Your Community Spirit on WDBX 91.1 FM
Happenings include Treesong’s time away from Your Community Spirit; This Day in History; Shut Down Guantanamo; and Evensong. News includes coral reefs suffering from proximity to humans; warming climate may increase dengue fever; Smart Grid technology may save US $120 billion; General Motors unveils hydro-powered Cadillac; 2008 may be slightly cooler, but still in top 10; IBM sued for dumping chemicals; and candidates appeal to green voters.
Happenings include the Humanist Group discussion of global government and local peace activists wearing orange as part of an international campaign to shut down Guantanamo. News includes New Year’s Resolutions.
Happenings include This Day in History; Film Friday at the Big Muddy IMC; and the Winter Solstice. News includes the energy bill; Tory leader lauds ‘Green Coal’; US warmer than normal in early 2008; digital fires courtesy iYule; colleges around the country take green steps; tax incentives for clean energy not yet renewed, but may soon be; US House passes toy safety bill; EPA won’t let California enact vehicle greenhouse gas limits; British scientists tells women to stop drooling over gas guzzling males; fat fueled speedboat undertakes second circumnavigation effort; Al Gore runner-up for Person of the Year; and Hybrid Technologies will convert your gas guzzler to a full electric.
Happenings include This Day in History; Open Minds roundtable; and the Grove of Southern Illinois. News includes reducing unwanted catalogs in the mail; green resolutions; 215 climate scientists sign declaration urging action; US avoids action at climate meeting and announces alternative climate meeting; and Greenland ice sheet is melting.
Happenings include several minutes of this episode going unrecorded due to Treesong’s absent-mindedness. News includes Senate environment committee approves climate bill; part of Healthy Forests law struck down for skirting eco-reviews; states petition EPA to regulate airline emissions; green group tests toys for toxics, publishes results online; severe precipitation in US increased over past half century; Brad Pitt wants your help with green building project; UN climate conference opens in Bali; Australia ratifies Kyoto; and US could slash emissions at little cost with boosted efficiency.
Happenings include the Locally Grown Conference; Lights Fantastic Parade; Alternative Gift Fair; and Candlelight Vinyasa Yoga. News includes success for the UN’s billion tree program; 2007 likely to be sixth hottest year on record; Bush and Gore meet in the Oval Office; and world’s poor shafted by climate change.
Happenings include Buy Nothing Day; the Lights Fantastic Parade; and the Alternative Gift fair.
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Happenings include Women’s Center anniversary; Farmer’s Market; Nobel Peace Laureate presentation; Habitat for Humanity Rake-A-Thon; PAWS auction and dinner; Socialist Party USA; and Vegetarian Thanksgiving. News includes groundbreaking mining reform bill; Climate Security Act makes progress; court ruling may save oil companies billions; extended daylight savings may or may not have saved energy; Target phases out PVC; poll shows people open to lifestyle changes, fuel tax.
Happenings include First Friday arts calendar; Farmer’s Market; fall back for daylight savings; American Blackout encore at the Big Muddy IMC; War Made Easy at the Big Muddy IMC; native prairie garden planting; and PAWS benefit. News includes lead toy recall; merger of two car sharing companies; Canadian government eco-strategies not working; research panel discourages Presidential nuke waste plan; IBM announces new reuse and recycle program; Forest Stewardship Council overhauls lax rules; NYC considers crackdown on plastic bags; students come together for historic national climate summit.
