KEXP Presents Mind Over Matters Sustainability Segment

Guests David and Michael Hanson speak with Diane Horn about their book "Breaking Through Concrete: Building an Urban Farm Revival", co-authored with Edwin Marty.

Guest Arnie Gundersen, Chief Engineer at Fairewinds Associates and nuclear expert, speaks with Diane Horn about the implications of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and evaluates the nuclear risks facing the Northwest and the United States.

Guest Sebastian Seung, Professor of Computational Neuroscience and Physics at MIT, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "CONNECTOME: How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us Who We Are".

Guest Stacey Sowers, Program Manager at Stewardship Partners, speaks with Diane Horn about the 12,000 Rain Gardens campaign to help reduce stormwater pollution in Puget Sound.

Guest Nathan Wolfe, Lorry I. Lokey Visiting Professor in Human Biology at Stanford University and founder and CEO of Global Viral Forecasting, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "The Viral Storm: The Dawn of a New Pandemic Age".

Guest Emma Marris speaks with Diane Horn about her book "Rambunctious Garden: Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World".

Guest Patti Goldman, Vice President for Litigation at Earthjustice, speaks with Diane Horn about orca protection and the threat to orcas from the navy's use of sonar in training exercises off the Pacific Northwest coast.

Guests Alexandra Salmon and Eric Thomas, residents of Seattle's Ballard neighborhood, speak with Diane Horn about their new net zero energy home.

Guest David Batker, Chief Economist and Executive Director of Earth Economics, speaks with Diane Horn about how valuation of ecosystem services can benefit both human economies and natural ecosystems.

Guests Nancy Hirsh, Policy Director for the NW Energy Coalition, and Mo McBroom, Policy Director for Washington Environmental Council, speak with Diane Horn about priorities for environmental legislation in the 2012 Washington State Legislative Session.

Guest Mark Hertsgaard speaks with Diane Horn us about his book "Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth".

Guests Joan Singler and Bettylou Valentine speak with Diane Horn about their book, co-authored with Jean Durning and Maid Adams, "Seattle in Black and White: The Congress of Racial Equality and the Fight for Equal Opportunity".

Guest Carla Saulter, author of the blog, buschick.com, speaks with Diane Horn about the benefits and challenges of riding the bus.

Guests Erika Schreder, Staff Scientist, and Ivy Sager-Rosenthal, Campaign Director, for the Washington Toxics Coalition, speak with Diane Horn about the 2011 Healthy Holiday Gift Guide, choosing less-toxic toys, and the Toxic-Free Kids Act, a bill prop...

Guest Sarah van Gelder, co-founder and executive editor of YES! Magazine and YesMagazine.org, speaks with Diane Horn about the book she edited "This Changes Everything: Occupy Wall Street and the 99% Movement".