Ecotopia

July 5, 2011

In this program we will talk with journalist Mike Manger, who has been studying the Gulf Oil spill and the history of British Petroleum that lead up to it. His book is Poisoned Legacy: The Human Cost of BP’s Rise to Power.

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Our Discussion with Mike Magner

The British Petroleum Gulf Oil spill is still very much in our memories as probably the worst environmental disaster of our time. Our guest on the phone tonight is Mike Magner, who has written a book about BP and the Gulf disaster. It’s called Poisoned Legacy: The Human Cost of BP’s Rise to Power and it’s published by St. Martin’s press. Mike is a longtime journalist, and he was writing about BP well before the Macondo Well Blowout on April 20, 2010.

Part I: BP History

• In this first part of the interview, we’d like to talk about your research into BP’s rise to power and some of the episodes in its history prior to the Gulf spill. Could you give us something of BP’s background, maybe going all the way back to its origins in the deserts of Persia a hundred years ago?
  • The D’Arcy Concession
  • Anglo-Persian oil
  • The name BP
  • Is/was British petroleum a national (i.e. British) company?

• Just how large was/is BP compared to the other big oil companies such as Mobil/Exxon and Royal Dutch Shell? How was it affected by merger-mania over the last several decades?

• You write extensively about (Lord) John Browne (of Madingly), CEO of BP from 1995 to 2007. In the late ’90s, he was credited with rebranding BP and making it a leader in green energy, parting company with the other big oil companies. Please tell us about Browne. Was BPs push to become green for real?

• But even as John Browne was talking about environmental issues, there were problems. Your own research and writing started in Neodesha , Kansas. What were the problems and consequences there?

• You also write about major problems–disasters–in Alaska and Texas. What did these tell us about BPs corporate policies, especially toward maintenance and safety? (personal safety vs. large-scale safety)

Part II: The Gulf and its Aftermath

You provide a minute by minute account of the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon. We found your narrative to be extremely well written and engaging. Would you read a little for us?

• We suggest p. 174, full para 3, “Within a couple of hours . . .” to p. 175 end of full para. 3, “Just then, a massive explosion occurred.” Or your choice of passages.

• Your book documents the months following the blowout in detail–the repeated unsuccessful efforts to cap the well, government intervention (and nonintervention), BP pledges to stay and pay ’till the problem was solved and remediated. What’s your take at this point on how well or badly that was done? What could/should have been done?

• Your book emphasizes the human costs of the tragedy:
  • You’ve spoken with family members of the men who were killed. What kinds of loss have they experienced?
  • Will the fishing and tourism industries recover?
  • Has BP genuinely compensated people for their losses?

Our guest has been Mike Magner, the book is Poisoned Legacy: The Human Cost of BP’s Rise to Power. It’s published by St. Martin’s, and we found it to be not only informative, but a page turner. We were hoping for a happy ending, but there isn’t one . . . yet.

A Little History of Oil

We were curious about the beginnings of the oil boom that has led to the Gulf disaster and found this story from the Paleontological Research Institute

The Story of Oil in History of Petroleum
http://www.priweb.org/ed/pgws/history/pennsylvania/pennsylvania2.html

