by Greg Johnson | Mar 21, 2021 | Environment, Farming, Video
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by Greg Johnson | Mar 21, 2021 | Activism, Environment, Politics, Public Interest, Public Policy
Video About Water is fundamental to life, yet it’s also a scarce commodity. In many cases, greed and mismanagement are causing this life-giving essential to run dry. What happens when water is monetized? From Australia to California, from New York to London and...
by Greg Johnson | Mar 17, 2021 | Environment, Farming, Public Interest, Public Policy, Video
Video About In Colorado’s San Luis Valley, worsening drought is causing farmers to face the prospect of losing their livelihoods. Two potato and barley farmers are placing their bets on a drought-tolerant crop—industrial hemp. Shannon Wright and his son-in-law Dion...
by Greg Johnson | Mar 6, 2021 | Advertising, Environment, Farming, Food, Public Policy
Introduction Iowa City is a great place to discover inspiring examples of regenerative agriculture. This page offers a few examples, with a personal story at the bottom of the page about a local urban garden. This list of resources is in alphabetical order. Excerpts...
by Greg Johnson | Jan 12, 2021 | Consumer News, Environment, Health, Politics, Public Interest, Public Policy
Video About the Video Six years ago, lead seeped into the tap water in Flint, Michigan, while state and local officials said everything was fine. Now, the same doctor who proved something was wrong is taking the first comprehensive look at the thousands of kids...
by Greg Johnson | Dec 31, 2020 | Environment, Video
Exciting evidence emerges of civilizations lost for centuries under the waves, from mysterious underwater pyramids off the coast of Japan to the fabled city of Atlantis itself. Using cutting-edge graphics to reveal what’s actually lying on the seafloor, and...
by Greg Johnson | Dec 9, 2020 | Activism, Consumer News, Environment, Politics, Public Interest, Public Policy, Video
About “An exclusive investigation into the side of the Flint story that few know about — an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease during the water crisis that continued to claim lives in the city five years later. A documentary that uncovers the extent of a deadly...
by Greg Johnson | Nov 23, 2020 | Activism, Career, Effective Living, Environment, Health, Video
Video About The cosy Scandinavian concept of ‘hygge’ has become popular in recent years, but there’s another wellness idea that helps Nordic people through long, cold winters. ‘Friluftsliv’ is a word used by Swedes, Danes and Norwegians....
by Greg Johnson | Sep 23, 2020 | Environment, Public Interest
The spill is estimated to be 1.14 million barrels of oil, 4-times the size of the Exxon Valdez spill, and if no action is taken soon. The stranded tanker off the coast of Yemen is expected to break in half causing a massive environmental disaster. “From above...
by Greg Johnson | Jul 29, 2020 | Activism, Environment, Farming
PART 1: Big Agriculture Is Broken Growing food and fiber with industrial techniques has devastated our climate. Conventional agriculture contributes up to 25% of the emissions driving the climate crisis. But there’s another way. Regenerative Organic methods can build...
by Greg Johnson | Jul 15, 2020 | Activism, Environment, Lifeways, Public Interest, Public Policy, Relationships
When hiking through a forest, it’s common to see a fallen tree that is being consumed by a combination of fungus, ants, and decomposition. The circle of life will eventually allow the tree to rot and turn into soil again. Xylophagy is a term used in ecology to...
by Greg Johnson | Jul 5, 2020 | Activism, Environment, Farming, Public Interest, World News
This page offers news and information about the 2020 global desert locust invasion. Stories and reports are listed below in chronological order with emphasis on the source and date. Some unusual fluctuations in climate have resulted in excessive locust populations....
by Greg Johnson | May 28, 2020 | Consumer News, Environment, Health, Public Interest, Public Policy, Technology
For many years, consumer protection groups, health organizations, and government agencies have been studying the potential risks of radio frequency (RF) emissions from electronics devices. Concerns about electromagnetic interference (EMI) and radio frequency (RF)...
by Greg Johnson | May 9, 2020 | Bike Work Life, Environment, Transportation, Walk and Talk
In Episode #14, I describe some of the benefits of having an electric bicycle as an alternative to an all-electric car or a traditional bicycle. Listen using the Anchor Player Listen Using Our Website Player You can also download the show. Tap (or right click) the...
by Greg Johnson | Mar 15, 2020 | Environment, Technology, Video
This video examines electric energy storage technologies such as flow batteries, thermal storage, pumped hydro, and gravity-based storage. “The Future Of Energy Storage Beyond Lithium Ion – Over the past decade, prices for solar panels and wind farms have...
by Greg Johnson | Feb 28, 2020 | Activism, Environment, Public Policy, World News
An entire generation of young people is rejecting the idea of unlimited economic growth on a planet with finite resources. Among them are social entrepreneurs in Indonesia looking for ways to do business that don’t harm the environment. The poles are melting. Sea...
by Greg Johnson | Feb 27, 2020 | Environment, Farming, Public Policy, Video
In 1991, the people of Cuba had to quickly embrace some sustainability initiatives that were necessary for survival at a time of great economic crisis which continued for about 9 years. This became known as the “Special Period” or Período Especial. These...
by Greg Johnson | Jan 28, 2020 | Environment, Video
Antarctica melting: Journey to the ‘doomsday glacier’ (BBC News, 28 Jan 2020) Glaciologists have described Thwaites Glacier as the “most important” glacier in the world, the “riskiest” glacier, even the “doomsday”...
