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March 31, 2009
- Women''s History Month Daily Posting
March is National Women’s History Month. Throughout the month, we are honoring Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet with profiles on our E-Bulletin Board and Web site of women who have taken the lead in the environmental or "green" movement.
Alice Waters
b.1944
Founded Chez Panisse Foundation
California
Alice Waters is a pioneering cook, restaurateur and food activist. In 1996, she launched Chez Panisse Foundation to inspire students to choose healthy food and help them understand how their choices affect their health, their communities, and the planet. The programs include replacing school cafeteria canned fruits and vegetables with fresh fruit and vegetables, and developing school yard organic gardens where students cultivate food that they also prepare, serve and eat.
www.chezpanissefoundation.org
May Petrea Theilgaard Watts
1893-1975
Teacher and Author
Illinois
Teacher and author, May Petrea Theilgaard Watts, served as a naturalist from 1942-1957 at the Morton Arboretum west of Chicago. Her educational programs were used as models for other institutions. She founded the Illinois Prairie Path, a foot and bike path of almost thirty miles also west of Chicago, and led efforts to transform old rail lines into public trails. http://www.ipp.org/GUI/index.html. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Theilgaard_Watts
Elizabeth Coleman White
1871– 1954
Agriculturalist
New Jersey
Elizabeth Coleman White grew up on her father’s cranberry farm and developed an interest in commercial agriculture. She pioneered the cultivation of the blueberry. Collaborating with Fredrick Coville, she developed develop a commercial blueberry based on the sweetest and hardiest of the wild varieties of blueberries growing in the NJ Pine Barrens. She also helped start the NJ Cooperative Blueberry Association.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Coleman_White; www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/white-ec.html
Ann Wilson (b.1955)
Superintendent of Environmental Services
Louisiana
Ann Wilson’s commitment to a greener environment and her ability to bring people together has resulted in the success of several environmental projects. Theses projects include: recycling Christmas trees for coastal restoration; organizing household hazardous waste collections; creating non-point source pollution awareness projects, litter-free Mardi Gras parades; and protecting drinking water sources by implementing the Well Head Protection Program. www.kab.org/site/DocServer/2003_annual_review.pdf?docID=123 www.kab.org/site/DocServer/2006_KAB_annual.pdf?docID=501
Diane Wilson (b.1948)
Environmental Activist
Texas
Diane Wilson is a fourth-generation shrimper, who began fishing at the age of eight. Her environmental activism began when she learned that Formosa Plastic dumping toxins into the bay made her home of Calhoun County, Texas the number one toxic polluter in the country. Although she was threatened by thugs and despised by her neighbors, Diane insisted that the truth be told. http://www.texasgoldmovie.com; http://www.chelseagreen.com/authors/diane_wilson/
Esther Yanai (1928–2003)
Agriculturalist
New Jersey
Esther Yanai was a giant in New Jersey’s conservation movement. A founding member of Save the Environment of Moorestown (STEM), which preserves and protects the community’s open space, she was the driving force behind the creation a natural resources inventory (NRI) for the Township and an open space inventory for Moorestown’s first Open Space Committee and later the Moorestown Environmental Advisory Committee. http://www.njconservation.org/html/swi/5-12-04.htm
Source, and for more information: National Women’s History Project www.nwhp.org
- Women''s History Month Daily Posting
March is National Women’s History Month. Throughout the month, we are honoring Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet with profiles on our E-Bulletin Board and Web site of women who have taken the lead in the environmental or "green" movement.
Robyn (Staup) Sweet
B. 1976
Senior Coordinator Boonshoft Museum of Discovery, Dayton, OH)
Ohio
A former high school science teacher, Robyn Sweet is an environmental science educator who uses hands-on field research to inform her work with the public. A Master Teacher at the Ocean Sciences Leadership Institute, Sweet was also selected as a Polar TREC Teacher in 2007, where she was paired with a researcher for a five-week study of the Bering Sea ecosystem.
http://www.polartrec.com/bering-ecosystem-study
www.boonshoftmuseum.org
Kathleen C. Taylor
b.1942 Physical Chemist
Massachusetts
Kathleen Taylor, physical chemist, worked with her co-workers at General Motors to invent a catalytic converter to convert nitric oxide into nitrogen gas. This improved catalytic converter was introduced in 1975, help reduce smog emissions. She directed General Motors’s Materials and Processes Laboratory and the Physical Chemistry Department. In 1988 Dr. Taylor received the Garvan Medal of the American Chemical Society, sponsored by Olin Corporation. http://www.chemheritage.org/women_chemistry/enviro/taylor.html
Anne P. Teller
b.1931
Owner/Manager of Oak Hill Farm
California Montana USA
In the early 1980’s,Anne Teller began growing vegetables primarily for her family and friends at Oak Hill Farm in Glen Ellen, California. Today, all farming is done under a sustainable agriculture/organic farming model. Ms Teller continues to prepare thousands of annual seedlings for spring transplant into the fields, propagating perennials, and nurturing plants all over the farm from transplant to harvest.
http://www.oakhillfarm.net
http://www.theteller.org
Tina J. Terrell
b.1964
Forest Supervisor, Sequoia National Forest, USDA Forest Service
California
Tina Terrell is the Forest Supervisor on the Sequoia National Forest for the USDA Forest Service. She has worked to diversify Forest Service personnel and the forestry profession, and to educate young people in urban areas about natural resources. She is also very active in the Society for Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences, http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/news/2007/newsupervisor-sequoia.shtml
Laurie Tippin
b. 1955
Director of State and Private Forestry, USDA Forest Service
California
Laurie Tippin is the Director, State and Private Forestry for the USDA Forest Service. She is a forester by profession and has a solid experience in forest management, stewardship contracting and fuels reduction; has provided national oversight to timber sale litigation. She has an exemplary reputation for professionalism and for dealing with difficult issues by finding common
http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/newslog/september2004/focus/lassen-sup.html
Nichole Trushell
b. 1955
Founder and Retired Director of the Highlands Center for Natural History
Arizona
In 1991, Nichole began developing experiential learning, educational activities, helping children discover nature and become wise caretakers of the land. Under her leadership in 2007, HCNH constructed a premier, regional, over $3 million gold-rated LEED campus (on 80 acres of National Forest land) which showcases green building strategies, drought tolerant landscaping, fire-wise living, water conservation, and a waste management-constructed wetlands. www.highlandscenter.org
Source, and for more information: National Women’s History Project www.nwhp.org
- 51%
51% 3/27/09 @ 12-12:30 p.m. 91.3 FM Tri States Public Radio. 51% takes a serious & intelligent look at society's impact on women & their impact on society. Topic: Hunger and philanthropy
FR: WAMC, Albany, NY
RE: 51 PERCENT program rundown
In America, women make up more than half the population. Worldwide, women are expected to outnumber men within the next 50 years. And every issue we face is one that affects us all. Whether it’s the environment, health, our children, politics or the arts, there’s a women’s perspective, and 51% is a radio program dedicated to that viewpoint.
Host Susan Barnett talks to experts in their field for a wide-ranging, entertaining discussion of issues that not only fall into the traditional ‘women’s issues’ category, but topics that concern us all as human beings and citizens of the global community.
Broadcast of 51% on WIUM 91.3 FM is underwritten by the Western Organization for Women (WOW).
Here is this week's information on 51% # 1028
(SHOW THEME)
BILLBOARD - Susan Barnett (:53) (Music Out) _________________________________________________
Food banks in the US say they can't keep up with demand. Trucks carrying food are now bringing food to out of work Americans in the Midwest. But hunger is a global problem. Washington correspondent Laura Iiyama lays out the issues.
3:42 Food Iiyama
One country that's particularly hard hit by hunger is Haiti. Margaret Trost was grieving after the death of her husband when she visited Haiti...and it changed her life.
8:02 Trost
That's Margaret Trost, founder of the What If Foundation. She's written a book about her experiences in Haiti...On That Day, Everybody Ate. It is published by Koa Books.
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Coming up - a young entrepreneur who's changing the face of corporate philanthropy…a discussion of the ultimate American comfort food - pie.
If you missed part of our show, you can listen to 51% anytime. Just download our podcast at wamc.org or call 1-800-323-9262 to order a CD - you'll need to know the program number. This week's show is #1028. (13:35)
Getting businesses to contribute to charity can be a hard sell. But entrepreneur Dan Jacobs has launched a project that draws a direct line between philanthropy and the bottom line. It's called Everywun...and the idea is to get corporate sponsors for good causes, then create a small donation to the cause or your choice with every visitor to your blog, website or webpage.
3:17 Everywun
That's Dan Jacobs, founder of Everywun.org. That's e-v-e-r-y-w-u-n. org. You can find them online and keep an eye out - the Everywun journey is coming to a town near you.
Finally, couldn't you use a little comfort food? There is nothing more American, or to my mind, more comforting than a slice of pie. Sabrina Artel recently invited visitors into her tag along trailer to talk about pie.
3:44 Pie Artel
Want to find out more about Artel and her travels? Visit sabrinaartel.com
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That's it for this edition of 51%
Thanks for listening. If you have any comments about today's program or ideas for future shows, please email me at sbarnett@wamc.org.
For 51%, I'm Susan Barnett.
