RadioActive 4/02/09

Producers/Hosts: Amy Browne & Meredith DeFrancesco

Segment 1: Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have scathing criticism of the Maine Department of Transportation’s plan to start a federal Umbrella Wetlands Mitigation Bank on Sears Island— and they have made their concerns known to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers who is currently considering MeDOT’s proposal. We talk with Kyla Bennett, Director of the New England branch of PEER, to get the details. FMI: www.peer.org

Segment 2: Rob Brown, Executive Director of Opportunity Maine, talks about LD 1181, the “Green Jobs, Green Savings bill”, a proposal to create jobs and energy efficiency in Maine. Opportunity Maine authored the bill, it was sponsored by Rep. Seth Berry (Bowdoinham), and it has drawn an out-pouring of support from labor activists, environmentalists, students and others in recent public hearings. FMI: www.opportunitymaine.org

Doing Business 4/02/09

Producer/Host: Jane E Haskell, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne
Topic: Your Media Kit

What is the difference between advertising and public relations.
Why did you develop your media kit? Who helped you? What is in your media kit? Did you get help? What does your media kit look like? Who do you use it with or where?

Guests:
Mary Hauprich, co-owner, FryerFighter™, Inc.
PO Box 321, Islesboro, ME 04848; 207.734.0996
mary@fryerfighter.com; http://fryerfighter.com/

Lynda Hooper, owner, Mainely Advertising & Design
34 E Main St., Searsport ME 04974; 207-322-1358
Lynda.hooper@gmail.com; www.MainelyAdvertising.com

Fritz Lyon, owner, TW Communications/LEO Marketing Partners
49 High Street, Belfast, ME 04915; 207.338.6218
fritzlyon@myfairpoint.net

Tim Shown, President, Fiddlehead Wood Arts
730 West Main ST, Monroe, ME 04951; 207-525-4566;
tshown@fiddleheadwoodarts.com; http://www.fiddleheadwoodarts.com

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Healthy Options 4/01/09

Producer/Host: Andree Bella
Studio Engineer: Joel Mann
Guest/Topic: Norm Panek, Nutritionist

What makes up a healthy diet? Why should we drink raw milk? What are the benefits? How do your emotions effect your health?

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FMI: Norm Panek, Contact Reflex Analysis, drnormcral@juno.com, 207-622-6087

Voices 3/31/09

Executive Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Contributing Producers: Cathy Melio, Matt Murphy
Segment 1: Cathy Melio’s “Artist’s Voice” segment in conjunction with the Maine Center for Contemporary Art (www.cmcanow.org)
Segment 2: Matt Murphy interviews Irish musician and activist Tommy Sands on his recent visit to WERU (www.tommysands.com)

WERU Special: World Water Forum 3/31/09

Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Studio Engineer: Joel Mann
Guest: Jennifer Greene, Executive Director, Water Research Institute of Blue Hill (Maine) and presenter at the recent World Water Forum in Istanbul

Jennifer Greene talks about this year’s, and past year’s World Water Forums held at various locations around the world. She offers her unique, holistic approach to water and water rights issues, locally & globally.

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FMI: Jennifer Greene, jgreene@waterresearch.org, (415) 254-9567 or (207) 374-2405, www.waterresearch.org

(The Maine bills that were mentioned by callers are LD837 & LD1028)