Don Rivenes, Community Environmental Activist

Host Keith Porter interviews Don Rivenes, a retired data systems executive who, along with is wife Barbara, plays a  leading role in organizations and initiatives to protect the community from environmental degradation. Don's been an active opponent of the proposal to reopen the Idaho Maryland mine in Grass Valley, and has initiated, worked with and supported a variety of organizations including the Yuba Watershed Council, Sierra Footholls Audubon Society and Nevada County Climate Action Now. 

What is The Sages Among Us?

Various hosts and guests take a look at people making a difference. It started out as an innovative book about leadership and civic engagement. Four years later, it’s successfully morphed into a weekly KVMR radio series about, you guessed it, leadership and civic engagement.