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Save a tree, pledge today! Pledge online at tristatesradio.com!
Tune to 51% weekly throughout the U. S. on public and community radio stations, some ABC Radio Network stations, Armed Forces Radio stations around the world and on the Internet.
Susan Barnett, producer and host of 51%, is an award winning veteran journalist whose career has included anchoring and producing television news, radio news, writing for magazines and authoring a weekly column for an online newspaper. She’s a published fiction writer and an aspiring hobo. She lives in Woodstock, NY.
51%- The Women’s Perspective. It’s not just for women.
- Women''s History Month Daily Posting
March is National Women’s History Month. Throughout the month, we are honoring Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet with profiles on our E-Bulletin Board and Web site of women who have taken the lead in the environmental or "green" movement.
Carolyn M. Scott
b. 1955
Founder and Executive Director of Turtle Island Films
California
Carolyn Scott is an environmental activist, writer, filmmaker whose mission is to bring “green” films and media to a large audience. Turtle Island Films is developing a visionary project: REEL GREEN, which uses sophisticated web technologies to distribute award winning films and activist toolkits to lead organizers for catalyzing events. A founding member of the Biofuels Research Cooperative in Sonoma County, Carolyn runs her car on organic, carbon neutral biodiesel. http://www.thereelgreen.org; http://www.turtleislandfilms.com/
Kate Shackford
b.1951
Vice President, Bronx Overall Economic Development Corp. & Director, Bronx Initiative for Energy and the Environment
New York
Ms. Shackford leads environmental initiatives and programs. She has been able to lead the Bronx as the foremost “green” borough in New York City and has assisted the entire City in becoming more socially and environmental conscious. She has the ability to prove that she can take on any task and make it successful, while simultaneously exhibiting her dedication to the community. www.boedc.org/biee
Mary Belle King Sherman
1862-1935
Conservationist, Advocate, Clubwoman
llinois
Mary Belle King Sherman (1862-1935) is known as the "National Park Lady" for helping to create the National Park Service in 1916. As Conservation chairman of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs (1914-1920), she promoted programs that resulted in six new national parks. In 1918, as the sole woman on the National War Gardens Commission, she established National Garden Week.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/gdc/scd0001/2000/20001109005wo/20001109005wo.pdf
Ellen K. Silbergeld
b.1945
Environmental Toxicologist and Research Scientist
Maryland
Ellen Silbergeld is an environmental toxicologist and researcher who was the person primarily responsible for having lead, a major environmental and health hazard, removed from gasoline. She has been an activist in addressing lead contamination in water and has worked for the Environmental Defense Fund, the University of Maryland Medical School, and the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. www.faculty.jhsph.edu; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Silbergeld; http://www.daylife.com/words/Ellen_Silbergeld
Sandra Smith
b.1960
State Farm Sales Associate
Alabama
This great woman has organized a program based out of Leland Mississippi called: H.O.M.E.(Helping Others Means Everything) where senior citizens are adopted and afforded the opportunity to share with other senior citizens of the community. Every 5 th Saturday a meeting is held with the members and the adoptees to come together, eat, share, and reflect upon the beauty of the senior citizens that have been adopted. Her goal is to go worldwide with the program because she truly believes that everyone, especially senior citizens need to be shown how much they are loved and cherished.
Marion Stoddart
b.1928
Environmental Pioneer and Activist
Massachusetts
During the 1960s, the Nashua River made the top 10 list of most polluted rivers in the U.S. Then Marion Stoddart got involved, building a citizen coalition that changed laws, attitudes, and restored the river. In the process, Marion won the United Nations Global 500 Award, was profiled in National Geographic, and had a widely-read children's book written about her.
http://www.workof1000.com/
Source, and for more information: National Women’s History Project www.nwhp.org
- Women''s History Month Daily Posting
March is National Women’s History Month. Throughout the month, we are honoring Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet with profiles on our E-Bulletin Board and Web site of women who have taken the lead in the environmental or "green" movement.
Ellen Swallow Richards
1842-1911
Scientist
Massachusetts
Richard was the first American women to earn a degree in chemistry, a pioneer in applying scientific principles to domestic situations such as nutrition, physical fitness, sanitation, and efficient home management, and creator of the field of home economics. She undertook the first scientific water quality studies in America and is called the founder of ecology.
www.bwht.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Swallow_Richards
Sally K. Ride
b. 1951
Scientist, Astronaut, Founder of Sally Ride Science
California USA
Sally was the first American woman in space and established nationwide Sally Ride Festivals for Girls. As a scientist addressing Global Climate Change, she has published many resources addressing the topic for schools. Her professional conference during the summer of 2008 brought together leading scientists and educators which provided a phenomenal setting for awareness on the earth's environmental concerns.
www.sallyridescience.com
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/ride-sk.html
Elsie Roemer
1893-1991
Retired Teacher
California Mrs. Roemer was a conservation list who aided and established the guidelines for the preservation of Alameda and San Leandro Bay marsh lands. Her study, care, and well-being of endangered birds was recognize by the East Bay Regional Park District by naming a bird sanctuary on the Alameda Bay tide lands in her honor.
www.alamedasun.com
Mary Rozmajzl
National Park Service Midwest Regional Environmental Specialist
Michigan Wisconsin Wyoming Colorado and Nebraska
Mary Rozmajzl has been an Environmental Educator in Michigan, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and Colorado. Through her work she has instilled a love for nature and the environment in the minds of both young and old. Through her current work, Ms. Rozmajzl has created an all-encompassing office recycling campaign and spread her “Go Green” attitude to all of the parks in her region.
www.zoominfo.com/people/level3page225651.aspx
Maxine Lazarus Savitz
b.1937
Organic Chemist
Massachusetts
Maxine Lazarus Savitz earned a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from MIT in 1961. She taught at the University of California, Berkeley where she strongly encouraged women to enter engineering fields. Her research includes work on free radical mechanisms, anodic hydrocarbon oxidation, fuel cells and improved use of energy in buildings. Her work resulted in the development of energy saving electrical technology and alternate fuels for cars.
Source, and for more information: National Women’s History Project www.nwhp.org
- Women''s History Month Daily Posting
March is National Women’s History Month. Throughout the month, we are honoring Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet with profiles on our E-Bulletin Board and Web site of women who have taken the lead in the environmental or "green" movement.
Dr. Diana Post
Executive Director/President of the Rachel Carson Council, Veterinarian, Author, Environmentalist
Maryland
Inspired by Rachel Carson’s book, Silent Spring, Dr. Post became an expert in pesticide toxicology and has been at the forefront supporting regulations to protect people and animals from pesticide poisoning. She has authored extensive publications on pesticides, public health and the environment. Dr. Post is deeply committed to working for a healthier planet.
www.healthfinder.gov/orgs/HR1577.htm
http://www.begellhouse.com/journals/33b67499180f0876.html
Tobey Silbert Schein Prinz
1911-1984
Teacher, Union Organizer, Community Activists
Illinois
Tobey Silbert Schein Prinz working with other community activists she organized the Rogers Park Community Council (RPCC). In 1954, RPCC successfully blocked condominium development of the Lake Michigan beachfront in the Rogers Park neighborhood, preserving the beach as public space. As a teacher and union organizer, she also fought for racial integration and tenants’ rights.
Roxanne Quimby
b.1950
Founder of Burt’s Bees, Visionary and Philanthropist
Maine
From a humble back-to-the-land émigré to Maine’s North Woods, through her remarkable determination and entrepreneurship in forming the enormously successful cosmetics, Burt’s Bees, for more than a decade she has turned her attention to purchasing and preserving many thousands of acres of Maine’s forest land, protecting them in perpetuity from exploitation and development. http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2008-03/features/quimby
Amanda Quraishi
b. 1974
Freelance Writer
Texas
Amanda authors a blog called “Fashion, Evolved” that focuses on eco-friendly and sustainable fashion
www.evolvedfashion.com
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/library/ea_media.htm
Torrey Reade
Owner/Operator Neptune Farm
New Jersey
This former Wall Street businesswoman looks right at home on her 126-acre organic farm. Torrey “uses grass-fed animals to bring her soil back to life”. This advocate of sustainable farming serves as a mentor for new agronomists; establishing strong partnerships with local restaurants, providing her own produce and meats, and tips to prepare them to their maximum culinary potential. Learn more.
Source, and for more information: National Women’s History Project www.nwhp.org
- Women''s History Month Daily Posting: Nichols, Nunes, L. Otto, R. Otto, Petee
March is National Women’s History Month. Throughout the month, we are honoring Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet with profiles on our E-Bulletin Board and Web site of women who have taken the lead in the environmental or "green" movement.
