It's Hot in Here

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10/10/10 is just under a week away, and if the fact that the day, month, and year are all the same number isn’t enough reason for you to get out of the house, Bill McKibben’s 350.org International Day of Action is coming to a town near you.  Almost 6,000 grassroots events to take action against climate change – in 183 countries! – have been registered.

We’re joined in the studio by Monica Patel of the Ecology Center, who is organizing the Ann Arbor 350 event – a rally to build and register 350 raised bed front yard gardens (‘visible edibles’ she calls them).

Kristen Cuhran of Bike Ypsi calls in to tell us about the Fall Ride, also happening this sunday 10/10/10, and her organization that is working to make cycling for fun and transportation just a bit safer on Washtenaw County’s roads.  (like their facebook page to get updates on future events)

Plus great tunes, hairy lobsters, and a cameo by engineer and resident farmer, Shannon Brines.

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Our friend Rachel Long joins us in studio to tell us about the grassroots efforts working to end mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia.

www.appalachiarising.org

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We’re joined by Amy Heath of Living Stones Community, a farm that partners with the Michigan Prisoner Re-entry Initiative to help returning citizens get back on their feet.  We talk about good food and good work and what makes farming so ideal as an occupation.  Listen really closely and you might hear her son Charlie, too.

Music by two musicians, Jessica Ryder and Al Jacquez, who will perform with several other artists at a benefit concert for Living Stones Community this Saturday, Sept 25.

Plus, all-star activist Rachel Long calls in with news about Appalachia Rising, a conference and rally this weekend in DC to stop mountaintop removal in Appalachia.  More from Rachel Long next week, so tune in…

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A Labor Day show.

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Gina and Rachel talk paganism, wildfires, Canada vs. USA for the title of environmental hero/villain, and urban transit on this hot, hot afternoon.  We’re joined on the phone line by Rachel Wells of CLEAR Corps, a Detroit nonprofit working to reduce lead exposure in homes, and Emily of smallinfinityproject.com.  Plus lots of steamy tunes.

For national info about lead exposure:  www.leadfreekids.org

For info on soil testing in SE Michigan: http://web1.msue.msu.edu/monroe/soilweb2/testing.htm

To learn about AATA’s master plan and take the survey to give your input! www.movingyouforward.org

Thanks to Alex Belhaj for stepping in to engineer while DJ Local Shannon Brines is on a well deserved vacation.

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Petropolis website

Hugh tells us all about the Alberta tar sands, which some say are the second biggest oil reserve in the world after the Saudi oil fields.  We started on the crenellated* fjords of the British Columbia coast, followed the proposed Enbridge oil pipeline through the coastal mountains and ended up in the tar sands.  But not to fear, we didn’t get bogged down (ha HA) in gloom – Hugh told us how local citizens, advocacy groups, and yes, even the US government are all helping to block Enbridge’s progress.

Listen for some eclectic grooves, environmental news, and your weekly vocabulary lesson.

*Crenellated (adj) 1. having battlements, 2. indented; notched

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Gillian Ream, co-founder of Michigan Agritours, joins us in the studio to talk about bikes, beers, and the joys of local agritourism.  Plus What’s in Season (kohlrabi!), Sarah’s Sustainable Choices (planes, trains, or diesel buses?), and a Small Infinity story from Emily Plews.  Vaguely travel-themed, this is a great show to listen to while sitting perfectly still.

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Listen in to welcome IHIH’s newest co-hostess Sarah – and stay for summer tunes and sustainable strategies to stay cool when you’re so (darn) hot.

The line up…

first to our nation’s capital….

Brian Lipinski, our Washington Wardrobe, or, DC Downer, tells us how to make a last ditch effort to control U.S. carbon emissions this Congress (and to consider wearing less clothes).

Aviva Glaser, our Sunshine Superwoman,  fills us in on the proven and potential dangers of carcinogens and nano particles in conventional sunscreens (aka try relaxing in the shade).

then onto New Orleans with Louie Armstrong and…

Adam Carver, of the Ross  http://gulf.refresheverything.com/michiganresponds2010

then back to the studio for…

A tale from the Small Infinity Project with Rachel Chadderdon (drink iced coffee!!)

and finially our newest segment…

Sustainable Choices with Sarah Kempke (make your own ice pops).

Until next week, stay cool Ann Arbor (and the world).

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It’s summer. You’re hot. We’re hot.  And guess what? We’ve missed you!

Join the It’s Hot in Here family LIVE or LATER for an exxxtraspecial IHIH Reunion Edition featuring our very own Emily Plews and Rachel Chadderdon of www.smallinfinityproject.com (!!!)

Listen in for small (but impressive!) infinity stories from former UM School of Natural Resource and Environment students and It’s Hot in Here co-hosts, and correspondents as we find out how to fight the Canadian Tar Sands, figure out the price of pollution on our children’s health in Michigan, locate that big climate bill we thought was comin’ our way, and share our own small infinity success stories!

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Join Jeffrey Green Bean, Rachel Chadderdon, and DJ Local as they talk with Karl and Cara of Real Time Farms about their recently launched and amazingly fun website that provides real time updates regarding farmers markets near you that are provided by the community – any customers, farmers, and users who want to upload, tag, and share information.

Later in the show we get an update on the rapidly approaching US Social Forum taking place in Detroit in two weeks!