Best Spring Creek Project Podcasts (2024)

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Longtime Spring Creek Elementary principal Scott Sannes retires; Head of the EDA, Randy Yoder discusses the 5th & Washington Project

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Scott Sannes, the principal at Spring Creek Elementary School for the past 25 years, made the abrupt announcement this week that he would retire from the position, effective almost immediately. In a letter to the Spring Creek community, Sannes said after 25 years and much reflection, he feels it is time to try something new. […]…

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Townies with Nora Serres

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In the August edition of Townies, hosts Andrew Rossow and Betsy Spethmann talk with Nora Serres, a Minnesotan who just moved to Norway.By KYMN Radio - 1080 AM, Northfield, MN

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Craig Swenson discusses upcoming events at FiftyNorth

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Assistant Director of FiftyNorth Craig Swenson updates on upcoming Summer events.By KYMN Radio - 1080 AM, Northfield, MN

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Rice County Sheriff Jesse Thomas, 8-1-24

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Rice County Sheriff Jesse Thomas talks the recent Rice County Fair, updates on the new Rice County Jail facility, and more.By KYMN Radio - 1080 AM, Northfield, MN

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Federal Government approves Rice County for FEMA aid after June flooding; Northfield School Board Filing period opens with immediate filings

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A statement issued yesterday by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said Rice County is one of 19 counties to which the organization, which is the US Government’s disaster relief arm, has been authorized to provide assistance to individuals, property owners and businesses to help recover from losses suffered during the floods that occurr…

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Mayor Rhonda Pownell and Randy Yoder discuss the redevelopment of 5th Street & Washington intersection

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Mayor Rhonda Pownell and Economic Development Authority President Randy Yoder go over the most recent EDA meeting, where topics included the 5th Street & Washington intersection and other redevelopment projects.By KYMN Radio - 1080 AM, Northfield, MN

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Superintendent Dr. Matt Hillmann and Hope Langston discuss Mathematics curriculum changes

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Superintendent Dr. Matt Hillmann and Director of Instructional Services Hope Langston go over the new Mathematics curriculum program, Bridges in Mathematics, being implemented in Northfield Public Schools this upcoming school year.By KYMN Radio - 1080 AM, Northfield, MN

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Washington man seriously injured in ATV accident; Dundas City Council begins work on 2025 budget; Rice County Area United Way opens new round of microgrant applications

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A man from Washington state who was driving an All-Terrain Vehicle in Rice County suffered serious injuries on Sunday. A statement issued by the Rice County Sheriff’s Office said 56-year-old Brett Richard Mikels of Sammamish, Washington, was turning his ATV around in a field when the ATV tipped over, throwing Mikels from the vehicle. First […]…

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Northfield Area Fire and Rescue Squad moves from ambulance service to ‘light rescue vehicle’; The Rare Pair is sold to two longtime employees

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Among the major changes made by the Northfield Fire and Rescue Service over the past two years is the decision to not renew their ambulance license and move in a different direction. Northfield Area Fire Chief Tom Nelson said there were many reasons the decision was made, not the least of which was that they […]…

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Betsy Buckheit discusses Northfield Comprehensive Plan

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Chair of the Comprehensive Plan Committee Betsy Buckheit talks updates on the new Comprehensive Plan through 2045.By KYMN Radio - 1080 AM, Northfield, MN

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ArtZany! Radio for the Imagination! talks NAG’s production of The Merry Wives of Windsor

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Today in the ArtZany Radio studio Paula Granquist welcomes director Michelle Schwantes, stage manager and actor Carney Gray and actor Kevin Chapman from the Northfield Arts Guild production of Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor. The Merry Wives of Windsor Michelle Schwantes, director Northfeild Arts Guild Theater 411 Third Street West, Northf…

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Rice County advises on federal disaster loan help; NAFRS board declines to re-form as a taxing authority; Vintage band Fest is set for tonight and tomorrow

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A statement issued by Rice County this week said the Small Business Administration has two separate programs that are making low-interest, disaster relief loans to several types of businesses and organizations in the wake of the flooding last month throughout Rice County, and Greater Minnesota. President Biden’s Declaration of a Major Disaster on J…

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Anika Rychner and Natalie Draper discuss the Community Action Center’s Runway Revival

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Senior Director of the Community Action Center Anika Rychner and Director of the Northfield Public Library Natalie Draper discuss the Runway Revival event at the Weitz Center on August 22nd.By KYMN Radio - 1080 AM, Northfield, MN

