Recovery Zone

Hosted by: 
Stephanie Potter
Produced by: 
KBOO
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Recovery Zone has retired. It previously played on KBOO every 4th Wednesday of each month, from 11:00 am to 11:30 am.

 Healing Our World

Everywhere we look we see a world in trouble--environmental degradation; war, torture and militarism; corporate greed, poverty and economic injustice;  a negligent media--and all of it intertwined.  Yet there are also people dedicated to solving these problems--working on them from every possible angle.  They are part of a leaderless, bottom up, grass roots social movement manifesting itself in a myriad of ways. Paul Hawken describes this movement as humanity's "immune response"  to the sickness that pervades our world -- "social antibodies attaching themselves to the pathologies of power."  The Recovery Zone gives voice to these healers. Tune in or check it out in the KBOO archives.

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Retired

A More Beautiful World Visualized through Charles Eisenstein, City Repair and East Forest

Airs at: Wed, 08/24/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
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  In a talk titled after his book, "The More Beautiful World our Hearts Know is Possible" Charles Eisenstein spoke about the the deep mythology of our culture changing from a Story of Separation to a Story of Interbeing. This new (and ancient) mythology is what unites the ... Read more

Pro-peace/Anti nukes: Physicians for Social Responsibility motivated by public Health concerns

Airs at: Wed, 07/27/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
  Physicians for Social Responsiblity (PSR) was founded in 1961 when a group of Boston physicians analyzed the medical consequences of nuclear bombs. Local physicians and scientists started Oregon PSR 20 years later to advocate against nuclear weapons and urge cleanup of t... Read more

Our Toxic Air: We can do better!

Airs at: Wed, 06/22/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
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  Breathing the air in Portland has been compared to drinking the water in Flint, Michigan, and Multnomah air has been ranked 58 out of 3,200 counties nationwide for the dubious distinction of causing cancer. A growing movement of concerned community members is demanding t... Read more

Floating for Relaxation and Recovery

Airs at: Wed, 04/27/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
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A buoyant float in a  dark tank of 93º salt water seems to be a sure-fire way to completely relax every muscle in the body, and floaters report benefits ranging from chronic pain relief to heightened states of consciousness.  Six years ago Christopher Messer appeared on KBO... Read more

World Tree to Reverse Climate Change through Earth-Repair

Airs at: Wed, 03/23/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
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Atmospheric carbon could be used to replenish our soil, and in the process, according to Jordan Fink, we could pull enough carbon out of the atmosphere to bring CO2 levels back to what they were in the 1700's. Methods that employ earthworks, vegetation and microbes are avai... Read more

Climate Change: Bridging the Gap between Knowing and Acting

Airs at: Wed, 02/24/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
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As Naomi Klein has pointed out, climate change “changes everything," but the window of opportunity to stave off climate disaster is fast closing — scientists tell us that we have just 10 or 15 years to keep global mean temperatures from rising above 2°C, and so avoid the wo... Read more

When We Fight We Win! 21st Century Social Movements & the Activists Transforming our World

Airs at: Wed, 01/27/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
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What hinders and what fosters social change? To find out,Greg Jobin-Leeds joined with Agite Art —a collective of innovative artists and organizers, to interview activists from a diverse cross section of the 21st century movements that are transforming our world.  The result... Read more

Faith leaders stand against Islamophobia to create a climate of peace

Airs at: Wed, 12/23/2015 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
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In 2001 there was the 9-11 attack on the Twin Towers, and most recently the attacks in Paris and San Bernadino. They're being used by some as a pretext for instilling a climate that turns every Muslim into a potential suspect, so that Muslim citizens in our community live i... Read more

Our Fear of Death and Human Exceptionalism: Could they be related?

Airs at: Wed, 11/25/2015 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
Listen to the audio of this program Michael Mountain blogger at Earth in Transition, and Lori Marino, Executive Director of the  Kimmela Center for Animal Advocacy, both see bright spots in animal protection efforts; but overall, from factory farms to the 6th Mass Extincti... Read more

Rethinking Mental Health and Mental "Illness"

Airs at: Wed, 10/28/2015 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
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One in five Americans takes at least one psychiatric medication, and Big Pharma is raking in billions. But is mental health only a matter of balancing neurotransmitter chemicals? What about dealing with inflammation, medication side effects and nutrient deficits?  What abou... Read more