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Terrestrial Terrestrial explores the choices we make in a world we have changed. Host Ashley Ahearn travels the country — from ranches in Oregon to churches in Colorado — to bring listeners stories about people making personal choices in the face of environmental change.
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Terrestrial explores the choices we make in a world we have changed. Host Ashley Ahearn travels the country — from ranches in Oregon to churches in Colorado — to bring listeners stories about people making personal choices in the face of environmental change.

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If you gave up flying how would your life change?

There was a moment when Janisse Ray realized she couldn't call herself an environmentalist and an activist and keep traveling by airplane.

If you gave up flying how would your life change?

When climate change makes it hard to breathe | terrestrial

Climate change isn't just contributing to drought, super-storms, sea level rise and flooding. It's also making it harder for many people to breathe,...

When climate change makes it hard to breathe | terrestrial

The secret history of Biosphere 2 | terrestrial

What if you looked at the world around you, saw where things are headed on this planet and said to yourself, you know what? I want to start fresh. A...

The secret history of Biosphere 2 | terrestrial

His fellow conservatives call him a 'green decoy.' Here's why | terrestrial

Ty Stubblefield self-identifies as a "red blooded conservative," but he's also an avid hunter who is frustrated with the Republican party's efforts to...

His fellow conservatives call him a 'green decoy.' Here's why | terrestrial

For this teenager, rebellion means suing the government over climate change | terrestrial

Scientists believe that for the planet to continue to safely support life, the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere should be kept as close to 350...

For this teenager, rebellion means suing the government over climate change | terrestrial

'I just couldn't do it:' The ambassador who quit over climate change | terrestrial

When I met Dave Rank, he was just a normal guy on a road trip with his wife in a used Subaru. But not long before that, Dave had a very important job.

'I just couldn't do it:' The ambassador who quit over climate change | terrestrial

How is pollution connected to race and inequality? | terrestrial

The Trump administration has proposed cutting the EPA's budget by 30 percent. What does that mean for polluted communities in the U.S.?

How is pollution connected to race and inequality? | terrestrial

Would you trust the feds to make decisions about your land? | terrestrial

Why would a fourth-generation rancher who doesn't put much trust in the government choose to work with federal agencies to restore salmon runs on her...

Would you trust the feds to make decisions about your land? | terrestrial

Protest is broken, he said. Now he dreams of revolution in Oregon | terrestrial

It's a radical idea — that protest as we know it is broken. And a lot of people disagreed with Micah White when he first started talking about it, but...

Protest is broken, he said. Now he dreams of revolution in Oregon | terrestrial

Should you have kids if you care about the environment?

Bill Radke talks with Ashley Ahearn, host of KUOW's terrestrial podcast, about about one of the more personal decisions we make around climate change:...

Should you have kids if you care about the environment?

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