It's Hot In Here

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20101004.mp3] 10/10/10 is just under a week away, and if the fact that the day, month, and year are all the same number isn’t enough reason for you to get out of the house, Bill McKibben’s 350.org International Day of Action is coming to a town near you.  Almost 6,000 grassroots events to take action […]

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20100927.mp3] Our friend Rachel Long joins us in studio to tell us about the grassroots efforts working to end mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia. www.appalachiarising.org

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20100920.mp3] We’re joined by Amy Heath of Living Stones Community, a farm that partners with the Michigan Prisoner Re-entry Initiative to help returning citizens get back on their feet.  We talk about good food and good work and what makes farming so ideal as an occupation.  Listen really closely and you might hear her son […]

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20100906.mp3] A Labor Day show.

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20100830.mp3] Gina and Rachel talk paganism, wildfires, Canada vs. USA for the title of environmental hero/villain, and urban transit on this hot, hot afternoon.  We’re joined on the phone line by Rachel Wells of CLEAR Corps, a Detroit nonprofit working to reduce lead exposure in homes, and Emily of smallinfinityproject.com.  Plus lots of steamy tunes. […]

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20100823.mp3] Petropolis website Hugh tells us all about the Alberta tar sands, which some say are the second biggest oil reserve in the world after the Saudi oil fields.  We started on the crenellated* fjords of the British Columbia coast, followed the proposed Enbridge oil pipeline through the coastal mountains and ended up in the […]

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20100816.mp3] Gillian Ream, co-founder of Michigan Agritours, joins us in the studio to talk about bikes, beers, and the joys of local agritourism.  Plus What’s in Season (kohlrabi!), Sarah’s Sustainable Choices (planes, trains, or diesel buses?), and a Small Infinity story from Emily Plews.  Vaguely travel-themed, this is a great show to listen to while […]

Audio[audio:http://hughstimson.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/wcbn20100809part1.mp3] Audio Part 2[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20100809part2.mp3] Listen in to welcome IHIH’s newest co-hostess Sarah – and stay for summer tunes and sustainable strategies to stay cool when you’re so (darn) hot. The line up… first to our nation’s capital…. Brian Lipinski, our Washington Wardrobe, or, DC Downer, tells us how to make a last ditch effort to […]

Audio[audio:http://hughstimson.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/wcbn20100726part1.mp3] Audio Part 2[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20100726part2.mp3] It’s summer. You’re hot. We’re hot.  And guess what? We’ve missed you! Join the It’s Hot in Here family LIVE or LATER for an exxxtraspecial IHIH Reunion Edition featuring our very own Emily Plews and Rachel Chadderdon of www.smallinfinityproject.com (!!!) Listen in for small (but impressive!) infinity stories from former UM […]

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20100607.mp3] Join Jeffrey Green Bean, Rachel Chadderdon, and DJ Local as they talk with Karl and Cara of Real Time Farms about their recently launched and amazingly fun website that provides real time updates regarding farmers markets near you that are provided by the community – any customers, farmers, and users who want to upload, […]

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20100531.mp3] Join Jeffrey Green Bean as he talks Tai Chi with the masters from Dojo Kitchen. Then later in the show Jeffrey Green Bean, Rachel Chadderdon, and The Farmer’s Market talk with Corinna Borden Parker, market manager Westside Farmers Market, regarding the seasonal opening of that market which is Thursdays 3pm-7pm in the parking lot […]

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20100524.mp3] Join Jeffrey Green Bean, The Farmer’s Marketer, Rachel Chadderdon, and DJ Local as they interview Paul and Annie of the Community Farm of Ann Arbor, longtime biodynamic CSA farm in the region. Additionally, we talk permaculture with Nate Ayers, of Chiwara Permaculture Design, who has an upcoming permaculture design workshop. Plus, What’s In Season.

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20100517.mp3] Join Jeffrey Green Bean, Rachel Chadderdon, and DJ Local as they interview Steve Bean, independent mayoral candidate in the City of Ann Arbor. What’s In Season and events are discussed as well.

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/wcbn20100510.mp3] For the summer, your alternating Monday’s at Noon public affairs shows on WCBN, Arborama & It’s Hot In Here, will be joining forces. Perhaps it should be called It’s Hot In Arborama. Either way, it will be great and led by the familiar voices of both shows and will include some of the regular […]

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere12apr2010.mp3] Tom Princen, SNRE Professor, joined us in the studio to discuss his new book Treading Softly: Paths to Ecological Order. Listen as Tom and Paul Mansoor get dramatic, Aviva goes on a nano-Toxic Tangent, and Rachel takes a walk on the wild side for What’s in Season.  Plus environmental news and some sweet tunes. […]

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Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere15mar2010.mp3] We’ve got a HOT show lined up for ya’ll We’ll be rockin’ and talkin’ at the peace/planet interface with some rockin’ students from Armistice ‘Zine!! It’s also WCBN’s annual FUNdraiser, call give us your money and get HOTTTT WCBN swag! Call in you rpledges @ 734.763.3500 $15 bones gets you a FREE WCBN Pint […]

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere01mar2010.mp3] Start your week off on the ‘good foot.’ Tune in and join your friends at It’s Hot in Here, UM’s own environmental ‘infotainment’ for our first ever Staycation Special! We’ll talk legislation, change and local staycation destinations/ideas with Kerry Duggan of the Michigan League of Conservation Voters and Jesse Worker… of Clean Water Action. […]

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere15feb2010.mp3] Join us for an hour of LOVE [Ideas we love, songs we love, food we love, people we love]. Dear friend Kerry Duggan of the Michigan League of Conservation Voters gives us her “political week in review” and Emily Plews tells us how to put the compassion back in commerce! As always, we’ll be […]

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere01feb2010.mp3] Results from a study conducted by UM graduate students linking recent increases in ethanol production to past and future loss of prairie grasslands and wildlife populations graced the national news in January and generated considerable backlash from industry groups, including the Renewable Fuels Association. Join us this week on It’s Hot in Here as […]