Renewable Radio 2/06/09

Producer/Host: Dave Evans

Studio Engineer: Amy Browne

Topic: Owner-installed solar electric systems

Guests: Homeowners Dennis Carter and John McIntire

How did you plan you solar-electric system?  What maintenance does an off-grid system need?  How did you decide that you could install your own system?

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RadioActive 2/05/09

Producers/Hosts: Amy Browne & Meredith DeFranscesco

Topic: Yesterday coporations denied the existence of climate change, today they say they can fix it.  What is their role?  An interview with Orin Langelle of the Global Justice Ecology Project’s “New Voices on Climate Change” Iniative.  We speak with him by phone from Paraguay where he is attending meetings following the recent World Social Forum in Brazil.  And we talk with Dylan Voorhees, Clean Energy and Global Warming Project Director of the Natural Resources Council of Maine.  That group, along with more than 100 Maine-based businesses, presented a letter to Maine’s Congressional Delegation this week, urging them to lead the fight to stop climate change.

FMI:  http://www.globaljusticeecology.org/newvoices  and www.nrcm.org

Doing Business 2/05/09

Producer/Host: Jane Haskell,  University of Maine Cooperative Extension

Studio Engineer: Amy Browne

Topic: Businesses using non-timber forest products

Guests:
David Fuller, Agriculture & Natural Resources Professional
University of Maine Cooperative Extension, 147 Farmington Falls Rd., Office 2,
Farmington, ME 04938; 1-207-778-4650; dfuller@umext.maine.edu

Dan Heydon, owner, Oyster Creek Mushroom Company
61 Standpipe Rd., Damariscotta, ME 04543; Phone/Fax 207-563-1076
mushroom@lincoln.midcoast.com; http://www.oystercreekmushroom.com

Wini Noyes, owner, Boxcraft
81 Webb Rd, Thorndike, ME  04986; 207-568-3162
boxcraft@uninets.net

Healthy Options 2/04/09

Producer/Host: Cynthia Swan

Studio Engineer: Amy Browne

Topic: Heart Health–Body, Mind & Spirit

How our physical hearts work.  What is HeartMath and how does one use this tool?  What is Hemi-Synch and how is it used for stress management?

Guests: Dennis DeSilvey, MD, Cardiologist, 207-338-1838;  Margaret Peet, Naturopathic Doctor, 707-954-5217;  CJ Kenna, 207-236-7459 or www.Rockthepath.org