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Connect with the Planet: Tune into 91.3 KBCS for Climate Solutions and Social Justice Stories

At 91.3 KBCS, we are committed to delivering powerful stories and discussions about environmental and climate justice. Our Climate Conscious programming, Wednesday morning, features This Week in Water, Living on Earth, EcoJustice Radio, Climate 360, and Earth Date. These shows and news segments bring you insights from grassroots activists, scientists, and community leaders working to protect the planet.

Start with H2O Radio’s – This Week in Water

“This Week in Water” is a weekly round-up of water in the news produced by H2O Radio and sponsored by The American Water Works Association.  Covering the latest news on water sustainability, technology, and policy, this segment is designed to educate and inspire. Whether you’re learning about innovations or climate change’s impact on water, each episode keeps you informed. Tune in to 91.3 KBCS and stay connected with the crucial stories surrounding our most vital resource.

Next: Living on Earth

The attachment shows a flyer for Living on Earth, a KBCS radio program airing Wednesdays at 4 AM. The flyer prominently features the 91.3 KBCS logo in the top right corner, alongside the show’s title, “Living on Earth,” written in white font against a dark background. A stylized image of Earth with a green heart shape and plants growing from the top appears below the title. The description notes that Steve Curwood hosts the award-winning environmental news program, which delves into the significant issues affecting our world. The emphasis is on environmental awareness, and the flyer encourages listeners to tune in for thought-provoking discussions. The overall design is clean, using green and blue tones to highlight the program’s focus on the planet.

Airing every Wednesday at 4 AM, Living on Earth is hosted by Steve Curwood, a well-known figure in environmental journalism. The program explores the most pressing issues affecting the environment, from climate change to biodiversity loss. Curwood’s interviews with experts and activists provide listeners with actionable knowledge, making complex issues easier to understand. Through this program, KBCS listeners are encouraged to consider their role in shaping a sustainable future. For instance, topics such as the climate crisis and green technologies are covered regularly.

Continue with:  EcoJustice Radio

The attached image promotes EcoJustice Radio on 91.3 KBCS, airing Wednesdays at 5 AM. It features a vibrant background with golden sunlight filtering through trees, creating an inspiring natural scene. The central message invites listeners to tune in for powerful stories from grassroots voices focusing on environmental and climate justice. The text emphasizes that the program helps uncover solutions to inspire action, promoting activism through storytelling. The show’s logo, featuring a microphone growing from tree roots, symbolizes the connection between environmental advocacy and community voices.

At 5 AM on Wednesdays, EcoJustice Radio continues the conversation. This program focuses on the intersection of environmental and social justice, often highlighting stories from marginalized communities. By amplifying these community voices, EcoJustice Radio broadens the reach of grassroots-based movements, and inspires action. Covering and investigating solutions for social, environmental, and climate issues with an eye to advance human health, steward wild landscapes, and solve the climate crisis across the USA and the world.

Climate 360: A 360 Perspective in 360 seconds

Local LPFM – Radio Tacoma presents Climate 360 with John Doherty, Northwest Audio Producer and Climate Researcher, offering a concise commentary on climate issues with a local and global perspective. This mini-segment highlights innovations and solutions in the fight against climate change.  

Earth Date: The Science Behind the Earth

Finally, Earth Date is a public service radio program with a mission to engage listeners in earth science and reconnect them to the wonders of their world.  EarthDate tells captivating stories to remind listeners that science can enlighten, educate and entertain.   Whether discussing volcanic activity or water resources, Earth Date connects listeners to the natural processes shaping the world around them.

 Why Tune In?

91.3 KBCS offers more than just news – The Climate Conscious programming Wednesday’s, provides a pathway for individuals to become informed and engaged in the movement for climate justice. Each program uses clear language and concise storytelling to break down complicated topics, ensuring all listeners can follow and participate in the conversation. With a focus on action and solution-driven content, these shows empower you to contribute to the fight for a healthier planet.

