How does climate change impact economic growth?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the climate change conference in Durban, South Africa. Two years ago at the UN talks in Copenhagen, an attempt to secure a global treaty and cut greenhouse gas emissions ended in failure. What is the outcome of the latest negotiations in Durban? Join us live at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. How is climate change affecting economies around the globe? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Richard Howarth, Rosenwald Professor of Environmental Studies at Dartmouth College and the Editor-in-Chief of Ecological Economics.

Andrew Light, Ph.D., is a Senior Fellow at American Progress specializing in international climate and science policy, and a professor at George Mason University where he is director of the Center for Global Ethics.

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What's happening to the food chain in the ocean?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about why we should be concerned about our ocean's food supply. How are issues like the health of top predators and overfishing affecting the ocean? A bill that would ban the practice of shark-finning is being considered in Sacramento. How will we be affected by changes to the ecosystem? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. What do you want to know about threats to life in the ocean? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Salvador Jorgensen, marine ecologist with the Monterey Bay Aquarium

Captain Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

David McGuire, director of Sea Stewards

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How is climate change contributing to global violence?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Christian Parenti, author of Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence. Parenti says if you "scratch the surface of many conflicts, you will find a clear climatological angle." How have extreme weather conditions and resource scarcity sparked social and political unrest? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. How can we avoid further climate catastrophes? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Richard Dolesh, Chief of Public Policy of National Recreation and Park Association

Bonny Hawley, executive director of Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks

Ruth Coleman, Director of California State Parks

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How are budget cuts affecting state parks?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about California parks. Redwood forests, beaches, and some of the state's most important cultural and historic sites are among 70 parks slated for closure. As many as 220 jobs will be eliminated. Will widespread park closures lead to privatization? Join us live or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What should be done to save our state parks and keep them in public hands? It's Your Call with me, Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Bonny Hawley, executive director of Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks

Ruth Coleman, Director of California State Parks

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What happens when sharing becomes big business?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk about car-sharing, work-sharing, cloud computing and the creative commons -- all the ways sharing has emerged as a way to organize economic production. Are you part of the growing economy of sharing? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call, with me, Matt Martin and you.

Guests:
Neal Gorenflo, the co-founder and publisher of Shareable Magazine, a nonprofit online magazine about sharing.

Lisa Gansky, author of The Mesh: Why the Future of Business Is Sharing and the founder of Mesh Studios.

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Is Antarctica the canary in the coal mine?

On the next Your Call, we'll speak with Fen Montaigne, author of Fraser's Penguins: A Journey to the Future in Antarctica. Montaigne spent 5 months with penguin researcher Bill Fraser, documenting the effects of climate change on Antarctica and its inhabitants, including the rapidly diminishing colonies of Adelie penguins. What do the changing landscape and ecosystems of Antarctica bode for the rest of us as the planet heats up? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Guest:
Fen Montaigne, journalist and author of Fraser's Penguins: A Journey to the Future in Antarctica

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What is the future of wild seafood?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Paul Greenberg, author of Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food. A few decades ago, most of the seafood we ate was wild. But we may be the last generation to enjoy wild fish, if we don't change our practices. How can we help restore fish populations through our food choices? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What factors do you consider when you buy fish? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guest:
Paul Greenberg, author of Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food

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Are we coming to the end of wild seafood?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Paul Greenberg, author Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food. We harvest 90 million tons of wild fish and shell fish each year. What does our over-fishing say about our relationship to the ocean and our planet's natural resources? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Do you eat fish? And how concerned are you about the effects of overfishing? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Paul Greenberg, a writer for the New York Times, National Geographic, and GQ. In 2005, his New York Times Magazine article on Chilean Sea Bass received the International Association of Culinary Professionals' award for excellence in food journalism.

Tom Worthington, owner of Monterey Fish Market in San Francisco

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Your Call 061109 How can we best care for the ground beneath our feet?

How can we best care for the ground beneath our feet? On the next Your Call, we'll continue our series on the commons by focusing on dirt, an invaluable substance we mostly take for granted. We'll speak with Gene Rosow, producer & director of Dirt! The Movie. The film tells the little known story of the relationship between dirt and humans. What can we do to preserve one of our most precious natural resources? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 am. What are you doing to enrich your soil? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Gene Rosow in Los Angeles
Director of Dirt! The Movie, an official selection in the Documentary Competition at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Gene wrote, produced and directed more than 20 documentaries including Doctora for Channel 4 England, Routes of Rhythm with Harry Belafonte for PBS, and Knights for Canal+ France. His feature film credits include the lovable family film Zeus and Roxanne for MGM, among others. On top of a Ph.D in History, Gene relishes his year of post-graduate work in Ecology, Biochemistry, Cellular Physiology, and Parisitology.

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Your Call 042309 Commons - Where can we find silence in our lives?

Where can we find silence in our lives? On the next Your Call we will talk with acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton, author of One Square Inch of Silence. Hempton has been an advocate for the dwindling number of places where no man-made sound intrudes. How can we preserve and create silent spaces? Should we be creating sanctuaries of silence? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 am. How do you find or create the silence you need? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Gordon Hempton in New York
Acoustic ecologist and Emmy Award-winning sound recordist, author of One Square Inch of Silence: One Man's Search for Natural Silence in a Noisy World.

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Your Call 123108 What can we learn from the transformation of our oceans?

