Indigenous land to Indigenous people in the Bay Area.

    KPFA · Terra Verde · January 2021

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