Tag: WERU History
Notes from the Electronic Cottage 8/14/08
August 14th, 2008, Comments Off
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
As part of WERU’s 20 years in 20 days celebration, we return to October of 2003 for an edition on GPS, or Global Positioning Systems, which were just beginning to gain broad adoption at the consumer level. GPS is a great tool, but like all technology, it has its positive and negative applications. [...]
Weekend Voices 8/09/08 “Hear Again”
August 9th, 2008, Comments Off
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
TOPIC: Rebroadcast of two environmental programs from 1998: Environmental Notebook and A Wildlife Journal (as part of WERU’s 20th Anniversary “Hear Again” series)
Why may boycotts of rainforest wood products be counterproductive? What are some other economic appraoches to helping to preserve rainforests? What benefits do spiders have ecologically?
GUESTS:
Professor Richard Jagels, Univesity of Maine
Dr. [...]
Weekend Voices 7/26/08 “Hear Again”
July 26th, 2008, Comments Off
Producer/Host: JIm Campbell
Topic: Interview with and readings by Janwillem van de Wetering (recently deceased) from the WERU Archives
What were some of the formative influences on van de Wetering’s writings? What is the central point in all of his fiction writings? How did his living in Maine affect his writing?
