What can we learn from young environmental activists?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with three young activists who are recipients of 2011 Earth Island Institute's David Brower Youth Awards. What inspires and motivates young people to organize? Join us live at 10 or send us an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Do you know a young person who has inspired you to do more for the environment? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:

Tania Pulido, founder of the Berryland garden in the Iron Triangle neighborhood of Richmond.

Junior Walk, an environmental activist who travels across the country educating people about the long-term environmental, health and community degradation caused by coal mining.

Madison Vorva, an environmental activist who started a campaign to get the Girl Scouts to replace palm oil.

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of the first anniversary of Mine Explosion in West Virginia. We'll also talk about BP's plans to resume offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and Judge Goldstone's Op-Ed in Washington Post. We'll be joined by independent journalists Dahr Jamail and Jeff Biggers and Inter Press Service's Mel Frykberg joins us from Ramallah. Where did you see the best reporting this week? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you

Guests:
Mel Frykberg, Inter Press Service global news agency's West Bank and Gaza correspondent

Dahr Jamail, an independent journalist and author

Jeff Biggers, an independent journalist and author

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What does modern-day mining look like?

On the next Your Call we'll talk about what's being extracted from the earth. New elements are being harvested to make today's technological gadgets. Decades ago, it was silicon. Today, it's lithium. What else is being extracted in the 21st century? How does the extraction process affect the land, workers, the environment, and the economy? Who's profiting? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Is it possible to harness the earth's resources efficiently and equitably? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Jean Friedman-Rudovsky, freelance journalist covering lithium extraction in Bolivia

Robert Moran, hydrogeologist and geochemist

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