Roberta J. Nichols
1931-2008
Research Engineer
California
Roberta Nichols began research for alternative fuels at Ford Motor Company in 1979. She and her team developed ethanol-fueled engines and she oversaw the building of 27 natural gas trucks and worked on sodium-sulfur technology for batteries and electric vehicles. Nichols was the first woman elected to the Society of Automotive Engineers. She earned Aerospace Corporation’s Woman of the Year and Society of Women Engineers Achievement Award in 1988. http://www.cert.ucr.edu/news/nichols-letter.asp
Dr. Sharon Nunes
Vice President, Big Green
New York
Sharon Nunes leads an organization created to identify and launch new businesses for IBM focused on using IBM's information technology expertise and IBM's materials & processing expertise to solve critical problems around environmental issues. IBM's approach to this initiative is focused on collaborative innovation, highlighting the need for multiple parties to come together to solve the world's important problems.
http://www-03.ibm.com/technology/greeninnovations/
Lorrie Otto
b.1919
Founder of Wild Ones Natural Landscapers
Wisconsin
Through her passion as a founder and leader of the natural landscaping movement for the last 50 years, Lorrie Otto has educated, inspired and mentored us to see the transformation of our lifeless lawns into natural landscapes as not mere gardening, but as a conservation effort to help restore habitat for a diverse community of species. Her legacy "grows" with each passing season.
http://www.wchf.org/inductees/otto.html
http://www.jsonline.com/realestate/32477709.html
Rebecca Otto
b.1963
Minnesota State Auditor
Minnesota
Rebecca Otto’s commitment to a greener planet is demonstrated by her family’s passive solar, wind-powered home. As a Minnesota State Representative she worked to protect ecosystems, limit mercury emissions, protect groundwater, promote the development of commercial wind poser, and ban the use cancer-causing arsenic-treated wood in playgrounds..
www.rebeccaotto.com
www.osa.state.mn.us
Linda Petee
Sustainability and Risk Management Coordinator for Delta College
Michigan
Linda started the recycling program at the college many years ago. Under her leadership the college has adopted a triple bottom line approach that incorporates financial, environmental and social benefits in all college decision making. She has created a green cleaning program for the custodial service and has encouraged conservation through out the college. Ms. Petee organized an eco-friendly style show at a local art center.
www.delta.edu/evergreen
http://www.communitycollegetimes.com/article.cfm?TopicId=34&ArticleId=1059
Source, and for more information: National Women’s History Project www.nwhp.org
- Women''s History Month Daily Posting: McGuire, McLain, Meadows,Narath, Nelson
March is National Women’s History Month. Throughout the month, we are honoring Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet with profiles on our E-Bulletin Board and Web site of women who have taken the lead in the environmental or "green" movement.
Rose Marie Williams McGuire
b.1936
Artist Educator Poet & Illustrator
Georgia
Rose Marie Williams McGuire as artist, educator, poet, and illustrator has worked in several mediums for fifty-four years teaching the spectrum of ages. Her sculptures and printed works reflect the recycled objects in everyday use. Found Objects is the central them of her art, which is on exhibit in THE PETTIE HOUSE GALLERY in Atlanta, Georgia.
aucdigestm_ail@aol.com
Dr. Jeannie McLain
b. 1960
Research Microbial Ecologist
Arizona
A research microbiologist at the USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Jeannie works to develop methods to increase the safety and efficiency of using recycled water to replenish dwindling water supplies throughout the world. She works with local and regional community organizations to increase public confidence in recycled water, and provides yearly internships to young women interested in research careers in environmental science. http://www.ars.usda.gov/pandp/people/people.htm?personid=33819
Donella (Dana) Meadows
1941-2001
Scientist (Biophysicist) Author, Leader in the Sustainability Movement
Vermont
Donella Meadows pioneered research regarding the human impact on the global ecosystem-examining trends in population, environment, and economics. As lead author of “Limits To Growth”, she stirred worldwide thinking and dialog about sustainability. An inspiring teacher, gifted author, and exemplary leader, she is also the founder of the Sustainability institute and co-founder of the International Network of Resource Information Centers.
www.sustainer.org
www.sustainabliltiyinstitute.org
Tanya Narath
b. 1963
Executive Director & CEO, Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy
California
Tanya Narath is the Executive Director and CEO of the Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy. Under her collaborative and inspiring leadership, the Institute’s Leadership Training for a Sustainable Future program has developed a network of over 250 powerful leaders who are creating public policy that is environmentally friendly and socially equitable for a healthy economy and a sustainable community.
http://www.greatcommunities.org/profiles/tanya-narath/
Shirley Nelson
Health Promotion /Disease Prevention Coordinator
Arizona
Ms. Shirley Nelson leads the Navajo Nation Trash Taskforce, a group of volunteers,
government officials and concerned citizens, who have a common interest in educating the public about the Nation’s solid waste problem. She works to educate communities on ways to become proactive in solving the solid waste issue in their communities and providing technical assistance that is otherwise lagging on certain parts of the Navajo Nation. http://www.healthynativecommunities.org/forums/message_list.jsp?topic_id=96
Source, and for more information: National Women’s History Project www.nwhp.org
- 51% Today at noon on Tri States Public Radio 91.3FM
FR: WAMC, Albany, NY
RE: 51 PERCENT program rundown
In America, women make up more than half the population. Worldwide, women are expected to outnumber men within the next 50 years. And every issue we face is one that affects us all. Whether it’s the environment, health, our children, politics or the arts, there’s a women’s perspective, and 51% is a radio program dedicated to that viewpoint.
Host Susan Barnett talks to experts in their field for a wide-ranging, entertaining discussion of issues that not only fall into the traditional ‘women’s issues’ category, but topics that concern us all as human beings and citizens of the global community.
Broadcast of 51% on WIUM 91.3 FM is underwritten by the Western Organization for Women (WOW).
Here is this week's information on 51% # 1027
(SHOW THEME)
BILLBOARD ? Susan Barnett (:46) (Music Out) ____________________________________________________
There are so many problems today, it's hard to know where to start. Even the Obama Administration is taking the kitchen sink approach - throw it all in there and see how far we can get. But the President has also called on Americans to get involved...a renewed call to roll up our sleeves and help clean this up. A group of award winning photojournalists are doing just that - picking one issue - the growing number of homeless teenagers - and doing what they can. Do1Thing founder, Najlah Feanny Hicks says it's working.
5:41 Do1Thing
Want to do one thing for the growing population of homeless teenagers? Go to Do1Thing.org...that's do, the number one, thing.org.
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Coming up, a gathering place for people who believe there are solutions to today's problems.
If you missed part of our show, you can listen to 51% anytime. Just download our podcast at wamc.org or call 1-800-323-9262 to order a CD, you'll need to know the program number. This week's show is #1027. (7:29)
There are a lot of sources for bad news...in fact, it's hard to avoid it. But Jurriaan Kamp and Helene duPuy, a couple of journalists from the Netherlands, decided that what they wanted to do was feature the news that no one was covering...the stories of hope and innovation around the world. That led to the creation of “Ode” magazine. I met with Jurriaan when he was visiting Manhattan.
6:46 Ode Barnett
Want to find out more? Go to “Ode” magazine at odemagazine.com.
Next, a double shot of Artspace. First, as it is International Women's Month, it is particularly appropriate to introduce you to Paola Gianturco, a California writer and photographer whose book, Celebrating Women, is the basis of an exhibit at UNESCO International Headquarter in Paris all month.
3:17 Gianturco
Want to take a look at Paola Gianturco's work? Go to her
website ...you're going to need me to spell this one. It's PaolaGianturco.com -- p-a-o-l-a-g-i-a-n-t-u-r-c-o.com
Finally, let's go to the movies. Hollywood's glory days began during the Depression of the 1930s. So how is it responding to this economy? Reporter Linda Blake has a report.
4:58 Hollywood in a Recession
Linda Blake is an independent producer in Los Angeles.
(16:08)
That's it for this edition of 51%
Thanks for listening. If you have any comments about today's program or ideas for future shows, please email me at sbarnett@wamc.org.
For 51%, I'm Susan Barnett.
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Save a tree, pledge today! Pledge online at tristatesradio.com!
Tune to 51% weekly throughout the U. S. on public and community radio stations, some ABC Radio Network stations, Armed Forces Radio stations around the world and on the Internet.
Susan Barnett, producer and host of 51%, is an award winning veteran journalist whose career has included anchoring and producing television news, radio news, writing for magazines and authoring a weekly column for an online newspaper. She’s a published fiction writer and an aspiring hobo. She lives in Woodstock, NY.
51%- The Women’s Perspective. It’s not just for women.
- Women''s History Month daily posting: Lovins, Lowman, Macy, Markowsky, McDowell
March is National Women’s History Month. Throughout the month, we are honoring Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet with profiles on our E-Bulletin Board and Web site of women who have taken the lead in the environmental or "green" movement.