The most important oil well ever drilled was in the middle of quiet farm country in Titusville in northwestern Pennsylvania in 1859. For this was one of the first successful oil wells that was drilled for the sole purpose of finding oil. Known as the Drake Well, after “Colonel” Edwin Drake, the man responsible for the well, it began an international search for petroleum, and in many ways eventually changed the way we live Why did Drake choose Titusville, Pennsylvania. to drill for oil? Well, the number one beacon was the many active oil seeps in the region. As it turns out, there had already been wells drilled that had struck oil in the region. The only problem was, they weren’t drilling for oil. Instead, they were looking for salt water or just plain drinking water. When they struck oil, they considered it a nuisance and abandoned the well. At the time, no one really knew what to do with the stuff if they found it. The truth was, Edwin Drake was not a “Colonel” of anything. He and his financiers simply invented the title to impress the locals, many of whom laughed at what was, for a time, known as “Drake’s Folly”. With the financial backing of the newly formed Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company (soon to be renamed Seneca Oil Company), Drake set off to Titusville, Pennsylvania in 1857 to survey the situation. Drilling began in the summer of 1859. There were many problems with this well, and progress was slow and financially costly. The initial money the investors had fronted Drake ran out, and he had to borrow more to keep drilling.\ On August 27, 1859, Drake and Smith drilled to a depth of 21.18 m (69 1/2 feet). It was not until the next morning, on August 28, when the driller, “Uncle Billy” Smith, noticed oil floating in the hole they had pulled the drilling tools from the night before. By today’s standards, it was a pretty unremarkable hole, probably producing 20 barrels or less of oil per day. The timing could not have been better. Most of the financial backers had given up on the project and sent Drake the order to pay the remaining bills and close up shop. Drake received this order on the very day that he struck oil. Almost overnight, the quiet farming region changed in much the same manner as the gold rush towns of the Wild West. The flats in the narrow valley of Oil Creek, averaging only around 330 m (~1000 feet) wide were quickly leased, and hastily constructed derricks erected. Towns sprang up out of nowhere with people coming from all over looking to make their fortunes. This once quiet area suddenly became louder than anyone could have imagined, with steam engines and other types of machinery necessary to run the hundreds of wells that sprang up in the valley in the first couple of years. And the mud was fast becoming legendary. Due to the lack of geological knowledge of the rocks beneath which were actually producing the oil, wells were drilled almost at random in those first few years. Photographs show that derricks were built at extremely close proximity to one another in an attempt to get as much oil out of the ground as fast as one could. Frequent fires often raged out of control. In fact Drake’s initial well only last a few months before it burned to the ground. A second well was erected shortly thereafter. Consider this – Pennsylvania was responsible for 1/2 of the WORLD’S production of oil until the East Texas oil boom of 1901.

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June 28, 2011

Tonight, In the first part of the hour we’ll be on the phone to Denver, where we will talk with Nada Culver, counsel for the Wilderness Society. She and the Society are concerned about recent softening of legislation that will undercut the Bureau of Land Management’s ability to protect millions of acres of wilderness from dangers ranging from off-road vehicles to oil drilling and mining.

Later, we’ll review some recent news about other efforts to protect the planet–land, sea, animals and other living things–and to protect our food supply.

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Our Discussion with Nada Culver

As you probably know, the federal Bureau of Land Management owns and administers vast quantities of land in the west. BLM land is currently under some protection from encroachment by developers, oil drillers, recreational enthusiasts, and other who might despoil the land. But the Wilderness Society reports that some of those protections are under attack. With us on the phone from Denver to discuss these problems is Nada Culver, senior counsel of the Wilderness Society’s BLM Action Center. Welcome, Nada.
–To begin, please tell us a little about the BLM Action Center and its purpose within the Wilderness Society.
–Will you give us some background on the BLM itself? What’s its mission? How much land does it actually control? What legal standing and legislation does BLM have in place to protect those lands?
–The Wilderness Society is concerned about proposed legislation and “a backroom deal”. Please explain for us:
…BLM’s new Wildlands Policy that has been “stopped in its tracks”
…The proposed Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act
–We lived in Nevada for some time and are very fond of Alder Creek, known historically for its connection with the ill-fated Donner party. It’s one of the areas in Nevada that would be under attack. What might happen to Alder Creek if the bill proposed by Rep. Kevin McCarthy passes? Could you give us examples of other areas that might be damaged as a result of the bill?
–What kind of involvement has the Obama administration had in these dealings? Is his administration providing adequate support–or any support at all–to the wildlands preservation effort? What has Secretary Salazar had to say? –What are the next actions that we might see in the halls of Congress? What is the Wilderness Society’s plan and strategy to oppose and reverse bad decisions?
–How can concerned listeners become involved in these actions? We’re posting the link to the Wilderness Society on our website. <wilderness.org/> Are there other organizations or resources that we should investigate?

