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Our 5th B-Day Enviro Show!, Tues., August 31, 6:30p

August 26th, 2010 Posted by Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. Believe it or not we’ve reached age 5 here on The Enviro Show. Yes, we have behavioral problems, but no, bed wetting is not one of them. The show turned 5 on August 26. We guess that makes us a Virgo and therefore: “fussy and a worrier; overcritical and harsh; perfectionist and (get this) CONSERVATIVE”! (OK, maybe not). Tom Neilson joins us in the studio for our Birthday bash. There will be cake….(well, it’s really corn bread)…for eveyone! Sorry, no burning candles allowed in the studio. Just because we’ll be partying doesn’t mean we’re asleep at the switch. Of course, there’s another more somber 5 year year anniversary taking place in New Orleans, isn’t there. We continue to update you on the ongoing BP Cover-up as well as hip you to other issues in The Enviro Show Echo Chamber and in our E-Valley-uation segment, but first it’s time for….Revenge of the Critters! We jump into the Wayback Machine to visit tiny jellyfish who kill you!

The Rights of Nature Enviro Show, August 17, 6:30pm

August 12th, 2010 Posted by Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. So, we supposedly have “The Rights of Man”, “Women’s Rights”, and “Civil Rights” (ok, ok, it’s a work in progress), how about The Rights of Nature? Ecuador wrote them into their constitution; in the U.S.? Not so much. Jeff Conant, Media Coordinator for Global Justice Ecology and author of “A Poetics of Resistance: The Revolutionary Public Relations of the Zapatista Insurgency” published by AK Press joins us to talk about it. We return once again to Meet the New Boss and scope out the Enviro Show Echo Chamber, as well as get to that George Carlin quote we dumped last time around, but first it’s time for….Revenge of the Critters! Toilet snake terrorizes Brits! (these things wouldn’t happen if they used composting toilets).

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

July 29th, 2010 Posted by Enviro Show

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.

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

July 16th, 2010 Posted by Enviro Show

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.

The Big Oily Enviro Show, July 6, 6:30pm

July 1st, 2010 Posted by Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. The saga continues: the catastrophic BP oil well blowout is transforming the Gulf of Mexico into some kind of futuristic end-of-times disaster film. Guess what? It’s not a movie (though there’s plenty enough footage on YouTube to make you sad/crazy/mad!) Take your pick: Toxic Oil Spill Rains on Crops?; It’s raining oil?; Surf on Pensacola Beach boiling like acid? BP disaster unstoppable?; or, our favorite: the End of the World! While you are at it, checkout our Enviro Show Banish BP! page and kick BP out of the Valley. Diane Wilson, fisher, activist, hell-raiser calls in to mull over these and more (unless, of course, she’s in jail for one of her many actions, in which case, Scott Eustis rejoins us from New Orleans). Also, Katie McGonagle of the local Climate Summer bike ride calls in with an update. As always, we wander into The Enviro Show Echo Chamber and maybe our Meet the New Boss segment, as well as checkout the Enviro Show Quote of the week, but first it’s time for….

Revenge of the Critters! Direct action in West Palm Beach by a “crazy bird”! Given what’s going on down there, maybe it’s not so crazy!

The Summer Solstice Enviro Show, Tuesday, June 22, 6:30pm

June 19th, 2010 Posted by Enviro Show

The Summer Solstice Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlngs. It’s that time of year again: Summer Solstice, time for the fire festival. Happy Midsummer Eve! Our in-house pagans, Laura & Penny return to (ahem!) enlighten us all. Also, roving reporter (and Bardic Insurgent) Tom Neilson calls in from the U.S. Social Forum. And, a call from Mike Howells, an activist from New Orleans with his finger on the pulse of what’s going on with grassroots response to BP’s crimes against the planet. As always, we’ll scope out the news in The Enviro Show Echo Chamber, as well as locally in our E-Valley-uation segment where we introduce (fanfare please) our very first Annual Enviro Show Big Green Clear Cutters Award!, but first, it’s time for……Revenge of the Critters! Gardeners beware! It’s the Attack of the Killer Mutant Leek Moths! Read more on The Summer Solstice Enviro Show, Tuesday, June 22, 6:30pm…

The Biological Predator Enviro Show, 6/8, 6:30pm

June 5th, 2010 Posted by Enviro Show

The Biological Predator Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. It’s confirmed: BP stands for Biological Predator and we here on The Enviro Show are calling for the Predator’s head, especially given that it’s World Oceans Day!. We’ll be covering the latest news from the Gulf in the Enviro Show Echo Chamber and our Meet the New Boss segments as well as field a call from Scott Eustis of New Orleans Critical Mass (and a fisheries scientist), but first it’s time for….Revenge of the Critters! We love this one. Croc attacks chainsaw!

Invading the Quabbin Enviro Show, Tues. 5/25, 6:30pm

May 21st, 2010 Posted by Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. There’s aliens invading the Quabbin watershed! Some invaders have chainsaws, some have tendrils and seeds. Don Wakoluk , former Asst. Forester for the Department of Consternation and Reprobation (DCR) at the Quabbin from 2007 to 2009 joins us in the studio to check that out. Of course, alien clearcuts have been discovered over there as well and we’ll check that out in our E-Valley-uation segment. Also, we stagger into the Meet The New Boss segment as well as checkout The Enviro Show Quote of the Week and The Echo Chamber, but first it’s time for….Revenge of the Critters! Attack of the Funky shrimp!
The Enviro Show Quote of the Week qualifies as one of the most outrageous yet to come from the ranks of Big Oil:

“The Gulf of Mexico is a very big ocean. The amount of volume of oil and dispersant we are putting into it is tiny in relation to the total water volume.”
-Tony Hayward, CEO of British Petroleum

The Down with King Coal Enviro Show, Part II, 4/13, 6:30pm

April 9th, 2010 Posted by Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. Looks like King Coal’s in the news once again and as usual it’s bad news. Peter Vickery returns with tales of that old coal-burning clunker by Mt. Tom and Mass Greens efforts to raise awareness. We’ll checkout the situation down south with mountain-top removal and our arch nemesis Don Blankenship. As always we’ll visit The Enviro Show Echo Chamber as well as devote some time to Meet the New Boss and hear The Enviro Show Quote of the week, but first it’s time for….Revenge of the Critters! Turkey shakes up the cops! Read more on The Down with King Coal Enviro Show, Part II, 4/13, 6:30pm…

The Shut it Down! Enviro Show, 3/30, 6:30pm

March 26th, 2010 Posted by Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. It’s just shy of April Fools…umm…Fission Fools Day? Also known as Fossil Fools Day (take your pick! choose both!!). Deb Katz of Citizens Awareness Network returns to The Enviro Show to update us on that God-awful leaky old nuke just over the border in Vermont (did we mention The Valley is just downwind & downstream from there?). Also, we finally get to that E-Valley-uation segment that got away from us last time, and we checkout The Enviro Show Echo Chamber for the news of the week. Did we say “week”? How about the Quote of the Week! We may even get to the Bus Stop Billboard, but first it’s time for…. Revenge of the Critters! Bird bombs Hadron Collider with Baguette!