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Brooklyn Borough Historian Ron Schweiger eats, sleeps and breathes all things Brooklyn. Did you know that Williamsburg used to be spelled with an H until the mid 1800s? Find out why it was dropped, and how the letter H now defines the new demographic associated with W’Burg. Can you say ‘Hipster’? Tune in and find out stuff you didn’t know about the many sides of Brooklyn, as it transformed through the centuries from barns to beer to bars! Green gossip included.
Phil and Mitch Margo of The Tokens — Brooklyn Boys — who are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the hit song The Lion Sleeps Tonight. Both Phil and Mitch are experienced writers, performers, producers and activists who deeply care about the planet.
#1226: Activists and Musicians Phil and Mitch Margo of the Tokens
Features Patrick Shane, Activist and member of the Occupy Wall Street press team.
Features Thelma Thomas, Artistic Director of Pearls of Wisdom, a program of Elders Share the Arts, based in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. She is also a founding member of the African Folks Heritage Circle and an extraordinary storyteller.
Features Ben Shuldiner, an educator, social activist, and founder and Principal of The Highschool for Public Service in Wingate, Brooklyn. The school serves as a flagship model for how sustainable practices interconnect with education in public school, and boasts a 10,000 sq. ft.vegetable farm on the front lawn in partnership with Green Guerillas and BK Farmyards.
Features Ken Gale, environmentalist, comic book afficionado and host of Eco-Logic on WBAI 99.5 FM in New York City.
Features Jeff Hittner, co-founder of Ethikus, an online community of ethical consumers and businesses, helping people discover ethical and sustainable shops in New York City, particularly small, local businesses.
Features Community Manager Mallory Sustick of Plovgh, a Brooklyn-based farmshare organization that connects farmers and consumers, allowing consumers to pick up their choice of farm-fresh foods in their neighborhood, the same day it was picked.
Features Peter Rugh, facilitator of the Occupy Wall Street Environmental Solidarity WorkGroup and chair of the action committee to shut down Indian Point nuclear plant.
Features Adam Friedman, Director of the Pratt Center for Community Development.
#1210: Adam Friedman of Pratt Center for Community Development
Features Kate Zadar of Newtown Creek Alliance and Phillip Musegaas, Hudson River Program Director for Riverkeeper.
#1209: Kate Zadar or Newtown Creek Alliance and Phillip Musegaas of Riverkeeper
Features Vaidila Kungys, co-founder of Ride The City, a website that helps you find safer bike routes in cities by avoiding roads that aren’t meant for biking and maximizing bike-friendly streets.