Other Efforts to Save the Earth

Florida Rivers. Here’s a news story from June 24 from EarthJustice <http://Earthjustice>, a non-profit public interest law firm “dedicated to protecting the magnificent places, natural resources, and wildlife of this earth, and to defending the right of all people to a healthy environment.” David Guest writes about the “sliming” of South Flordia: “Algae season peaks with warm sun and abundant nutrients–Green slime on Caloosahatchee River”. He says:

As I write this, half of the 75-mile long Caloosahatchee River in southwest Florida is covered by nauseating green slime. It’s a heartbreaking sight – dead fish wash up along the banks, and waterfront homes have a pricey view of a stinking mess. One dismayed homeowner told me he plans to petition local government to lower his property valuation because his waterfront lifestyle is now so gross that no one would ever want to live there. It is so bad that local health authorities are warning people not to even touch the water, fish or let their pets near it because it is toxic. This toxic algae outbreak is a direct result of too much phosphorus and nitrogen that comes from fertilizer, sewage and manure pollution. This is the same thing that happened last summer on the St. Johns River outside Jacksonville – a 100-mile swath of green slime essentially shut the river down to boaters and fishermen. This is the water that supplies kitchen taps for Florida families. This is the water that tourists come to play in, contributing badly needed revenue into our state economy. As my colleague Joan Mulhern in Washington so aptly described it: The maddening reality is that this pollution is preventable. We sued under the Clean Water Act, and in 2009, we negotiated an historic settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency in which the EPA agreed to set enforceable numeric standards in Florida for phosphorus and nitrogen. On Nov. 15, 2010, EPA set nutrient pollution limits for Florida’s freshwaters and lakes after spending years coordinating with state scientists to get the right numbers. That’s when the maddening political posturing began. Florida sued the EPA to block the new pollution limits. Florida’s new governor, Rick Scott, is doing everything he can to help polluters fight Florida’s water cleanup, even though everyone knows Florida’s tourism-fueled economy depends on clean water. Florida Congressman John Mica acted for polluters and against his constituents by sponsoring H.R. 2018, legislation he characterized as an effort to “rein in” the Obama administration EPA, which he claimed has “run roughshod” over states. Mica’s very bad legislation – which will hamstring the EPA’s ability to enforce the Clean Water Act in Florida and elsewhere — passed the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee by a vote of 35–20 on June 22. This is not about the state versus the EPA. This is about clean water versus dirty water, plain and simple. This legislation turns back the clock to a time when the Cuyahoga River was on fire, where there were oil spills all across California beaches and the majority of our drinking water was unfit to drink. These politicians are obviously living in a very different universe than the people on the Caloosahatchee River, who look out at the green slime, warn their pets and children away from the water, and ask: Why isn’t someone doing something about this public health crisis? You can read the full story at earthjustice.org <http://earthjustice.org/blog/2011-june/unwanted-green-tourism-slimes-florida>

The Seas. There is also continuing work to preserve Ocean Health, a daunting and occasionally discouraging task. But there are some optimistic signs. A few months ago we interviewed biologist Carl Safina about his book, The View from Lazy Point, describing changes he has seen in fish flows and populations near his home in Long Island. Now Carl has prepared a series airing on PBS. It’s called SAVING THE OCEAN:

In one episode called “Shark Reef,” Carl travels to Belize’s Glover’s Reef Marine Reserve, where harks are thriving in the Reserve, in contrast to large parts of the world where the fin trade kills millions of sharks every year. The Reserve, which covers an entire Caribbean coral atoll, allows some fishing but bans longlines and nets – the methods most lethal to sharks. He also heads to the Belize City fish market, where the resident fin trader shows him bags of dried shark fins ready for sale. The huge global trade in shark fins – to make shark fin soup – is driving many shark species to extinction, but Carl finds hope in the idea of marine reserves, and in changing consumer tastes in China.

