Biomass

In the autumn of 2011, Massachusetts pediatrician Bill Sammons came to Port Townsend to speak about the perils of biomass-burning power plants like the one the Port Townsend Paper Corporation proposes to append to their current pulp mill operation—a controversial project that was created a serious rift in the community.  I interviewed Dr. Sammons at the Community Center just before the program:

Biomass--interview with Dr. Bill Sammons
(30 minutes)

Cappy's Trails

The woods out behind the Jefferson County Fairgrounds are laced with a network of paths known as Cappy's Trails.  My dog Barkeley is a big fan, as is the whole family, and we have spent countless hours wandering the marvelous maze.  But who is or was Cappy? Find out:

Cappy's Trails
(8 minutes)

Community Rights vs. Corporate Rights

A torchbearer for what might be a new chapter in the American Revolution came to town recently to tell a crowded meeting room at the Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship about a kind of legal uprising against the power of corporations that is spreading across the country.  Paul Cienfuegos is an evangelist for what he calls the community rights movement.  Here's the KPTZ radio segment I produced about his presentation:

Community Rights
(7 minutes)

And here is a link to a recording of the full presentation:

Paul Cienfuegos' talk on Community vs. Corporate Rights
(2 hours 25 minutes)

Fixing the Future

On a recent Sunday afternoon, a Who’s Who of the sustainability and local economies movement of Jefferson County came together to fill the Rose Theater to watch a film and then went next door to the Silverwater Café to talk about it at a marathon mixer.  The  organizers of the event, which included Local 20/20, the Chamber of Commerce, Team Jefferson, and the Main Street Program,  hoped the film and the mingling that followed would spur innovation in the ongoing creation of a vibrant and independent local economy right here in Jefferson County. Here's the radio segment for KPTZ Compass I produced about the event:

 Fixing the Future
(17 minutes)