Archive for the ‘Talk of the Towns’ Category
Friday, March 28th, 2008
Producer/Host: Ron Beard
Topic: Communities Going Green
Guests: Amanda Ravenhill, Cranberry Isle Sustainability Initiative;Â Barb Fernald, Selectperson, Cranberry Isles;Â Sharon Malm, Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce;Â Leland Moore, College of the Atlantic;Â Bob Shafto, Maine Association of Conservation Commissions
How did the Cranberry Isles Sustainability Initiative come about? What collaborations have been made ...
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Friday, March 14th, 2008
Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Topic: Paper or Plastic----what are the issues, what are the choices?
Guests: Maine State Representative Ted Koffman; Senator Feargal Quinn, SuperQuinn Grocery chain, Ireland; Megan Hellstead, Environmental Sustainability Manager, Hannaford;Â Suzette Bergeron, Bulletin Bags;Â Mindy Veichiniki, Bar Harbor Whale Museum; Kathryn Arbach, A&B Naturals, ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Producer/host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Topic: Agriculture Setting the Table of Maine's Creative Economy
What were the origins of John Harker's report on Maine's Agricultural Creative Economy to the Maine Legislature? What is the mission of Farms for Maine's Future? What resources does the university employ to assist farmers ...
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
Producer/host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Topic: Maine Feeds Maine--An Idea Whose Time Has Come, Again
Guests: Jane Livingston, Coordinator, Maine Feeds Maine;Â Logan Perkins, Food for Maine's Future; Jim Cook, Director, Crown of Maine Organic Cooperative;Â Carly DelSignore, Tidemill Organic Farm; Chris Grigsby, Belfast Co-op
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Friday, October 26th, 2007
Producer/host: Ron Beard
Topic: Constructing Town Land Use Ordinances that Work
Guests: Tom Martin, Executive Director, Hancock County (Maine) Planning Commission; Noel Musson, CES Inc.; Dale Sprinkle, Chair, Planning Board, Surry, Maine
How does a town exercise its authority to guide land use decisions in Maine? What is the legislative basis for towns ...
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Friday, September 28th, 2007
Producer/host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Topic:Â Making Meetings and Groups More Effective
Guests: Craig Freshley, Good Group Decisions, Brunswick, Maine; Deb Burwell, Organizational Consultant, Belfast, Maine
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Friday, August 24th, 2007
Producer/host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Sea Grant
Topic: Maine's fisheries
Guests: Robin Alden, director, Penobscot East Resource Center, Stonington ( former commissioner, Dept Marine Resources; Aaron Dority, project director, Downeast Fisheries Initiative, Ted Hoskins, Chaplain, Maine Sea Coast Mission
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Friday, July 27th, 2007
Producer/host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Topic: Healthy Boating and Healthy Beaches
Why are we concerned? What are the human health aspects of swim beaches? What sorts of contaminants are common and how/where do they originate?
Guests: Esperanza Stancioff, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Sea Grant Coordinator, Maine Healthy Beaches ...
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