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Broadcast on WPKN/WPKM
On The Fourth Thursday Each Month
12:30 PM – 1 PM

The Forest and the Trees is a global and local report on the environment. Host Melinda Tuhus interviews newsmakers including environmental leaders, policy makers and grassroots activists from around the world and around the corner in Connecticut. Issues like deforestation, water privitization, relaxation of federal air pollution regulations, and much more – and the implications for public health.

2007 Editions

Listen to The Forest And The Trees (mp3 audio – stream or download)

August 2007
Meet Scout Proft, a woman who, with her husband, has been running a small, organic, diversified farming operation on a mountain top in Vermont. Last year their Someday Farm was honored as the Vermont Sustainable Agriculture Farm of the Year.

July 2007
Two guests presenting different sides of the controversy over the Broadwater liquid natural gas proposal for Long Island Sound, and then a conversation with a member of the Sierra Club about questioning local candidates on their environmental views.

June 2007
My annual review of the good, the bad and the inconclusive environmental bills in this year's Connecticut General Assembly.

May 2007
This month I return to the Louisiana Gulf Coast for an interview with Steve Gonzales, a man I met at the Habitat for Humanity volunteer center in St. Bernard Parish, which was even harder hit by Hurricane Katrina than either New Orleans or Mississippi. He is dealing with the trauma of losing his house and, a few months later, his wife of more than 40 years, by reaching out to the hundreds of voluteers – mostly young people – who have been coming down to help.

April 2007
During my third trip to the Gouisiana Gulf Coast, I interviewed George Barasich, president of the United Commercial Fishermen's Association, about how things have changed during his 40 years of shrimping and oystering, and what he thinks must be done to restore the wetlands of South Louisiana, which are disappearing faster than any other land on earth.

March 2007
My show this month includes interviews with four participants in the March 10 conference sponsored by the Connecticut chapter of the Northeast Organic Farming Association, or NOFA. They’ll be talking about the importance of local foods, poisons in the flower business, what’s up with honeybees, and how to heal diseased and damaged trees through tree whispering. I wrap up with a conversation about efforts to expand Connecticut's bottle bill to include include water bottles and non-carbonated drinks.

January & February 2007
If you've never been sure exactly what "environmental justice" means, listen to this speech given by Peggy Shepard at the 11th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at Yale's Peabody Museum in New Haven on January 14, 2007. Shepard is executive director and co-founder of West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc. or WE ACT. Founded in 1988, WE ACT was New York's first environmental justice organization created to improve environmental health and quality of life in communities of color.

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