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First Aired - 02/20/2011 04:30PM
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What does Richard Buckminster 'Bucky' Fuller have to do with sustainability you might ask? On the latest episode of Burning Down the House, Curtis B. Wayne explores the connections between Bucky's philosophies and our current sustainability revolution. Later on the show, he welcomes friend and architect Tom Leigh to discuss the sometimes unsustainable practice of restoring oldl buildings such as the Melbourne Farm House. This episode was sponsored by Hearst Ranch - the nations largest single source producer of grassfed and grass finished beef.
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Burning Down the House Introduction: Paying Tribute to Bucky Fuller (24:34)
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Curtis B. Wayne, Burning Down the House, Heritage Radio Network, Hearst Ranch, Bucky Fuller, Richard Buckminster 'Bucky' Fuller, experiments in doing more with less, using natural resources, spaceship earth, tension and compression, geodesic dome, dymaxion car, the whole earth, synergy, the world game, looking at the worlds resources, designers can step away from politics, architects are granted a great deal of authority, making a place better than it was before, nobody owns anything, design revolution where everybody wins, redistribution of resources, Bucky Fuller's legacy,Tom Leigh Discusses Building Restoration (11:24)
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Tom Leigh, Westchester, looking at other architects work, Melbourne Farm House, Yorketown, tower structure attached to a house, original house was built between 1810-1830, marble mantle fronts, Franklin stoves,Mistakes, Mistakes, Mistakes (14:20)
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Peekskill revival, plaster walls, ornate moldings, restoring a historic home, balloon framed, barn type framing at the time, joints tied into the beams, cement flakes away over time, sustainable restoration, drywell, in this economy you could build a brand new house with that square footage for half a million dollars, modular buildings, house composed of parts,Redeveloping Communities (14:58)
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interior architecture, using capitalism to redistribute materials, HudsonRiverArchitecture.com, article on the house at NorthCountyNews.com, the house IS on school property, contractors have to be insured and licensed, Richard Thompson, redeveloping communities, HBO came and filmed a TV series in downtown Peekskill, creating new life from something that was there before, trickle down,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 06/13/2010 03:30PM
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This week on We Dig Plants Carmen and Alice spoke with Amy Gavaris of NYRP. Amy spoke about Bette Midler's effort to restore parks and gardens throughout the city, and what NYRP is doing to help beautify the land and educate the community.
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We Dig Plants Introduction: Amy Gavaris of NYRP (10:56)
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We Dig Plants, Heritage Radio Network, Carmen DeVito, Alice Marcus Kreig, NYRP, Groundworks Inc, Amy Gavaris, Amy has been on the staff at the NYRP since its founding in 1995, the organization is dedicated to restoring New York City's park, Million Trees New York, an initiative to plant and care for 1 million trees by 2017, Riley-Levin Children's Garden, Peter Jay Sharp Boathouse, Swindler Cover Park, New Leaf Restaurant, Amy is also overseeing special restoration projects on behalf of Bette Midler in post Katrina New Orleans, the re emergance of Central Park, what inspired Bette Midler to start this?, she grew up in Hawaii, Rudy Giuliani, Green Gorillas, The Horticultural Society of New York,The Conservancy of Forgotten Places (9:54)
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benefit night, 1999, Green Gorillas, community garden organization, Bette Midler, the definition of a garden used to be loosely defined, NYRP formed a land trust with the city, people organization, the community directs what happens, they also now know the land is protected and they will invest, the restaurant is a building in the park where they started restorations, Fort Tyron Park, Garden at the Cloysters, all the revenue from concessions goes to the general budget, Central Park Conservancy, NYRP is the conservancy of forgotten places,Swindler Cove & Stories from the NYRP (11:20)
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NYRP's highest accomplishment is Swindler Cove park, Sherman Creek, school garden, outdoor enviornmental center, challanges of dealing with open spaces, what's the funkiest thing NYRP has unearthed?, gruesome stuff!, they have found some CSI calibur stuff, a chair at the top of a tree, does Bette get dirty?, she really knows her stuff, she was inspired by Eugene Lang, she gets dirty, outreach programs, this year NYRP is focusing on home owners, what would they do with 15 million dollars?, bring it to other cities,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 11/30/2009 12:00PM
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Judith Weis returns to The Naturalist to continue her discussion on salt marshes. This week she touches on history, pollution, species invasion and restoration of the marshes.
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The Physical Alteration Of Salt Marches (13:06)
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Bernie Wides, The Naturalist, salt marshes, Salt Marshes: A Natural And Unnatural History, interactions between people and salt marshes, Judith is a professor of marine biology at Rutgers, people used to view salt marshes as useless, we have lost many acres of salt marshes over the years which have become towns, Jamaica Bay, a house on stilts, salt marsh with straight channel creeks is not normal, normal creeks curve, mosquito, they breed on the marsh surface in pools of water, barricade, killifish, Jones Beach, bird sanctuary, Vanderbilt Museum, farming, salt hay, cowlicks, Dutch, Manhattan, physical alterations, Tekserve, Judith Weis,Pollution In Salt Marshes (8:00)
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agricultural chemicals, pesticides, mosquito control, these chemicals kill a lot of other things, they also affect development, industrial chemicals, Newark Bay, industry polluting water, blue fish, striped bass, they end up with the greatest concentration of these chemicals in their bodies, PCBs, blue crabs are banned in Northern New Jersey because of contamination, blue crabs, Polychlorinated biphenyl, excess nutrients, sewage, treatment plants, fertilizers, human waste, algae bloom, the algae die and sink to the bottom to decay, the process of decaying uses up oxygen, dead zones, chemical pollution,Invasive Species & Salt Marsh Restoration (16:18)
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invasive species, they are not native to an area and cause trouble, phragmites, a new variety has been causing trouble, native species is a part of the high marsh, spartina, China, California, crabs, mussels, green crab, arrived a couple of hundred years ago, Maine, clams, restoration, No Net Loss of Wetlands, sea level rise, mars can migrate inland without roads and towns, restoration has a long way to go before it becomes a real science, trial and error, remediation, cleaning up pollution, Hackensack Meadowlands, HMDC, garbage dump regulation, development and environmental protection, clean water act, there has been a huge difference in the past 30 years, New Jersey Meadowlands Commission, eco tours, kayaks, Lindhurst, boardwalks, nature tours, Hackensack River Keeper,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