In another Episode of Saving the Ocean, The Sacred Island , Carl Safina travels to the island of Pemba, part of the Zanzibar island chain off the East African coast, where local fishing villages are winning control over their vital fishing grounds. Once threatened by resort development, Pemba’s pristine reefs and lagoons – World Heritage candidates – are now managed by, and for, the fishermen.

And in a forthcoming episode, The Great Whale Comeback, he studies the near-extinction and remarkable increase of great whales in much of the world. In the North Atlantic the Gray Whale was hunted to extinction and the Right Whale’s hold on existence remains tenuous – but Humpbacks, Finbacks, Minkes and others have increased impressively. In the Pacific the Blue Whale is also on an impressive recovery streak, Sperm Whales are common in some places, and Gray Whales allow tourists to pet them.

Other episodes by Carl Safina on Saving the Ocean include: Have Your Shrimp and Eat Them, where he explores sustainable shrip farming methods that avoid mangrove destruction; and Fish and Rocket Science, dicussing ways of reversing fish declines in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and Cape Cod. Additional programs will cover swordfish, the white marlin, tuna and dolphins, and that dinosaur of the deep: the leatherback turtle. Both the dvds and the program schedule are available at the pbs web site<http://www.pbs.org/programs/saving-the-ocean/tv-schedule/>

Farmaggedon. Last week we talked with Chris Kerston of Chaffin Family Orchards about “Farmaggedon: The Unseen War on Family Farms,” being shown tomorrow night at the El Ray theater. Filmmaker Kristin Carty will be on hand to discuss the film, which documents attacks–literal attacks–on family farms that are not part of the industrial agriculture juggernaut. It’s a shocking film and speaks directly to the need for us to protect our access to local, undrugged, unpoisoned food.

The event is a fundraiser for the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund, which helps protect family farms and other providers of locally sourced products from undue harassment.The last we heard, the show at the El Ray is nearly a sellout, but you can go to Chico Natural Foods to check for tickets or go online to <farmageddon.eventbrite.com> for ticket info. Also, the film will be out as a DVD in a few months; check out the website at Farmaggedonthemovie.com.

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21 June 2011

Tonight we’ll be talking with Carol Lam , a registered dietician and a Nutrition Education Specialist for the Center for Nutrition & Activity Promotion (CNAP) at Chico State, and Eileen Robinson, a board member of the Chico Unified School District. They’ll be telling us about the efforts of Let’s Move! Chico to combat childhood obesity.

We’ll also talk with Chris Kerston, marketing manager of Chaffin Family Orchards to talk about the film Farmageddon the Movie, which is being shown in Chico next Wednesday night, June 29.

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Our Conversation with Carol Lams  and Eileen Robinon

“Let’s Move! is a comprehensive initiative, launched by the First Lady [Michelle Obama], dedicated to solving the challenge of childhood obesity within a generation. . . .”  Chico has become involved in the Let’s Move! Campaign.

1. We briefly introduced Let’s Move! at the top of the show, but we’d like to know more about it. Can you describe the impetus for Let’s Move? What’s its history?
2. Can you tell us some of the health risks of childhood obesity?
3. What are the causes of childhood obesity?
4. How did Chico get involved in Let’s Move!?
5. What are some of the goals of Let’s Move! Chico?
6. Who are some of the partners working on Let’s Move! in Chico?
7. Eileen, you’re on the board of the Chico school district. What is the School District doing about helping children combating childhood obesity? How is the school district involved in Let’s Move!
8. Carol, you’re a registered dietician and Nutrition Education Specialist for the Center for Nutrition & Activity Promotion (CNAP). What does the Center do?
9. What is the Center’s involvement in Let’s Move! Chico?
10. Can you describe some of Let’s Move! activities?
11. And what are some of your plans for the future?
12. What is your advice for people who’d like to learn more about combating childhood obesity?
13. And how can people get involved in Let’s Move! Chico?