Hunter Lovins
Founder and President of Natural Capitalism
California
Hunter Lovins has worked diligently for decades to develop solutions that would help human beings maintain and sustain the environment in which we live. Hunter has proposed that…“Citizens, communities, and companies, working together within the market context are the most dynamic problem-solving force on the planet”. She is Time Magazine’s millennium “ Hero of the Planet”.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_Lovins
http://www.natcapinc.com/
Dr. Meg Lowman
Forest Conservation Biologist/Science Educator
Florida
Pioneer of treetop exploration, Lowman is affectionately called “Grandmother of canopy research” by colleagues. Author of 100 publications, 6 books including both definitive texts and she has chaired three international canopy conferences. She has also “starred” on National Geographic television; runs a foundation for tropical forest conservation; and has mentored over 10 million students via distance learning. “No child left indoors” is her personal mantra. www.canopymeg.com; www.treefoundation.org
Joanna Macy
b. 1929
Eco-philosopher and Writer, Scholar of Buddhism, General Systems Theory, and Deep Ecology
California
Joanna Macy has created a ground-breaking theoretical framework for personal and social change. She has written many books and led workshops for thousands of people around the world. Her “Work that Reconnects” brings a new way of seeing the world, helping to transform despair and apathy, in the face of overwhelming social and ecological crises, into constructive, collaborative action.
www.joannamacy.net, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Macy
Judy Kellogg Markowsky
b.1945
Environmental Educator and Activist
Maine
Judy Kellogg Markowsky, environmental educator and advocate, was the primary force in founding Maine Audubon Society's Fields Pond Nature Center and “green” facility. Thousands of students have benefited from her "Secrets of the Forest" programs. A Rachel Carson devotee, she speaks frequently about Carson. She led a successful opposition to Walmart’s building near Penjajawoc Marsh, a unique wetland in Bangor. http://www.maineaudubon.org/explore/centers/fpond.shtml
Mary Eliza McDowell
1854-1936
Social Reformer
Illinois
Mary Eliza McDowell was known as “The Duchess of Bubbly Creek” for leading the efforts to clean up the South Branch of the Chicago River, a stinking and unsanitary waterway into which was dumped animal waste and carcasses from the nearby slaughterhouses. From 1894 to 1923, she led the University of Chicago Settlement House and pressed the city government build incinerators in place of open garbage dumps. http://womenshistory.about.com/od/wtulwomen/p/mary_mcdowell.htm
Source, and for more information:
National Women's History Project www.nwhp.org
- Women''s History Month daily posting: A.B. La Bastille, O. O. Lake, A. Land, L. Ledermann, D. Lewis
March is National Women’s History Month. Throughout the month, we are honoring Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet with profiles on our E-Bulletin Board and Web site of women who have taken the lead in the environmental or "green" movement.
Anne Bowes La Bastille
b.1938
Ecologist
New York
Ecologist Anne LaBastille studied a flightless bird, the great pied-billed grebe, which survived in spite of living in a wildlife refuge, earthquakes, and polluted streams likely to make the species extinct. In the early 1970s Dr. La Bastille moved to a cabin in New York’s Adirondacks. Her solitary life led her to write Woodswoman. In 1980, she profiled 15 women naturalists in Women andWilderness. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_LaBastille.
Osprey Orielle Lake
b.1959
Sculptor, Public Speaker, Teacher
California
Osprey Orielle Lake, one of the world’s few female monument makers working in allegorical and abstract images. She utilizes the power and beauty of nature-themed images and narratives to inspire people to learn about and care for the earth. Her international art projects bring attention to protecting the environment by enlivening the urban landscape with statues that celebrate nature. http://www.ospreyoriellelake.com/Welcome.html http://www.cheemahproject.org/
Abbe Land
b.1955
Mayor Pro Tempore City of West Hollywood
California
Abbe Land, California, has initiated several of West Hollywood’s landmark environmental policies, including its Green Building Ordinance, the nation’s first mandatory program for commercial and residential buildings. Because of her efforts, the City’s new library will be a certified LEED Silver building. She co-sponsored a Heritage Tree Preservation Program to protect the City’s trees and increase its urban canopy. www.weho.org http://www.weho.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/detail/navid/16/cid/4252/
Lora Ledermann
b.1967
Advertising, Marketing and PR Agency Owner and Creative Director
Colorado
Lora Ledermann acts on her commitment to protecting the environment through business
practices such as aggressive recycling programs and efforts to reduce waste and is contributing her professional skills by taking on pro-bono clients such as the one-year Save the Poles expedition to the North and South poles and Mount Everest to raise awareness of global warming and develop educational materials.
www.screamagency.com and http://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/b97/904
Donna Lewis
b.1972
Curator of Biology, Dayton Society of Natural History
Ohio
As a life-long environmental educator, Donna Lewis has dedicated her personal and professional life to creating an understanding of all animals. In addition to innovative public programs, her children’s books focus on introducing animals that tend to be under-appreciated, like bats and crows. As an active wildlife rehabilitator, Lewis has also traveled locally and globally in her efforts to educate others and rescue injured wildlife.
Source, and for more information:
National Women’s History Project www.nwhp.org
- Women''s History Month Daily Posting
March is National Women’s History Month. Throughout the month, we are honoring Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet with profiles on our E-Bulletin Board and Web site of women who have taken the lead in the environmental or "green" movement.
Pam Iorio
Mayor of the City of Tampa
Florida
Mayor Iorio is committed to making tangible improvements during this decade that will protect our natural environment for future generations. The programs and services are designed to be economically viable, environmentally sound and socially equitable to become a green city. The opportunity to partner with all residents in making changes to ensure our city is ready to meet future challenges.
www.TampaGov.net/dept._green_tampa
Marietta Pierce Johnson
1864 1938
Progressive Educator
Minnesota Alabama
Marietta Johnson was one of the early pioneers of progressive education. She was a charismatic speaker who lectured all over the world on her unique philosophy of Organic Education. Organic Education is dedicated to creating an environment that fosters freedom of expression, love for learning, and tolerance. In 1907, she founded her Organic School of Education in Fairhope, Alabama where she worked until her death in 1938. www.mariettajohnson.org
Victoria Johnson
Educator
California
Victoria Johnson is the Project Facilitator for the Salmon Creek Falls Environmental Center in Occidental, California, which provides educational opportunities for students and the greater community fostering eco-sustainability. This innovative enterprise seeks to inspire a revolution in building design and teach environmental green principles. It will be the first California public K-8 school to obtain a LEEDTM Gold Certification.
http://www.heritagesalvage.com/salmoncrWindfall.html
http://www.bodeganet.com/landtrust/documents/BLTNewsletter%2020.pdf
Elizabeth Donnell Kay
1895-1987
Nurse, Businesswomen, Charity Worker, Environmentalist
New Jersey Florida
In 1924, Elizabeth Donnell Kay, started a home-based herb mail-order business. By 1932, she was teaching about the importance of preserving native plants and educating farmers about the harmful practice of setting fire to their fields each year after harvest. In 1960, Elizabeth and her husband created the Pine Jog Environmental Sciences Center, which today under the auspices of Florida Atlantic University, 16,000 children visit annually .http://www.historicchesternj.com/peopleplaces/miscellaneouspeople.html
Eryn Klosko
b.1971
Assistant Professor, Physical Sciences
New York USA
Eryn Klosko teaches the science of global warming and sustainability. She spearheaded Westchester Community College’s participation in Focus the Nation in 2008. She has published extensively for New York Science Teacher, Computers and GeoScience, and Geophysical Research Letters and has worked for the SCEC E-cubed project. She also advises a club of students engaged in sustainability efforts.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002GeoRL..29h..29H http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=348813
- Women''s History Month Daily Posting
March is National Women’s History Month. Throughout the month, we are honoring Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet with profiles on our E-Bulletin Board and Web site of women who have taken the lead in the environmental or "green" movement.
Julia Butterfly Hill (b.1974)
Environmental Hero (California)
On December 10, 1997, 23-year-old Julia "Butterfly" Hill climbed into a 180 foot California Coast Redwood tree to prevent loggers from cutting it down. She put her own life on the line to save the life of a forest that was under immediate threat of destruction. She spent two years on that tree-top and attracted world-wide attention for her non-violent action in defense of the forest http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Butterfly_Hill
Linda M. Hiltabrand (b. 1953)
Environmental Protection Specialist, IL Department of Natural Resources, Office of Mines and Minerals (Illinois)
For 30 years Linda Hiltbrand has been employed by the Illinois Office of Mines and Minerals representing the state regulatory authority in northern Illinois. Her work with the sand and gravel producers to make sure they are following their approved reclamation plans has resulted in several sites winning awards for their innovative post-mining land uses.
Mary Hultman (b.1955)
Educational Naturalist (Ohio)
Serving as one of the first naturalists for the Stark County Park District in Ohio since 1986, Mary Hultman has been instrumental in educating thousands of local school children. She has pioneered the use of live wildlife in the classroom, and has mentored hundreds of Boy and Girl Scouts. She also established the Sanders Wildlife Rehabilitation Center that treats more than 1,300 animals per year.
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/sanders-wildlife-rehab-center/1445375941
http://www.ohiogamefishing.com/community/archive/index.php?t-91617.html
Martha Brookes Hutcheson (1871 – 1959)
Landscape Architect (New Jersey)
Martha Brookes Hutcheson was one of the first women landscape architects in America. She incorporated native plants in all of her designs and blended the surrounding areas with formally executed gardens. In 1923, she published The Spirit of the Garden, a book about gardens primarily using those she had designed to illustrate her principles of landscape architecture.
www.morrisparks.net
Dr. Roz Iasillo (b.1958)
Environmental Science Educator (Illinois)
Dr. Roz Iasillo developed the first environmental science class taught at the secondary level in Illinois. She has influenced and inspired thousands of her students to live sustainable lives and be good stewards of the earth’s resources by volunteering at community clean-up days, prairie seed collecting, and the yearly removal of non-native plants from local forest preserves. Her enthusiasm and commitment to our earth is boundless.
www.mothermcauley.org
www.illinoissolarschools.org
- Women''s History Month Daily Posting
March is National Women’s History Month. Throughout the month, we are honoring Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet with profiles on our E-Bulletin Board and Web site of women who have taken the lead in the environmental or "green" movement.
