WERU Special 8/22/18: The Threatened Forcible Displacement of Khan al-Ahmar and the Denial of Human Rights to Palestinians

Producer/Host: Carolyn Coe

The Threatened Forcible Displacement of Khan al-Ahmar and the Denial of Human Rights to Palestinians

Israeli order for the destruction of the bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar
Israeli control of water in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
The unviable so-called two-state solution
How do Palestinians resist the continued denial of human rights?
How will climate change and illegal settlement building impact the future of Palestine?
How do Palestinians channel their anger?

Guests:
Jamal Juma’, organizer of the grassroots campaign Stop the Wall (stopthewall.org)
Saim AbuDahouk, Khan al-Ahmar community member, Palestinian Authority employee
Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh, activist, professor, and founder and director of the Palestine Museum of Natural History (www.palestinenature.org)
Qumsiyeh’s blog: popular-resistance.blogspot.com/

Wabanaki Windows 8/21/18

Producer/Host: Donna Loring
Engineer: Amy Browne

Daniella Zalckman photo journalist/Indian Boarding Schools and their Colonial effect on generations in various Countries.

Key Discussion Points:
a) Daniella’s educational background/what led her into photo-journalism.
b) Why did she choose Indian Boarding Schools as a topic
c) She explains her award winning creative process in developing the photo project
d) The importance of the stories being told.

Guest: Daniella Zalcman, multi award winning photo Journalist

FMI and to view Daniella Zalcman’s work:
dan.iella.net
instagram.com/dzalcman
twitter.com/dzalcman
signsofyouridentity.com
instagram.com/signsofyouridentity
twitter.com/signsofidentity

Mainely Phenology 8/18/18

Producers/Hosts: Hazel Stark and Joe Horn

Leaf Change

Photos, a full transcript, references, contact information, and more available at mainelyphenology.wordpress.com

Water is a thing that all plants need, but in excess, such as on the edge of a pond or swamp, that same life-giving water can rob a tree’s roots of essential oxygen. Trees on the edge of parking lots or roads can be under a similar oxygen-starved stress from soil compaction or salination due to heavy dosing of road salt in the winter. So the trees in these places begin to change color first. This change could be a single stressed leaf at the bottom of a crown, or perhaps even a single branch which is plumbed back to a single stressed root by a network of vessels, or sometimes it can be the whole tree showing its fall colors a full two months before the autumnal equinox and even longer still until ‘peak leaf.’