November 17, 2011: Food Security and the Roots of Migration

When it comes to Mexico, immigration and drug cartels dominate the news. The roots of migration and ways to increase food security rarely enter the conversation. This week Green Acre Radio speaks with a small farmer committed to defending corn and culture in Oaxaca, Mexico’s most southern state. He was on Witness for Peace speaking tour of the Northwest.

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November 10, 2011: Rain Gardens Part Two: An Odd Urban Tale About Things that Run Down the Drain and How to Stop the Flow

This week Green Acre Radio continues to look at the "miasma" that runs into Puget Sound, as storyteller Stokley Towles puts it. Other characters in this odd urban tale include a landscape designer, Seattle Public Utility and you, the public. Martha Baskin has the story.

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More information:
www.tox-ick.org
www.12000raingardens.org
www.seattle.gov/restoreourwaters
www.pugetsoundstartshere.org
www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/stormwater/municipal/2012draftMUNIcom.html
www.seattle.gov/util/rainwise
www.sustainableseattle.org

November 3, 2011: Scary Threats That Haunt Puget Sound and Some Not-So-Scary Solutions

Green Acre Radio starts out with a ghost story this week of Day of the Dead. And then looks at some less well known, but just as haunting threats, facing Puget Sound waterways each and every day.

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More information:
www.tox-ick.org
www.12000raingardens.org
www.seattle.gov/restoreourwaters
www.pugetsoundstartshere.org
www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/stormwater/municipal/2012draftMUNIcom.html