testing, testing...
Have you ever been so busy that sometimes all you can do is just sit and stare because your brain won't accept anymore input?
I certainly have.
The latest piece in the Thinking Green series aired this past week. It should be up on the website soon (vacation took some needed people away so it's pending until they return). I'll post a link as soon as it's up. There are more Thinking Green pieces in the works - I'm hoping to visit a farm in August to see how some farms are actually converting manure into energy, then there are more pieces coming up on the local food movement, farmers markets, the Ithaca CarShare, green funerals and more and more. I'm loving the series and it's been really cool to see my co-workers start to make those little eco-friendly choices in their own lives. I've been stopped in the halls many times to answer questions about recycling and reusable grocery bags. At the July 4th gathering of my husband's family, some friends were quizzing me about straw bale houses and wanting to know where they can find out more information.
Speaking of recycling, producer Jennifer Matoney is taking an excursion from her work on the Expressions series on TV and is doing a few pieces on recycling for the radio series in July. We'll be working on the editing together next week and I think it's going to be a very insightful piece looking at the question of 'so, what happens to my recycling after they truck picks it up?' I'll be sure to update and let you know when it's going to air.
You may have noticed my voice on-the-air at a bizarre hour this past week. I've been filling in on Morning Edition (Gregory Keeler decided he deserved a vacation). It's been an interesting experience, mostly in turning my body-clock completely on its head. I'll be filling in for ME (that's the insider lingo for the show) Tuesday and Wednesday, and on Tuesday, I'm filling in as the guest host for Off the Page since Bill Jaker is off (what is up with that vacation thing anyway??). I'm looking forward to the program - I'll be interviewing Tim Gallagher from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about his new book, Falcon Fever. You may know Tim's name from his previous Off the Page experience - Tim is one of the guys who reported seeing the ivory-billed woodpecker in 2005 and subsequently wrote a book about the team's search for the ivory-billed woodpecker in The Grail Bird. His new book is about falconry, a sport he's been involved since he was a kid. It's a wonderful book and should be an excellent program.