Lois Marie Gibbs (b.1951)
Executive Director, Center for Health, Environment & Justice (Virginia)
In 1978, a young housewife named Lois Gibbs discovered that her child’s elementary school was built on top of a toxic-chemical dump. Determined to do something, she organized her neighbors into the Love Canal Homeowners Association, which worked for more than 2 years to have the community relocated. In 1981, Lois created the Center for Health, Environment & Justice, (CHEJ), an organization that has assisted over 10,000 grassroots movements. www.chej.org
Sunshine Goodmorning (b. 1974)
Facilities Maintenance Specialist (California)
Sunshine works for the Washington DC National Park Service Maintenance Office from her home. While at Yosemite National Park, she served as chair of the EEO Committee during which she presented an outdoor showing of “Iron Jawed Angels” with a picnic dinner. El Portal is where she remodeled a historical building and chaired the 100th community celebration.
Dr. Alice Hamilton (1869-1970)
Occupational Safety and Health Pioneer (Indiana)
Hamilton was the first person to document the danger of industrial poisons like lead, phosphorus, and other chemicals in the work place. Her work at Hull House gave her the opportunity to fully investigate hazardous working conditions that led to accidents, deaths, and chronic illness. Her unprecedented work resulted in laws protecting workers and improving working conditions in this country and internationally. http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/hamilton-a.html
Ann Hancock (b.1950)
Executive Director of Climate Protection Campaign (California)
With over 25 years in community leadership, education, and fundraising, Ann Hancock has spearhead the most progressive climate protection campaign in the US, resulting in a comprehensive Plan to reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions 25% below 1990 levels by 2015 throughout their county. In 2001, she co-founded the Climate Protection Campaign and has been a sustainability planner for the County of Marin.
http://www.climateprotectioncampaign.org/news/news19.php
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20081109/NEWS/811090337/
1315?Title=Daring_plan_to_meet__climate_change_goals
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- 51%
3/13/09 @ 12-12:30 p.m. 91.3 FM Tri States Public Radio. 51% takes a serious & intelligent look at society's impact on women & their impact on society. Topic: Recession and Lending Institutions
FR: WAMC, Albany, NY
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In America, women make up more than half the population. Worldwide, women are expected to outnumber men within the next 50 years. And every issue we face is one that affects us all. Whether it’s the environment, health, our children, politics or the arts, there’s a women’s perspective, and 51% is a radio program dedicated to that viewpoint.
Host Susan Barnett talks to experts in their field for a wide-ranging, entertaining discussion of issues that not only fall into the traditional ‘women’s issues’ category, but topics that concern us all as human beings and citizens of the global community.
Broadcast of 51% on WIUM 91.3 FM is underwritten by the Western Organization for Women (WOW).
Here is this week's information on 51% # 1026
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The recession is a global phenomenon. Many economists believe the problem is deeper than a popped housing bubble and tangled mortgage packages...and the effects are spreading rapidly throughout the world. Amidst all the talk of bailouts and stimulus packages, many fear that US taxpayers will wind-up paying most of the tab. There are no simple explanations, but correspondent Laura Iiyama reports on some attempts to unwind the mess and predict what's coming:
6:34 toxic assets - Iiyama
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Coming up, a conversation with one of the biggest lenders in the nation - IndyMac.
If you missed part of our show, you can listen to 51% anytime. Just download our podcast at wamc.org or call 1-800-323-9262 to order a CD - you'll need to know the program number. This week's show is #1026. (8:00)
If you're facing foreclosure, or walking that knife edge between safety and collapse, many experts say it's best to be proactive. But I can tell you from firsthand experience that trying to forestall problems is nowhere near as simple as we're led to believe.
5:25 IndyMac Barnett
And what about the future of the banking industry? Some say this is a golden opportunity to make changes that can have significant positive repercussions for years to come - shoring up not only the banks, but helping the environment.
9:22 International Bank Chan Barnett
You can read more about Michelle Chan in the January issue of Ode Magazine, or find out more at the Friends of the Earth website at foe.org.
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That's it for this edition of 51%
Thanks for listening. If you have any comments about today's program or ideas for future shows, please email me at sbarnett@wamc.org.
For 51%, I'm Susan Barnett.
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Susan Barnett, producer and host of 51%, is an award winning veteran journalist whose career has included anchoring and producing television news, radio news, writing for magazines and authoring a weekly column for an online newspaper. She’s a published fiction writer and an aspiring hobo. She lives in Woodstock, NY.
51%- The Women’s Perspective. It’s not just for women.
- Women''s History Month Daily Posting
March is National Women’s History Month. Throughout the month, we are honoring Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet with profiles on our E-Bulletin Board and Web site of women who have taken the lead in the environmental or "green" movement.
Caroline Rose Foster (1877 – 1977)
Farmer; First County Deputy Sheriff; Community Organizer; Benefactor (New Jersey)
Caroline Rose Foster created and donated the first outdoor living historical farm in New Jersey, which remains a strong place for learning thirty-years after her death. An environmentalist, she worked to preserve the historic places within the County of Morris, New Jersey including the Morris County Park Commission which preserves 38 county parks and over 17,500 acres of land in northern New Jersey.
Matilda Elizabeth Frelinghuysen (1888 – 1969)
Philanthropist (New Jersey)
Matilda Elizabeth Frelinghuysen, was a philanthropist of the New England Conservatory of Music and a supporter of the Masterworks Chorus. She donated the land for the establishment of the Morris County Free Library. She donated her Whippany Farm Estate of 127 acres so that future generations would be able to enjoy and appreciate the beauty that surrounded what she considered the ‘golden age.’ www.morrisparks.net
Pamela A. Frucci (b. 1932)
Retired Teacher, Community Activist, Township Trustee (Michigan)
Pamela A. Frucci has been a waste-not addict since reading Cheaper by the Dozen_as a teenager and marveling how the efficiency-expert father cut down on waste. She served on the Michigan Resource Recovery Commission before waste reduction and recycling caught on. In 1983 she founded the Downriver Recycling Center. The Fruccis put out almost zero trash and recycle the rest, even recycling lint into pillows.
Source, and for more information: National Women’s History Project www.nwhp.org
- Women''s History Month daily posting: Sister Easter, I. Fehrer, L. Fermi
March is National Women’s History Month. Throughout the month, we are honoring Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet with profiles on our E-Bulletin Board and Web site of women who have taken the lead in the environmental or "green" movement.
Sister Claretta Easter (1901-1998 )
Science and Ecology Teacher (Wisconsin)
Sister Claretta taught at various Catholic elementary and high schools. She was instrumental in the formation of the Department of Outdoor Education in Grant County, Wisconsin. The mapping out of nature trails and their naming and signing were evidence of her interest in education. A registered certified tree farmer, she planned and first planted a tree farm in 1971. Contact Susan Scott at oneillmuseum@aol.com for additional information about Sister Claretta Easter.
Ilia J. Fehrer (1927 – 2007)
Maryland
Ilia Fehrer was one of the strongest pro-preservation voices in Maryland, heard not only when Assateague Isalnd’s future was in question but also when ecosystems beyond her own coastal bays were threatened. It is because of her vision, advocacy and tenacity that we can and future generations will enjoy the Assateaque Island National Seashore almost as our European ancestors found it.
http://www.mdcoastdispatch.com/article.php?cid=18&id=963
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=
9A0DE1DB163AF936A25755C0A960948260
Laura Capon Fermi (1907-1977)
Science Author and Community Activist (Illinois)
Laura Capon Fermi joined with other women to form the Cleaner Air Committee of Hyde-Park Kenwood ( CAC), near the University of Chicago. From 1959 to 1972, the CAC lobbied and educated the public about the dangers of pollution from coal-burning furnaces and cars. The results were local building shifting from coal to cleaner gas or oil furnaces and a ban on the burning garbage in apartment buildings.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Fermi
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- Women''s History Month
March is National Women’s History Month. Throughout the month, we are honoring Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet with profiles on our E-Bulletin Board and Web site of women who have taken the lead in the environmental or "green" movement.
Caitlin Alexandra Dunbar (1989 –2004)
Student (Maryland)
Caitlin Dunbar’s lifelong interest in nature and the outdoors lives on in the Caitlin Dunbar Girl Scout nature center established in her name by family, friends, and the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland following her sudden death from leukemia at age 15. This nature center offer stewardship activities on rescued wildlife and “hands on” environmental opportunities for Scouts and visitors to enjoy and appreciate.
Kathleen Eagan (b.1943)
Mayor, Community Activist, Funder (California)
Kathleen Eagan founded four organizations to protect the Truckee River in Truckee. She fought powerful state and federal interests who tried to destroy the flow of the River. One of her colleagues commented, “they never had a chance.” She has led the restoration of hundreds of acres of meadow, wetland and stream habitat. Kathleen’s work demonstrates the power of each of us protecting the place we love. “If we don’t, who else will?”
www.truckeeriverwc.org
Sylvia Alice Earle (b.1935)
Oceanographer and Environmentalist
New Jersey Alaska Hawaii
Sylvia Earle was the first woman chief scientist of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. She led the investigations of the impact of the burning of Kuwait’s oil fields and the devastation caused by the Exxon Vladez in Prince William Sound in Alaska. With a group of other women scientists she lived underwater for 2 weeks to study marine environment and the effects of isolation on humans. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Earle
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- Women''s History Month Daily Posting:
March is National Women’s History Month, and we’re honoring Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet with profiles on our E-Bulletin Board and Web site. Today: Tammy Cromer-Campbell,Margaret Bryan Davis, Majory Stoneman Douglas.
