Autumnal Preservation, Big Cat Conservation, and a Poultry Celebration!
 
Oct. 18, 2013: Listen to learn about food preservation, wildlife conservation in South Africa, and organic poultry farming in Michigan
– How to preserve your fruits and veggies with Rachel Chadderdon
– Pre-vet student, Andie Haugen’s, experience working with wildlife in South Africa
– John Harnois, native Detroiter and local farmer, shares stories of raising happy hens and loyal customers
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Poverty + Sustainability: Lessons in + from Detroit
 
We kick off the show looking at what the most sustainable Christmas tree options are (with one of our hosts even citing some insight she gained from a life cycle assessment she ran!). Then we set our sights on Delray, one of Detroit’s most impoverished neighborhoods. It is a long-time victim to city planning efforts, sits in the most polluted zip code in the state of Michigan, and is the future home of the bridge plaza for the proposed International Trade Crossing to Canada – that is all to say, it is a HOT-BED for environmental injustice. Listen in as Urban Planning Professor Larissa Larsen joins us in the studio to discuss the muddy terrain of urban sustainability in Delray. We will also have recent UM grad Chris Detjen in the studio to share his experiences living in Detroit and working on sustainability issues. The whole radio hour is punctuated by some catchy Detroit tunes. Do tune in!
Turkeys, Travel, and Teleportation
 
Just in time for the mass exodus from Ann Arbor, SNRE’s own Shelie Miller, a specialist in life cycle assessment and energy, shares insights on sustainable transit. Beyond the typical modes, she entertains our questioning of teleportation as surely the MOST sustainable transit form! 😉 Turkey man and local farmer John Harois is also in the studio to tell us about his magnificent birds. We hear all about why Kat’s dad drives from afar for these delectable pavos. A turkey slayer also calls in with the gruesome details. It is hot in here!
Environment, Information, and Sustainable Development: The Africa-Asia Nexus
 
From oil wars to heroic computer geeks to strapping GPS devices on cows…
Join us for this interview with recently hired faculty in the cluster for research and teaching on “Environment, Information, and Sustainable Development: the Africa-Asia Nexus.” Joyojeet Pal is assistant professor at the School of Information, Omolade Adunbi is assistant prof in the Department of African and African-American Studies, and Bilal Butt is in SNRE. Host Rebecca Hardin will talk with them about the view of these issues from their homes and field sites in India, Kenya, and Nigeria.
UM Campus Sustainability Variety Show
 
Sick of environmental talk being so gloomy-n-doomy? Wish you knew more about what sustainability-related initiatives and events were happening on U-M’s campus? Been hankering for some great tunes about Mother Earth? Welp, then WCBN 88.3FM has the answer for you!
Co-hosts Kat Superfisky and Laura “Smitty” Smith bring you the “U’M Sustainability Variety Hour”!
Not all environmental talk needs to be depressing! listen in on this informative and inspirational segment about sustainability happening right here on U-M’s campus…from the top down AND bottom up!
Special guests include: Student Sustainability Initiative, Environmental Issues Commission, Graham Scholars, TEDxArb folks, and real students taking real sustainability courses!