Melinda Tuhus interviews Denise Savageau, president of the Connecticut Association of Conservation Districts, who explains how the climate crisis is exacerbating the biodiversity crisis.

The twin crises of climate disruption and biodiversity loss

-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

A song of appreciation for all the protesting students, staff, and faculty at Columbia and many other institutions across the US.

Boycott, Sanction, and Divest

-Dubai  recorded a year’s worth of rain in just 12 hours
-Hurricane season expected to be the worst on record
-(EPA) finalizes rules on “forever chemicals” in drinking water
-Corporations urgently need to halve their emissions before 2030
-US DOE to speed up the connection of clean energy to the grid.
-Peak wildfire season is heating up the Garden State,

GaiaGram # 204 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis

-Trump offers to gut climate initiatives for $1 Billion 
-Europe is the fastest warming continent
-U.S. 2024 summer, will see record-breaking days of heat.
-Cost of climate disasters in Texas could exceed $100 Billion
-Jakarta is the world’s fastest sinking metropolis.
- Europe's cities using nature-based solutions to fight Global 
   warming

GaiaGram #206 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis

My next guest is Alice Ely. Alice is a UConn Advanced Master Gardener & Master Composter, and the creator of multiple public and private butterfly gardens in Fairfield County. She speaks frequently on the importance of gardening for habitat, food and not least of all, joy.  In addition to promoting native plants through the Pollinator Pathway, and educating on sustainable gardening at Westport’s Wakeman Town Farm, and Weston’s Town Farm, when she's not out digging in the dirt of her own garden, she coaches homeowners on how to garden sustainably, through her business, Gardenwithalice.com

Alice Ely   Master Gardener and Composter

Up next on Digging in the Dirt is a local, guy Joe Gloria. Joe works for one of the gardening establishments just about everybody in the area has been to one time or another and that's Gilbertie's. They've always been at the forefront of organic from the beginning. Joe Gloria is a garden guru of plants, shrubs, and perennials alike. Joe Gloria has a passion for caring for plants and the people who love them!  We going to learn about vermicompost teas.

Joe Gloria Garden Guru at Gilbertie's Nursery Westport.

My guest on this show of “Digging in the Dirt” has been Chairman of the Westport Community Gardens for 20 years.  He also has been Director of Long Lots Preserve for the last 2 years and a Sixth grade science teacher for 20 years. In the past he has run programs in New York City for recycling and alternative fuels for transit buses The first time Lou was here we discussed the existential threat to the Westport Community Garden and apparently the situation has gone from bad to worse.  The garden has been targeted by the towns politicians for destruction.

Westport Community Garden - Chairman Lou Weinberg

Lynn Zinser the founding editor of Climate Liability News, she is responsible for all editorial content, social media and media partnerships for CLN.  Climate Liability News is a not-for-profit news site dedicated to reporting on the issues at the intersection of climate change impacts and law. Those issues include government and corporate responsibility and accountability for global warming and its consequences across society and around the world.

Lynn Zinser -  Climate Liability News- Founder & Editor - Digging in the Dirt

The main story from the first episode of WPKN's Green Line with Matt Cloutier, which aired live on 11/09/19. We explore how tiny audio recorders and artificial intelligence are revolutionizing how biologists study forests around the world.

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Green Line E1: The Rise of Bioacoustics

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Green Line E1: The Rise of Bioacoustics

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