WPKN Community Radio

WPKN Community Radio

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WPKN Community Radio episodes

  • Sefra Alexandra CTNOFA Ecotype Project - Digging in the Dirt
    My guest on this episode of DITD is Sefra Alexandra. Her web site describes her as a "The Seed Huntress," …....an endurance race ethnobotanist on a perennial expedition to save the seeds of our wild + cultivated lands. She has fortified community seed banks internationally, hunted for rare endangered seeds for Seeds of Success and is now taking the lead of CT NOFA's pollinator health initiative, The Ecotype Project. She is here today to talk about that project as well as the eco59 project.
    19 min
  • Green Village Initiative /Park City Harvest - Ellie Angerame & Richard Myers - Digging in the Dirt
    My next guests on DITD are Ellie Angerame the Executive Director, of Green Village Initiative   leading her organization towards creating social, economic and environmental change through a unified network of urban farms, community gardens and school gardens in Bridgeport, CT.   She is here with Richard Myers Assistant Farm Manager at GVI and Co-Owner and farmer with Sean Joseph at Park City Harvest here in Bpt. They are Two West- Indian American Horticulturists focused on organic market gardening. Their tag line is "CHANGING THE IMAGE OF FARMING"
    21 min
  • Pollinator Pathways - Dave Carr West Haven CT. Digging in the Dirt
    My guest on this program is Dave Carr Lead organizer for Pollinator Pathways West Haven. The goal of this group is to install native perennial plants while building community and educating people about the importance of pollinators to support insects that also feed migrating birds. The project started in 2019. Dave founded Earth lobbyist.com in 2018. Earth lobbyists is a nonpartisan educational resource containing original writing, original photographs and a virtual Art Gallery which was recently part of the New Haven Open Studios. The goal of Earth lobbyist.com is to engage climate change deniers where they live.
    22 min
  • Between The Lines - 12/1/21 @2021 Squeaky Wheel Productions. All Rights Reserved.
    *December Deadline Looms for Senate Democrats to Pass Critical Voting Rights Legislation; Ben Jealous, president of People for the American Way; Producer: Scott Harris.
    *The US Tax Code Must be Re-Written to Compel America's Wealthiest Pay Their Fair Share; Morris Pearl, A former managing director of BlackRock, chair of the Patriotic Millionaires group; Producer: Scott Harris.
    *California Proposes New Rule Banning New Oil Wells Within 3,200 Feet of Homes and Schools; Matt Nelson, executive director of Presente.org; Producer: Melinda Tuhus.
    29 min
  • Westport Library Open Book Podcast
    Host: Jennifer Bangser
    Taking a look at the VERSO STUDIOS
    Brendan Toller: Verso Studios Marketing Manager
    David Bibbey: Verso Studios Video Production Manager
    Travis Bell: Verso Studios Audio Production Manage
    56 min
  • Between The Lines - 11/24/21 @2021 Squeaky Wheel Productions. All Rights Reserved.
    * GOP's Embrace of Violence Endangers U.S. Democracy Ruth Ben-Ghiat, professor of Italian and History at New York University Producer: Scott Harris
    * With Freeze of Assets, Millions of Afghan Civilians Face Famine Kathy Kelly, life-long nonviolence activist, co-coordinator of the Ban Killer Drones Campaign Producer: Scott Harris
    * The Sacrifice of Essential Workers During Pandemic Led to Mass Resignations and Labor Strikes Mike Elk, Senior Labor Reporter & Founder of PayDayReport.com Producer: Melinda Tuhus
    29 min
  • Lela Florel Continues Her Fight For The Remington Woods
    Host Mike Merli speaks with Lela Florel, founder of Preserve Remington Woods.
    The Bridgeport Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing on Tuesday November 16th, attended by over 100 people from all across Connecticut.
    For more info on that hearing:
    https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Dozens-pack-zoning-hearing-to-preserve-16629613.php
    For more information on Preserve Remington Woods, and ways to take action:
    www.preserveremingtonwoods.com/
    25 min

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