Archives for Specials

WERU Special 3/29/07: Don Pablo Alvarenga of El Salvador, Part 2

Producer/host: Amy Browne

Local historian Don Pablo Alvarenga in Cinquera, Cabanas, El Salvador, in January 2007, speaking about the history of religion, politics and war in the area.

Part 1 aired 3/27/07 and is also available on these archives.

Part 3 will air on RadioActive on Thursday, April 5th at 4p.m., and the final segment will air on RadioActive the following week (Thursday, April 12th at 4p.m.)

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WERU Special: Mitch Lansky on Sustainable Forestry 2/27/07

Producer/host: Dave Evans

Topic: Mitch Lansky, author of “Beyond the Beauty Strip: Saving What’s Left of Our Forests” (1992, Tilbury House) and editor of “Low Impact Forestry: Forestry As If the Future Mattered” (2006, Maine Environmental Policy Institute)

To learn more about Low-Impact Forestry and read some of Mitch’s writing, go to www.lowimpactforestry.org

From www.meepi.org:

Mitch Lansky was a founder of the Maine Low-Impact Forestry Project, project director for the Northern Appalachian Restoration Project, a writer for the Northern Forest Forum and Atlantic Forestry Review, and a contributor to several books.

He was a participant in the creation of the Maine Forest Biodiversity Project’s book, Biodiversity in the Forests of Maine: Guidelines for Land Management. He served on the advisory board of the Maine Environmental Policy Institute. He has been on various government committees and task forces, including a legislative Round Table on forest labor and economic issues. Mitch, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, is a long-term resident of Wytopitlock, a small forest-based community in northern Maine.

Mitch Lansky is currently working as a town manager.

He can be contacted at 112 Mill Road, Reed Plantation, Maine 04497

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WERU Special: Local Panel on Homelessness 2/20/07

Producer/host: Amy Browne

Guests: Brook Minner, Shelter Services Coordinator, Spruce Run; John Costello, Executive Director, Shaw House; Sister Lucille McDonald, Administrator, Emmaus Homeless Shelter; Dennis Marble, Executive Director, Bangor Area Homeless Shelter

FMI:
Spruce Run, 1-800-863-9909, www.sprucerun.net
Emmaus Homeless Shelter, 1-207-667-3962, www.emmaushomelessshelter.org
Shaw House, 1-866-561-SHAW
Bangor Area Homeless Shelter, 207-947-0045

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WERU Special 12/28/06: William McDonough at COA

Producer/host: Jim Campbell

William McDonough is a world-renowned architect and co-author of “Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things”. He spoke about designing for human and ecological health at the 14th annual conference of the Society of Human Ecology at the College of the Atlantic (COA) in October 2006

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