Our Conversation with Chris Kerson

Chris Kerston. is the Marketing Manager of Chaffin Family Orchards, and he’s here to talk about Farmageddon the Movie. Welcome, Chris.

1. Tell us a little about Farmageddon the Movie.
2. Why did Chaffin Family Orchards decide to bring it to Chico?
3. This is a fundraiser, correct? Who’s getting the proceeds? [This event will be a fundraiser for the Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund. The FTCLDF is a legal cooperative to help support family farms with top notched lawyers to protect them when they’re harassed and prosecuted unjustly. It’s one of the most valuable organizations in the country. If you join during the month of June by turning in your application to us you will receive a free bottle of Chaffin Family Orchards Extra Virgin Olive Oil]
4. Who should see this film?
5. When and where will the film be shown?

Next week: We’ll be talking to the maker of the film Kristin Canty, and she will be here in Chico for the film viewing.
Playlist for Ecotopia #143: Let’s Move Chico

1. Working On A Dream 3:30 Bruce Springsteen Working On A Dream

2. Teach Your Children 3:02 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Four Way Street

3. Chicken Soup With Rice (Album Version) 4:20 Carole King Really Rosie

4. Thank You, Cows 3:30 Ee Sing Along With EE

5. Weave Me the Sunshine 4:28 Peter, Paul And Mary The Very Best of Peter, Paul and Mary

6. Cows 2:51 The Seldom Herd Philadelphia Chickens

7. El Condor Pasa (If I Could) 3:08 Simon & Garfunkel Simon and Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits

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7 June 2011

This week our guest is Andy Revkin, who is a New York Times blogger for the Dot World site, and a professor of the environment at Pace College in New York. He has a wide range of environmental interests, but tonight will talk with us mostly about population and global tipping points.

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Our Conversation with Andrew Revkin

Andrew Revkin writes regularly for the New York Times Dot Earth blog.  He’s also a senior fellow at Pace University’s Academy for Applied Environmental Studies. In addition to writing on an array of environmental topics from the Amazon to the Arctic Pole, he’s also a songwriter and musician, and he’s even played with Pete Seeger. During the first part of the program, he will be focusing on his concerns about global population. 

