12/29/2024
Listen this Wednesday 1/1/25 10am Eco-Logic radio show on WBAI 99.5 FM New York
ECO-LOGIC Wednesday, January 1, 2025 10am
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ALEXEI KONDRATIEV:
CYCLES OF NATURE
Alexei Kondratiev was an amazing human being whom we want to share with you. He was a teacher on a wide variety of subjects, he was an anthropologist, a philosopher, a linguist who spoke more than 60 languages, he preserved endangered languages, an author of both fiction and non-fiction and loved by many. He was one of the foremost Celtic, Arthurian, and Tolkien scholars in the U.S. Alexei was a birder and a team leader in the Queens Christmas Bird Count. He also was an accomplished harpist.
On this episode of Eco-Logic, Alexei talked about how religions throughout the world this time of year follow natural cycles of Earth, specifically the Winter Solstice. We talked about various world cultures, the Western money economy's effect on Indigenous cultures, ways that we all are in touch with nature, the relationship between different "competing" religions, all kinds of stuff that we could fit into a one-hour show.
His amazing intellect is preserved for your enjoyment in this episode of Eco-Logic.
Our news pieces: Another court victory for Montana youth; report on local illegal oil dumping in Arthur Kill, NY/NJ; the attempt to create a Chesapeake Bay National Recreation Area; the difference between climate and weather.
As always, we have music for you, appropriate to the season: Charlie Murphy wrote and performs “Light is Returning”.
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Join us on Wednesday, Jan 8, 2025 at 10 am EDT. The Eco-Logic Collective members and friends will share environmental issues that moved them this year.
Eco-Logic's web site, www,ecoradio.org, has a lot of information. Get your environmental information here. Join our email list and our page so we can keep in touch! wbaiecologic (no dashes).
We’re on-air Wednesdays at 10 a.m., between the excellent programs, Covert Action Bulletin and Living for the City.
Give2wbai.org is where you can go to get Eco-Logic's DVDs, CDs and books. Get great information and entertainment and support our show – its a win-win! We have a new phone number for credit card donations: 833-WBAI-NYC (833-922-4692).
You may have noticed that we don’t talk about our thank you gifts on the air any more. Compliance now informs us we can’t do that during the show, but here we can chat freely.
We ask you to support the station by donating $25 for WBAI membership and also something more to support Eco-Logic and independent media. Please be generous!
From climate change to elections we have it all. In return we have thank-you gifts for you to choose from. Visit our site ecologic.wbai.org
Now that we're done with traditional holiday food, check out the recipes and stories in a thank you book we have for you, "From Scratch." It’s a travelogue that is based on a TV show, so it has tips about making the show as well as comments on the many global locations.
The international recipes were created by chefs to use local ingredients for which coauthor and TV host David Moscow (of the movie “Big” fame) foraged, hunted, and harvested.
The inspiration for the show was David Moscow realizing how disconnected wealthy urban people are from the sources of our food—how many city kids know where a potato grows?
Have you ever wondered about the source of our foods? How do fishers make a living with declining fish populations and environmental laws that can create problems for fishers In the short term, what is involved in foraging for mushrooms.
The book tackles environmental issues from the point of view of those who gather, farm, and hunt our food ingredients—how do we protect their livelihoods, the environment, and the animals as well.
We found it to be a captivating, compelling book and a great interview.
Reading it to prepare for the show with the authors was a treat. It's so interesting to learn the behind-the-scenes stuff about food ingredients, food preparation and TV. We learned details about the origin of pizza - if it's true that Italy got pizza from New York City, we wondered why is it called Neapolitan. Now we know. Get the book so you will know too. :-)
Check out the full show from Dec 13, 2023 https://wbai.org/archive/program/episode/?id=45589
Our Eco-Logic 4-CD set contains episodes covering four different environmental topics: Gas Drilling and Drinking Water (specifically including fracking), Bottled Water and the Plastic It Comes In (also discussing municipal drinking water), Demystifying the Electricity Grid, and Health Benefits of Indoor Plants (this disk also includes One Year after the BP Oil Spill with Carl Safina). Each of these is also available as an individual CD, but the set gives you information on a wide range of topics and is easy to share for the holidays. The full set is our gift to you when you donate $75 or more, or with a donation of $35 we’ll send you the single CD of your choice.
There is a package of 10 Eco-Logic DVDs for a $175 dollar donation! That includes Clearwater sail, Butterflies, Pope's Encyclical, Connect the Dots, Raging Grannies & Pete Seeger, Religion and Environment, Grassroots and National Organizing, Bees, Native American Water Protectors, and Nature 4 All/Birding While Black.
As you can see, we have many DVDs—you can choose one or more, or get the whole collection!. We also have many CDs and books. Take some of Eco-Logic home with you. Add some Eco-Logic to a loved one's life—just go to give2wbai.org and you can choose a gift for yourself or for the special people in your life—putting
Eco-Logic in the search box will bring up our selections.
Get in-depth knowledge by enjoying our DVDs, CDs, and books. Learn more and support Eco-Logic and WBAI at the same time. A thank you gift can be yours for a donation of $35 or more. We appreciate you supporting free speech radio and helping to keep us on the air.
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Ken Gale, Donna Stein, Sally Gellert, and Charlie Olson/TheEnvironmentTV
When the air or water are clean, thank an environmentalist. If not, become one! Nuff Said!
Happy New Year!
