Mind Over Matters Episodes

Sustainability Segment: Richard Heinberg

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Guest Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow, Post Carbon Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about his most recent book, “Afterburn: Society Beyond Fossil Fuels”.

Sustainability Segment: David Korten

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Guest David Korten, Cofounder and Board Chair, Yes! Magazine, speaks with Diane Horn about his most recent book, “Change the Story, Change the Future: A Living Economy for a Living Earth”.

Sustainability Segment: Yoram Bauman

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Guest Yoram Bauman, Carbon Washington, speaks with Diane Horn about I-732, a measure to institute a revenue-neutral carbon tax on CO2 produced by fossil fuels and consumed in the state of Washington.

Sustainability Segment: Lester Brown

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Guest Lester Brown, President, Earth Policy Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about his book, “The Great Transition: Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Solar and Wind Energy”, co-authored by Janet Larsen, J. Matthew Roney and Emily E. Adams.

Sustainability Segment: Christine Hanna

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Guest Christine Hanna, Co-Director, Seattle Good Business Network, speaks with Diane Horn about the work of the Good Business Network to promote, connect, and empower local, independent businesses building a sustainable local economy.

Sustainability Segment: Joseph Gaydos

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Guest Joseph Gaydos, Chief Scientist, SeaDoc Society, speaks with Diane Horn about his book, “The Salish Sea: Jewel of the Pacific Northwest”, coauthored with Audrey DeLella Benedict.

Sustainabilty Segment: Thor Hanson

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Guest Thor Hanson speaks with Diane Horn about his most recent book, “The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, & Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History”.

Sustainability Segment: James Rasmussen

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Guest James Rasmussen, Coordinator, Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition/Technical Advisory Group, speaks with Diane Horn about cleanup of the Duwamish Superfund site and plans to ensure a Duwamish River that works for all.

Sustainabilty Segment: Patti Goldman

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Guest Patti Goldman, Managing Attorney, Northwest Office, Earthjustice, speaks with Diane Horn about the lawsuit against the Port of Seattle, challenging a lease that opens Terminal 5 to Shell's Arctic drilling fleet.

Sustainability Segment: Liz Carlisle

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Guest Liz Carlisle, Fellow, Center for Diversified Farming Systems, University of California, Berkeley, speaks with Diane Horn about her book “Lentil Underground: Renegade Farmers and the Future of Food in America”.

Sustainability Segment: Hannah Owusu-Koranteng, Nadine Kone and Jonathan Scanlon

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Guests Hannah Owusu‐Koranteng, Associate Director, WACAM, Ghana, Nadine Kone, Regional Extractive Industries Policy Coordinator, Oxfam America West Africa Regional Office, Senegal, and Jonathan Scanlon, Senior Advocacy Advisor, Oxfam America, United States, speak with Diane Horn about the tensions between extractive industries and agriculture in Ghana and efforts being made to protect small farmers and address poverty.

Sustainability Segment: Danielle Nierenberg

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Guest Danielle Nierenberg, Co-founder and President, Food Tank, speaks with Diane Horn about Food Tank priorities and farmer-led solutions to protect natural resources, increase incomes, and improve livelihoods.