My guest today on DITD is Arthur Davis a Director, researcher and Portable Toilet coordinator  at the Rich Earth Institute in Brattleboro Vermont.  The Rich Earth Institute engages in research, education and technological innovation to advance the use of human waste as a resource.  Arthur directs Rich Earth Institute's Urine Nutrient Reclamation Program, which is a community-scale urine recycling program. In this role, Arthur helps get urine from the point of collection, through the treatment process, and finally to farms to use as fertilizer.

Arthur Davis - Director The Rich Earth Institute - Digging in the Dirt

I'm here with the winner of the 5th annual Bill Duesing Organic Living on the Earth Award,  Michael Nadeau.  Michael  is one of the leading authorities in the field of sustainable organic and ethical land care strategies in the United States. He is sought after for creating attractive sustainable and restorative environments using organic practices that respect the ecology of the property and reflect the philosophy of the client. Michael’s organic and sustainable holistic land care approach carefully maximizes wildlife habitat with specific plantings and techniques, improving the overall health of land, water, and wildlife.  He is a co-founder of CT NOFA’s Organic Land Care program and owner of a organic land care consulting business.
https://www.michaelnadeau.org/

Mike Nadeau Sustainable, organic, ethical land care

Michael Zweig, labor historian and economist, discusses the latest developments in the auto workers' strike against The Big Three and places this current labor militancy in the historical trajectory from the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act to date.
Interview by Richard Hill, Oct. 3, 2023

Monthly Labor Report -- Edition  #2 -- Oct. 3, 2023

-Unseasonable warmth means winter is probably over
-World’s oceans reached the hottest temperatures ever recorded 
   early in 2024
-Amazon rainforest faces ecosystem collapse as soon as 2050
-Climate change warming threatens the Lake Geneva’s 
  biodiversity
-Pregnant women in Indiana show increased amounts of 
   weedkiller in their urine,
-New $24 million funding to support clean energy workforce 
   training  
 -44,000 of the world's species are on the brink of extinction

GaiaGram #196  Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis

John Nichols, The Nation Magazine's national affairs correspondent, analyzes President Joe Biden's State of the Union address and discusses his re-election prospects in light of his domestic and foreign policy agendas.
Panel:  Ruthanne Baumgartner, Scott Harris and Richard Hill

Resistance Roundtable -- March 9, 2024 -- Biden's SOTU, Gaza, and the 2024 Election

-Fossil fuel industry says abandon the fantasy of phasing out oil and gas
-IEA, projects that oil and gas demand peaks by 2030 
-Philadelphia county is suing the oil industry, 
   saying oil producers deceived the public about global warming.
-Historic and significant climate regulations issued for U.S.
-Sea ice in arctic regions of the planet continued its decline in 2024
-Insurance rates going up for coastal properties

GaiaGram #200 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis

My guest is  E. Hardy Kern lll,  The  Director of Government relations pesticides and Birds Campaign for the American Bird Conservancy. Hardy will address  “Neonics” Neonicotinoids, the New DDT pesticide and it’s threat to birds.

The American Bird Conservancy is a non-profit membership organization with the mission of conserving wild birds and their habitats throughout the Americas. Its focus is on threats to birds in the Western Hemisphere – threats which include overuse of pesticides, urban sprawl, habitat destruction, and invasive species.

Hardy Kern American Bird Conservancy  "Neonic - The new pesticide"

* Abortion and Reproductive Rights are on the 2024 Election Ballot Dr. Kristyn Brandi, previous board chair of the group Physicians for Reproductive Health Producer: Scott Harris 
* Activists at Groton Submarine Base Protest the Ongoing Threat of Nuclear War Jackie Allen Doucot of the Hartford Catholic Worker Producer: Melinda Tuhus 
* Israeli Propagandists Target US Journalists, Skewing (Slanting) Coverage of Gaza War Arvind Dilawar, Independent Journalist Producer: Scott Harris

Between The Lines

-The Antarctic Circumpolar Current getting faster
-California temporarily shuts down Highway 1 due to coastal erosion
-Solar panels are so cheap that they are being used to build garden fences
-Global heating is causing problems for a variety of crops
-Hong Kong’s records highest Temp for March in 140 years,
-Half of the tap water in the U S contaminated with forever“ chemicals,”
-Amount of plastic packaging waste created by Amazon has increased

GaiaGram #201 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis

-March was the Earth’s 10th consecutive month of record-breaking heat
-57 companies responsible for 80% of the world’s global  CO2 emissions 
-An "extremely active" hurricane season is likely in 2024.
-The rate of carbon emissions cuts in the United States has doubled 
-Billionaire Australian to invest in green projects  
-China is the most polluting nation and doing most for renewable energy.

GaiaGram #202 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis

- Bogota Colombia  is rationing water due to drought
-  Morocco's second-largest reservoir drying up
-new scientific method pinpoints microplastic pollution 'hotspots' 
-Court finds climate crisis involves human rights violations.
-7 countries generate 100% of electricity from renewable energy
-The EU’s Green Claims Directive rules
 -Sea otters help kelp forest ecosystems

GaiaGram # 203 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis

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