Fisher, Mary Pat.
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Connecting with the earth : Muchai Gikumba and Michael Cohen./ produced by Mary Pat Fisher.
Ongoing series of interviews with individuals from around the world who are responding to the earth’s ecological problems. This program features the views of Gikumba, an indigenous elder of the Kikuyu tribe of Kneya, and environmental psychologist Cohen. Gikumba advocates land allocation reform and the need to bond with the environment. Cohen discusses his work…
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Green product design : Doroty MacKenzie / produced by Mary Pat Fisher.
Ongoing series of interviews with individuals from around the world who are responding to the earth’s ecological problems. This program features the views of Dorothy MacKenzie, the director of Brand New Product Design. This London-based branch of the Michael Paters Design Group investigates how industrial designers and consumers can address environmental concerns. She specifically points…
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Trees for Africa : Merfyn Temple / produced by Mary Pat Fisher.
Ongoing series of interviews with individuals from around the world who are responding to the earth’s ecological problems. This program features the views of Merfyn Temple, who tells of his recent trip to Zambia where he had been a missionary for 30 years. He returned to help establish organic agricultural training centers to help with…
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Seeds and self-sufficiency : Tom Butterworth / produced by Mary Pat Fisher.
Ongoing series of interviews with individuals from around the world who are responding to the earth’s ecological problems. This program features the views of Tom Butterworth, a farmer and biology professor, who discusses his small seed co-op, the advantages of open-pollenated untreated seeds, sheet composting, raised beds, no-till gardening, soil health, local manure sources, and…
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Earthcaring music : Paul Winter / produced by Mary Pat Fisher.
Ongoing series of interviews with individuals from around the world who are responding to the earth’s ecological problems. This program features the views of Paul Winter, head of the Paul Winter Consort. His group interweaves sounds of the natural world and instruments from many cultures. He talks about appreciating the gentler side of creatures traditionally…
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Toward a post-industrial age : Thomas Berry and Miriam MacGillis / produced by Mary Pat Fisher.
Ongoing series of interviews with individuals from around the world who are responding to the earth’s ecological problems. This program features the views of Thomas Berry, a Catholic priest and founder of the Riverdale Center for Religious Research. An outspoken critic of the Western tradition of environmental destruction, Berry examines the deadly effects of industrialization…
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Organic gardening and edible landscaping : Stevie Daniels / produced by Mary Pat Fisher.
Ongoing series of interviews with individuals from around the world who are responding to the earth’s ecological problems. This program features the views of Stevie Daniels, the editor of “Organic Gardening” magazine. She defines organic gardening, explains how it can help the world at home, and goes on to suggest how people can landscape with…
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Women’s role in saving the environment : Christine Debrahi, Beti Astolfi, and Shafika Nasser / produced by Mary Pat Fisher.
Ongoing series of interviews with individuals from around the world who are responding to the earth’s ecological problems. This program features the views of three women. Debrah, Executive Chairperson of Ghana’s Environmental Protection Council, speaks on the impact of women of the environment. Astolfi, from Canada, talks about the need to include women in environmental…
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Environmental security : Chelsea Congdon / produced by Mary Pat Fisher.
Ongoing series of interviews with individuals from around the world who are responding to the earth’s ecological problems. This program features the views of Chelsea Congdon, a representative of the Commonweal, an organization that is studying how interlinked environmental problems which threaten the security of resource access. She suggests that environmental security is quickly replacing…
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Solar acquatics : John Todd and Chris Dunn / produced by Mary Pat Fisher.
Ongoing series of interviews with individuals from around the world who are responding to the earth’s ecological problems. This program features the views of John Todd, a visionary scientist and founder of Ocean Arks International; and Chris Dunn, from Ecological Engineering Associates. Todd discusses a natural-like system of plants, fish, algae and snails to purify…