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Thursday, June 22, 2006

Glen's Solo Enviro Show


It was all Glen, all the time this week 'cuz D.O. was off to the shoreline for his annual sanity reinforcement pilgrimage and Jean was...well....who knows where she's gone too! Glen had some reactions from viewers coming out of the Academy of Music in Noho after seeing Al Gore's film, "Inconvenient Truth". It was a sort of exit poll on the end of the world as we know it (hmmm, sounds like a song title, huh?) Then our favorite inhouse witch, Tamara was scheduled to sit-in and clue us in to the Summer Solstice. Like they say: it's a long day.



Music from the Reagan Babies, Meat Puppets, and Steve Earle. Glen gets to play some music that might otherwise get the big VETO, and it is not gender balanced. The EnviroShow will return to normal...whatever THAT means... next time.

Then a long phone interview with Mickey Novak from the Cronin Salmon Station in Sunderland (413-548-9010). It turns out you can successfully raise salmon (and other fish) with out having to be serial murderer.

Also, Glen was speaking with Joanne Montgomery, a local committed advocate for the environment and wildlife, who witnessed the recent arraignment in Springfield federal court for the proceedings against Zak and Lloyd, the serial Sunderland bird murderers.


On the Bus Stop Billboard:

* June 29, 2006 at 4:00 PM, Weekly Green Energy Vigil, Wells Fountain in Brattleboro, VT at Junction of Linden and Main St.for more info 802-387-4060

* July 3 - 10, Earth First! Round River Rendezvous, Jefferson National Forest, southwestern Virginia. www.katuahearthfirst.org; Email: katuahef@wildmail.com
Or call the toll free 1-866-411-8016


* July 06, 2006 at 05:30 PM, Tri-state CAN meeting, Green Fields Market, Main Street, Greenfield, upstairs meeting room. Info: 413-339-5781; can@nukebusters.org

* July 15, International Day of Direct Action for Climate Justice, efclimatecaucus@wildmail.com, www.reclaimthecommons.net

* July 29 Earth Sisters Rising! A Gathering of Women Who Love The Earth
For Empowerment and Renewal, 10 am to 4 pm at Starseed Healing Sanctuary, Savoy, MA. Cost: $65-$100 sliding scale. Pre-registration requested. Contact Cathy at 978-855-0688



Next time we REALLY will have Sam Lovejoy on (sorry bout that, got a little ahead of ourselves there) for some towering thoughts.

Saturday, June 10, 2006

The Enviro Filthy War Machine Show, Part II

Jean’s back....really!....BUT she lost her voice :(
When will we finally get to hear about her adventures in Portugal? How about that wave farm over there? (no, they don't grow waves....what were you thinking??) David Keith, president of Valley Citizens for a Safe Environment and Community co-chair of Westover Air Reserve Base's Restoration Advisory Board, and Herbert Bernstein of the Institute for Science and Interdisciplinary Studies over at Hampshire College joined us to continue the discussion on the Filthy War Machine, specifically our local version at Westover air base in Chicopee. We opened the phones for that. But first...It was Revenge of the Critters time!



Following that: an announcement about the G8 Eight Days of Resistance on Climate Justice in DC, July 9 – 16. We put that right up front. (It simply couldn't wait to catch the bus at the end of the show). Also, Al Gore’s "Inconvenient Truth" meets the Competitive Enterprise Institute's Load of Bull! Then it was time for some good old-fashioned Bush bashing: King George’s energy plan whacks conservation.



We set-up the interview with Keith and Herb with another of the Reagan Babies' hits, "Mein Nieke", followed by a segment of former President Eisenhower's famous Farewell Address. It's all about the military-industrial complex folks. Ike warned us and here we are 43 years later. Go figure.



Then it was time to get on to the Bus Stop Billboard:

Father’s and Other's Day Walk and Rally
Sunday, June 18
10 am Vermont Yankee Nuclear Reactor, Vernon, VT
12:30 Brattleboro Common, Brattleboro, VT
2 pm Entergy Headquarters, Old Ferry Rd, Brattleboro, VT

Fathers and Others are protecting their families and others by showing
the way from danger! Starting at VY, we will be walking away from the
reactor north on Rt 142, 6.5 miles into Brattleboro. There we will meet
more walkers at the town Common and continue north on Rt 5, 3.5 miles to Entergy Headquarters on old Ferry Rd. Bring signs, food, water, good
shoes and positive thinking!!

We will shut it down!!

Call 413-863-8952 or 413 339-5781 for more details or to help organize.
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Tri State CAN meeting
Thursday, June 22
5:30- 7:30 pm
Meeting Room, Greenfields Market Coop, Greenfield, MA

Learn what CAN is up to and how you might get involved. We have ongoing
efforts to shutdown Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor (just over the border
in Vernon, VT). There is much going on! Broader public involvement is
essential!
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Freedom From Oil Action Camp (July 8 -14 in Southern Indiana) a 5-day summit of 150 to 200 young organizers working to break America's oil addiction. It is cosponsored by The Ruckus Society, Rainforest Action Network, Global Exchange, Energy Action, and Oil Change International.
By day, participants will learn hard skills to build strategic and synergistic campaigns. By night, visionary thinkers will posit what our society can and will look like when we have moved beyond oil. Important alliance building will take place to move forward on election year strategies, corporate markets campaigns, campus organizing, and alternatives advocacy.
Email: FreedomFromOil@ruckus.org for more information.



Next time Sam Lovejoy joins us for some towering thoughts on nukes, wildlife corridors, and whatever else comes up.....like direct action maybe? Checkout our sister show, Farm to Fork at this time next week.