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September 24, 2006 Hour Two
Guest: Christopher Summers Maryland Public Policy Institute – MD’s Leading public-policy think tank. MDPolicy.org
Best air-filtering houseplants, according to NASA
If these plants are good enough to filter the air of the space station, surely they’re good enough for your home.
Having good indoor air quality is very important, especially since many of us spend so much time inside. NASA did a study to find out which plants were best to filter the air of the space station, and the agency’s findings are available to all.
Read online to see which houseplants are best to filter the air (not only producing oxygen from CO2, but also absorbing benzene, formaldehyde and/or trichloroethylene.)
5 ways to help save the bees
Honey bees are an important part of our ecological fabric, but their population is dwindling. See what you can do to help save the bees.
By Care2.com
Pollinators like bees are critical to our world’s food supply, and their numbers are dwindling. What can we do to help save the bees? We rely on bees to pollinate over 30 percent of our food crops, but Colony Collapse Disorder threatens the world bee population and the future of our food supply. Plants like apples, avocados, squash, cucumbers, and many other food plants that we commonly eat need pollinators in order to grow.
Luckily, it’s not all gloom and doom! Here are some ways that you can take action right now to help the dwindling bee population.
Read this article for five ways you can help the bees.
NASA’s James Hansen, Leaving Post to Fight Climate Change Full Time
James Hansen, the NASA scientist credited with raising the earliest and most consistent alarm over the dangers of human-caused global warming and climate change has announced that he’s leaving his government job so that he can put his full energies into the climate movement he helped spur.
After almost half a century working for the government, he told the New York Times on Tuesday he now considered it appropriate to step outside so he could more fully join the political and legal fight to limit greenhouse gases and runaway climate change.
“As a government employee, you can’t testify against the government,” he told the Times in an interview.
October 1, 2006 Hour One
Guests: Dr. Lorraine Fertsch, M.D., P.A. and Dr. Christine Mitchell, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Ruscombe Mansion Health Fair on Oct. 8th http://Ruscombe.org AND Guest: Sue Green Baby Boomer Expo on 10/11 and 10/12 at Timonium Fairgrounds www.SeniorExpoOnline.com
October 1, 2006 Hour Two
(best of from 8/27) Guest: Wendy Kelman The Geppi’s Entertainment Museum in Baltimore www.GeppisMuseum.com AND Guest: Marisa Canino Chesapeake Chapter of Habitat for Humanity www.ChesapeakeHFH.org
October 8, 2006 Hour One
Guest: Sammuel Cook, author “Freedom in the Workplace: The Untold Story of Merit Shop Construction’s Crusade Agains Compulsory Trade Unionism” Click Here to Buy this Book.
October 8, 2006 Hour Two
Guest: Steve Smith Atlantis Rangers www.MaritimeHistory.org AND Guest: Randi A. Pupkin Art with a Heart www.ArtWithAHeart.net
October 15, 2006 Hour One
Guest: Melissa Martens Jewish Museum of Maryland http://JewishMuseumMD.org AND Guest: Joanne M. Martin, PhD The National Great Blacks In Wax Museum www.NGBIWM.com
October 15, 2006 Hour Two
(best of from 7/16) Guest: Mike Tidwell Author, Filmaker, and the founder & director of Chesapeake Climate Action Network (C-CAN) www.ChesapeakeClimate.org AND Shirley Crawford-Gantt Big Brother’s, Big Sister’s of Baltimore www.BigLittle.org
October 22, 2006 Hour One
Guest: Gilbert Sandler Author of “Small Town Baltimore: An Album of Memories” http://ABELL.org & http://WYPR.org AND Guest: Gary and Lisa Jolbitadl Tomatoe Art Company 410-744-9444 for more info.
October 22, 2006 Hour Two
Guest: Rachelina Bonacci Howard County Tourism http://VisitHowardCounty.com AND Guest: Martin Schoppert Howard County Ghost Tours http://VisitHowardCounty.com
October 29, 2006 Hour One
Guest: Matt Lake Author of “Weird Maryland” http://WeirdUS.com
October 29, 2006 Hour Two
Guest: Dr. Brian Belanger The Radio and Television Museum www.Radiohistory.org AND Guest: Glenn Page National Aquarium in Baltimore www.Aqua.org
November 5, 2006 Hour One
Guest: Donald Shomette Former Dir. of Graphic Arts at the Library of Congress and Author of upcoming book “Merritime Disasters” (Spring 2007)
November 5, 2006 Hour Two
(best of from 8/6) Guest: Rob Mardiney and Jeff Muller The Irvine Nature Center www.ExploreNature.org AND Guest: Marie C. Johns Democratic Candidate for D.C. Mayor www.JohnsforMayor.com
November 12, 2006 Hour One
Guest: Alan Goldberg, Ph.D. Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT) at JHU, Bloomberg School of Public Health http://CAAT.JHSPH.edu
November 12, 2006 Hour Two
(best of from 7/30) Guest: Kevin “Kal” Kallaugher Political Cartoonist www.TheWalters.org
November 19, 2006 Hour One
Guests: Lee Hendler and Dr. Ron Wolfson A Thanksgiving Celebration for the American People http://FreedomsFeast.us