Common Ground Radio 1/7/11

Producers/Hosts: MOFGA Staff Melissa White Pillsbury, Cheryl Wixson and Russell Libby
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne

Topic: Farmer’s Markets in Maine

How are farmer’s markets addressing transportation issues? What is the role of farmer’s markets in the community? How to improve roads?

Guests:
Tom Roberts, Snakeroot Farm, Pittsfield, Maine snakeroot.net
Mark Guzzi, Peacemeal Farm, Dixmont, Maine, [email protected]

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RadioActive 12/30/10

Producer/Host: Meredith DeFrancesco

Topics: UN Climate Talks, Tar Sands- IEN, Arctic- Indigenous

Today we hear two interviews recorded at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change this month in Cancun, Mexico. We talk with Melina Laboucan-Massino from the Indigenous Environmental Network on the effects massive tar sands extraction has on the people and environment in Canada; and we hear from Patricia Cochran, the director of the Alaskan Native Science Commission and the co-chair of the Indigenous Peoples Network on Climate Change and Sustainable Development.

What are the environmental and health effects in indigenous and other communities in Canada from tar sands extraction?What is the effect of sea level rise on indigenous communities in Alaska? What were some of the issues and results of the UNFCCC meetings in Cancun , Mexico?

Guests:
Melina Laboucan-Massino, the Indigenous Environmental Network www.ienearth.org
Patricia Cochran, the director of the Alaskan Native Science Commission and the co-chair of the Indigenous Peoples Network on Climate Change and Sustainable Development.

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Notes from the Electronic Cottage 12/30/10

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

New Year’s is just around the corner, a time of resolutions to do things better than in the past year. It’s also a good time to tweak up the hard drive on your computer. Here are a few hints to help you do that. You’ve probably heard all these suggestions before – in fact, we’ve gone over them before here on the Electronic Cottage. But just in case you didn’t get
around to it last year, here they are again.

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