voice of bainbridge

Patricia O'Connell Killen about the "none" zone

September 30: Religion and Public life in the Pacific Northwest: the "none" zone.
A very interesting presentation at Eagle Garbor Bookstore by authors Patricia O'Connell Killen (22 min) and James Wellman (22 min.
Followed by a Questions and Answers session (42 min).
More info:

about Patricia O'Connell Killen

about James Wellman
Your favorite bookstore's site: www.eagleharborbooks.com

David Engdahl about the Constitution

September 29: Sponsored by the Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Council, here is the first conference in the series The Constitution: an ongoing conversation, by Seattle University School of Law Pr David Engdahl (80 min).
More info: about David Engdahl
about The Constitution: an ongoing conversation

Stampp Corbin about what to do with our "old" computers

September 28: What to do with our "old" computers?
Stampp Corbin CEO of Retrobox, a company he founded talks about the risks involved with the mismanagement of electronic products and how to reuse/recycle them.(8 min).
More info: www.retrobox.com

Gifford Pinchot about sustainable forestry

September 28: What is sustainable forestry? Gifford Pinchot introduced this session.
A few leafes for thought (6 min).

Town Hall Meeting

September 28: Recording of the first hour of the

Town Hall meeting for the central ward district of Bainbridge Island.
City Council members Debbie Vann and Bill Knobloch talk about the issues, listen to the comments of their constituents and answer their questions.
Click here for the recording of the second hour of the meeting

VinceMattson about the Transportation Study

September 28: During the Central Ward Town Hall meeting Vince Mattson explained how he found that the data used as a basis for the Islandwide Transportation Study concerning Highschool Road were -according to him- seriously flawed (8 min).
It appears that the number of units to be built was underestimated: 330 instead of already 699.

Interview with Charlotte Garrido

September 27: Interview with Charlotte Garrido Democratic Candidate for Kitsap County Commissioner, District 2 (23 min).
She talks about her reasons to run and her conception of local democracy.
Don't forget to vote!
More info: www.garrido2004.com

Hunter Lovins about profitable sustainability

September 27: Hunter Lovins President, Natural Capitalism, delivers the luncheon plenary presentation at the Profitable Sustainability Conference in Seattle(36 min): Natural capitalism, the key to competitiveness and prosperity.
Luncheon means forks, knifes and plates noises since she did not wear a lapel mike (our fault).
But this is (as usual with Hunter) a powerful speech.
The presentation was followed by a 2 minutes wrap up
and a questions and answers sessions(9 min).

More info: www.natcapinc.com
Hunter recommended Janine Benyus's book Biomimicry: innovation ispired by nature
The whole program of the conference

Announcement on the ferry

September 27: Announcement on the ferry

Michelle Costenaro about the TREE program

September 27: Michelle Costenaro talks about the Technical Resources for Engineering Efficiency (TREE), a free program of the Department of Ecology to help companies generate less waste and save money.(5 min).
More info: www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/hwtr/tree

Dana Berg at the High School

September 27: Dana Berg talks at the Bainbridge High School about bicycling (30 min).
The presentation to the students took place in the gym so the acoustics are ... like in a gym. More info: www.squeakywheels.org

Helen Thayer about Three among the wolves

September 23: Helen Thayer talks at Eagle Harbor Bookstore about her book, Three among the wolves: a couple and their dog live a year with wolves in the wild (67 min).
This was an amazing presentation and we hope you'll enjoy listening to it even without seeing the magnificent slides that came with it.
A great thanks to Eagle Harbor Bookstore for a great evening.
For more information:
Learn more about Helen, Bill and Dog Charlie
Your favorite bookstore's site: www.eagleharborbooks.com

Rainwater harvesting conference

September 23: Voice of Bainbridge attended the Rainwater Harvesting Conference at the Seattle Center.
Here are our recordings of the morning's speeches:
Welcome by Dick Lilly, Seattle Public Utility (6 min).
Keynote by Pr. Patrick Condon, University of British Columbia about the East Clayton Project: how to plan and build sustainable communities (28 min).
Mike Broili, Phinney Neighborhood Ass, introduces the panel about State and Local policy regulations and the first speaker is Dan Swenson, Washington State Department of Ecology (12 min).
Lynn Barker, Seattle Department of Planning and development (5 min).
Steve Deem, Washington State Department of Health (5 min).
Vicki Heater, San Juan County Department of Health (5 min).
Dave Cantrell, Seattle King County Public Health (5 min).
Dave Cantrell, Seattle King County Public Health (5 min).
Questions and answers (29 min).

Environment 2004 in Seattle

September 22: Environment 2004 invited Voice of Bainbridge to attend their Seattle launch event, featuring Bruce Babbitt, former US Secretary of Interior and many local candidates.
Here are our recordings of the speeches:
Jennifer Belcher, Former Commissioner of Public Lands (4 min).
Dave Ross, Democratic Candidate for 8th District Congressional Seat (4 min).
Mike Cooper, Democratic Candidate for Commissioner of Public Lands (5 min).
Deborah Senn, Democratic Candidate for Attorney General (6 min).
Mary Kay Becker, Candidate for State Supreme Court Justice Position 1 (5 min).
Mike Lowry, Former Governor (5 min)
Aimée Christensen, Environment 2004 Executive Director (8 min).
Bruce Babbitt, former US Secretary of Interior (14 min).
More info about Environment 2004

Andy Kosick

September 22: In our biketalk program, interview with our cyclist of the week Andy Kosick (12 min ).
Andy explains how he decided to start cycling again because he wanted to lose weight.
He did and he is now a master level cyclist, exercising every day.
More info about Euroracing.net , a favorite company of Andy that organizes bike racing trips in Europe.

Mark Seales about jazz

September 19: Jazz pianist and UW professor Mark Seales, speaking (and playing) about "Jazz and its historical place in America" at the Bainbridge Library Speakers Forum (56 min).
Unfortunately my batteries failed before the end of his talk.
More info about Mark and about his most recent record A time, a place, a journey

Laurie Valeriano about toxic flame retardants

September 18: From the recording of the conference "Out of Harm's way, protecting children's health", here is the presentation of Laurie Valeriano, Policy Director of the Washington Toxics Coalition (9 min).
The exhaustive recording of the conference will be posted later on.
More info about health risks associated with exposure to PVC, toxic flame retardants, etc:
Washington Toxics Coalition
www.noharm.org

Interview with Wayne Roth about KUOW

September 15: Interview with Wayne Roth, Executive Director of KUOW (45 min).
Wayne talked about the evolution of radio broadcasting from AM to FM, the present changes linked to the internet and the digital signals.
We discussed the local community needs, the programming limits of the traditional FM format and how internet and digital radios can contribute to a broader offer.
KUOW

Celebration of a new bikepath

September 14: Recording of the celebration of the "substantial completion" of new bicycle-pedestrian path, linking Bainbridge High School to Madison and New Brooklyn (18 min).
Speakers include representatives of the school district, Phil Rockefeller, Kathleen Davis of the Department of Transportation, Mayor Darlene Kordonowy and Dana Berg of Squeaky Wheels.
More info about the safe routes to schools program on the biking in Washington pages of the DOT site and Squeaky wheels.

Dana Berg: Ride your bicycle on Bainbridge

This is a recording of speech made by Dana Berg the President of Squeaky Wheels during the inauguration a a new bikepath near the High School on September 14 (4 min).
I find it excellent so I really wanted people to be able to listen to it easily.
That's why I have extracted it from the global recording.
Listen to Dana and ride your bike!
More info: Squeaky wheels.