Notes from the Electronic Cottage 11/19/09

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

The Internet, as we all know now, is a rich source of information. Some of that information is great, some questionable, some downright wrong, and some– well, let’s just say it’s a bit funky. That’s the case with this piece from December of 2002, one of the early pieces we’re re-playing as a lead up to the Electronic Cottage’s 10th anniversary in January, 2010. You can tell this episode is seven years old because there is a reference to floppy disks which, of course, are now pretty much historical artifacts. Otherwise, it’s all as true today as it was in those days of yore.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Wabanaki Windows 11/17/09

Producer/Host: Donna Loring
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne
Topic: Chief Oren Lyons talk at the University of Maine
How do Native people interact with the natural world? Is the world as we know it sustainable and in balance? What is the bottom line?
Guest: Chief Oren Lyons, traditional Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan and member of the Onondaga Nation Council of Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy.

Both the edited version (that aired), and the longer, full version, are archived below.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Podcast (avi): Play in new window | Download

Talk of the Towns 11/13/09

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne

Topic: Maine’s Off-Shore Wind Demonstration Sites
Why is Maine looking at offshore wind? What do we need to know in order to benefit from development of off shore wind? Why is the state proposing wind demonstration sites in Maine waters, and what would happen at these sites? How have impacts to fishermen, whales, seabirds and the environment been factored in? What are the four sites identified through this process, and what do we know about them?

Guests:
Kathleen Leyden, Maine Coastal Program; Jake Ward, University of Maine

FMI: Dan Prichard, 22 State House Station, Augusta, 04333, 207-287-4919, www.maine.gov/doc

Podcast: Play in new window | Download