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7Susan and Stephen Tchudi host this weekly program on KZFR 90.1 Chico, Tuesdays, 6-7 pm. Join us for interviews with national and local experts in issues ranging from water to population to homesteading to energy and from do-it-yourself to what-can-we do? Past program notes and recordings are archived on the site.
Stephen and Susan are former college English professors who now live in Yankee Hill, California, pursuing retirement careers that include herb cultivation, music, volunteerism, community radio, and living on the farm with two of their children, Mojohito and Cheetah, plus their amazing daughter-in-law Sammey. For a look at the farm, click here. Go to our Ecotopia Resources page to see an ever growing list of web sites recommended by our guests for further exploration of the Ecotopian universe.
We always welcome listener comments and suggestions. You can send us e-mails at ecotopiakzfr@gmail.com.
Our most recent program is archived below. Other program notes and recordings are at 2019 Archives. Programs dating back to 2014 are also available--see the menu on the left.
Stephen and Susan are former college English professors who now live in Yankee Hill, California, pursuing retirement careers that include herb cultivation, music, volunteerism, community radio, and living on the farm with two of their children, Mojohito and Cheetah, plus their amazing daughter-in-law Sammey. For a look at the farm, click here. Go to our Ecotopia Resources page to see an ever growing list of web sites recommended by our guests for further exploration of the Ecotopian universe.
We always welcome listener comments and suggestions. You can send us e-mails at ecotopiakzfr@gmail.com.
Our most recent program is archived below. Other program notes and recordings are at 2019 Archives. Programs dating back to 2014 are also available--see the menu on the left.
BUTTE ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL NEWS AND UPDATES
ECO 419 11 SEPTEMBER 2019
Susan's guest on this program were Danielle Baxter, the new General Manager of the Butte Environmental Counci,l and Julia May, Director of BEC's RARE program: Rubbish and Recycle Education. We first met Danielle when she was a program director of BEC several years ago. Since then she’s been busy, including working in Butte College’s Sustainability Resource Center developing internship programs helping students become involved with Green Workforce Careers. Currently, she is Vice Chair of of the City of Chico Sustainability Task Force. Julia May is a Sonoma County transplant who has lived in Chico since 2010. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Behavioral & Social Sciences with focuses in Sustainability and Environmental Issues. She also has a Minor in Managing for Sustainability, and a Certificate in Peace and Global Studies. Danielle and Julia filled us in on recent and upcoming BEC activities, including the annual Butte Creek cleanup.
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THE REAL ISSUE: uNION AND LABOR ISSUES
4 sEPTEMBER 2019
In this episode of "The Real Issue," Steve interviewed David Welch, who is a Trustee of The North State Labor Federation, AFL-CIO which is the coordinating center for the Butte, Sierra, Lassen, Plumas, and Glenn Counties' labor movement and labor’s political activity. He's a retired Registered Nurse who spent 36 years working in Cardiac Rehabilitation. David is a former member of the Board of directors of the California Nurses Association, member of the executive board of the California Democratic Party and Chairperson of the Democratic Action Club of Chico.
They discussed his first-hand working conditions in the health care industry as an RN which, in turn, led his being active in the Nurse's Association as Enloe Hospital fought against unionization. They also took up the decline of union membership in the US, how unions have fought income inequality, the possible effect of Trump's tariffs on unionization and income equality, and the future of the union movement. As a bonus,the show included labor and solidarity songs by Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger.
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They discussed his first-hand working conditions in the health care industry as an RN which, in turn, led his being active in the Nurse's Association as Enloe Hospital fought against unionization. They also took up the decline of union membership in the US, how unions have fought income inequality, the possible effect of Trump's tariffs on unionization and income equality, and the future of the union movement. As a bonus,the show included labor and solidarity songs by Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger.
Listen to the program. Click below.