Audio archives of spoken word broadcasts from Community Radio WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill (weru.org)
Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Butch Phillips of the Penobscot Nation speaking about the Penobscot River Restoration Project, at the 2008 Maine Water Symposium: Who Owns Maine’s Water?, held at Bates College on 3/29/08. The symposium was sponsored by the Alliance for Democracy and The Water for Life Campaign
FMI: www.defendingwaterinmaine.org
Producer/Host: R.W. Estela
Producers/Hosts: Peter Neill, Amelia Poole, World Ocean Observatory
Topic: IPY Global Arctic and Antarctic Research
Producers/Hosts: Marge May and Ann Luther, League of Women Voters of Maine
Topic: Democracy Forum: Civil Service & Political Appointments
Background and trends in the development of a professional civil service; recent trends in political appointments.
Interplay between professional civil service, political appointments, and presidential priorities. Factors affecting the capabilities, performance and effective operation of the federal bureaucracy.
Guests: Paul C. Light, NYU Wagner’s Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service. He is also a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution; George A. Krause, professor of political science at the University of Pittsburgh.
Producer/Host: Dave Evans
Topics: Bio-digesters and microhydro
What is a bio-digester? How do green-house gas emissions of bio-digesters compare to septic systems or compost piles? Can a barge harvest tidal energy?
Guest: Frank Heller, Katahdin Energy Works
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Producer/host: Nancy Hathaway
Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Topics: Local sustainability efforts from Food for Maine’s Future and the Good Life Center, and a report on dog treats produced locally, with local ingredients.
Guests: Bob St. Peter, Good Life Center; Logan Perkins, Food for Maine’s Future; Chris Roberts, BarkWheats
FMI: www.goodlife.org; www.foodformainesfuture.org; www.barkwheats.com
Producer/Host: Jane E Haskell, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Topic: Community Supported Agriculture (CSA’s)
What is a CSA farm? How many are there in Maine? How do you weigh the advantages vs the disadvantages of running a CSA?
Guests:
Beth Haines, co-owner, Fisher Farm,
177 Coles Corner Road, Winterport ME 04496; 207-478-4803; info@fisherfarmcsa.com
www.fisherfarmcsa.com
Melissa White Pillsbury, Organic Marketing Coordinator, MOFGA, PO Box 170, Unity, ME 04988; (207) 568-4142; melissa@mofga.org; http://www.mofga.org
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