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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…

Read more on Composting the Corporados Enviro Show, Part II…

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…

Read more on The Little Green Schoolhouse Enviro Show, Tuesday 6:30pm…

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!.

Read more on Barking up The Enviro Show, Tuesday, 6:30pm…

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!

Read more on The Back-to-the-Future Enviro Show, Tuesday, 6:30pm…

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!

Read more on Return of the Shopocalypse Enviro Show, Tues, 6:30pm…

Greetings Earthlings. Time for another Enviro Show first! Rather than drive all the way to some overheated auditorium to sit in uncomfortable folding chairs and go all wall-eyed listening to bureaucrats drone on-and-on with all that jargon and all those acronyms about the Biomess, why not have a hearing right here on the radio! A draft proposed regulation to establish criteria that woody biomass facilities must meet under the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard has been proposed by the state and public hearings have been called for the Berks and Central Mass., but not here in the Valley, sooooo…. WE’LL HOLD OUR OWN HEARING! Ray Weber of Friends of Robinson State Park: Chris Matera of Mass. Forest Watch; Meg Sheehan of the Stop Spewing Carbon campaign and Glen Ayers of The Enviro Show (who?) will testify. Given that it will take up most of the show we’ll have to set aside our usual segments, but we’ll post them here on the blog so Enviro Show listeners don’t have to suffer withdrawal symptoms. Of course, there’s one segment we simply cannot do without……Revenge of the Critters! Attacked in the Forest with A Million Eyes!
Read more on The Enviro Show On-air Biomass Regulations Hearing, Tues., 6:30pm…

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.

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

Greetings Earthlings. After four back-to-back depressing shows on the BP Gulf disaster we thought we’d shift gears a bit and look for some simple solutions to living with Big Oil and the corporados. With that in mind, Jim Merkel calls-in with some info on Radical Simplicity. We visit the Enviro Show Echo Chamber just in case you really CAN’T get enough of that miserable news from the Gulf and we’ll make a pit stop in our E-Valley-uation segment to catch-up on the Biomess. Also, more words of wisdom in our Enviro Show Quote of the Week and a flashback surprise, but first it’s time for….Revenge of the Critters! Italian bird poacher attacked by his own victim.

Read more on The Radically Simple Enviro Show; Tues. 8/3, 6:30pm…

Greetings Earthlings. Had enough of THE worst environmental disaster in U.S. history? Think it’s over? Imagine if you were an oyster with no where to go! Jennifer Seavey returns to these microphones with tales from the depths of despair. She’s doing post doc at the University of Florida, examining oysters in the Gulf of Mexico. We’ll look into some more of BP’s nefarious deeds and such like in The Enviro Show Echo Chamber, checkout the Quote of The Week, and perhaps venture into our E-Valley-uation segment, but first it’s time for…..Revenge of the Critters! Are you ready for this? Amelia Earhart attacked by crabs!. Now we know.

Read more on The Big Oily Enviro Show, Part II; Tues. 7/20, 6:30pm…

The Nuke-free Future Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. D.O.’s off this week, but he left this behind. Do you think “we can create a nuclear free future”? A mystery guest from AFSC braves the walk down to the basement to join us and talk about all things nuclear. Our new and improved segment, “Meet the new Boss…” finds Obama between a rock and a hard place! We’ll have a look at the latest from the Biomess in our E-Valley-uation segment and checkout the Enviro Show Echo Chamber, but first it’s time for…..Renvenge of the Critters! More Revenge of the Trees from Down-under!!

Read more on The Nuke-free Future Enviro Show…