04.11.2011 | Energy, Budgets, Birds

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Join us for the debut of IHIH’s newest co-​​hosts Laura (Lolo Smith) and Kat (Superfly) Superfisky!

Kerry Duggan, Senior Advisor, Legislative Affairs, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy joins us to hype the April 21-​​22nd workshop held in the Michigan League entitled: Revitalizing Innovation in Michigan for Clean Energy Manufacturing Click on the workshop title to register!

Jesse Worker joins us from Flint, MI to chat energy effi­ciency upgrades and eval­u­ating project performance!

Rachel Chadderdon tells us what’s in season in the Denver region!

And last, but never least, Ashley Lowe gives us some sound advice on managing our personal finances!

03.14.2011 | $hare the Love: IHIH Fundrai$er

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Get in$pired, pick up the phone and pledge your donation @ 734.763.3500. Or, donate online here!

Bonu$ Alert: Your donation get$ you some $uper cool WCBN $wag.

01.31.2011 | Ann Arbor Reskilling Festival

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Want to feel more sat­is­fied in your day-​​to-​​day?  Always been curious about home funerals/​permaculture/​meditation/​bread-​​yogurt-​​kombucha-​​making/​wild winter medicines/​getting your garden going, et al?

Then listen in as we talk skillz, sat­is­fac­tion and com­mu­nity with a few good folks from the Ann Arbor Winter 2011 Reskilling Festival. The eloquent and ever-​​lively Laura Smith of AA Reskill/​Transition Ann Arbor/​UM joins us live from the WCBN studios.  And as if by magic, Jeanne Mackey, founding member of Transition Ann Arbor, and Merilynne Rush of After Death Home Care join us by phone.

Ready to discover your Reskills? (We sure are!) Mark your cal­en­dars for this Saturday, February 5th. Consult the Reskilling Festival Schedule. And head on down to the Rudolf Steiner High School, 2230 Pontiac Trail, Ann Arbor, MI, this Saturday, February 5th, ANYTIME from 10–4.

Can’t make it? Not to worry! Visit the AA Reskill blog for details on upcoming Wednesday Reskilling Workshops!

11.29.2010 | Getting Fresh in Detroit

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Noam Kimelman of Get Fresh Detroit joins us in the studio to talk about food access in Detroit and his new ini­tia­tive to put fresh fruits and veg­eta­bles in corner stores all over the city. Then we get a call from Jeff who blogs for mlivein Detroit. It’s a good time.

11.22.2010 | Hello Wello

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We’re joined in the studio by Cynthia Koenig of Wello, a social venture com­mitted to bringing safe, potable water to the people who need it most.  Guest co-​​host Emily Plews helps us figure out why grat­i­tude is so healthy and whykeeping your mind from wan­dering keeps you happier.  Plus a call-​​in from Gina, mystery tunes from DJ Local, a full season of food politics, and an all-​​around feel-​​good time — take a listen, why don’t you?

More resources about water from Cynthia:

sarvajal​.com — a quickly-​​scaling water outlet serving India

water​.org — for back­ground info on the growing world water crisis

Follow Wello on Twitter: @wellowater