WELCOME TO ECOTOPIA
Susan 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.
GIVE THEM THE BALLOT
THE REAL ISSUE DECEMBER 4, 2019
This episode of The Real Issue on KZFR welcomed to the studio a number of fifth and sixth graders from Wildflower Charter school and their teachers, Linda Holm and Cassandra Ventura. The students have been studying the suffragette movement, and they prepared a reenactment of portions of the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848. Organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and other pioneering women, it launched the women's right to vote movement. At the convention, the women first drafted and approved a series of “sentiments,” patterned loosely on the Declaration of Independence, outlining their grievances concerning their treatment by men. They then passed a series of eleven declarations about women's rights. The most controversial of these was Declaration 9, which was included in the reenactment. The audio is informative not only for its historical value but also for its evidence of excellence in education.
BUTTE COUNTRY RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT
ECO 532 3 dECEMBER 2019
Our guest on this program was Wolfy Rougle of the Butte County Resource Conservation District. She is a botany and GIS specialist who spends much of her time working as a Forest Health Watershed Coordinator under a grant from the Department of Conservation. Her projects include developing a Forest Action Plan for the Butte County area, helping local landowners put "good fire" on the ground through a Prescribed Burn Association, and writing grants to develop the next wave of watershed health projects in the county. She is a master's candidate in Public Administration at CSU, Chico, with a research interest in increasing prescribed fire on private lands, and is also pursuing a CEQA Practice certificate from UCSD. Previously, she owned and operated Springfed Organic Farm and Nursery in Cottonwood, CA. She received her B.S. in agricultural development at Davis.
Listen to the interview. Click below.
Listen to the interview. Click below.