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

Marc Bekoff discusses "Rewilding our Hearts: Building Pathways of Compassion and Co-existence"

Airs at: Wed, 11/26/2014 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
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Human excesses have led to the planet's worst extinction crisis in tens of millions of years. Our consumption patterns force billions of animals, every year, to face suffering and slaughter on factory farms. More than ever we need to re-connect with our natural landscapes a... Read more

Early Warning System in Rainforests Monitors Biodiversity, Climate Change, May Aid Human Survival

Airs at: Wed, 10/22/2014 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
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The Recovery Zone continues with a look at the importance of rainforests to human survival, the impacts of climate change, and new methods to track what's happening in them so that we can make smarter decisions. Host Stephanie Potter speaks with Jorge Ahumada, Executive Dir... Read more

Conservation without Borders through International Peace Parks

Airs at: Wed, 10/22/2014 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
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What is a peace park? How can a  peace park simultaneously promote biodiversity, job creation, as well as peace and stability in hot spots around the world? Peace park efforts are underway around the world, including the De-Militarized Zone between North and South Korea, La... Read more

David Haskell: "The Forest Unseen, A Year's Watch in Nature"

Airs at: Wed, 09/24/2014 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
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Almost daily, over the course of a year, biologist David George Haskell visited a small patch of ground in a remnant of old growth Tennessee forest, disturbing as little as possible.  With grace and empathy he recorded his observations in The Forest Unseen, A Year's Watch i... Read more

Resolve conflict with Resolutions Northwest Mediator

Airs at: Wed, 08/27/2014 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
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Upset by an inconsiderate neighbor?  Involved in a landlord tenant conflict? Harassed by a co-worker or family member? Resolutions Northwest Neighborhood Mediation Program deals with these sorts of problems and more. There is no cost to Portland residents, the service is pr... Read more

Divestment & Provestment-A race of two tipping points

Airs at: Wed, 07/23/2014 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
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If we hope to limit climate change to "a livable level," 80% of the fossil fuel companies' reserves need to be left "in the ground," according to Sandy Polishuk, divestment coordinator with 350PDX. She joins solar design consultant, Jesse Hunter, to discuss the necessity an... Read more

"Plant Intelligence & the Imaginal Realm: Beyond the Doors of Perception into the Dreaming of Earth"

Airs at: Wed, 06/25/2014 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
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"We cannot solve our problems using the same kind of thinking that created them." --Albert Einstein  What could be the ecological functions of bacterial resistance, psychotropic fungi, or invasive species? What about human beings? What are we doing here? How can we comprehe... Read more

Gayathri Ramprasad on Acceptance, Healing and Cross-Cultural Advocacy for the Mentally Ill

Airs at: Wed, 05/28/2014 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
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As a teen ager Gayathri Rampasad suffered from debilitating panic and depression, but was only told to "get over it." Raised in India, she eventually came to Portland, Oregon, through an arranged marriage, and became a mother. Here her depression became suicidal and she was... Read more

How the Principles of Improvisational Theater Can Help Resolve Serious Conflicts

Airs at: Wed, 04/23/2014 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
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Skills that are developed in improvisational theater can be transferred to conflict resolution according to  Dr. Barbara Tint, Associate Professor at Portland State University.  Barbara has participated in improvisational theater for a number of years and incorporates its p... Read more

"The Soil Will Save Us: How Scientists, Farmers and Foodies are Healing the Soil to Save the Planet"

Airs at: Wed, 03/26/2014 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
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Traditional agriculture practices over thousands of years have led to the loss of up to 80% of the carbon from the world's soils. What have we been doing wrong? How can we foster, and benefit from, the ancient partnership between soil micro-organisms and plants?  Could chan... Read more