Weekend Voices 3/08/08

Executive Producer/host: Amy Browne

Audio recorded by Steve Votey and Matt Murphy.  Our thanks to the Unitarian-Universalist Church of Ellsworth for making the audio recording available to WERU

Topic:  The “Hancock County Focuses on Climate Change Forum” held February 2, 2008 at the Unitarian-Universalist Church of Ellsworth.  Today’s program includes excerpts from the speakers on the “Science, Policy and Planning” panel:  Dr. Kirk Maasch, climate modeling expert from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute; Rep. Ted Koffman, Bar Harbor, House Chair of the Maine Legislature’s Joint Committee on Natural Resources; Pam Person, member of the League of Women Voters Downeast and their U.S. Climate Change Task Force, and Chair of the Bucksport Bay Healthy Community Coalition’s Environmental and Energy Committee; Jim Fisher,  Hancock County Planning Commission

(To be continued on RadioActive on Thursday 3/13/08 at 4p.m., and future Voices programs

Doing Business 3/06/08

Producer/host: Jane E. Haskell, University of Maine Cooperative Extension

Topic: Agritourism

What do you see as agri-tourism activities – and what do you do or offer?
How does agritourism fit into your farm plan?
How do you answer the question, ‘can my business be an attraction for visitors?’
When you conducted your research, what was the profile of the owner of an agri-tourism business? are they ‘old’ businesses?

Guests:
James C McConnon, Jr., Business and Economics Specialist, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Orono ME 04473-5741; 207-581-3165; jimm@umext.maine.edu; http://www.umext.maine.edu/topics/home.htm

Matthew Pellerin, Crop systems planner/fieldworker, Treworgy Family Orchards,
3876 Union St., Levant, ME 04456; 207-884-8354;
Matthew_Pellerin@umit.maine.edu; http://www.treworgyorchards.com

Robin Treworgy Pellerin, Ice cream shop manager, Treworgy Family Orchards,
3876 Union St., Levant, ME 04456; 207-884-8354;
Robin_Pellerin@umit.maine.edu; http://www.treworgyorchards.com


Notes from the Electronic Cottage 3/06/08

Producer/host: Jim Campbell

Cell phones are everywhere, and are becoming powerful enough to let people carry their “digital lives” in their pockets. Some are beginning to wonder if that’s such a great idea, especially if a person gets stopped for running a stop sign or not wearing a seat belt and gets arrested. At that point, all your personal information may be the police officer’s as well as your own.
Seems we live in a digital world with laws that were made for a physical world, and the consequences can be unsettling.

Healthy Options 3/05/08

Producer/host: Rhonda Feiman, Doctor of Asian Medicine, Licensed Acupuncturist

Guest: Eliezer Sobel, Author & Musician & Seeker, author of The 99th Monkey: A Spiritual Journalists Misadventures with Gurus, Messiahs, Sex, Psychedelics, and other Consciousness-Raising Experiments

What is a spiritual journey? How can living an authentic life help maintain health? How can the arts help you on your journey?

FMI: www.the99thmonkey.com