Name: Spotlight on Arts and Cuture — April 2024 — Poetry Month by WPKN Community Radio
Duration: 59 min 59 s
Description: This episode of Spotlight on Arts and Culture is a celebration of National Poetry month featuring a conversation with poet, artist, and archivist Shanna Melton. Shanna Melton runs the Writer's Group in Bridgeport, a monthly creative writing workshop.

I'm here with the winner of the 5th annual Bill Duesing Organic Living on the Earth Award,  Michael Nadeau.  Michael  is one of the leading authorities in the field of sustainable organic and ethical land care strategies in the United States. He is sought after for creating attractive sustainable and restorative environments using organic practices that respect the ecology of the property and reflect the philosophy of the client. Michael’s organic and sustainable holistic land care approach carefully maximizes wildlife habitat with specific plantings and techniques, improving the overall health of land, water, and wildlife.  He is a co-founder of CT NOFA’s Organic Land Care program and owner of a organic land care consulting business.
https://www.michaelnadeau.org/

Mike Nadeau Sustainable, organic, ethical land care

Melinda Tuhus interviews Denise Savageau, president of the Connecticut Association of Conservation Districts, who explains how the climate crisis is exacerbating the biodiversity crisis.

The twin crises of climate disruption and biodiversity loss

-Fossil fuel industry says abandon the fantasy of phasing out oil and gas
-IEA, projects that oil and gas demand peaks by 2030 
-Philadelphia county is suing the oil industry, 
   saying oil producers deceived the public about global warming.
-Historic and significant climate regulations issued for U.S.
-Sea ice in arctic regions of the planet continued its decline in 2024
-Insurance rates going up for coastal properties

GaiaGram #200 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis

My guest is  E. Hardy Kern lll,  The  Director of Government relations pesticides and Birds Campaign for the American Bird Conservancy. Hardy will address  “Neonics” Neonicotinoids, the New DDT pesticide and it’s threat to birds.

The American Bird Conservancy is a non-profit membership organization with the mission of conserving wild birds and their habitats throughout the Americas. Its focus is on threats to birds in the Western Hemisphere – threats which include overuse of pesticides, urban sprawl, habitat destruction, and invasive species.

Hardy Kern American Bird Conservancy  "Neonic - The new pesticide"

* Abortion and Reproductive Rights are on the 2024 Election Ballot Dr. Kristyn Brandi, previous board chair of the group Physicians for Reproductive Health Producer: Scott Harris 
* Activists at Groton Submarine Base Protest the Ongoing Threat of Nuclear War Jackie Allen Doucot of the Hartford Catholic Worker Producer: Melinda Tuhus 
* Israeli Propagandists Target US Journalists, Skewing (Slanting) Coverage of Gaza War Arvind Dilawar, Independent Journalist Producer: Scott Harris

Between The Lines

Between The Lines - 4/3/24 ©2024 Squeaky Wheel Productions, Inc.

This episode of Spotlight on Arts and Culture is a celebration of National Poetry month featuring a conversation with poet, artist, and archivist Shanna Melton. Shanna Melton runs the Writer's Group in Bridgeport, a monthly creative writing workshop.

Spotlight on Arts and Cuture — April 2024 — Poetry Month

-The Antarctic Circumpolar Current getting faster
-California temporarily shuts down Highway 1 due to coastal erosion
-Solar panels are so cheap that they are being used to build garden fences
-Global heating is causing problems for a variety of crops
-Hong Kong’s records highest Temp for March in 140 years,
-Half of the tap water in the U S contaminated with forever“ chemicals,”
-Amount of plastic packaging waste created by Amazon has increased

GaiaGram #201 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis

-March was the Earth’s 10th consecutive month of record-breaking heat
-57 companies responsible for 80% of the world’s global  CO2 emissions 
-An "extremely active" hurricane season is likely in 2024.
-The rate of carbon emissions cuts in the United States has doubled 
-Billionaire Australian to invest in green projects  
-China is the most polluting nation and doing most for renewable energy.

GaiaGram #202 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis

- Bogota Colombia  is rationing water due to drought
-  Morocco's second-largest reservoir drying up
-new scientific method pinpoints microplastic pollution 'hotspots' 
-Court finds climate crisis involves human rights violations.
-7 countries generate 100% of electricity from renewable energy
-The EU’s Green Claims Directive rules
 -Sea otters help kelp forest ecosystems

GaiaGram # 203 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis

A song of appreciation for all the protesting students, staff, and faculty at Columbia and many other institutions across the US.

Boycott, Sanction, and Divest

-Dubai  recorded a year’s worth of rain in just 12 hours
-Hurricane season expected to be the worst on record
-(EPA) finalizes rules on “forever chemicals” in drinking water
-Corporations urgently need to halve their emissions before 2030
-US DOE to speed up the connection of clean energy to the grid.
-Peak wildfire season is heating up the Garden State,

GaiaGram # 204 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis

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Spotlight on Arts and Cuture — April 2024 — Poetry Month

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