• You have an incredibly broad background in journalism writing books, articles, and the Dot Earth blog.  But you also have a degree in biology and have worked an environmental studies institutes.  Please tell us a little about yourself and how you became engaged in environmental issues.
• One of your biggest current concerns is population. We know that the world’s population will pass 7 billion this year, and estimates for the “final” number range from 9 to possibly even 11 billion.  What do those numbers mean for our ability to take care of our environment? 
• You note that on the first Earth Day, 1970, the planet’s population was 3.7 billion, so we’ve almost doubled in 41 years.  How has that already affected our environment (and social justice)?
  We recently interviewed Paul Ehrlich, who popularized the phrase “population bomb” in the 1970s.  You use the metaphor of population “cluster bombs.”  What do you mean by that?  What do you see as:
  population effects by geographical locations?
  population effects by socio-economic level?
  population effects in by levels of technological sophistication?
  effects in/via developed vs. developing countries?
  [See the article at http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/25/the-population-cluster-bomb/  ]
• Immigration is another ”hot button” issue. What is the status of population growth in the U.S., and what role does immigration play? You’ve said the issue is usually perceived as being a poor-country problem but it’s not. Please explain  [Link to related post: http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/whats-the-right-number-of-americans/]
• Population is only one side of what determines human resource issues, consumption is another.   You’ve said “9 billion vegan monks wouldn’t have much chance of overloading Earth’s systems. And of course we’re not going to all become vegan monks, so….”  Please explain.
• You had an encounter with Rush Limbaugh, in which he compared you to jihadists and told you to kill yourself. Can you tell us a little bit about that?
•  In the first part of the program, we focused on population issues–“cluster bombs.”  We’d like to start this next part of the program with a cluster bomb one might not ordinarily see as related to population: tornadoes.
• In several recent blogs, you have explored this year’s current outbreak of tornadoes (We had several in the California Northstate just a couple of weeks ago–a rarity for our part of the world.) Why has why “this year has been one that we will likely never forget”?
  History and record keeping.
  Population densities and suburban sprawl.
  Climate change?
• There’s an old joke–not that funny–that tornadoes have an affinity for striking trailer parks.  You’ve done research on ways to increase survivability in the event of a tornado.  What are they?
• BUT, beyond the issue of survivability and technological fixes, there’s the much larger question of what the world will do to cut down on population sprawl and its effects on the environment.  A question we regularly ask guests on this program.  What will it take for humanity to wake up and stop practicing brinksmanship with the planet? 
• “Can Humans Move from Tweaks to Leaps” as you discuss in a recent blog?  What’s your optimistic/pessimistic answer?
  What will the necessary big leap require?
  legislation (possibly including population control)?
  green capitalism?
  a voluntary change in human values?
  being driven to or over the edge of the cliff?
• In addition to looking at your wonderfully comprehensive and educational blog http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/ how can listeners best inform themselves about these “cluster bomb” issues?
• [Outside our studio hangs an autographed picture of Pete Seeger, who says kind words about the role of KZFR and other community radio stations in the world.  We hate to go vicarious, but what’s it like to play with Pete Seeger?!]

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31 May 2011 

Tonight’s program focuses first on international efforts to improve the environment and people’s lives.

 We’ll talk with Josephine Pillai and Tanya Kieselbach of the Braj project of India, which is working to stop destruction of water and land resources and even India’s sacred cattle, which are suffering from destruction of the environment.

Then we will interview Michelle Rasmussen and Marcia Zimmerman of the Women’s MicroFinance Collaborative, which makes low-cost loans to women around the world to create small, sustainable businesses.

In addition, we’ll talk with Sammey Sangrilli and Greg Degovia about the Bicycle Powered Music Festival that takes place in Chico this coming Saturday, June 4.

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Our Interview on the Braj Foundation

With us in the KZFR studio now are Josephine Pillai and Tanya Kieselbach.  They are Chico residents who work with the Braj Foundation that is conducting a variety of environmental projects in northern India.  We first learned about their project at the Endangered Species Faire a few weeks ago and thought that Ecotopia listeners would want to learn more about it.  

• Please start by telling us about Braj--both the Braj region in India and the Braj Foundation and its aims.

• How did you personally become involved in these projects?

• Let's focus first on the historic and sacred Yamuna River.  Where does it come from and flow to?  What has happened to it over the years?  How has the Braj Foundation worked to restore it?

• Braj has other water restoration projects as well, working on what are called Kunds.  Please tell us about these activities.

• The Braj Foundation is also engaged in even more environmental projects.  (As our time permits), please tell us about:

• Deforestation

• Illegal Mining

• The rescue and preservation of sacred cattle.

• You also indicated to us that the work of the Braj Foundation is sometimes complicated by religious and political issues.  Could you briefly explain those?

• How can our listeners become involved in the work of the Braj Foundation?  We will post the link on our website: www.brajdhamseva.org

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• Can Chicoans contact you locally to learn more or to become involved?

Our Interview on Women's Microeconomics



With us in the studio now are Michelle Rasmussen and Marcia Zimmerman of the Women's MicroFinance Collaboration. This is a local Chico group that works through the North Valley Community Foundation, and they currently have a materials on display at the Chico Peace & Justice Center.  

• Please tell us about the Women's Microfinance Collaborative.  What is your mission?  How do you work thorugh the North Valley Community Foundation.

