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  • episode 22 - Maine Youth for Climate Justice and 350Maine

    8 MAY 2021 · Today we talk with Julia St Clair and Amy Eshoo and hear how Maine Youth for Climate Justice and 350Maine are working together.
    30m 46s
  • episode 21 - Poetry for Earth Day

    27 APR 2021 · On Earth Day the Natural Resources Council of Maine teamed up with the Telling Room for an afternoon webinar showcasing inspirational environmental poetry written by Maine youth moderated by Samaa Abdurraqib. Here are the young Maine poets reading their original poems plus a poem from Samaa and a poem and an Earth Day message from Governor Mills. In the second half of the show we hear from Peter Dugas, KC Hughs and Peter Munroe talking about the Citizens Climate Lobby.
    30m 49s
  • episode 20 - Pine Tree Amendment part 2 - Do you have a right to a healthy environment?

    2 APR 2021 · You have a right to free speech and the right to own a gun, but a right to clean air, land and water? You may be surprised to hear the answer in our conversation with the women behind the Pine Tree Amendment: Andy Burt and Michelle Henkin along with Maya van Rossum, author of The Green Amendment and the founder of Green Amendments For The Generations. This is part 2 of 2 episodes on the Pine Tree Amendment. Later in the episode we will hear the new single from Percy Hill.
    29m 33s
  • epiosode 19 - Pine Tree Amendment Part 1: Do you have the right to clean air & water?

    28 MAR 2021 · You have a right to free speech and the right to own a gun, but a right to clean air, land and water? You may be surprised to hear the answer in our conversation with the women behind the Pine Tree Amendment: Andy Burt and Michelle Henkin along with Maya van Rossum, author of The Green Amendment and the founder of Green Amendments For The Generations. This is part 1 of 2 episodes on the Pine Tree Amendment.
    30m 32s
  • episode 18: Behind the Scenes at WMPG

    21 MAR 2021 · Today we take you behind the scenes at WMPG and talk with Dale Robin Goodman, Jessica Lockhart and Jim Rand….
    30m 26s
  • episode 17 - NRCM vs CMP

    5 MAR 2021 · Sue Ely, Climate and Clean Energy Policy Advocate and staff attorney for the Natural Resources Council of Maine explains why NRCM believes Central Maine Power’s 145 mile high voltage transmission line, a project planning to carve a 150 wide path through the Maine North woods in order to transfer Canadian hydro power to Massachusetts is a bad deal for Maine.
    30m 7s
  • episode 16 - Facing Climate Change and Racism at USM

    7 FEB 2021 · A conversation with USM faculty members Aaron Witham, Assistant Director of Facilities Management for Sustainability and William Johnson, Director of Intercultural Student Engagement.
    30m 49s
  • episode 15

    29 JAN 2021 · Fridays for Future and a Conversation about Racism Heloise and Elisabeth, 8th graders from King Middle School in Portland are bringing attention to climate change Friday afternoons on the steps of City Hall. In the second half of the show we discuss how some religious communities in Portland are dealing with racism. Allen Ewing Merrill, executive director of the BTS Center (the organizational successor to Bangor Theological Seminary) in Portland; Reverend Ben Shambaugh, Dean of St Luke's Cathedral in Portland and Liz Parsons, an environmental activist and also a member of St Luke's Cathedral share their thoughts and experiences.
    30m 3s
  • episode 14

    23 JAN 2021 · The ethics of climate actions. Today we talk with Allen Ewing Merrill, executive director of the BTS Center (the organizational successor to Bangor Theological Seminary), Reverend Ben Shambaugh, Dean of St Luke's Cathedral in Portland and Liz Parsons, an environmental activist and also a member of St Luke's Cathedral.
    30m 20s
  • episode 13

    11 JAN 2021 · Changemakers
    30m 7s

Grit is a podcast on WMPG exploring how Mainers respond to challenges and issues like the coronavirus pandemic, racism and climate change through interviews and personal stories. grit: courage, backbone,...

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Grit is a podcast on WMPG exploring how Mainers respond to challenges and issues like the coronavirus pandemic, racism and climate change through interviews and personal stories.

grit: courage, backbone, spirit, moral fiber, toughness, tenacity,
gumption, guts, spunk.
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