March is National Women’s History Month. Throughout the month, we are honoring Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet with profiles on our E-Bulletin Board and Web site of women who have taken the lead in the environmental or "green" movement.
Tammy Cromer-Campbell (b.1960)
Photographer/Author/Filmmaker (Texas)
Knowing that environmental justice issues are not limited to Winona, Texas, Tammy Cromer-Campbell documents how communities struggle with environmental injustice. She starts with Winona, Texas, then Seattle, Washington, Houston and De Berry, Texas. It's her hope that revealing these injustices real change will occur. To tell this story, she created With Fruit of the Orchard | Environmental Justice in East Texas as a film and as a book. http://www.tccphoto.com, http://www.cep.unt.edu/foto, http://www.fruitoftheorchard.com, http://www.ejusa.info, http://www.tccphotogallery.com, short 10 minute film: http://web.mac.com/tccphoto/iWeb/ejusa/ejusa.html
Dr. Margaret Bryan Davis (b.1931)
Behavioral Biologist (Minnesota)
Margaret Davis was named Regents Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavioral Biology at the University of Minnesota in 1983. Her groundbreaking study of the history of the migration of forest communities during the past 14,000 years has significant implications on various theories of global warning. Her memberships include the National Academy of Sciences and the International Association for Vegetation Science.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1890 – 1998)
Florida
Marjory Stoneman Douglas distinguished literary career encompassed her work as a true naturalist, discouraging the ever growing commercial development in South Florida. In 1947, she published one of the best known conservation books to date, "The Everglades: River of Gras.s" Her successful preservation campaign resulted in the establishment the Everglades National Park and in 1969 she helped found the conservation organization, Friends of the Everglades.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjory_Stoneman_Douglas
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- Women''s History Month
Women's History Month daily posting: Mignon Clyburn, Ellie Cohen, Mimi Cooper
March is National Women’s History Month. Throughout the month, we are honoring Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet with profiles on our E-Bulletin Board and Web site of women who have taken the lead in the environmental or "green" movement.
Mignon Leticia Clyburn (b. 1962)
South Carolina Public Service Commissioner (6 th District) (South Carolina)
Mignon Clyburn was elected and presently serves as Commissioner of the South Carolina Public Service Commission since 1998. In 2002, she was elected as Chair of the Commission. Prior to her role at the Commission, Ms. Clyburn served as editor, publisher, and general manager of the Coastal Times Newspaper. She is very active in both Richland and Charleston county communities.
www.scstatehouse.gov/sess114_2001-2002/sj02/20020514.htm
Ellie Cohen
Conservationist (California)
Ellie Cohen, who is the Executive Director of Pt. Reyes Bird Observatory (PRBO) has over 20 years of non-profit and for-profit management, fundraising, and policy expertise. Ms. Cohen brings her perspective as a scientist and public policy advisor to the topic of climate change. PROP is an award winning center for bird ecology research advancing biodiversity conservation on land and at sea. http://www.prbo.org/cms/37
http://www.avianknowledge.net/content/about/partners/prbo
Mary S. "Mimi" Cooper (b. 1943)
Teacher and Environmental Activist (Maryland)
Mary S. "Mimi" Cooper is an activist with a burning desire for positive change who has acted as an "environmental conscience" in many situations. She helped start a Baltimore hazardous waste day, is a director of Rachel Carson Council, was on the National Conservation Committee of the Garden Club of America, and has taught at the Irvine Nature Center.
Source, and for more information: National Women’s History Project www.nwhp.org
- Women''s History Month daily posting: International Women''s Day
March is National Women’s History Month. Throughout the month, we’re honoring Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet with profiles on our E-Bulletin Board and Web site of women who have taken the lead in the environmental or "green" movement.
March 8 is International Women’s Day, so today we’re honoring a dozen women whose environmental activism has taken place in countries around the world, or has had a global impact.
International Women's Day is an occasion marked by women's groups around the world. This date is designated in many countries as a national holiday. International Women's Day is a time for women around the world to commemorate their struggles and celebrate their achievements. The United Nations formally proclaimed March 8 International Women's Day in 1975. The roots of International Women's Day can be traced back to the struggles of women workers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Arlene Blum (b.1945)
Bio-Physical Chemist, Mountaineer, Environmental Activist (International)
Arlene Blum is best known for leading the first American, all-women’s ascent of Annapurna. Blum’s research was instrumental in banning Tris and Fyrol, two cancer-causing chemicals used as flame retardants on children’s sleepwear, and the pesticide DBCP. Today, Blum is fighting the use of flame retardants in every-day products such as upholstered furniture. She is the author ofBreaking Trail: A Climbing Life.
http://www.arleneblum.com/, http://greensciencepolicy.org/, http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2007/06/27/AM200706273.html
Helen Caldicott (b.1938)
Physician, Author, Speaker (International)
Helen Caldicott, physician, pacifist, and anti-nuclear activist, has worked for over 35 years to educate the international community on the medical and environmental hazards of the nuclear age. As “the single most articulate and passionate advocate of citizen action to remedy the nuclear and environmental crises,” Dr. Caldicott was named by The Smithsonian Institute as one of the most influential women of the 20th Century. www.helencaldicott.com
Madie Collins (b.1950s)
Founder of P.A.W. Animal Sanctuary (Belize)
In 2003, Madi gave up her corporate job in New York to return to her native community of Caye Caulker, Belize in 2003. Beginning with caring for one, sickly, abandoned cat, Ms. Collins became determined to help all the island’s cats. Facing mountains of obstacles, lack of funds, and opposition from people, she was able to accomplish her dream of establishing a cat sanctuary. www.pawanimalsanctuarybelize.com
Betsy Damon (Artist)
United States China
Betsy Damon, an environmental artist and activist focusing on water, is a practical visionary and founder of Keepers of the Waters (in1991) which supports collaborations between artists, scientists, and citizens to restore, preserve, and remediate their water sources. The Living Water Garden ( Chengdu) and the Olympic Forest Park ( Beijing) are two of her most well known projects. http://www.keepersofthewaters.org/_ http://ecocity.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/featured-presenter-betsy-damon/
http://www.researchchannel.org/prog/displayevent.aspx?rID=2045
Jane Goodall (b.1934)
Wildlife Researcher, Educator , and Conservationist. (Great Britain Africa USA)
A young Jane Goodall went to Africa to study chimpanzees and soon became their leading crusader. Her research work expanded to include numerous conservation efforts in Africa and worldwide. Her global nonprofit Institute empowers people to make a difference for all living things, by creating healthy ecosystems, promoting sustainable livelihoods and nurturing new generations of committed, active citizens. www.janegoodall.org
Amy Goodman (b. 1957)
Journalist (USA International )
As a journalist for Democracy Now Amy Goodman has interviewed leaders throughout the world about the pressing issues of war and peace as well as global warming and its related impact. Coverage of war and peace as well as human rights movements have caused her to brave some of the most intense world crises. Her goal as a journalist is inform her audience about the threats to the planet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Goodman
Sharon Rose Matola
b.1954
Conservationist
Maryland Florida International
Sharon Matola worked in Belize where she became the prime mover in arousing consciousness of citizens and the Belize government to the fears of extinction of the country’s wildlife and removal of wilderness areas. In 1991, she was founder and director of the Belize Zoo, which uses the zoo’s wildlife preservation area to save at least 4 tapir species which faced extinction.
Agnes Baker Pilgrim
b.1924-
Siletz Tribal Member
Grandmother Agnes Baker Pilgrim is one of the 13 Indigenous Grandmothers who are part of a global alliance; to work together to serve both their common goals and their specific local concerns. Their traditional ways link them with the forces of the earth. Their solidarity with one another creates a web to rebalance the injustices wrought from an imbalanced world. The International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers
http://www.grandmotherscouncil.com/
Val Plumwood
1939-2008
Eco-Feminist Philosopher
Australia International
Val Plumwood was highly influential in defining and promoting a feminist environmental philosophy. She was an inspiring role model whose work and life embodied the principles of honor and respect for the environment. Her classic work, Feminism and the Mastery of Nature is essential reading to understand the cultural, historical, and philosophical issues involved in the environmental crisis that threatens our survival. www.Valplumwood.com
Sister Dorothy Stang, SNDdeN
1931 –2005
Educator, Activist, Environmentalist
Brazil
Sister Dorothy Stang, who was an American nun murdered in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest because she opposed the illegal loggers and cattle ranchers who were clear cutting the forest for pasture. Sister Stang was an educator and activist, who worked tirelessly for the right of poor farmers to acquire land for sustainable farming. After her death Brazil increased its protection of its rainforest.
http://ncrcafe.org/node/1356
www.imdb.com/name/nm3186436/ bio
Lillian Wald
1867-1940
Mother of Public Health Nursing & Pioneering Social Worker
International
In 1893, when NYC’s Lower East Side was the world’s most crowded slum, Lillian Wald founded Visiting Nurse Service of New York, becoming the “mother of public health nursing.” Recognizing needs of the urban poor that eclipsed health care, Wald added social services. She fought child labor and helped secure creation of the federal Children's Bureau. Wald was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 1993. Learn more.