Support 91.3 KBCS Climate Consciousness

Join us in listening to these vital programs and support local, independent media by donating to KBCS. Your contribution allows us to continue delivering the content you love, fostering a more informed and connected community.

The image shows a red keyboard key labeled “Donate” with a heart symbol next to it. A finger is poised to press the key. This image serves as a button; clicking it will take you to the KBCS Donate page at https://www.kbcs.fm/donate/.

Learning Lushootseed in an Environment of Intergenerational Trauma (aired August 2023)

 
According to the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), indigenous language learning is increasing in Canada.  Tribes in our region have established multiple language programs to teach Lushootseed, the language of the Coast Salish in the Greater Seattle Area, north to Skagit River Valley, and Whidbey Island, and south to Olympia and Shelton.  At the Tulalip Tribe, Lushootseed Department Manager, Michele Balagot describes her experience learning Lushootseed in a household where her loved ones had experienced the American Indian residential schools.
 
Producers: Yuko Kodama and Lucy Braginski
Photo: Tulalip tribe 

Tribal Canoe Journey 2023 Protocol (aired August 2023)

The InterTribal Canoe Journey, otherwise referred to as “canoe journey” or “tribal journey” are a Coast Salish tribal event to bring back the ancestral cultural ways of using cedars canoes on the Salish Sea as a means to live in relation. Canoe journeys started in the 1980s and have grown over the years.   

Muckleshoot Tribe hosted Intertribal Canoe Journey 2023, welcoming 120 canoes to its shores.  Canoe families came from as far north as Juneau Alaska, British Columbia’s Campbell River and Ahousat areas, and as far south as Southern California. 

On August 6, the 2023 Intertribal Canoe Journey ended with protocol at Muckleshoot.  Listen to sounds and voices of the people there.

Producers: Yuko Kodama, Lucy Braginski and Widder Sessions – Special thanks to Maizy Brown Bear for help with this story

Photos: Widder Sessions and Maizy Brown Bear

Muckleshoot protocol

Line for dinner at Muckleshoot canoe journey protocol

Danny Stevenson – Muckleshoot tribal member

Jenel Hunter Muckleshoot tribal member

Stanley Jones Cowichan First Nations and Katrina “Alex” Johnson Ahousaht/Mowachaht First Nations (British Columbia)

Teaching Lushootseed to Toddlers

Lushootseed  is the language spoken by Coast Salish tribes in the greater Seattle area and north to Skagit River Valley near Bellingham and Whidbey Island, and south to Olympia and Shelton. In 1819, Congress passed the Civilization Fund Act to assimilate indigenous youth to western culture.  The policy authorized forcible separation of indigenous children from their families to be sent to boarding schools far away, where they were to be stripped of their language, culture and religious practices.  It wasn’t until the 1970’s that this practice was outlawed.  This caused a severe disruption in likelihood for traditional practices and lifestyles to continue.

Today, members of these communities are reawakening their native tongue through education to everyone from 6 month olds, elementary and high school students and adults.

Jasmyne Diaz is an enrolled Tulalip member and shares a peek into her work of teaching Lushootseed language as a Teacher Assistant to  six-month to two-year old children in Tulalip, Washington through the Tulalip Lushootseed Language Program

Producers: Laura Florez and Yuko Kodama

Jasmyne Diaz

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women 1 – What’s Needed

Roxanne White, of the Yakama, Nez Perce, Nooksack and Gros Ventre tribes, is an activist who advocates for the families of missing and murdered women (MMIW).  KBCS’s Yuko Kodama spoke with White about the MMIW movement at an indigenous prayer skirt sewing circle organized as a community building event in honor of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.

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Nature: The Western Red Cedar and Native Tribes

KBCS’s Yuko Kodama spoke with Ed Dominguez, Seward Park Audubon Center Lead Naturalist, about one tree that was the Tree of Life for the local Duwamish people: the Western Red Cedar.

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