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First Aired - 05/08/2011 04:30PM
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In celebration of the 200th anniversary of The Commissioners' Plan of 1811, Curtis B. Wayne is joined by noted writer Alec Appelbaum. Alec and Curtis revisit the original design plan for the streets of Manhattan and compare it to the grid as we experience it today. Tune in to learn more about how urban space is designed and imagined on another thought provoking episode of Burning Down the House. This episode was sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery
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Burning Down the House: Alec Applebaum (6:41)
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Curtis B. Wayne, Heritage Radio Network, Burning Down the House, Cain Vineyard & Winery, Alec Appelbaum, writer, green design, Terrapin Bright Green, engineering based on natural systems, 200th anniversary of the Commissioners Plan of 1811, original design plan for the streets of Manhattan, street grid, enabled New York city to emerge, in equal grid, Broadway,The New York City Grid (12:36)
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food distribution, Heritage Foods USA, good ideas should inform policy, the biggest problem in NYC is scale, the grid considered a scale way beyond what the city occupied, Carroll Gardens, South Brooklyn was once all one thing, Brooklyn Promenade, The High Line, Brooklyn Bridge Park, post industrial society, learn from those who came before,Air Quality, Congestion, Roads & Cyclists (11:55)
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East Williamsburg Industrial Park, hipster central, green space and Broadway, Mayor Bloomberg, air quality, congestion, asthma, bicycling in the city, road improvements, cycling zealots, flat asphalt, nice roads predate automobiles,Taking Back Broadway (14:27)
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diagonal avenues in Rome, city planning history, Paris, riots, dealing with disturbances, Broadway, bike lanes, pedestrians, accidental spaces, re purposing, thruway in the city, automobile attachment, gasoline prices, small town communities,Rediscovery of Waterfronts & Redevelopment Projects (15:07)
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Pearl Street plaza, public art as traffic calming, David Byrne, rediscovery of waterfronts, redevelopment projects, Seattle Art Museum, Olympic Sculpture Park, water as a part of the urban street scape, people trend towards cities, urban life, availability, obesity in cities, Brooklyn was the 4th largest city in the US before becoming a part of New York City,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 01/10/2011 12:00PM
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This week on The Naturalist, Bernie Wides and Carol A. Butler recap the year in science. Tune in to learn some about fascinating recent developments in the scientific community including the possible sale of genetics tests in Wallgreens! Tune in and learn more about global warming, climate change, Alzheimer's Developments & Similarities between Humans and Worms. This episode was sponsored by Hearst Ranch; the nations largest single-source supplier of grassfed and grass-finished beef.
Dr. Craig Venter
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The Naturalist Introduction: The Year in Science (15:42)
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Hearst Ranch, Heritage Radio Network, The Naturalist, Bernie Wides, Carol A. Butler, solstice means sun stop, magazine format show, The Year in Science, number 1 issue is the oil spill in the gulf, lasted for 86 days, pre oil spill data is at a premium, first synthetic organism was created in 2010, Craig Venter, created an artificial living cell, natural selection, social behavior are genetically programmed in species to help them survive, self destructive behavior to help benefit the species, kin selection, altruism, inclusive fitness, became a core concept in biology, in August of 2010 Wilson renounced the theory, analysis is moving towards modeling,Global Warming, Climate Change & Obesity (12:42)
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climate change controversy, exaggerating global warming by manipulating data?, trading jokes amongst scientists, you have to be careful now, emails and notes can be taken out of context, the earth has been warming up, accelerated by greenhouse gasses, geologic time is not the same as human time, bed bugs, obesity studies, some problems are related to genetics,Alzheimer's Developments & Similarities between Humans and Worms (19:55)
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Alzheimer's, research developments, early diagnosis, injecting radioactive dye, detecting without an autopsy, analyzing spinal fluid, early warning signs, our cerebral cortex is similar to a marine ragworm, humans and worms must share a common ancestor, Walgreens planned on selling genetic testing, 250,000 estimated marine species, the decade of the brain, brain research,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 06/28/2010 02:00PM
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This week on Let's Eat In Cathy focused on urban, container and guerilla gardening. Robert Hyland (insideurbangreen.org) and Frieda Lynn, veteran-self proclaimed "urban greenscapers", discussed their work with everything from aesthetic landscaping to edible produce. Their style of spreading all things green combines rooftop and windowsill gardening techinques with an urban "guerilla" landscaping sensibility. A major topic was the utilization of "SIPS" or structural insulated panels, a literal building block and ultra-versatile tool of the urban greenscaper. Tune in to hear these green-thumbed revolutionaries talk about simultaneously making the city beautiful and growing food, all with a DIY mentality. This episode was sponsored Acme Smoked Fish.
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Let's Eat In Introduction: Gardening with SIP (19:30)
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Let's Eat In, Cathy Erway, Heritage Radio Network, Robert Hyland, Frieda Lim, urban gardening, container gardening, green roof, greenscaping, urban greenscaping, the internet helps coin phrases and words, locavore was adopted overnight, raised beds, Uncommon Grounds, SIP, Sub Irrigated Planter, Urban Gardening Project, Brick City Urban Farms, Garden State Urban Farms, community garden model, school gardens, Bob tries to maintain editorial impartiality, http://www.insideurbangreen.org, Michelle Kaufmann, Smarthome, Chicago, Earthbox, 50% more productivity than in ground growing, water conservation, time conservation, no weeding, Liberty Hyde Bailey, founder of the American Horticultural Society, obesity, put the power of personal food production in the hands of people who can experience both the ease and the ability to grow the food, fresh food off the vine is candy,Robert T. Hyland & Frieda Lim Explain the SIP System (9:05)
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Bob Hyland, self watering system, sub irrigating planters, self watering does not mean robotic, Frieda has a daughter who loves rooftop gardens, fresh food off the vine is the best, if the plant has roots you can grow it in the sub irrigated planter, sub airation, the garden is floating on a cushion of air, the malnutrition of plants is usually from a lack of oxygen, succession gardening, garden portability, you can make the system any size you want, demo testing window boxes, upcycling, found materials, soda bottles,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
