Lyn Miller Lachmann, author of the eco-thriller Dirt Cheap , talks fiction vs. nonfiction, her characters’ complex motivations, and how she came to write the story of a professor hot on the trail of the chemical company that gave him cancer. LISTEN (10 min)
Author Archives: William Craven
Dirt Cheap, by Lyn Miller Lachmann
- Friday, 08 December 2006 15:00
- Written by William Craven
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Majora Carter & Sustainable South Bronx
- Thursday, 07 December 2006 15:04
- Written by William Craven
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Majora Carter, founder and Executive Director of Sustainable South Bronx, talks about winning the MacArthur "Genius" Grant, why the people in her community have abnormally high asthma rates, why she’ll never leave the neighborhhod she grew up in, and the B.E.S.T. ideas for getting young people in the South Bronx employed in the Green Economy. LISTEN
Treehugger Thursday
- Thursday, 07 December 2006 15:03
- Written by William Craven
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On this week’s Treehugger Thursday, Simran Sethi (who you may have seen on Oprah the other day) tells us that more and more countires are re-foresting, Pandas in China are re-populating, co2 emissions can be reduced in your closet, and martial arts legend Jackie Chan has a new organic skin care line. LISTEN (6 min)
The Leopold Conservation Award
- Thursday, 07 December 2006 15:02
- Written by William Craven
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The Leopold Conservation Award, as Sand County Foundation VP David Allen tells Betsy, honors outstanding environmental stewardship by private landowners, and inspires other farmers and ranchers to play a vital role in environmental conservation: "When land does well for its owner, and the owner does well for his land, and both end up better by reason of their partnership, we have conservation." LISTEN (10 min)
NRDC: The Little Mouse that Got in the Way
- Thursday, 07 December 2006 15:01
- Written by William Craven
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NRDC Correspondent Daniel Hinerfeld introduces us to the Preble mouse, a species of jumping mouse nearly doomed when its Western habitat was targeted by developers. Does the Preble mouse warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act?
Also: Betsy Rosenberg and EcoTalk Producer Will Craven have a chat about their show, the inspiring guests and listeners who spur them on, and being a ‘niche’ show when that ‘niche’ is a whole planet.
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