In celebration of World Population Day July 11th, we look at the world’s human population through the lens of conservation and physical ecology. Tom Butler has […]
Resistencia: The Fight for the Aguan Valley
In the second half of our Hemispheres show, we go to Honduras six years after the coup. Host, Elena Klaver spoke with Jesse Freeston, an independent […]
Eritrean Community in Colorado reacts to recent migrant deaths
“Until some change comes, let’s treat these people as human beings.” Boulder resident Tzegai Negash came to Colorado from Sudan in July, 1984. He had left […]
Helping Young Women Survivors of War in Liberia
“For girls in Liberia, our chances for advancing are very slim.” Rosana Schaack is the Founder and Executive Director of THINK Inc., (Touching Humanity in Need […]
Hemispheres: Phyllis Bennis and Tom Hayden
Tom Hayden has been a peace, justice and environmental activist for over 50 years. He was one of the founders of Students for a Democratic Society, […]
ONE: Working to overcome extreme poverty and curable diseases in Africa
Income inequality in the world is generally decreasing because of improvements in poor countries. However, within some countries, including the U.S. inequality between certain populations is […]
Paul Rosolie – Protecting the Amazon Rainforests
On Hemispheres tonight host Jim Banks interviews Amazonian rainforest conservationist Paul Rosolie. Paul is a herpetologist, naturalist, and author, and he has spent extensive time working […]
Earth First’s Dave Foreman + David Amram
On Hemispheres, Elana Klaver speaks with long time environmental activist Dave Foreman, one of the founders of Earth First!, on his new book, Man Swarm, on the connections […]