Coastal Conversations 2/26/16

Producer/Host: Natalie Springuel
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne

Issue: Maine coastal and ocean issues

Program Topic: Experience Maritime Maine

Key Discussion Points:
What is the Experience Maritime Maine initiative?
Why is Maine’s Maritime Heritage so important to our coastal communities?
How boat building, windjammer cruises, museums, film archives, and an upcoming maritime film festival all contribute to the preservation of Maine’s Maritime Heritage
What is the role of tourism is protecting and promoting Maine’s maritime heritage?

Guests:
Kathy Goldner of Penobscot Marine Museum
Meg Maiden of Maine Windjammers Association
Brook Minner of Northeast Historic Films
Rich Hilsinger of Wooden Boat School

RadioActive 2/25/16

Producer/Host: Meredith DeFrancesco

Issue: Environmental and Social Justice

Program Topic: A Climate to Thrive: Mount Desert Island moves towards energy independence by 2030

Key Discussion Points:
1) On January 24th, MDI Climate Solutions kicked off A Climate to Thrive, a local initiative whose goal is to move Mount Desert Island to energy independence by 2030.
2) Over 200 people attended the event on January 24th, and have divided the work going further into seven tracks, covering solar energy, other alternative energy, conservation and building, transportation, waste, local food and policy.
3) The project will have a particular focus on solar power, building on the current solar initiatives on Mount Desert Island. This will include more solar farms and arrays for residential and municipal purposes, and discount purchasing of solar panels through pooled buying.

Guests:
Gary Friedmann, Bar Harbor town councilor, climate activist, A Climate to Thrive advisory board
About
https://www.facebook.com/AClimatetoThrive/?fref=nf
http://www.revisionenergy.com/events

Johannah Blackman, program manager for A Climate to Thrive
aclimatetothrive@gmail.com

Notes from the Electronic Cottage 2/25/16

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

Are you celebrating Fair Use week? Didn’t know it is Fair Use week? Aren’t sure what Fair Use even is? Listen up – it’s important to know about for anyone who creates or uses creative materials – in other words, all of us.