In Washington D.C. White House lawns are being turned into vegetable gardens. Master Gardener Renate Tilson tells more about school yards converting into vegetable gardens closer to home. Tilson lives and gardens in Eugene's South Hills.

School Garden Project: http://www.efn.org/~sgp/index.html

Sheryl Berman and Roger Ebbage from Lane Community College and Jul Orr from Saint Vincent de Paul talk about jobs, job training, and green jobs in Lane County.

Today, KLCC Commentator John Frohnmayer argues for the value of quiet.

Frohnmayer is a lawyer, author and ethicist. He was chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts during the first Bush Administration.

Winter storms have eroded most Oregon beaches.  Extreme winter tides provide some of the most dynamic ocean viewing of the year.  Shorebirds can be seen waiting for the tide to retreat, exposing their intertidal prey.

Jackson Katz is a renowned expert on gender violence prevention. He is an educator, author and filmmaker. He’ll be speaking in the EMU ballroom at the University of Oregon on Wednesday evening at 7:30. Katz is the Director of the first Worldwide Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention Program in the United States Marine Corps. He also started the Mentors in Violence Prevention or MVP program at Northeastern University in Boston. KLCC’s Jacob Billings asked Katz about the program.

www.jacksonkatz.org

This interview was edited by KLCC's Rachael McDonald.