WERU Special: World Water Forum 3/31/09

Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Studio Engineer: Joel Mann
Guest: Jennifer Greene, Executive Director, Water Research Institute of Blue Hill (Maine) and presenter at the recent World Water Forum in Istanbul

Jennifer Greene talks about this year’s, and past year’s World Water Forums held at various locations around the world. She offers her unique, holistic approach to water and water rights issues, locally & globally.

Call in show

FMI: Jennifer Greene, [email protected], (415) 254-9567 or (207) 374-2405, www.waterresearch.org

(The Maine bills that were mentioned by callers are LD837 & LD1028)

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Women’s Windows Interview 3/29/09

Producer/Host: Marge May
Topic: An interview with Rachel Kauder Nalebuff, Editor of the collection of stories: “My Little Red Book” ; published by Twelve Books, 2009
How do girls experience their first periods today and how are these experiences different from those of a generation or so ago? How can parents and the culture at large provide a more supportive environment so that girls have sufficient information about their bodies and do not react with shame to this very natural event? What is the average age of onset today and how has that changed in the last 25 years? Is the change that has occurred well-known?

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Talk of the Towns 3/27/09

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne
Topic: Pandemic on the Radio—Lessons for communities on preparing for a pandemic avian influenza
What is the context—what do we know about flu pandemic, from history and current trends/projections? (include differences between ‘normal’ flu and avian flu)
In the event of a flu pandemic, what are the important messages for citizens and families?
How roles/impact for employers small and large? How would emergency services be coordinated? Where would people turn for practical help, and for medical help?
Guests: Doug Michael, Executive Director, Healthy Acadia Project; Dana Read, Town Manager, Bar Harbor; Janice Von Brook, Jackson Laboratory (by phone); Linda Feury, Deputy Director, Hancock County Emergency Management Office

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RadioActive 3/26/09

Producers/Hosts: Amy Browne & Meredith DeFrancesco
Segment 1: Local workers and union members speak out in support of the Employee Free Trade Act (EFCA)
Segment 2: Army Corps of Engineers Public Meeting tonight in Searsport. At stake: whether “Umbrella Wetlands Mitigation” will allow the Maine Dept of Transportation to build a port on Sears Island. Ron Huber joins us to talk about that issue, and also the lawsuit he recently filed against the state in hopes of protecting the island.
FMI: Ron Huber, 207-691-7485, [email protected], www.penobscotbay.blogspot.com
Comments may be sent to: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, Regulatory Division, Attn: Ruth Ladd, 696 Virginia Rd., Concord, MA 01742-2751 or 800-343-4789 or [email protected] (Reference Proposal File NAE-2008-1703)

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