1) Peter Berle speaks with Ray Anderson, CEO of Interface Inc. about sustainability in production of textile products. 2) Steven Westcott and Barbara Mahoney of the National Marine Fisheries Service discuss the dwindling numbers of Beluga Whales in Alaska's Cook Inlet. 3) Peter Berle and Lynn Margolis discuss Gaia Theory. 4) Peter Berle discusses warblers migrating to Michigan. 5) Steven Westcott discusses the de-regulation of the electrical power industry and the implementation of a new ?merchant plant? on the Hudson River. 6) Peter Berle interviews Mike Brown, Economist with North Carolina State University and Danny McKinney of Burley Tobacco on the topic tobacco settlements have had on tobacco farming. 7) Calls from listeners.
1) Peter Berle discusses new federal law seeking to protect over-fishing of endangered sharks. Guests: David Wilmot, National Audobon Society; Sonja Fordham, Center for Marine Conservation; Rebecca Lent, National Marine Fisheries Service; Ecologist Carl Safina; and Bob Jones, Southeastern Fisheries Association. 2) Shawn Dudley reports on the emergence of ?hog farms? in Montana. 3) Steven Westcott and Dr. Tim O'Brien discuss the ecological impact of wildfires and its effect on wildlife. 4) Steven Westcott speaks with Rob Hicks of the Santa Rosa Ecological Center about wildflowers blossoming in Southern California. 5) Steven Westcott and Dr. Veerabhadran Ramanathan discuss the Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX) and the potential cooling effect that pollutants in the Indian Ocean are causing. 6) Peter Schwartz of the Ayn Rand Center and Kalee Kreider with Green Peace debate environmentalism. With Peter Berle. 7) Author Anne Eales reads from her book, Living By The Bugles
1) Peter Berle and Alex Likhotal, President of Green Cross International, discuss the environmental effects of warfare in Yugoslavia. 2) Peter Berle speaks with Linda Descano, Vice-President of Environmental Affairs with Solomon Smith Barney and Alyssa Gravitz, representative of Social Investment Forum, about environmental impact and corporate investing. 3) Steven Westcott reports on the effect La Ni?a in Florida with Terrance McElroy, Press secretary for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. 4) Peter Berle speaks with Cal Lewis of Lewis Nursery and Farms about strawberry picking in North Carolina. 5) Yvonne Margarula and Yvonne Katona, winners of the 1999 Goldman Environmental Prize speak with Steven Westcott about protecting land in Kakadu, Australia from mining companies. 6) Peter Berle discusses the environmental impact of globalization and trade with Carol Welsch of Friends of the Earth and James Sheehan of the Competitive Enterprise Institute. 7) Alan Kesselheim reads from his book, ?Threading the Currents: A Paddler's Passion for Water?.
1) Peter Berle and Jane Goodall discuss Dr. Goodall's ?Roots and Shoots? program and how individuals can contribute to ecological conservation. 2) Steven Westcott talks about the Habitat Conservation Plan 3) Peter Berle speaks with chemist, Dr. Leslie Orgel about molecular reproduction on primitive earth. 4) Peter Berle speaks with science writer Andrea Gianopoulos about viewing Mars. 5) Steven Westcott and Joe Eastman, professor of anatomy discuss 4 new species of fish discovered in Antarctica. 6) Peter Berle, Dr. Henry Li, Dr. John Moulder and Libby Kelly debate the health effects of electromagnetic radiation and cell phone towers. 7) Naturalist John Weeks reads his essay ?ecological message in city lights?.
1) Steven Westcott discusses the environmental impact and health risks of PCBs. 2) Steven Westcott talks about the resurgence of the California Gray Whale and illegal whaling. 3) Linda Anderson interviews the ?Bear Woman of Idaho? who rehabilitates orphaned black bear cubs and releases them back into the wild. 4) Peter Berle talks about the mating ritual of the Blue Footed Boobie. 5) Peter Berle and University of Alabama musical director, Jeff Reynolds, discuss Spring themes in classical music compositions by Antonio Vivaldi and Franz Joseph Haydn. 6) Peter Berle interviews Dr. Jane Goodall about her research and advocacy with Chimpanzees in Tanzania. 7) Steven Westcott takes calls from listeners about solar energy.
1) Steven Westcott discusses the seven salmon species which have been listed as either threatened or endangered in the Pacific NW, 2) Peter Berle reports on efforts to produce certified/organic/shadegrown coffee, 3) Peter Berle talks about the anniversary of Earth Day with Dennis Hayes, 4) In the Earth Calendar Peter Berle reports on bald eagles nesting in southern Illinois, 5) Steven Westcott reports on the rebounding population of green turtles in the Caribbean, 6) In the Talking Green segment Peter Berle discusses a new management plan for timber sales from Tongas National Forest in Alaska, 7) William Leacock reports on his experiences with brown bear poachers on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia.
1) The disappearance of wetlands around the Great Lakes is discussed by Steven Westcott, 2) In the Origins of Life series Peter Berle talks about the formation of the earth's moon, 3) Linda Anderson reports on Recycline a comapany which makes recycled toothbrushes, 4) In the Earth Calendar Peter Berle reports on the end of the maple sugar season, 5) Steven Westcott talks with an engineer from IBM about that company's manufacturing of computer cases from recycled plastics, 6) In the Talking Green segment Peter Berle talks about the loss of farmland acreage in the U.S., 7) In Greentips Peter Berle talks about how to remove dandelions from your lawn without using pesticides and chemicals, 8) Craig Lambert reads from his book "Mind over Water."
1)Sean Dudley reports on developments in producing hybrid cars, 2) Steven Westcott discusses Home Depot's commitment to sell certified lumber, 3) Richard Dunnelly talks about skunk cabbage and reads a poem by William Bronk, 4) In the Earth Calendar segment Peter Berle talks about shad migration to spawning areas, 5) In the Talking Green segment Peter Berle discusses developments in solar energy products, 6) Peter Berle travels down the Irawaddy River in Myannmar.
1) Peter Berle reports on the anniversary of Three Mile Island and the regulations and training that were put in place afterwards to prevent a recurrence, 2) Steven Westcott reports on a storm chaser group at the Univ. of Missouri, 3) David Helvarg reads from his essay " A Day on the Water," 4) In the Earth Calendar Peter Berle reports on the nesting of prairie chickens in Texas, 5) Steven Westcott reports on the 1999 "Green Guide to Cars and Trucks," 6) In Talking Green Peter Berle talks with two people about environmental journalism - print and broadcast, 7) Updates on issues, 8) Listener comments.
1) Steven Westcott reports on dolphins dying due to pcbs in their blubber, 2) Sean Dudley reports on Jan Schlichtman, the lawyer depicted in the movie "Civil Action," who believes that mediation, rather than litigation, will solve environmental cases, 3)Peter Berle talks with Jim Napoitano of RPI about the makeup of human bodies which contain materials from outer space, 4) In the Earth Calendar Peter Berle reports on lambs being born on his farm in western MA, 5) Steven Westcott reports on the diminishing lobster population in Rhode Island and efforts to restore the population, 6) In the Talking Green segment Peter Berle talks about the 10th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez spill and efforts to insure that it doesn't happen again, 7) David Quammen reads from his book "Wild Thoughts from Wild Places."