Dunlap, Barbara.
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Embracing our many selves / produced by Sharon Almerigi and Barbara Dunlap.
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Upwind tower, downwind power / Paul Gipe ; interviewed and produced by Barbara Dunlap.
Interview with Paul Gipe, author of Wind Power for Home and Business. Gipe suggests that there is a role for household micro-turbines and hybrid solar/wind systems to augment large turbine use by utility companies. Improved turbine design and more aesthetic configurations give wind farms greater usefulness and acceptability. He points out that schools and other…
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Surviving in the great outdoors / Christopher Nyerges ; interviewed and produced by Barbara Dunlap.
Christopher Nyerges, Southern California outdoor survival guide, talks about how indigenous Californians lived off the land. He shares his personal experiences from 20 years of sampling wild edible plants in the chaparral and deserts of Southern California. He provides tips for staying safe on the trail with water, fire, shelter, and food. He concludes that…
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From the divine, to the divine / Lex Hixon ; interviewed by Barbara Dunlap.
Lex Hixon, author of Great Swan: Meetings with Ramakrishna, places the sage Ramakrishna in the context of feminism, noting the centuries-old practice of Goddess worship in Bengal. He reads from this poetic evocation of Ramkrishna which calls for living the spiritual life in the mundane world, and presents the glory of all religions.|FROM THE DIVINE,…
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Schooling is not education : an encounter with John Taylor Gatto / interviewed by Barbara Dunlap.
John Taylor Gatto, New York City teacher of the year for 1990, discusses the lessons of our national curriculum, and how schooling supports a centrally controlled society. As a result, current attempts to tinker with the schooling system will not address the fundamental problems with education. He explains his tactics which help children discover their…
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Cooking with sunshine / Barbara Kerr and Bev Blum ; produced by Barbara Dunlap.
Designer of a solar, Barbara Kerr, and solar cooking proponent, Bev Blum, tell how to cook meals using no fuel but direct sunlight. Dunlap shares her trials and errors to guide one toward successful cooking with sunshine.|COOKING WITH SUNSHINE / Barbara Kerr and Bev Blum| produced by Barbara Dunlap. – SERIES: New signals| 12/4/90 –…
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Building rammed earth houses / David Easton ; interviewed by Barbara Dunlap.
Easton discusses using “rammed earth” technologies in order to build affordable, ecologically sound housing.|BUILDING RAMMED EARTH HOUSES / David Easton| interviewed by Barbara Dunlap. – SERIES: New signals| 29 Aug. 1989. – Easton discusses using “rammed earth” technologies in order to build affordable, ecologically sound housing. – BROADCAST: KPFK, 29 Aug. 1989.
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Permaculture comes home : a conversation with Bill Roley / interviewed by Barbara Dunlap.
Bill Roley, director of The Permaculture Institute of Southern California, conducts a tour of “Sprout Acres,” the project which implements the concepts and strategies of permaculture.|PERMACULTURE COMES HOME : A CONVERSATION WITH BILL ROLEY / interviewed by Barbara Dunlap. – SERIES: New signals| 5 Dec. 1989. – Bill Roley, director of The Permaculture Institute of…
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Land for the people, land off the market / produced by Barbara Dunlap.
Ernesto Ramos, of the Rain Clt (NYC), Rose Taylor of the Greenfield Ma. Clt, and Medea Hoeschen-Stein of the Greenfield Ma. Clt, discuss the concept of community land trusts as a way to make housing affordable. These organizations take land off the market, holding it so that speculative land value is no longer a component…
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Changes in our lifestyles : a conversation with Chris Maser / interviewed by Barbara Dunlap.
Maser, an ecologist and author, discusses the Energy Protection Agency’s Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP). He discusses the problem of how to measure the health of our planet. Maser is the author of Forest Primeval: the Natural History of an Ancient Forest, and The Redesigned Forest.|CHANGES IN OUR LIFESTYLES : A CONVERSATION WITH CHRIS…