by radiocafe | Apr 18, 2019 | Activism, Environment, New Mexico, Politics, Santa Fe New Mexican
For over a hundred years, there have been attempts to damn and divert the Gila river in NM, and so far none of them has succeeded. We explore the potential ecological and economic impacts of the current proposed diversion.
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by radiocafe | Apr 15, 2019 | Activism, Environment, New Mexico, Politics, Santa Fe New Mexican
Congresswoman Deb Haaland supports it, as do innumerable young people and veteran climate activists alike. Hear Haaland as well as youth activist Hannah Laga-Abramand environmental activist Craig O’Hare, as they talk about their perspectives on climate mitigation.
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by radiocafe | Apr 11, 2019 | Activism, New Mexico, Santa Fe New Mexican
David Osher has devoted his life to building an education system that respects and meets the needs of all students, and that allows more successful structures to replace outdates ones. We talked to him during his recent visit to New Mexico.
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by radiocafe | Apr 5, 2019 | Activism, New Mexico, Politics, Santa Fe New Mexican
As local journalism dwindles nationwide, Searchlight NM is a model of powerful investigative journalism that after only one year is having a real effect on New Mexico politics and policy.
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by radiocafe | Apr 1, 2019 | New Mexico, Politics, Santa Fe New Mexican
All the latest news from all over the state with veteran journalist Steve Terrell–you may be surprised when you find out what’s going on!
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by radiocafe | Mar 25, 2019 | Activism, Environment, New Mexico, Politics, Santa Fe New Mexican
The Clean Water Act of 1972 established policies for cleaning up our nation’s water ways. Now these rules are being gutted–with potentially dire consequences for arid states like New Mexico. Rachel Conn of Amigos Bravos gives us an update.
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by radiocafe | Mar 21, 2019 | Arts & films, Books, New Mexico, Santa Fe New Mexican
Salvatore Scibona‘s novel, The Volunteer, is an exquisitely observed and crafted novel that tells the stories of the people and events leading up to a crime in which a little boy is left alone in an airport, speaking a language that nobody understands.
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by radiocafe | Mar 19, 2019 | Books, Environment, Food & agriculture, New Mexico, Santa Fe New Mexican
Ben Goldfarb is a “beaver believer.” In his new book, Eager, he writes about the historical role of beavers in the ecosystems of the entire North American continent, how they were nearly wiped out, and why many communities are brining them back—and with them lusher wetlands and healthier rivers.
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by radiocafe | Mar 19, 2019 | Activism, Books, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, New Mexico
Ben Goldfarb is a “beaver believer.” In his new book, Eager, he writes about the historical role of beavers in North American ecosystems, how they were nearly wiped out, and why communities are brining them back—and with them lusher wetlands and healthier rivers.
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by radiocafe | Mar 4, 2019 | Books, New Mexico, Santa Fe New Mexican
Nina Simons, co-founder of Bioneers, talks about her new book, Nature, Culture and the Sacred: A Woman Listens for Leadership.
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