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Bright Hope International helps faith communities provide aid and assistance to the extreme poor in some of the world’s most devastated countries. The group works in areas such as crisis response, orphan relief, and recently started a program to rescue girls from the sex trade in northern India. We’ll talk with Bright Hope's CEO and president, C.H. Dyer.

We typically imagine the value of trails to be the way they connect people with nature. Trails make wilderness accessible, but a new study suggests they also open up their users’ wallets.

The Chicago Park District will create habitat for migratory songbirds along a 2.2-mile strip of land sandwiched by railroad tracks and Lake Shore Drive between 31st and 47th Streets

Longtime Global Activist, Julie Siegel, has a new NGO called Sustainable Sharing with Guatemala. Fresh off a trip to Guatemala, she joins us to talk about how factors like climate change and the mining industry have impacted sustainability, biodiversity and people's way of life. 

About 70% of all coffee varieties consumed globally are derived from the Arabica bean.  Scientists recently predicted that the Arabica plant could go extinct before the end of this century due to global warming. Jerome McDonnell and Kate Sackman of EcoMyths Alliance talk with two experts about the endangered coffee bean.