Producers/hosts: Amy Browne and Meredith DeFrancesco
Topic: An interview with Frida Berrigan on steps being taken to draw attention the prisoners being held indefinitely at Guantanamo
WERU Special 12/28/06: William McDonough at COA
Producer/host: Jim Campbell
William McDonough is a world-renowned architect and co-author of “Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things”. He spoke about designing for human and ecological health at the 14th annual conference of the Society of Human Ecology at the College of the Atlantic (COA) in October 2006
Notes from the Electronic Cottage 12/28/06
Producer/host: Jim Campbell
Yup, it’s time once again for the “this year I’m really going to do it” hard
drive cleanup New Year’s Resolution edition of Notes from the Electronic
Cottage. As the famous sports shoe maker says: “Just do IT!” but before you
start, you might want to listen to this first to get a more full idea of
what “IT” is.
Voices 12/27/06
Producer/host: Amy Browne
Contributors: Denis Howard, Ousman (theme music)
Topics: Denis Howard interviews David Weiss, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Northeast Historic Film, who describes new projects they are working on; An overview of some of the New Year’s Eve celebrations in the area; and Hazel Stark of WERU Youth Radio joins us with a preview of a story she is working for Weekend Voices, highlighting a recent delegation to El Salvador–which included several teenagers from this area.
Earth Sense 12/27/06
Producer/host: Phil Bailey
Rank the pollution: A new report has ranked the world’s countries attempts to curb greenhouse gases. How does the USA fare?
WERU Special 12/26/06: Venezuela and SOA Watch
Producer/host: Carolyn Coe
FMI: www.soaw.org
Powerful Peace 12/25/06
Producer/host: Sonia Turanski
“The Non-Violent Peaceforce?? – An overview of an organization called the “Non-Violent Peaceforce,?? a professional alternative to the military.
Talk of the Towns 12/22/06
Producer/host: Ron Beard
Topic: Changing Nature of Democracy: How are citizens changing the way government works? What are ways to make government more responsive? What are the techniques for engaging citizens, experts and policy makers in dialogue?
Guests: Matt Leighninger, author of “The Next Form of Democracy”; Barbara Peppey, Healthy Peninsula, Blue Hill; State Rep. Jim Schatz, Blue Hill
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