What can we learn by paying attention to the transformation of our oceans? On the next Your Call, we'll revisit a conversation we had with Sylvia Earle, one of the most accomplished oceanographers of our time. She's recognized by the Library of Congress as a living legend, called "Her Deepness" by the New Yorker, and is Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society. She's out with a new book called Ocean: An Illustrated Atlas. Join us on the next Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Guest: Sylvia Earle, world-renowned oceanographer

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Your Call 120808 Global Commons -- Whales & Sharks

How is the environment for whales and shark changing? On the next Your Call, we continue our series on the global commons, with a discussion about the state of whales and sharks. According to the United Nations about ten million sharks are killed each year for their valuable fins. Whales are also facing ever-increasing dangers despite the 20-year ban on commercial whaling. So what's been done to save these sacred and precious creatures? And can we save them? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests: David McGuire, conservation filmmaker, a field associate of the California Academy of Sciences and a shark advocate.

Douglas Long, Chief Curator, Natural Sciences at Oakland Museum of California. formerly chair of the Department of Ornithology and Mammalogy at the California Academy of Sciences, he is currently teaches in the Department of Biology at Saint Mary's College in Moraga.

Stan Minasian, a naturalist with the Oceanic Society.

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Your Call 120208 A community-based water policy

What should a community-based water policy look like? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the growing push to privatize water. This week, multinationals, including Coca-Cola and Nestle Water, are meeting in San Francisco for a conference called "Corporate Water Footprinting." Environmentalists are having a gathering of their own to challenge corporate control of water. What needs to happen to ensure water remains a fundamental human right and stays in public hands? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar.

Guests: Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director of Food and Water Watch
Caleen Sisk-Franco, Chief, Winnemem Wintu Tribe
Amit Srivastava, Coordinator, International Campaign Against Coca-Cola

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Your Call 092508 Big Oil with author Antonia Juhasz

What's in store for the future of big oil? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Antonia Juhasz, author of the forthcoming book, The Tyranny of Oil: The World's Most Powerful Industry -- and What We Must Do to Stop It. Juhasz investigates the true state of the U.S. oil industry by uncovering its global power, influence over our elected officials, the truth behind $150-a-barrel oil, and the highest profit in corporate history. Who's really controlling the prices? How much oil is even left? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar.

Guest: Antonia Juhasz is a policy-analyst, author and activist living in San Francisco.

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Your Call 091708 Paul Ehrlich, author of "The Dominant Animal: human evolution and the environment"

Human beings have now established their dominion over the planet - can we stop ourselves from destroying it? On the next Your Call, we'll speak with renowned Stanford scientist Paul Ehrlich about his latest book, The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment. How can understanding evolution help us move forward? How did our relationship with nature become so distorted? And what can we do to change the trajectory? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Renowned Stanford scientist Paul Ehrlich

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Your Call 081908 Your Water Footprint

How big is your water footprint? On the next Your Call we'll talk about the surprising amount of fresh water used to support our daily life. This is World Water Week, and we'll be looking at how much water is made unusable in the manufacture and consumption of the goods we all use. On average, says WaterFootprint.org, that adds up to 655,000 gallons of fresh water per year, and most of it isn't from showers or washing off your driveway. To make a single glass of beer, manufacturers use 20 gallons of water; a pound of beef uses nearly 1,000. Do you know how much water you use everyday? It's your call, with me, Rose Aguilar and you, weekdays at 11.

Guests:
Kai Olson-Sawyer in New York
Water project manager for H2O Conserve, a non-profit that promotes water conservation.

Gil Friend in Berkeley
Founder, President & CEO of Natural Logic, a Berkeley-based company that does environmental consumption analyses of businesses.

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Your Call 061008 Commons Series - Public Spaces

What makes a great public space? And how can we create more of them? On the next Your Call, we'll continue with our series on the commons by taking a look at the evolution of public spaces, which allow social interaction between diverse groups of people. But gentrification, policing, and revitalized urban places are changing them. How have the public spaces around you transformed over time? And what do they mean to you? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar.

Guests:
Gray Brechin, project scholar and writer for the New Deal Legacy Project, which is documenting the physical legacy of the New Deal in California under the aegis of the California Historical Society.

Mona Caron, San Francisco based muralist

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Your Call 051508 The Emptying Oceans

Can you still eat seafood for dinner and sleep well at night? On the next Your Call we speak with Taras Grescoe, author of Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood. Grescoe, a travel writer, has sampled the best the world has to offer: bouillabaisse in Marseille, sushi in Tokyo. But he found that his was one mouth among way too many and his book is a wide-ranging survey of failing global fish stocks. Are calamari, oysters and swordfish off the menu forever? Can 6 billion people live well and healthy only at the expense of the seas? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Taras Grescoe in San Francisco

Author of Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood. Taras is a frequent contributor to the New York Times, the Independent, and National Geographic Traveler.

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Your Call 040308 The Commons Series; Animal Migrations

What impact has human activity had on migration patterns? On the next Your Call, we continue our series on the commons with David Wilcove, author of "No Way Home: The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations." The Redfish Lake in Idaho is named for the thousands of Sockeye Salmon that once retuned to the lake after a 900-mile long journey from the Pacific Ocean. This year, only four sockeye reached the lake. What is destroying migratory routes? What's being done to preserve them? And what's our role? It's Your Call, with me, Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guest:
David S. Wilcove, author of No Way Home: The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations, is professor of ecology, evolutionary biology, and public affairs at Princeton University.

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Your Call 031308 The Commons Series; Seeds

How do we care for the things we share? On the next Your Call, we continue our series on the global commons. This week we’ll discuss the nuts, grains and seeds that form the nutritional basis of human civilization. Our seed stock is at risk because of a growing imbalance between private and public imperatives. Last week, Norwegian scientists built a seed vault deep within an Arctic mountain. Is this enough to guarantee that the food we eat today will be available in the future? It’s Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Brewster Kneen in Ottawa, Canada
Is the publisher of the Ram’s Horn, a monthly journal of food systems analysis. He is a farmer, scholar and the founder of The Forum on Privatization and the Public Domain.  

Claire Hope Cummings in Santa Rosa
Author of Uncertain Peril: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Seeds.

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