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EcoRadio KC is a magazine show, including live segments, prerecorded stories, and interviews. The weekly explores our interdependence with the rest of the world, showing the connections between the ways we choose to live and the health of the whole community of life.
Bob Sommer, environmental activist and Fundraising director for Sierra Club-Kansas Chapter, talks to host Craig Lubow about the environmental grants program by the Sierra Club-Kansas. This program gives grants to educators in Kansas for special environmental projects designed for their students. Two of the recipients, Samantha Swank and Christina McCleary will join us to talk about their projects.
Samantha teaches at Royal Valley High School in Hoyt, Kansas. Her project is “Pollinators’ Garden with Interactive Tour.” It will focus on teaching students and community members about the importance of native plants and native pollinators.
Christina teaches 4th grade in Neodesha. The projuct is “Bluestreaks in Bloom: An Outdoor Classroom & Gardens.” It is designed to teach students about conservation, the water cycle, recycling, pollinator, and the benefits of gardening.
We will finish off the show talking to Olivia Miller. Olivia went to Costa Rica last year to study the leatherback Sea Turtles
This six minute film documents a conservation journey through Costa Rica. The focus of the research is leatherback sea turtles and their nests on the Atlantic coast of Costa Rica. This documentary was made from about twenty hours of editing. The film was recorded in Costa Rica in June 2019 at Pacuare Reserve. This was filmed, edited, and produced by Olivia Miller.
