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Training in Transition

Julie — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:34:30 +0000

Tina Clarke, Certified Transition Trainer. Transition Network supports community-led responses to climate change and shrinking supplies of cheap energy, building resilience and happiness. These involve meeting your neighbors, sharing resources and skills, and having fun doing it! Tina will be leading a Training for Transition in Marbletown on March 17-18.

Farmers Dan & Ann

Julie — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:03:46 +0000

Local farmers and environmental activists Dan & Ann Guenther will talk about recent developments in the hydro-fracking permitting process, the transition movement, and how we as individuals can reduce damage to the planet by our own actions of reducing our reliance on fossil fuels.

Rebroadcast of What BETTER Looks Like

Julie — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:01:31 +0000

Re-broadcast of our conversation with the founders of What BETTER Looks Like.

Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline

Julie — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 23:52:18 +0000

Mark Roland of Beacon NY went down to Washington DC to join in the protests against the proposal for the Keystone XL Tar Sands pipeline. He speaks with us today about why he chose to do that.

Sorry, no recording of this show.

Reforestation

Julie — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:48:43 +0000

Maraleen Manos-Jones, the Butterfly Woman, returns to our show. This week she is accompanied by Jose Luis Alvarez, director and operator of La Cruz Habitat Protection Project – Mexico, a cooperative reforestation program.

What BETTER Looks Like

Julie — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 22:30:06 +0000

Liz & Rob Gannon-Graydon, co-founders of What BETTER Looks Like. What BETTER Looks Like fosters the development of beloved community by helping individuals imagine, articulate and create visions for a better world. The intentional infusion of love into our interactions has the power to create the radical changes necessary to make the world better.

Catskill Animal Sanctuary

Julie — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:40:09 +0000

Catskill Animal Sanctuary (CAS) Founder/Director Kathy Stevens describes her motivation for founding the CAS: Kindness, not only towards other humans, but towards all beings. CAS‘s 10^th Annual Shindig is this coming Saturday.

Butterfly Woman

Julie — Wed, 11 May 2011 23:45:56 +0000

Maraleen Manos-Jones is The Butterfly Lady. She started raising and releasing monarch butterflies in the 1970s, which inspired a trip to Mexico to search for their hibernation grounds. She has been studying and advocating for butterflies ever since, including her work with Forests for Monarchs, an organization that has planted over 5 million trees in the region where monarch butterflies spend the winter months. Tune in for stories, myths and information about these beautiful, inspiring, and necessary creatures.

Turn Up the Peace

Julie — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 23:18:05 +0000

Phillip Kanakis and Nandapriya Sattva are co-founders of Turn Up the Peace. Starting in Carnegie Hall last January, Turn Up the Peace brings together a joyous array of musicians at each event. Their next concert is at the Bardovan in Poughkeepsie. Music of love, peace, and unity, give audiences a visceral experience of peace while raising funds for projects of peace. Phillip and Nandapriya talked about the joy and freedom of commitment and stepping outside of the comfort zone.

Support for LGBTQ Youth

Julie — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 23:34:20 +0000

Nora Olsen is the author of a new novel for young adults, THE END: Five Queer Kids Save The World. Last fall, in response to the rash of teen suicides that made the headlines (and all the others that didn’t make the headlines) she organized a rally in Beacon in support of our youth. Zara Ansell is the outreach coordinator at the Hudson Valley LGBTQ Center in Kingston. Both women speak about the ongoing need for community support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LBGTQ) youth.

The Trevor Project is the leading national organization focused on crisis and suicide prevention efforts among LGBTQ youth.