Guest: Erin Moshier Mark of Green Hill Farm, Sharpsburg, MD
Discussion: Current activities of Green Hill Farm. Discussion of farm life and upcoming Homesteading Days events at the farm, including timber framing workshop, beekeeping, canning, preserving, butchering, blacksmithing, solar energy and soap making.
Note: The originally scheduled dates for Homesteading Days were October 3 and 4. Due to inclement weather Homesteading Days have been changed to October 10 and 11, 2015.
Broadcast on WSHC, Shepherdstown, WV from the campus of Shepherd University on September 19, 2015
Children today learn to wash off after swimming or wading in rivers and streams, and to be careful not to swallow the water, and the fish they catch they better not eat. For them, this will be normal.
Topics: Vision for a New Society (by Joe Gray), WV Politics and Economics, Arthur Laffer and WV taxation proposals, net metering, coal and solar energy, carbon tax proposal in Seattle, the post-factual world, jobs and sustainability in WV
Audio record of radio broadcast from WSHC Shepherdstown from the Campus of Shepherd University on 9/5/2015
Guest: Joey Maghan, Geostellar, Solar Energy for Homes
Discussion: Joey Maghan describes the advantages of and process for obtaining solar energy for homes, including solar tax credits, net metering, cost, installation, financing, renewable energy credits and solar employment.
Originally Broadcast on WSHC Shepherdstown, Shepherd University Radio, Shepherdstown, WV on July 18, 2015
Guest: Mary Anne Hitt, Director, Sierra Club, Beyond Coal Campaign
Discussion: Mary Anne describes progress to retire coal plants in the U.S. and to increase the availability of renewable energy, coal exports, opposition to coal export terminals in the U.S., Chinese investment in renewable energy, Supreme Court ruling on EPA regulation of mercury emissions from power plants, President’s Clean Power Plan and its impact on international climate negotiations. Discussion of health problems caused by coal dust emissions. Introduction of significant wind energy in Iowa and North Carolina.
Radio Broadcast on WSHC Shepherdstown from the campus of Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV on July 18, 2015
Guest: Jim Surkamp, Noted Historian and Media Producer, Shepherdstown, WV
Discussion: Jim presents the narrative of a Vietnam Veteran, “Don’t Mean Nothin'”, produced during the 1990’s, winner of the Harvard University Peabody Award in 1999.
This audio was broadcast on WSHC Shepherdstown Radio, from the Shepherd University Campus on July 4, 2015.
The audio above is an introduction only. To listen to the actual narrative entitled “Don’t Mean Nothin” click on: http://jimsurkamp.com/?p=332
Guest: Hubert Smith, President, Martinsburg-Berkeley County WV Chapter, NAACP
Discussion: The killing of Wayne Jones by 5 Policemen of Martinsburg, WV on March 14, 2013, the struggle for justice and accountability. Recent events to improve relations between the Martinsburg Police and the black community of Martinsburg.