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The Weekly List – The It’s Danny’s Birthday Show, 2024 7/25/24

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Celebrating the impending end of another trip around the sun for the one and only – truly there is no one else like him – we get a show filled with songs he saw performed over the last 12 months. And, while you’re listening to the show, he’s sitting in Madison Square Garden watching Billy […]By KYMN Radio - 1080 AM, Northfield, MN

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Rice County United Way announces $400,000 in grants; Northfield Hospital announces hiring of a Lactation Specialist; Crazy Days returns to Northfield today

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The Rice County Area United Way Announced on Tuesday that 23 area Rice County human services non-profit organizations have been awarded grants over the next two years, totaling approximately $400,000. The list of Grantees includes Community Action Center, HealthFinders Collaborative, Healthy Community Initiative, The Hope Center of Rice County, Nor…

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Dean Lamp and Joy Riggs discuss this weekend’s Vintage Band Festival

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Vintage Band Festival 2024 organizers Dean Lampe and Joy Riggs preview this weekend’s event, happening this Friday night and all day Saturday in Bridge Square.By KYMN Radio - 1080 AM, Northfield, MN

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Northfield Fire Chief Tom Nelson, 7-25-24

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Northfield Area Fire & Rescue Fire Chief Tom Nelson previews today’s Joint Powers Board meeting including the budget, the potential sale of an ambulance and the purchase of new equipment, new hires, and more.By KYMN Radio - 1080 AM, Northfield, MN

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Large load of narcotics found in car driven by I-35 gunman; Filing period for Northfield School Board opens next Tuesday; Dundas Council approves Capital Improvement Plan

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Published reports say the man who was the reason authorities shut down I-35 on Sunday had been the subject of a narcotics investigation and the car he was driving contained 44 pounds of methamphetamine, and a vast number of pills, many containing fentanyl. According to KROC News in Rochester, 41-year-old Donald Ray Sanderson of Minneapolis […]…

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Krin Finger introduces new Rare Pair owners Beret Froehle and Chrissy Neuger

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Current owner of The Rare Pair Krin Finger discusses her upcoming retirement and introduces new owners Beret Froehle and Chrissy Neuger.By KYMN Radio - 1080 AM, Northfield, MN

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Mayor Rhonda Pownell and Jacob Reister discuss Sweet Spokes

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Mayor of Northfield Rhonda Pownell and Sweet Spokes founder Jacob Reister discuss Reister’s new business venture.By KYMN Radio - 1080 AM, Northfield, MN

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The Northfield Candidate Show – Ruth Dahl 7/22/24

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A show featuring in-depth conversations with the people running for local office in Northfield. Hosts Joe Moravchik and Rich Larson are joined by former school board member, and current mayoral candidate Ruth Dahl.By KYMN Radio - 1080 AM, Northfield, MN

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Dundas City Administrator Jenelle Teppen, 7-23-24

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Dundas City Administrator Jenelle Teppen discusses the Dundas capital improvement plan among other updates.By KYMN Radio - 1080 AM, Northfield, MN

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Superintendent Dr. Matt Hillmann talks latest school board events

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Superintendent of Northfield Public Schools Dr. Matt Hillmann discusses school board updates and other upcoming events.By KYMN Radio - 1080 AM, Northfield, MN

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City presents 5th & Washington project “reboot;” Crazy Days set for thursday; Online workshop will focus on chloride pollution due to salting of streets, other uses

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On Tuesday night during the Northfield Economic Development Authority meeting, the City of Northfield presented what City Administrator Ben Martig called a reboot of the 5th & Washington Street project. The City is once again talking about building a structure on the Washington Street Parking lot that would house a new Northfield Municipal Liquor S…

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Armed standoff on I-35 shuts highway down for hours on Sunday; First responders celebration tonight at Spring Creek Park; Correction to Northwest Area report

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Yesterday, I-35 was shut down just south of Northfield for several hours due to a standoff between law enforcement and one man with a handgun According to a statement issued by the Rice County Sheriff’s Office, the 41-year-old man stopped his vehicle on northbound Interstate 35 just outside of the Faribault city limits. The suspect […]…

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Collective Climate Action: Osprey Orielle Lake on women leading the way in climate justice organizing 30:04

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Because of unequal gender norms globally, women are impacted first and worst by climate change, and yet, one of the untold stories is how incredibly vital women are to local and global solutions. In this episode, Osprey Orielle Lake joins colleague Ashley Guardado to explore the ways in which empowering women worldwide is essential to climate justi…

