WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives

Topic: Islesford

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Producer/Host: Meredith DeFrancesco

Topics: Today we turn to Governor LePage’s proposed budget cuts. First a labor rally at the capitol today concerning cuts to state worker benefits, and then an interview on social safety net cuts, looking towards another rally in Augusta this coming Monday.

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Producer/Host: John Zavodny, PhD, Unity College faculty
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne

Topic: Unity College: Then, Now, and In the Future

What is Unity College’s significance to mid-coast Maine? What are the major accomplishments of Unity College over the last five years? What can we expect from Unity College over the next several years?

Guests:
Dr. Mitchell Thomashow, Unity College President | Author of “Bringing the Biosphere Home,” and “Ecological Identity,” both published by MIT press. He serves on the board of the Coalition on Environmental and Jewish Life (COEJL), and the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). He is on the advisory board of Orion Magazine. Thomashow is a founding member of the Council of Environmental Deans and Directors (CEDD).

Dr. Amy Knisley, Unity College Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs | Knisley earned her Ph D in Philosophy from the University of Colorado and Master of Environmental Law and Policy from Vermont Law School. She is an organic farmer and small business owner (with husband Ed) of Betsy?s Farm, currently located in Benton, Maine.

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Producers/Hosts: Amy Browne & Meredith DeFrancesco

Topics:  Impacts of Climate Change on Maine’s Wildlife, and Maine Considers Restrictions on Use of Bisphenol-A in Consumer Products

FMI:  www.preventharm.org , www.maine.gov/dep

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Producers/Hosts: Peter Neill and Amelia Poole, World Ocean Observatory

Topic:  Ocean Energy in Maine

FMI:  www.thew2o.net

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Producer/Host: Val R.H. King

Studio Engineer: Amy Browne

Topics: Film Festival, Film Development

The goal for economic development of film in Maine.  What film would mean to local film makers.  How to grow the film industry in Maine

Guests: Dylan Howard, Richard Kane

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Producer/Host: Amy Browne

Topic:  Earth First! Round River Rendezvous

The annual international gathering of the Earth First! movement will be taking place in Maine in late June/early July.  Today we talk with two of the organizers,  Storm Waters and Ryan Clarke, about the history of the event, and what this year’s RRR has in store.

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Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension

Studio Engineer: Amy Browne

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