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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 recOommended 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 recOommended 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.
SUNRISE MOVEMENT AND THE GREEN NEW DEAL
Victory Garden 2.0 Garden Box and Bucket Blitz
ECO 515 13 AUGUST 2019
This was a two-part program. In the first segment, we spoke with Steven Marquardt, one of the leaders of the Sunrise Movement here in Chico. He was the convener of the phenomenally successful visit of the national Sunrise Tour, “Road to a Green New Deal,” before a packed house at the El Rey Theater. He spoke with us about an upcoming question and answer session on the Green New Deal (and answered a number of our questions about the Green New Deal. He also gave us some details about the global climate strike September 20, which will be observed 11 am to 1 pm at City Plaza in Chico. Learn more at https://www.facebook.com/SunriseChico/
Listen to the interview.
Listen to the interview.
And then we spoke with Cheri Smith-Comfort who is active in the Butte County Local Food Network. She filled us in on a number of projects of this very vigorous food security organization and told us about their newest activity: Victory Garden 2.0 Garden Box and Bucket Blitz (a mouthful, she acknowledges). know). This will arrange for box gardens or smaller bucket gardens for dozens of area residents who want to grow their own food. Check them out at https://bclocalfood.org/
Here's Cheri.