Janice S. Wiles (b. 1956)
Executive Director, Friends of Frederick County ( Maryland) Programs of Land and Cultural Preservation Fund, Inc.
Brazil Maryland
In 1984, when a fledgling Brazilian democracy opened the door to free speech and organization, Janice Wiles provided support and guidance for Brazilians about managing and conserving natural resources. Today, many of those young conservationists hold positions of national leadership. In Frederick County, MD, Janice leads a grassroots movement encouraging sustainable growth, preservation governance and citizen involvement in decision-making.
http://www.friendsoffrederickcounty.org
http://www.we-draw-the-line.org
Sources, and for more information: National Women’s History Project www.nwhp.org http://www.labour.gov.sk.ca/ and www.internationalwomensday.com
- Women''s History Month daily posting: Gillian Christie, Mary Cleave, Hillary Clinton
March is National Women’s History Month. Throughout the month, we are honoring Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet with profiles on our E-Bulletin Board and Web site of women who have taken the lead in the environmental or "green" movement.
Gillian Christie
President and Owner of Christie Communications (California)
As CEO of Christie Communications, a full-service, organic marketing company exclusively helping ethical businesses, socially conscious organizations and charities broaden their impact through effective communication services, Gillian Christie has been helping organizations make peace profitable. The agency’s non-profit arm, Christie CommUnity Foundation, helps businesses partner with developing nations to facilitate growth, health and economic prosperity in communities such as Sudan, Sri Lanka and Rwanda. www.christiecomm.com
Mary Cleave (b.1947)
Environmental Engineer and Astronaut
New York District of Columbia
Dr. Cleave was a mission specialist at NASA and flew on space flights in 1985 and 1989. Her extensive research is in the field of soil and water pollution with a special focus on the need for minimum river flow to help maintain certain game fish. She served as NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission and also managed NASA’s Ocean Color Satellite Program in Washington, DC.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_L._Cleave
Hillary Rodham Clinton (b. 1947)
Secretary of State (New York USA)
While serving in the United States Senate, Senator Clinton worked to secure federal legislation to protect the environment both on the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee and as the senior Democrat on the Fisheries, Wildlife and Water subcommittee. She co-sponsored the Petroleum Consumer Price Gouging Protection Act and Close the Enron Loophole Act to enable the President to declare an energy emergency and trigger federal gouging protections. http://www.ontheissues.org/hillary_clinton.htm#Environment
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hillary_Rodham_Clinton
Source, and for more information:
National Women’s History Project www.nwhp.org
- 51%
3/6/09 @ 12-12:30 p.m. 91.3 FM Tri States Public Radio. 51% takes a serious & intelligent look at society's impact on women & their impact on society. Topic: Darfur; Gynuity; & more
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In America, women make up more than half the population. Worldwide, women are expected to outnumber men within the next 50 years. And every issue we face is one that affects us all. Whether it’s the environment, health, our children, politics or the arts, there’s a women’s perspective, and 51% is a radio program dedicated to that viewpoint.
Host Susan Barnett talks to experts in their field for a wide-ranging, entertaining discussion of issues that not only fall into the traditional ‘women’s issues’ category, but topics that concern us all as human beings and citizens of the global community.
Broadcast of 51% on WIUM 91.3 FM is underwritten by the Western Organization for Women (WOW).
Here is this week's information on 51% # 1025
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According to a UN Commission, one in three women will be beaten or sexually abused during her lifetime. Women are often the population’s most at risk in times of hardship. The economy collapses - violence against women increases. War breaks out - violence against women increases. In the Sudan, the Darfur region has gotten international attention. This year, the Save Darfur coalition and the US Holocaust museum co-sponsored a forum to bring attention to the plight of women in Darfur. Since Darfur rebels began their fight against Sudan's government in 2003, agencies have reported hundreds of rapes, but experts suspect that's just the tip of the iceberg. With barriers to prosecuting men for rape and a lack of law and order, women and girls have been singled-out for sexual violence.
Correspondent Laura Iiyama has more from Washington:
5:04 Darfur - Iiyama
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Coming up, women taking charge of business in one African nation.
If you missed part of our show, you can listen to 51% anytime. Just download our podcast at wamc.org or call 1-800-323-9262 to order a CD - you'll need to know the program number. This week's show is #1025. (6:59)
From the Sudan, travel southwest toward the Indian Ocean. Somaliland declared itself independent from Somalia seventeen years ago. But not a single other country has ever formally recognized it as a bonafide nation...meaning it’s ineligible for international aid or loans. That may be because 90 percent of men in the capital of Somaliland are out of work. But Richard Lough reports that the marketplace bustles with activity - because it's the women who run the businesses.
5:44 Women in Economy - PRX
This piece originally aired on the World Vision Report.
According to a World Health Organization study, the risk of an African woman dying in childbirth in the year 2000 was one in 20. In Eastern Asia, that statistic was one in 840. One organization involved in a global effort to make modern reproductive-related medicines available in developing countries is Gynuity. President Beverly Winikoff says Gynuity's goal is to make modern medicine available to women in a woman-friendly environment.
2:20 Winikoff - Barnett
The organization is Gynuity, and President Beverly Winikoff says the goal is to improve overall health care for women. You can find out more at g-y-n-u-i-t-y dot org.
Next we travel further south to a country that borders South Africa - a country that is splintering apart. The Committee to Protect Journalists this year gave its lifetime achievement award to a prominent human rights attorney in Zimbabwe...a woman who stands between reporters and attempts by the Mugabe regime to shut them down. Laura Iiyama is back with a conversation with Beatrice Mtetwa.
5:23 Mtetwa - Iiyama
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That's it for this edition of 51%
Thanks for listening. If you have any comments about today's program or ideas for future shows, please email me at sbarnett@wamc.org.
For 51%, I'm Susan Barnett.
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Tune to 51% weekly throughout the U. S. on public and community radio stations, some ABC Radio Network stations, Armed Forces Radio stations around the world and on the Internet.
Susan Barnett, producer and host of 51%, is an award winning veteran journalist whose career has included anchoring and producing television news, radio news, writing for magazines and authoring a weekly column for an online newspaper. She’s a published fiction writer and an aspiring hobo. She lives in Woodstock, NY.
51%- The Women’s Perspective. It’s not just for women.
- Women''s History Month daily posting: Barbara K. Byrd , Pamela S. Chasek, Lynne Cherry
March is National Women’s History Month. Throughout the month, we are honoring Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet with profiles on our E-Bulletin Board and Web site of women who have taken the lead in the environmental or "green" movement.
Barbara K. Byrd (b. 1949)
State Secretary of the Oregon AFL-CIO (Oregon)
Barbara Byrd coordinates the Oregon Apollo Alliance, a labor-business-environmental coalition that promotes clean energy and good jobs. In 2007, she attended the United Nations Climate Change Convention in Bali, Indonesia. Her participation in the first labor delegation to the Western Climate Initiative stakeholder meetings in 2008 which resulted in documenting labor’s stake in the climate change.
http://www.bcfed.ca/node/1279
http://www.nwlaborpress.org/2007/5-18-07Apollo.html
Pamela S. Chasek, Ph.D (b.1961)
Founder and Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin (New York)
Pamela S. Chasek has for 22 years demonstrated her passionate commitment to working to save the planet in her writing and in her work planning a climate change awareness campaign for the National Wildlife Foundation in the 1980’s. She founded the Earth Negotiations Bulletin in1992, created an environmental studies major at Manhattan College, and continues working each day to create a green campus. http://www.unu.edu/unupress/backlist/ab-globalenv.html
http://unjobs.org/authors/pamelachasek,
Lynne Cherry (b.1952)
Author, Environmental Appreciation and Education Books (Maryland)
Lynne Cherry is the author/illustrator of The Great Kapok Tree and thirty+ other award-winning children’s books that teach respect for the earth. Flute’s Journey: the Life of a Wood Thrush focused national media attention on conservation efforts to save the 60 acre Belt Woods in Md. when Lynne and students were featured on Sunday Morning News With Charles Osgood.
www.lynnecherry.com.
Source, and for more information: National Women’s History Project www.nwhp.org
- Women''s History Month daily posting: Rachel Binah , Jenny Blaker , Margrett Boley
March is National Women’s History Month. Throughout the month, we are honoring Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet with profiles on our E-Bulletin Board and Web site of women who have taken the lead in the environmental or "green" movement.