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Collective Climate Action: Diego Arguedas Ortiz on lessons from climate journalism as we look for climate hope 19:13

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Where is the space for hope in a world where it is almost impossible not to feel hopeless and broken? In that "almost," argues journalist Diego Arguedas Ortiz. In this episode, Diego argues that climate hope is linked with action: both ours and that of others alongside us. He follows the case of climate journalism, which was traditionally a domain …

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Collective Climate Action: Francesca Polletta on three misconceptions about social movements 30:18

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People often think that social movements emerge when people get so frustrated with the state of things that they cannot not act. They think that only people who really believe in the cause join social movements. And they think that social movements only have an impact when they change the hearts and minds of the public. In this episode, Francesca P…

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Collective Climate Action: Aisha Shillingford on audacious visioning to shape the future 21:55

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In this episode, Aisha Shillingford invites us into a practice of imaginative world-building that involves thinking far into the future, deep intuition, and bold dreaming. She says we have the right and the responsibility to imagine another future, and what comes next depends on our ability to imagine. Aisha asks us to imagine not just changing our…

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Ursula Goodenough: Science and the Sacred 53:24

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"Cultural understandings can be very rapid, they can also be sometimes very resistant to change, which is part of the problem, but the evolution of culture is something we can and should think about in a very different way from biological evolution, which takes a long time--and the fact that cultural evolution can turn on a dime can be very encoura…

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Collective Climate Action: Jeremy Lent on climate breakdown as a symptom of a deeper malaise 34:49

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While we need urgent responses to climate breakdown, we will only make meaningful progress once we recognize that it is a symptom of a deeper underlying malaise affecting our society. Climate must be understood as one aspect of a multifaceted process of global ecological degradation caused by problematic characteristics of our socioeconomic system.…

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Luminaries: Fred Swanson on Robert Michael Pyle's essay "The Long Haul" 11:47

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Today’s “Luminaries” guest is Fred Swanson, a former research geologist with the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, and a Senior Fellow of the Spring Creek Project. He is co-editor of the books “Forest Under Story: Creative Inquiry in an Old-Growth Forest” and “In the Blast Zone: Catastrophe and Renewal on Mount St. Helens.” F…

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Collective Climate Action: Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. on immersive storytelling and intersectionality in climate justice organizing 19:57

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In this episode, Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. addresses the interconnected issues of climate change, poverty, economic injustice, and other social injustices affecting vulnerable communities. He explains that it takes collective organizing around the deeper problems of inequality to effectively address the climate crisis and he shares strategies the Hi…

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Collective Climate Action: Peter Friederici on reframing the possibilities of climate breakdown 26:40

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In this episode, Peter Friederici explains that societal responses to climate breakdown have been closely tied to the dominance of large-scale narratives that promote passivity and inaction. Close examination shows that these narratives follow the structure of classical tragedy as they support the status quo and inhibit creative change. We can do b…

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Just Me: The Spring Creek Project lecture 35:42

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This week I have something a little different. I was asked to take part in the Collective Climate Action lecture series for the Spring Creek Project at Oregon State University. These are the same folks who asked me to do a keynote five years ago, which turned into the essay that’s in the wonderful book All We Can Save. I struggled with this one, as…

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Collective Climate Action: Tory Stephens on collective visioning for a just future 39:19

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Climate change often feels overwhelming, leaving us with a sense of despair. To move forward, we need positive visions of a clean, green, and just world — yet these depictions are often lacking. In this episode, Tory Stephens explores why collective visioning and hopeful climate storytelling is a useful tool to creating a better future for all. Fro…

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Michael Eliason: What Our Cities Could Look Like 1:12:06

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"If we had a climate leader like Anne Hidalgo, the Pike/Pine network itself, going from Capitol Hill, which is dense enough to support its own pedestrian zone and car-free streets, could be car-free or mostly car-free down to the water, there'd be this wonderful green interchange between Capitol Hill and downtown and there's really wonderful opport…

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Luminaries: Brooke Kuhnhausen on Joy Harjo’s poem “Remember” 12:25

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Today’s “Luminaries” guest is Brooke Kuhnhausen, a psychologist who deeply values creativity and collaboration as portals of transformation and imagination so vitally needed for new ways of being together and caring for our living Earth. She practices depth and relational therapy in her private practice and also trains and consults with other thera…

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Collective Climate Action: Emily Johnston on using our social nature to work for a thriving world 35:01

