American Women — Environmentalism

  • Pagan press review: Wiccan feminist journals (Episode 1 of 4)

    A program reviewing the journalism of contemporary earth religions such as Feraferia, the Church of All Worlds, the Church of the Eternal Source and of course Wicca. Journals include The New Broom, Nemeton, The Witches Trine, Korythalia, Earth Religion News, and The Green Egg. This program attempts to show that the roots of our current…

  • The time of man: American conceptions of the overpopulation problem

    A documentary produced by KPFK’s Ruth Buell concerning popular American views about the problem of overpopulation. Includes an interview with Dr. Paul Ehrlich, author of “The Population Bomb”, as well as music, readings and street interviews with the people of Los Angeles.

  • Women and life on earth: ecofeminism in the 1980’s

    This program presents tapes selected and edited from a conference called Women and Life on Earth: Ecofeminism in the 1980’s, which took place March 21-23, 1980 at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Massachusetts. The conference explored the historical and present relations between feminist and ecological concerns. This program is devoted to one panel from…

  • The ooze on the Atlantic / produced by Margot Adler.

    A look at offshore oil exploration on the Atlantic coast: what the oil companies are planning and how environmentalists are trying to stop them. Program includes comments from Tom Macres, Executive Director of the Committee on Resource Management; Albert Jensen, director of the Division of Marine and Coastal Resources, New York State Department of Environmental…

  • Personal views / by Winona LaDuke.

    Winona LaDuke, a Chippewa Indian woman who is an environmental activist, talks about how Native American concerns about pollution and radioactive materials effect everyone. She discusses the the ongoing the destruction of Native lands due to uranium mining and advocates for reclaiming North American land based on original Native land claims. from the “On the…

  • Women in consumer advocacy

    Consumer activist Ida Honorof discusses survival on a polluted planet with Dr. Ruth Harmer, author of “Unfit for Human Consumption,” and Dr. Charlotte Taylor, UCLA Biochemist. Conversations centers mostly around the food industry, food quality, and growing one’s own food. Produced by Ida Honorof.

  • Eco-pornography or Even an oil refinery can be a good neighbor / produced by Margot Adler.

    An irreverent and somewhat humorous look at environmental advertising: advertising which either tries to promote a product by using an ecological line or which tries to convince the public that industry is really concerned about the environment. With the exception of the song “Garbage” by the Deviants, all actuality comes from commercials, public service announcements,…

  • Art now and ecology / moderated by Clare Spark.

    Panel discussion on art and ecology, and the question of what role art can play in the cultural transformations necessary to survive in the world. Panelists are Frank Tysen, teacher at University of Southern California at the Air Pollution Control Institute and the program in Urban and Regional Planning; Lee Chesney, Associate Dean of Fine…

  • Switching on the sun / produced by Peggy Hughes

    A look at the potential of solar energy and the technical obstacles it faces. The first part of the program, explores its uses — ranging from earliest times to blueprints for solar space stations. It points out how the use of solar energy would implicate changes in energy use. Written and produced by Peggy Hughes,…

  • The Essential elements of security / Winona LaDuke.

    A speech by the environmental and Native American activist Winona LaDuke. LaDuke describes the difference between the ‘natural order’ and the ‘synthetic order’, speaks about desertification and water contamination, and exhorts the audience to respect the Earth. This is a presentation from the “On the Fate of the Earth” conference held October 19-21, 1982 at…