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ECOTOPIA, Tuesday, March 29, 6-7 pm. Susan and Stephen Tchudi will interview Garin Wally of the Chico State Zip-Rides Project, which uses social networking to link up drivers and riders for ride sharing. And they will talk with Christine LaPardo, Greenways Editor of the Chico News and Review to get her take on the region's EcoStories.

ECOTOPIA, Tuesday, March 29, 6-7 pm. Susan and Stephen Tchudi will interview Garin Wally of the Chico State Zip-Rides Project, which uses social networking to link up drivers and riders for ride sharing. And they will talk with Christine LaPardo, Greenways Editor of the Chico News and Review to get her take on the region's EcoStories.

On Tuesday, March 1, 6 pm, Ecotopia will take up the topic of Greenwashing, including emerging new regulations on truth-in-advertising.  Our guests will be:

Ecotopia reflects on the old year and coming new year in a good news/bad program Tuesday, December 28, 6 pm, that discusses both victories and defeats for the environmental movement in 2011 and offers an assessment of what we can expect in New Year 2011.  Read the show script and listen to the program at ecotopiakzfr.net.

Famed population scientist Paul Ehrlich, author of the influential 1968 book, The Population Bomb, will be a guest on Ecotopia next Tuesday, December 7.  He will speak with Susan and Stephen Tchudi about his new book, Humanity on a Tightrope, where he argues eloquently that humankind is on the brink of disaster, but holds out hope, if we can get our wits and our behavior

On Tuesday, September 14, Ecotopia looks at the controversial Proposition 23, which would suspend California's Global Climate Change legislation of 2006.

This week's Ecotopia focuses on growing concern for the health of whales and the oceans in which they swim.  Our guest is Douglas Carlton Abrams, author of The Eye of the Whale, a fact-based ecological novel that centers on saving a whale stranded in the Sacramento River Delta.  In researching the book, Doug Abrams learned a great deal about pollution in the seas and its effects on en

This week's guests are David Grau, organizer of the Chico Grange Organic Gardening Class, and Jennifer Jewell, host of a gardening program on KCHO. They discuss the unique conditions in the Northstate that allow us to begin planting now for a full second season of gardening. Read the show script or listen to the program at ecotopiakzfr.net.

Tune in Ecotopia on Tuesday, July 27, 6 pm for our interview with Sy Montgomery, author of Birdology: Lessons Learned from a Pack of Hens, a Peck of Pigeons, Cantankerous Crows, Fierce Falcons, Hip Hop Parrots, Baby Hummingbirds,and One Murderously Big Cassowary.

Scripts and show recordings are now online at http://ecotopiakzfr.net/2010/07/,  Show #93 is "An Ecotopian Potpourri," with news stories about water issues, the oil spill, and new movements in recycling.  Program #94 features an interview with Dr.

Now online:   Ecotopia #91, "Kids and the Environment," with guests Jeremy and Paul Novak.  Read the show script and/or listen to the program at www.ecotopiakzfr.net

Check out our show notes for our interview with Dr. Paul Blanc, author of Toxins in Everyday Life. http://www.ecotopiakzfr.net.  Look for the most recent entries for April.

Program notes for this week's Ecotopia are available at http://ecotopiakzfr.net/2010/03/.  Our guest was Jan Spencer, who discussed his project turning a small suburban lot into a green oasis.

The script and recording of Ecotopia #76 are now available at ecotopiakzfr.net.  Check out our discussion with architect/ecologist Stuart Rose concerning his atrium design homes and his efforts to create a sustainable village.