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.) Host Peter Berle discusses the need for legislation to protect the albatross from long lines off fishing boats. 2.) Dick Nunley, professor at Berkshire Community College reads the poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Coleridge. 3.) Jerry Dennis, author of "The Bird in the Waterfall", discusses a creek in Michigan. 4.) Thomas Lalley talks with Dr. Bill Weber of the Wildlife Conservation Society about how environmental degradation has played a part in the war in Rwanda. 5.) Berle talks with physicist Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute about hybrid cars. 6.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with researcher Larry Bryan about wood storks.