Be the Change Radio

Listen: Be the Change 2010-01-20
“Herbal Medicine is People’s Medicine.” Herbalist Susun Weed explains the uses of several plants that grow wild in your lawn. We get a very brief history of the Wise Woman’s role in the history of human healing, and learn about slowing down enough to  listen to plants.

Listen: Be the Change 2009-10-27
Gordon Douglas and Laura Wallace of Friends of the Great Swamp (FroGS) lovingly describe this extraordinary Dutchess County resource.

Listen: Be the Change 2009-07-22
Elizabeth Cunningham, author of the Maeve Chronicles, director of the Center at High Valley, and counselor in private practice. We will discuss the [...]

Listen: Be the Change 2009-07-15
Cait Johnson, author of “Witch in the Kitchen,” invites us to find the sacred in everyday activities such as preparing a meal.

Listen: Be the Change 2009-05-27
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 [...]

Listen: Be the Change 2009-05-13
How can children in the modern urban world experience the direct relationship with nature that is integral to human survival? By going to Farm Camp! John Chartier is Frost Valley YMCA’s [...]

Listen: Be the Change 2009-04-01
Melissa Everett, Executive Director of Sustainable Hudson Valley, talks about programs and tactics to create green collor jobs for rebuilding the economy while restoring the environment. Taking responsibility for [...]

Listen: Be the Change 2009-03-25 (Sorry – we only recorded the end of show)
Barbara Bravo, enthusiastic Master Gardener with the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County, talks about the Extension’s wide range of projects [...]

Listen: Be the Change 2009-03-18
Peter Forbes, co-founder and director of the Center for Whole Communities, is a longtime leader in the American conservation movement.

Listen: Be the Change 2008-09-17
In 1969 the newly built sloop ‘Clearwater’ first visited Beacon. A small band of local youngsters and oldsters organized a welcoming festival to support the valiant crew of the sloop and [...]