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In this episode, Emily Johnston explains that the life we're living now isn't just on a collision course with Earth's limits; it's also historically abnormal in the extreme. How can we ensure that our social nature begins to work far more for a thriving world, than against one? Emily Johnston is an essayist (anthologized in “All We Can Save”) and p…

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Collective Climate Action: Jennifer Atkinson on channeling eco-anxiety into climate action 32:04

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In this episode, Jennifer Atkinson explains that the age of climate consequences is upon us, and anxiety and despair are rising along with global temperatures. To successfully face the challenges ahead, we need to build more than solar panels and sea walls — we also need to build the emotional resilience to stay engaged in climate work over the lon…

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Collective Climate Action: Series Trailer 2:35

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Welcome to "Collective Climate Action: Inspired Organizing for Our Future," a speaker series produced by the Spring Creek Project at Oregon State University. This series includes talks from a wide range of speakers. They invite us to imagine a world that centers climate justice and inspire us to find our role in creating that future. We examine why…

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Luminaries: Robert Michael Pyle on Ann Haymond Zwinger’s “Beyond the Aspen Grove” 14:32

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Today’s “Luminaries” guest is Robert Michael Pyle, a renowned environmental writer, conservation biologist, butterfly expert, and Guggenheim Fellow. Bob is the author of nearly 30 books, including “Sky Time in Gray’s River,” “Chasing Monarchs,” “Butterflies of the Pacific Northwest, ”and “Wintergreen,” which received the John Burroughs Medal. Durin…

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Luminaries: Leah Wilson on Bill Viola’s “The Crossing” 10:37

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Today’s “Luminaries” guest is Leah Wilson, a place-specific visual artist and writer. Leah’s artwork is informed by physical engagement with the environment, keen observation, and a curiosity toward ecological research. Her art has been exhibited at galleries throughout the West Coast and her work is in public and private collections, including the…

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Summer Storm with Rain, Thunder and Birds 17:14

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This episode was recorded in Wyangala, NSW in December 2021. We're setup at a covered picnic table and the rain has just set in. Hear the rain pouring down, and then as it eases, the birds come out while thunder rolls on in the distance. This recording was made with a Binaural Enthusiast dummy head, and processed with just a little reduction in the…

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Luminaries: Kathleen Dean Moore on W. S. Merwin’s “Unchopping a Tree” 16:15

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Our inaugural guest on “Luminaries” is Kathleen Dean Moore, a climate activist, philosopher, celebrated environmental writer, and one of the co-founders of the Spring Creek Project. She co-edited the collection “Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril” and is the author of several books, including “Wild Comfort,” “Holdfast,” “Great Tide …

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Luminaries: Series Trailer 3:03

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Welcome to "Luminaries," a new podcast series produced by the Spring Creek Project at Oregon State University. Sometimes we come across a piece of writing, art, or music so vivid and brilliant it leaves us unequivocally changed. “Luminaries” invites guests who love the planet to share a personal story about a piece of writing or art that inspires o…

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Lauren Regan: They're Doing This Because We're Winning 1:18:27

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"Because the one thing they will never have that we have is numbers, and moral high ground. Most of us are doing this because we care, it's coming from a place of love, often we're doing it in our volunteer time--and the government and corporations will never match that." ____ Lauren Regan is the legendary founder, executive director, and staff att…

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Paul Koberstein & Jessica Applegate: Canopy of Titans 1:07:10

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"The clear-cuts were littered with these big old logs, they were just lying there rotting in the sun, and we asked Dominick DellaSalla, the scientist who was our tour guide, what's that all about, and he said 'they're really picky about which logs they bring back to market, so if they see flaws in the wood they'll just leave it behind...70% of the …

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Night-time by a River During Spring Snow Melt 1:01:23

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This is the Gungarlin River in the NSW Snowy Mountains, recorded on a crisp early spring night. Hear the river rushing away with spring snow melt, the occasional bird and some mysterious splashes and thuds nearby. No one else is around for miles and miles (except for the brumbies)... So enjoy the peace and quiet. This recording was made with a Senn…

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George Monbiot: Nourishing Ourselves and the Wild 1:18:23

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"Our ignorance of the soil really impedes our efforts to reach what I see as the holy grail here, which is low-impact, high-yield farming. There's plenty of high-impact, high-yield farming, and plenty of low-impact, low-yield farming, but neither of those are the answers that we need to find. We have this enormously challenging thing that we face, …

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