WERU Special: Doug Tallamy on native plants & biodiversity 8/4/16

Producer/Host: Carolyn Coe

Doug Tallamy, wildlife ecologist, ecologist, and author, speaking about native plants and biodiversity.

What is the role of native plants in our ecosytems?
What are the consequences of introducing nonnative species to our yards?
How can homeowners support the lives of butterflies and bees through living landscapes?

FMI:
www.bringingnaturehome.net
www.nwf.org

Notes from the Electronic Cottage 8/4/16

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

The intersection of digital tech and the life sciences is getting more and more common, and we don’t really understand the implications for our lives yet. This rebroadcast looks at some current, perhaps unnerving, research; and at a very unnerving situation for a child and school based on DNA.

Maine Currents 8/3/16

Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Audio recorded by Matt Murphy

Some of the stories from the “Maine Summertime Stories” event held at the Alamo Theatre in Bucksport last week, cosponsored by WERU-FM, Wednesdays on Main and Northeast Historic Films/Alamo Theatre. Local storytellers featured today: Arielle Greenberg, Jonathan Fulford, Nolan Ellsworth, Sandra Dillon and Cara Oleksyk. Amy Browne emceed. (Part 2 will air on 8/17/16)

http://www.oldfilm.org/content/alamo-theatre
https://www.facebook.com/alamotheatre/?fref=ts
https://sites.google.com/site/bucksportswednesdayonmain/
https://www.facebook.com/bucksportwom?ref=hl

Reproductive Left 8/2/16

Producer/Host: Abbie Strout

Issue: Social and political issues that impact our sexual and reproductive health produced by WERU in collaboration with Mabel Wadsworth Women’s Health Center – www.mabelwadsworth.org.

Program Topic: Winning the Right to Vote with Posie Cowan

Key Discussion Points:
History of the women’s rights movement from a personal perspective
The 19th Amendment
Equal representation in Congress

Guests:
Posie Cowan, Blue Hill, Maine
Terry Marley-DeRosier, WHNP, Mabel Wadsworth Women’s Health Center