Rachel Binah (b. 1942)
Community Activist (California)
Rachel Binah mobilized her Fort Bragg in California community to stop oil drilling off California’s North Coast. Federal hearings were attended by 5000 people with 1400 signed up to testify! As Chair Emeritus of California Democratic Party’s Environmental Caucus, and Democratic National Committeewoman, Rachel continues to advocate for Earth’s environment, alternative energy, and ocean protection to Democratic candidates, elected officials.
www.environmentalcaucus.org
Jenny Blaker (b. 1955)
Outreach Coordinator, Cotati Creek Critters (California)
As Outreach Coordinator for the Cotati Creek Critters (CCC) in Cotati, California, Jenny Blaker has involved hundreds of volunteers in planting a mile of native trees and shrubs alongside the city’s Laguna de Santa Rosa waterway. CCC’s community education program has helped to raise awareness and nurture a sense of environmental stewardship. Although Ms. Blaker is a British national, she was awarded the Cotati Citizen of the Year Award, 2007. www.CotatiCreekCritters.info
Margrett (“Gretta”) Boley
Forest Supervisor, Kisatchie National Forest (Louisiana)
Superintendent Boley was first in the region to implement Biomass Plant which produces energy from wood chips for district office, parking lot lighting and other energy needs. A leader and role model in reducing the carbon footprint, she began an office campaign for recycling paper, batteries, disposal of tree marking paint, oil, other items that are harming the environment.
Additional information can be obtained from the public information officer, Jim Caldwell, Kisatchie National Forest, (318) 473-7160, ext. 7168
Source, and for more information: National Women’s History Project www.nwhp.org
- Women''s History Month daily posting: Stephanie Avery, Mollie Beattie, Rebecca Bell
March is National Women’s History Month. Throughout the month, we are honoring Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet with profiles on our E-Bulletin Board and Web site of women who have taken the lead in the environmental or "green" movement.
Stephanie Avery (b. 1975)
Director of Special Projects, YWCA of the Lower Cape Fear and Leave No Trace Master Educator (North Carolina)
Ms. Avery developed ECO CAMPS on YWCA property. She personally built nature trails through the wetlands using the best practices of “Leave No Trace,” spearheaded the identification of the flora and fauna, and created a tent classroom. She continues her work in conducting workshops and running ongoing ECO CAMPS and striving to help the community form habits to protect and preserve the environment.
www.ywca-lowercapefear.org
Mollie Beattie (1947 – 1996)
Forester, Conservationist and Government Official (Vermont)
Mollie Beattie was the first woman to head the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, which enforces wildlife laws and administers the Endangered Species Act. Beattie oversaw the successful reintroduction of the gray wolf into northern Rocky Mountains. To recognize her extraordinary work in the field of conservation, Congress named a wilderness area in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in her honor. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980CE0D61239F93AA15755C0A960958260
Rebecca Bell (b.1953)
Environmental Education Specialist (Maryland)
Rebecca Bell has provided outstanding leadership in embedding environmental issues into the Maryland State curriculum for all public schools. Honored as the Maryland Middle School Science Teacher of the Year, Ms. Bell was selected in 2008 to participate in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Teacher at Sea program to help scientists monitor changing ecosystem. Rebecca also serves on the Governor’s Climate Change Commission. http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/programs/environment
http://teacheratsea.noaa.gov/bell/index/html
Source, and for more information: National Women’s History Project www.nwhp.org
- Women''s History Month daily posting: Wendy Abrams, Mary Arlene Appelhof, Roswitha Augusta
March is National Women’s History Month. Throughout the month, we're honoring Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet with profiles on our E-Bulletin Board and Web site of women who have taken the lead in the environmental or "green" movement.
Wendy Abrams (b. 1965)
Founder and President of Cool Globes
Illinois USA)
Wendy Abrams founded Cool Globes, a non-profit organization established to raise awareness of global warming, and to inspire individuals and community leaders to embrace solutions. She also demonstrates her commitment to a healthy environment a member of the National Council of Environmental Defense, the National Board of the Union of Concerned Scientists and the National Resources Defense Council C4 Action Fund.
http://www.coolglobes.com/
http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=36351
Mary Arlene Appelhof (1936 –2005)
Biologist, Worm Farmer, Educator, Publisher,
and Environmentalist (Michigan)
Mary Appelhof advocated using the lowly earthworm to recycle food waste into usable fertilizer. In the early 1970s she turned her basement worm container into a career designing composting bins, marketing worms, and authoring Worms Eat My Garbage. As “Worm Woman,” she introduced thousands of schoolchildren and home gardeners to the fascinating, environmentally-significant activity of vermicomposting. http://www.wormwoman.com/acatalog/index.html
http://www.emilycompost.com/mary_appelhof.htm
Roswitha Augusta
Entrepreneur, Filmmaker (Maryland)
Roswitha Augusta, is an entrepreneur, naturalist, and environmental filmmaker. In 1980, she established Augusta Properties, an apartment management company. Her profound love of nature prompted her to learn filmmaking and produce the award winning documentary, Preserving the Future, about the conflict between preserving our environment and urbanization. Additionally, she hosts a cable television program about local environmental issues. http://www.gazette.net/gazette_archive/2000/200036/rockville/news/24498-1.html
Source, and for more information: National Women’s History Project www.nwhp.org
- Women''s History Month daily posting: Rachel Carson
March is National Women’s History Month. Throughout the month, we will be honoring Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet with profiles on our E-Bulletin Board and Web site of women who have taken the lead in the environmental or "green" movement.
Rachel Carson (1907–1964)
Biologist, Pioneer Environmentalist
Rachel Carson, the founder of the contemporary environmental movement, is the iconic model of this year’s theme. Rachel Carson's work provides an admirable model for comparison. Carson's research and writings awakened worldwide concern for our environment. In 1962, Silent Spring, detailed the dangers of DDT and other pesticides. She warned that these chemicals contaminate humans, animals, and the entire "web of life." She wrote that "the central problem of our age has therefore become the contamination of [the] total environment." Considered very controversial at first, her ideas became the foundation of the modern environmental movement.
Source, and for more information:
National Women’s History Project www.nwhp.org
- Women''s History Month daily posting: National Women''s History Project
March is National Women’s History Month. Throughout the month, we will be honoring Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet with profiles on our E-Bulletin Board and Web site.
National Women’s History Project (NWHP)
The National Women's History Project is involved in many efforts to promote multicultural women's history. They produce organizing guides, curriculum units, posters and display sets, videos, and a range of delightful celebration supplies. They also coordinate the Women's History Network, conduct teacher training conferences, and supply materials to people wherever they live through a Women's History Catalog.
Multicultural American women are overlooked in most mainstream approaches to U.S. history, so the National Women’s History Project champions their accomplishments and leads the drive to write women back into history. Recognizing the achievements of women in all facets of life – science, community, government, literature, art, sports, medicine – has a huge impact on the development of self-respect and new opportunities for girls and young women.With an emphasis on positive role models and the importance of women from all backgrounds, the NWHP has developed a nationwide constituency of teachers, students, parents, public employees, businesses, organizations, and individuals who understand the critical link between knowing about historical women and making a positive difference in today’s world.
The NWHP is the catalyst, the content provider, the behind-the-scenes director of a myriad of activities promoting women as leaders and influential forces in our society. Over the past 25 years, the NWHP, founded in Santa Rosa, California, has established a nationwide presence as the number one resource for information and material about the unfolding roles of women in American history. The NWHP leads both local and national efforts, consults, publishes, distributes, inspires, advises, and networks with a wide variety of institutions and activists in the field.
Every year in March, the NWHP coordinates observances of National Women’s History Month throughout the country. The NWHP originated this widely recognized celebration and sets the annual theme, produces educational materials, and chooses particular women to honor nationally for their work. Women’s History Month programs, community events, plays, essay contests, and related projects often have wide-ranging effects.
Every year the NWHP, in conjunction with academic institutions, holds workshops and conferences that highlight the role of women in particular areas, such as the Women of the West. These collaborative symposiums provide important opportunities for sharing research and stories about women’s roles, struggles, and successes today and throughout our history.
The NWHP also operates an award-winning web site, which makes information about women available and widely accessible. The site, www.nwhp.org, attracted over one million visitors last year making it the leading destination of its kind. Ongoing expansion and updating keep the site relevant and easy for students, journalists, and anyone else to use. Materials can also be ordered through the NWHP’s extensive online store.
In our own personal lives, the NWHP encourages discovering stories about our mothers, grandmothers, and great grandmothers to help us better understand their lives, the challenges they faced, and ultimately, ourselves and our own times. Recognizing the dignity and accomplishments of women in our own families and those from other backgrounds leads to higher self-esteem among girls and greater respect among boys and men. The results can be remarkable, from greater achievement by girls in school to less violence against women, and more stable and cooperative communities.
In 2009, the National Women's History Project honors women who have taken the lead in the environmental or "green" movement. They are featuring Rachel Carson, the founder of the contemporary environmental movement, as the iconic model of the theme. Rachel Carson's work provides an admirable model for comparison.
This year, the NWHP is are recognizing one-hundred 2009 Honorees who demonstrate women's leadership in protecting the environment on a local, state, or national level. The 2009 Honorees are representative of women from across the country who have taken or are taking the lead to save our planet. The Honorees are scientists, engineers, business leaders, writers, filmmakers, conservationists, teachers, community organizers, religious or workplace leaders or others whose lives show exceptional vision and leadership to save our planet.
The brief biographies of the 2009 Honorees were submitted by the person who nominated the woman. Web referrals are also included to provide more information about each woman.
Source, and for more information: National Women’s History Project www.nwhp.org
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