Eric Herm, a Texas farmer and the author of “Son of a Farmer, Child of the Earth.” Herm left Texas for ten years, and when he returned to his family’s farm, he noticed many changes for the worse in  soil quality, dependency on herbicides & pesticides, and corporate control of farmers. His new book addresses these issues and offers concrete solutions.

Gordon Douglas and Laura Wallace of Friends of the Great Swamp (FroGS) lovingly describe this extraordinary Dutchess County resource.

George Kaufman, the resource development director for Omega, tells us about the Omega Center for Sustainable Living, and about his own journey from “fat, dumb & happy” to integrating his life & work into one meaningful activity.

Kristian Gustavson, co-founder of Below the Surface, a coast to coast exploration of America’s waterways. Kristian is an activist, conservationist, and adventurer among other things. This summer he is taking his second small-watercraft trip down the Mississippi River from its headwaters to the Gulf of Mexico. His trip will serve to bring attention to issues of water pollution and river recovery.

Elly Wininger joins Julie in discussion with Dave Conover, education director at Clearwater. Dave tells us about Clearwater’s youth environmental stewardship initiative, and we join him in singing a couple of sea chanties.

Diana Hartel of Madrona Arts phones in to update us on her journey around the country for the Over the River project: interviewing river-keepers and others involved in river restoration and preservation. The most recent leg of her trip brought her to the Catskills region and the Bronx River Valley.