WPKN Community Radio

WPKN Community Radio

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  • Louise Washer Of the Pollinator Pathway banning Neonicotinoids
    My guest today is Louise Washer returning to Digging in the Dirt because she is doing great work for us here in the state of CT. and for our planet. Louise Washer serves on the board of the Pollinator Pathway, a grassroots movement she helped create in 2017, in Wilton, CT and which has since spread to over 325 communities across 11 states. The PP helps give pollinators of all kinds habitats to thrive in. She also serves as president of the Norwalk River Watershed Association, as a member of the Norwalk Mayor’s Water Quality Committee, and on the steering committee of the Hudson-to-Housatonic Regional Conservation Partnership known as (H2H).
    34 min
  • Organic Farm Stand -- March 3, 2023
    The Farm Stand lineup:
    --Steve Munno's Small Farm Report from Massaro Farm in Woodbridge, CT
    --Vincent Kaye's Honey Bee update
    --Annie Hornish, CT director of the National Humane Society, talks about pending legislation that would change the protocols for bear management in the state.
    Hosts: Richard Hill and Laura Modlin
    1 hr
  • Band Central Radio Podcast Feb 2023
    TOMORROW, Monday 2/28 at NOON tune into WPKN Community Radio on 89.5 for a special solo show with our founder, Rob Fried! This month’s show will talk about how we can each be caretakers for our special state, including the vital shoreline and our waterways!✨
    16 min
  • GaiaGram # 144 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis.
    New lithium reserves discovered in India
    Impressive growth in wind and solar energy in 2022.
    Colorado River Compact to share water is in dispute
    heat waves in Middle-East predicted to increase 600%
    Super-pig crossbreeds threatening to invade the northern U.S.
    Climate change and the savannization of the Brazilian Amazon
    New material paves the way for ultra-efficient solar panels?
    5 min
  • Between The Lines - 3/1/23 ©2023 Squeaky Wheel Productions, Inc.
    * Putin’s Suspension of New START Treaty Endangers Last Remaining US-Russia Nuclear Arms Pact; Jon Rainwater, executive director of Peace Action and the Peace Action Education Fund; Producer: Scott Harris.
    * Toxic Ohio Railroad Derailment Underscores Urgent Need for Tough Government Regulation; Mel Buer, an associate editor and labor reporter with The Real News Network; Producer: Scott Harris.
    * Third Act, Organizing People Over 60 to Defend Democracy and Address the Climate Crisis; Bill McKibben, writer, activist, and co-founder Third Act; Producer: Melinda Tuhus.
    29 min
  • Robert Peck - Mgr. Green Village Initiatives Youth Leadership Program & Students
    My guests on DITD today are Robert Peck and students Kimberly and DJ. Robert manages Green Village Initiatives Youth Leadership Program, which has a summer employment program in which they employ Bridgeport High School students to work and learn about how to operate an urban farm. Participants spend 8 weeks through the summer at Reservoir Community Farm learning in workshops and thru hands-on experience on the farm. , Kimberly, and Dejhanae are 2 students who are in the program under Robert.
    Green Village Initiative’s mission is to grow food, knowledge, leadership and community, through urban gardening and farming, and to create a more just food system.
    23 min
  • GaiaGram #143 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis.
    Defunct Indian Point nuclear facility to dump 1 million gallons of
    radioactive water into Hudson River.
    The Thwaites Glacier ice shelf is melting slower and faster.
    Sea ice around Antarctica has hits a record low
    UN Secretary-General warns the world's cities are at risk of flooding
    drought in Italy dries up canals of its watery city Venice
    The Dept. of Energy offers $74 million to geothermal pilot projects
    Electrify America breaks ground on the site called “Solar Glow 1
    Global investment in low-carbon energy technology reaches $1.1 trillion
    5 min
  • Between The Lines - 2/22/23 ©2023 Squeaky Wheel Productions, Inc.
    * Professor Vows to Resist Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' Censorship of Black History; Marvin Dunn, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Florida International University; Producer: Scott Harris.
    * Fox News Exposed for Consciously Spewing Toxic Propaganda to Their Audience; Sergio Muñoz, Media Matters For America's Vice President of Research and Policy; Producer: Scott Harris.
    * Reflecting on Progress Made Since the American Indian Movement’s Occupation of Wounded Knee Madonna Thunder Hawk, Cheyenne River Organizer with the Lakota Law Project Producer: Melinda Tuhus.
    29 min
  • GM Report to the Listeners: Sheena Graham
    Sheena Graham is an educator, songwriter and poet – she’s also a member of our WPKN Black History Advisory Committee. She's a retired teacher who worked at Harding High School and Central High School, Bridgeport CT. She has worked with students across grade levels throughout her career and continues to be energized by her students and colleagues.
    Sheena has been featured in the book “Notable Valley African Americans.” She has received the Beard Excellence in Teaching Award, Teacher Of the Year Awards from the NANBP, NAACP, and Bridgeport and is the 2019 CT Teacher of the Year.
    *Rhythm of Power – event Sheena and the Bridgeport Group GANG POETRY will perform at The Bijou for Juneteenth in Bridgeport
    19 min

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