Nature/Environment

31. July 2023

Note from the road

A slain mountain lioness and the cries of young goshawks.

My last evening at Casino Creek ends on an exciting note: I visit Lee, who lives just a few minutes away. She tells me an almost mystical story: In the log cabin Lee purchased with her property, she found, pegged to the wall, the skinned hide of a mountain lioness. Hunting trophy of the previous owner. Lee wants to give the lioness a dignified resting place. To be continued.

In the woods we also hear the cries of young rare goshawks. Lee attracts them with archived cries from an app.

Montana_Lewistown_USA_Habichte_Rebecca-Hillauer — Lee attracts young goshaws with nature app ©Rebecca Hillauer

27. July 2023

Nature/Environment Politics USA

Deep Sea Mining

Possible damage must be considered.

Tiefseebergbau_Meeresgurke_Meeresbodenbehörde_Clarion-Clipperton-Zone_Rebecca-Hillauer — Sea Cucumber in Clarion-Clipperton-Zone @DeepCCZ Expedition (NOAA)

Should we mine mineral resources in the deep sea even though we could damage unique ecosystems and wipe out entire species? This is the question that the International Seabed Authority has been negotiating. More than 750 scientists are warning of the negative consequences.

> radio report (Ger)

Montana_Bozeman-Airport_USA_Rebecca-Hillauer — Bozeman Airport ©Rebecca Hillauer

2. July 2023

Nature/Environment Travel USA

On the road: Montana, part 1

Bozeman: City gem in the “Valley of Flowers.

“Bozeman has become so expensive,” everyone I meet here tells me. That’s why Nancy moved to nearby Livingston. Bozeman is hip. The summers here are less dry and the winters less cold than in other places in Montana.

1. July 2023

Nature/Environment Travel USA

Back in the USA, part 6

I start in Seattle and want to stay in the Northwest, maybe cross the border to British Columbia.

Bozeman_Montana_USA_Rebecca-Hillauer — Near Bozeman, Montana ©Rebecca Hillauer

“You bring the sun with you,” Sue greets me in Seattle. The weeks before had been rather cool. “It has rained a lot this year,” I also hear in Montana. That’s why everything is green now – instead of brown and yellow, as is usually the case at this time of year. It is the beginning of July. At least here, in the northwest of the USA: no sign of apocalyptic climatic drought.

Petra-Kelly_German-Greens_Heinrich-Boell-Foundation_death-anniversary_Rebecca-Hillauer — Petra Kelly ©Heinrich-Boell-Foundation, Archive Green Memory

13. October 2022

Nature/Environment Politics Women

Honoring Petra Kelly

Co-founder and icon of the Germen Greens: 30 years after her murder

In early October 1992, Petra Kelly was shot dead by her partner, former NATO general Gerd Bastian. On November 29, 2022, the women’s, peace and environmental activist would have turned 75. So the “Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society” in Munich invites to a conference. Eva Quistorp, co-founder of the German Greens, is one of the people who knew Petra Kelly best.

18. September 2022

Culture Nature/Environment USA Women

Arizona: Revitalized nature and a Jewish cemetery

Natural and cultural history on the Mexican-American Border – and the extraordinary commitment of a woman and a university dean

Valer-Clark_Cuencas-Los-Ojos_Arizona_Rebecca-Hillauer — Valer Clark ©Rebecca Hillauer

Juedischer-Friedhof_Douglas_Bisbee_Arizona_USA_Rebecca-Hillauer — Valer Clark ©Rebecca Hillauer

Using an ancient technique called gabions, Valer Clark has spent the last forty years reclaiming the earth and creating a natural corridor along the Sonoma-Arizona border. Just a stone’s throw away is the Douglas-Bisbee Jewish Cemetery. The university’s Protestand dean, Abe Villareal, was instrumental in its restoration. Along with local Jewish donors.

> radio travel (from 28 min 25 sec)

12. June 2022

Nature/Environment Portrait USA

Wire basket with stones

Valer Clark has created a wildlife corridor in the U.S.-Mexico border area.

When she arrived in the Mexican border area forty years ago, the earth was depleted and no longer stored water. Using an ancient technique, gabions, Valer Clark has made the earth fertile again.

Gerrman Radio, Sunday Walk, June 12, 2022

29. May 2022

Nature/Environment USA

Cycling in Los Angeles

Bavarian Radio just repeated my May 2020 “RadioTravel” story about cycling in Los Angeles. The dubbed version starts from min 28 and 10 sec. Viel Spaß! And: recommended only to experienced cyclists!

> RadioTravel story

Radfahren_Los-Angeles_USA_Rebecca-Hillauer — Bike activist ©Rebecca Hillauer

12. January 2022

Nature/Environment USA

Cowboy, Rabbi and Amish

One month after the tornados in the USA, the clean-up work continues.

Tornado_Mayfield_Kentucky_USA_Rebecca-Hillauer — Mayfield, Kentucky ©Rebecca Hillauer

On the night of December 10-11, 2021, a total of 68 tornadoes swept across the U.S. states of Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky, and 90 people lost their lives. Rabbi Chaim Litvin and “Cowboy” Dave Graham are among the countless volunteers working alongside major relief organizations. The Amish community is also helping together.

> reportage

Cowboy_Dave-Graham_USA_Tornado_Rebecca-Hillauer — Dave Graham ©Rebecca Hillauer

Rabbi_Chaim-Litivn_Tornado_USA_Rebecca-Hillauer — Dave Graham ©Rebecca Hillauer

11. August 2021

Nature/Environment Politics World

Carlos Schuler has lived in eastern Congo for 35 years

Ost-Kongo_Schweizer_Carlos-Schuler_Autobiografie_Rebecca-Hillauer — Carlos Schuler, Editions d’en bas 2021

The autobiography of the born Swiss, has now been updated and translated into French.

Listen to my radio portrait on the release of the original German edition.