• As we understand it, you create  loan funds in banks abroad for entrepreneureal projects.  Please tell us how microfinance itself works. (What's your connection with other international projects such as FINCA)

• What's the typical size of these loans?

• Who is eligible to receive them?

• How are people selected for the projects?

• Your first bank project was through the Communal Bank of San Jacinto El Salvador.  Please tell us about that.

• Please tell us about one or several of the recipients: 

• Ana Marian Lopez de Mejia 

• Desyi Guadalupe Perez Soriano

• Marina Rivera de Monge

• Evelin Roxana Mejia

• What’s the next project for your group here in the Northstate? You have an event coming up in July at the Women’s Club. What will that be about?

 How can people become involved in the Women’s Microfinance Collaborative? We’ve been talking Michelle Rasmussen and Marcia Zimmerman of the Women’s MicroFinance Collaboration. We appreciate your great work. Also you can see a window display, including samples of products produced by the women involved, at the Chico Peace & Justice Center.  Our Interview on the Chico Bicycle Music Festival

 

This coming Saturday, June 4, is the annual pedal powered Bicycle Music Festival.  With us in the studio are Sammey Zangrilli, organizer of the festival, and Greg Degovia, who has built an amazing bicycle-powered generator system that will provide electricity for the festival as volunteers pedal. 

• Discuss CBMF and the history.

• What will happen on the day. Discuss new and interesting things that will be

available on the day of the event.

• Transition to Greg and discuss his art....

backround in welding and inventing, summary of work and one favorite piece.

• Also, about the system and why Greg Degovia is interested in such things as pedalpower and LEDs.

Greg's website: *www.conceptulight.com*

Playlist:

Jai Jai Shri Yamuna (aarti)        7:06        Bimal Shah, Vimal & Manoj Rayach         
Kirtan Kunj                                
Hare Krishna (Mahamantra) - Raga Puriya Dhanashru        3:28        Jagjit Singh         
Krishna                                
Yamuna Ji Ni Aarti        3:18        Bhushan Dua & Anuradha Paudwal        Shreenathji  
Mala                                
Weave Me the Sunshine        4:28        Peter, Paul And Mary        The Very Best of  
Peter, Paul and Mary        

Bicycle Music Festival Compilation
Track 01        3:03                                                
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Track 04        4:56                                                
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Track 08        2:58                                                
Track 09        2:19

 

KZFR Community Radio 90.1 FM

Record of Public Discussion:

Program: Ecotopia on KZFR, Tuesday, 6-7 pm

Programmers: Susan and Stephen Tchudi

Date: 31 May 2011

Guests and issues: We’ll talk with Josephine Pillai and Tanya Kieselbach of the Braj project of India, which is working to stop destruction of water and land resources and even India’s sacred cattle, which are suffering from destruction of the environment.

Then we will interview Michelle Rasmussen and Marcia Zimmerman of the Women’s MicroFinance Collaborative, which makes low-cost loans to women around the world to create small, sustainable businesses.

In addition, we’ll talk with Sammey Sangrilli and Greg Degovia about the Bicycle Powered Music Festival that takes place in Chico this coming Saturday, June

Length of Discussions: 45

Local content: All three pairs of interviewees are local Chicoans with global interests.

Playlist:

Jai Jai Shri Yamuna (aarti)        7:06        Bimal Shah, Vimal & Manoj Rayach
Kirtan Kunj
Hare Krishna (Mahamantra) - Raga Puriya Dhanashru        3:28        Jagjit Singh
Krishna
Yamuna Ji Ni Aarti        3:18        Bhushan Dua & Anuradha Paudwal        Shreenathji
Mala
Weave Me the Sunshine        4:28        Peter, Paul And Mary        The Very Best of
Peter, Paul and Mary
Track 01        3:03
Track 02        2:44
Track 03        3:00
Track 04        4:56
Track 05        4:49
Track 06        3:57
Track 07        3:07
Track 08        2:58
Track 09        2:19

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