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Composting the Corporados Enviro Show, Part II

September 23rd, 2011 Posted by Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. Are corporations people? We don’t think so! Are they busy at work destroying the planet? Well…..yah! Gail Darrell of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund calls in to discuss local home rule and the end of Corporate America (to which we say: YES!). As always, we’ll also checkout our Fool-on-the-Hill, The Enviro Show Echo Chamber, our Quote of the Week, and the E-Vally-uation segment, but first it’s time for….Revenge of the Critters! This one from our favorite hydrologist: cowboys choose the wrong bear! Read more on Composting the Corporados Enviro Show, Part II…

The Troubled Atmosphere Enviro Show; Tuesday, 6:30pm

July 3rd, 2011 Posted by Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. Noticed how hard it is to breath easy here in the Valley, especially in the summer? Sylvia Brandt, Associate Professor at UMass in the Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics joins us to talk air quality, asthma, biomass incineration, maybe we’ll even get to her work on the effects of climate change on Mid-Atlantic fisheries (or is that another show?). We’ll do the Enviro Show Echo Chamber, Meet the New Boss, the Enviro Show Quote of the Week, and our E-Valley-uation thingy, but first it’s time for…Revenge of the Critters! Macho “sports” fisherman gets caught! Sorry, you’ll have to see it to believe it.

In our E-Valley-uation segment guess who got busted again at the Vermont Yankee nuke? That would be our own Jean (she’s the shifty looking one in the back row with the shades on). Hey, they’re just a bit concerned about nuclear safety, aren’t you too? And, in keeping with the show’s theme: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Rejection…err…that’s Protection issues a new air pollution permit! Timing is everything! And, time for some good news (albeit a bit dated): 335 acres saved from McMansions in B-town!

The Little Green Schoolhouse Enviro Show, Tuesday 6:30pm

May 20th, 2011 Posted by Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. With the Five College Area headed for summer break and young kids thinking about anything but school, we have a look at green education (what? contrary?). Abbie Jenks, founder of the Peace, Justice and Environmental Studies program at Greenfield Community College calls in. Also joining us in the studio, Marcy Gregoire, founder and proud member of Under the Tree Music Company where they practice “kidTunage to Love Up the Earth Mamacita” (sounds like we’re on the same page, yes?). As usual, we see who this week’s Fool-on-the-Hill might be, checkout our E-Valley-uation segment, as well as The Enviro Show Echo Chamber, but first it’s time for……Revenge of the Critters! Since owls seem to be associated with wisdom, and since we’re talking education here, did these guys score some smarts? Read more on The Little Green Schoolhouse Enviro Show, Tuesday 6:30pm…

Barking up The Enviro Show, Tuesday, 6:30pm

May 5th, 2011 Posted by Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. Have you been barking up the wrong tree lately? Michael Wojtech, author of the just released book Bark: A Field Guide to Trees of the Northeast, joins us to talk trees. As always, we scope out the latest news in the Enviro Show Echo Chamber and locally in our E-Valley-uation segment. We’ll Meet the New Boss this time, as well as this week’s Fool-on-the-Hill, but first it’s time for…Revenge of Critters: This bad player? His goat got him!.

January 14th, 2011 Posted by Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. Tired of all those two-leggeds and their endless failings? Let’s talk four-leggeds with Michael Kellett of Restore the North Woods. We’ll discuss their North Woods Wolf Recovery Project as well as issues regarding the Canada lynx and Atlantic Salmon. Of course, we’ll entertain you with hair-raising tales from The Enviro Show Echo Chamber, our Meet the New Boss and the E-Valley-uation segments, as well as our Fool-on-the-Hill offering, but first it’s time for….Revenge of the Critters! Dung Beetle attack!. With a name like that you’d think the boys would keep their distance.

The Back-to-the-Future Enviro Show, Tuesday, 6:30pm

December 31st, 2010 Posted by Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. Sooooo, wasn’t THAT a fun year! What will 2011 bring us? We do some reflecting and projecting with our favorite roving troubadour, Tom Neilson as well as announce our brand new Enviro Show public service effort: the “Don’t Move Politicians More than 50 Miles” campaign! We delve into some of our usual segments like The Enviro Show Echo Chamber, Fool on the Hill, Meet the New Boss and such, but first it’s time for…..Revenge of the Critters! It’s a polar bear-he-go-round!

Return of the Shopocalypse Enviro Show, Tues, 6:30pm

December 3rd, 2010 Posted by Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. Here we go again: people shopping ’til they’re dropping. Sooooo many toys, so little time? How about putting that money to good use? Rev. Billy calls-in once again to preach about the coming Shopocalypse. Then we get calls from Kristin DeBoer of Kestrel Trust and Lily Lombard of Grow Food Northampton; places where your gift donations will be money well spent. As usual, we’ll also checkout our E-Valley-uation segment, The Enviro Show Echo Chamber and our Enviro Show Quote of the Week, but first it’s time for…Revenge of the Critters! Reindeer attack….again and again!

The Very Scary Nukes Enviro Show

October 23rd, 2010 Posted by Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. We’re coming up on Halloween or the pagan festival of Samhain when the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is thin, porous in fact! Of course, Halloween in the U.S. is all about scary so we return to frightening tales of nuclear madness. Deb Katz of Citizens Awareness Network might call in to chill you to the bone and Paki Wieland of the Shut It Down affinity group joins us in the studio to talk resistance. As always, we disturb you with reports from the crypt of the living corporados in our Enviro Show Echo Chamber and our E-Valley-uation segment. We’ll give you our Quote of the Week and we go plural with the Fool on the Hill, but first it’s time for….Revenge of the Critters! Fishermen get caught!

The Autumn Fun Drive Enviro Show, Tues..9/28, 6:30pm

September 22nd, 2010 Posted by Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. It’s time to pay the piper again. Remember, Valley Free Radio runs on YOUR donations, not on corporate largess that dictates the content. VFR is independent community radio and The Enviro Show is just one of many locally produced shows that VFR makes possible. Now we are asking you to help keep the show on the air during our annual Autumn Fund Drive (i know we said “fun drive” and it will be lots of fun IF you do YOUR share and support The Enviro Show….otherwise we’ll sulk and whine and who wants THAT!). Soooo, even though we’ll be constantly reminding you of how much we need your support, we may still have time for a brief visit to The Enviro Show Echo Chamber, the Quote of The Week and our E-Valley-uation segment, but first it’s time for…Revenge of the Critters! Sea lion snot into showtime. See the video here.