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March is Peak Oil Month here at EcoReport, and Greg Travis is a member of our local peak oil task force. Travis paints a bleak picture of a world paralyzed by declining petroleum resources as our first guest in a special four-part series on Peak Oil. EcoReport is a weekly program providing independent media coverage of environmental and ecological issues with a focus on local, state and regional people, issues, and events in order to foster open discussion of human relationships with nature and the Earth and to encourage you to take personal responsibility for the world in which we live. Each program features timely eco-related headline news, a feature interview or event recording, and a calendar of events of interest to the environmentally conscious.

Blooomington already has a thriving community market and community gardens, so why not a community orchard? Bloomington native Amy Countryman is a single mom and a student at Indiana University’s School of Public And Environmental Affairs. She’s working with the city parks and rec department and urban forester Lee Huss to launch a public orchard, planted, maintained and harvested by the people of Bloomington. EcoReport is a weekly program providing independent media coverage of environmental and ecological issues with a focus on local, state and regional people, issues, and events in order to foster open discussion of human relationships with nature and the Earth and to encourage you to take personal responsibility for the world in which we live. Each program features timely eco-related headline news, a feature interview or event recording, and a calendar of events of interest to the environmentally conscious.

Kerwin Olson is an activist with Indiana’s Citizens Action Coalition. The CAC is fighting a new state bill that could give corporations the right to force purchases of private property for a pipeline that would carry CO2 emissions from Indiana coal plants. EcoReport is a weekly program providing independent media coverage of environmental and ecological issues with a focus on local, state and regional people, issues, and events in order to foster open discussion of human relationships with nature and the Earth and to encourage you to take personal responsibility for the world in which we live. Each program features timely eco-related headline news, a feature interview or event recording, and a calendar of events of interest to the environmentally conscious.

Joel Salatin is the irreverent and passionate voice heard in Michael Pollan's bestseller “The Omnivore's Dilemma”. This Virginia farmer and food activist runs Polyface Farm and was keynote speaker at the recent Bloomington Eats Green conference. Salatin talks about healing the land, healing the food, and healing our culture in a WFHB radio exclusive. EcoReport is a weekly program providing independent media coverage of environmental and ecological issues with a focus on local, state and regional people, issues, and events in order to foster open discussion of human relationships with nature and the Earth and to encourage you to take personal responsibility for the world in which we live. Each program features timely eco-related headline news, a feature interview or event recording, and a calendar of events of interest to the environmentally conscious.

The Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival is the largest festival of its kind, showcasing films that tell a story about our planet. The festival is on tour to inspire activism in communities like Bloomington, where the featured films will focus on the theme of food. The Indiana Forest Alliance is coordinating the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival in Bloomington on February 25, and IFA director Rhonda Baird joins us in the studio as our guest this week on EcoReport, a weekly program providing independent media coverage of environmental and ecological issues with a focus on local, state and regional people, issues, and events in order to foster open discussion of human relationships with nature and the Earth and to encourage you to take personal responsibility for the world in which we live.

A coalition of environmental organizations say Indiana pollution rules don’t meet Clean Water Act standards and are asking the Environmental Protection Agency to intervene. The Hoosier Environmental Council, the Sierra Club Hoosier Chapter and the Environmental Law & Policy Center have submitted a petition that asks the EPA to correct serious flaws in the Indiana water pollution control program, administered by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. Indiana has failed to adopt “antidegradation” rules that are a fundamental part of the Clean Water Act, designed to prevent new or expanded sources of pollution from degrading Indiana’s rivers, lakes and streams. Though this requirement has been part of the Clean Water Act for decades, Indiana has never implemented it.

Diana Leafe Christian is author of “Creating a Life Together: Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages and Intentional Communities”. Christian was the keynote speaker at Bloomington’s latest Simply Living Fair, speaking on the concept of the “ecovillage” or “intentional community”. Diana says our community is perfect for development of the ecovillage model. Find out what it is and what is does in a WFHB exclusive. EcoReport is a weekly program providing independent media coverage of environmental and ecological issues with a focus on local, state and regional people, issues, and events in order to foster open discussion of human relationships with nature and the Earth and to encourage you to take personal responsibility for the world in which we live. Each program features timely eco-related headline news, a feature interview or event recording, and a calendar of events of interest to the environmentally conscious.

Lee Jones is a Bloomington resident and longtime organic farmer. She is also the administrative assistant to the Director of Utilities for the City of Bloomington. Lee explains how CBU landscaped their grounds to provide food, shelter, water and places for native wildlife to raise their young as our guest this week on EcoReport, a weekly program providing independent media coverage of environmental and ecological issues with a focus on local, state and regional people, issues, and events in order to foster open discussion of human relationships with nature and the Earth and to encourage you to take personal responsibility for the world in which we live. Each program features timely eco-related headline news, a feature interview or event recording, and a calendar of events of interest to the environmentally conscious.

The Southern Indiana Renewable Energy Network has launched an Energy Showdown for 2010, offering prizes to Monroe County households that go green this year. All local residents are invited to take the challenge and see if YOU can reduce your energy consumption. Prizes will be awarded at the end of each three-month interval, and the household with the greatest energy savings for the year wins the grand prize, a solar panel photovoltaic system. Contest organizer Jack Urrutia joins us in the studio as our guest this week on EcoReport, a weekly program providing independent media coverage of environmental and ecological issues with a focus on local, state and regional people, issues, and events in order to foster open discussion of human relationships with nature and the Earth and to encourage you to take personal responsibility for the world in which we live.

The Raging Grannies are old ladies who sing their hearts out about the environment and anything else that bugs them. In a special Christmas edition of EcoReport, producer Lucille Bertuccio spends the entire show with the Grannies talking about activism and singing music with a message. EcoReport is a weekly program providing independent media coverage of environmental and ecological issues with a focus on local, state and regional people, issues, and events in order to foster open discussion of human relationships with nature and the Earth and to encourage you to take personal responsibility for the world in which we live. Each program features timely eco-related headline news, a feature interview or event recording, and a calendar of events of interest to the environmentally conscious.