KEXP Presents Mind Over Matters Sustainability Segment

Guest Rhys Roth, Director, Center for Sustainable Infrastructure, The Evergreen State College, speaks with Diane Horn about his report “Infrastructure Crisis, Sustainable Solutions: Rethinking Our Infrastructure Investment Strategies."

Guest Robert Cowin, Director of Government Affairs, Union of Concerned Scientists' Climate and Energy Program, speaks with Diane Horn about the challenges and opportunities to address climate change at the federal and state levels following the 2014 elect

Guest Don Stuart speaks with Diane Horn about his book “Barnyards and Birkenstocks: Why Farmers and Environmentalists Need Each Other.”

Guest Jaime Lerner, architect and planner, speaks with Diane Horn about his book “Urban Acupuncture: Celebrating Pinpricks of Change that Enrich City Life.”

Guest Atul Gawande, surgeon and journalist, speaks with Diane Horn about his book “Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End.”

Guest Cristina Eisenberg, Lead Scientist, Earthwatch Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about her book “The Carnivore Way: Coexisting with and Conserving North America's Predators”.

Guest Nicholas Carr speaks with Diane Horn about his most recent book “The Glass Cage: Automation and Us”.

Guest Crystal Raymond, Climate Research and Adaptation Strategic Advisor, Seattle City Light, speaks with Diane Horn about Seattle City Light's Climate Change Research and Adaptation Initiative.

Guest Rebecca Sadinsky, Executive Director, PCC Farmland Trust, speaks with Diane Horn about the work of the PCC Farmland Trust to secure, preserve and steward threatened farmland in the Northwest.

Guests Bill Moyer, Co-Founder and Executive Director, and Patrick Mazza, Writer and Researcher, Backbone Campaign, speak with Diane Horn about Solutionary Rail, an effort to electrify US rail lines using renewable energy, move freight and passengers to...

Guest Rowan Jacobsen speaks with Diane Horn about his book “Apples of Uncommon Character: 123 Heirlooms, Modern Classics, and Little-Known Wonders”.

Guest Rob Johnson, Executive Director, Transportation Choices Coalition, speaks with Diane Horn about Seattle Transportation Proposition 1, a Seattle-only transportation measure to fund bus service.

Guest Kat Taylor, Co-Founder and CEO, Beneficial State Bank, speaks with Diane Horn about Beneficial State Bank, a Community Development Financial Institution whose mission is to bring beneficial banking to low-income communities in an economically and...

Guest Tom Uniack, Conservation Director, Washington Wild, speaks with Diane Horn about the 1964 Wilderness Act and the benefits both nationwide and for Washington State.

Guest Mark Jacobson, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Director of the Atmosphere/Energy Program, Stanford University, and Cofounder of the Solutions Project, speaks with Diane Horn about a 100% Wind, Water, Sunlight All-Sector Ener...