Robin White

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Preserving English Meadows

The fabled pastoral English countryside is coming under pressure from increasingly aggressive agribusiness. San Francisco-based producer Robin White found this out on a recent visit to his parents’ village home in England. He tells us that some people, including his own mother, are trying to preserve the meadow landscape for the sake of biodiversity. He […]

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Rock Climbers Leaving their Mark

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Yellowstone’s Bear-Herding Dogs

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Comfy Camping

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Busy Bees

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Family Ties

We hear a lot about the loss of family farms, but less about those that are making it. Some of their struggles are not financial, but familial. Robin White provides a view from inside.

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Comfy Camping

Americans are so pinched for time and so stressed, camping is suddenly too much work. Maybe we’re just getting lazier. Robin White reports on the blurring line between camping and the spa vacation.

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Wilderness Squatters

Across the United States there are thousands of people living clandestinely on public land. There are hundreds in the San Francisco-Monterey Bay area alone. Producer Robin White sought out several longtime wilderness squatters to learn more about how and why they live the way they do.

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Oregon Land Use, Thirty Years On

Thirty years ago, Oregon developed the nation’s first blueprint for controlled growth. It was a heated public dialogue, the talk of the state for years. Reporter Robin White looks back at those heady days and at why an increasing number of Oregonians are now dissatisfied with their plan.

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Ode to a Snow Plower

We sleep while they work. Without them, economic activity would freeze. Who are the night snowplow drivers? Robin White rides with one plowman who’s written an ode he reads over the CB radio, by request, to other drivers as they work.