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Story Workshop Spring 2013: Listening Event

admin — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:34:13 +0000

Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 7 p.m., Redfield Hall, Woods Hole, MA

Nine Transom Story Workshop students have spent eight weeks learning the craft of telling stories with sound. Join us for a public listening event on Thursday, May 23rd at 7:00 at Redfield Hall, 57 Water Street, in Woods Hole, to celebrate their work and ask them questions. It’s free.

The listening event will precede a brief graduation ceremony and the public is urged to join us in applauding the students of the Spring 2013 Transom Story Workshop.

Learn more about the Transom Story Workshop at transom.org:
http://transom.org/?page_id=32517

APM Completes Google Earth Monarch Tour

admin — Sat, 11 May 2013 05:24:52 +0000

A Mating Pair of Monarch Butterflies - Karen Hanson

APM, working in conjunction with scientist/reporter Ari Daniel Shapiro and biologist Eduardo Garcia‐Milagros, was awarded a second Google Outreach Developer Grant. The 2012 grant was used to produce a Google Earth tour for One Species at a Time: Stories of Biodiversity on the Move.

The Google Earth tour tells the story of the migration of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus), and of the scientists and citizens who study and help them during their increasingly threatened journey. Use of the Google Earth tour interface enhances our explanation of the monarch life cycle, why and where the butterflies migrate, and the anthropogenic threats facing the butterflies.

The tour includes interviews with biologist Karen Oberhauser, who studies the butterfly’s biology and conservation, and runs the Monarch Larva Monitoring Project, and María Isabel Ramírez, a researcher based at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in Mexico City who monitors the quality of the Mexican forests where monarchs overwinter. We also include a handful of citizen science projects in North America centered on monarch butterfly monitoring.

Photographs, videos, custom music, and animation were incorporated into our tour to introduce viewers to the butterflies, the problems they face, and the people trying to save them.

Visit our Google Earth Tours page to view our previous tours from One Species at a Time and learn more.

Hunting for watercress in the Herring River

admin — Thu, 09 May 2013 17:48:25 +0000

Watercress was introduced to North America hundreds of years ago by European settlers. This week on the Local Food Report, Elspeth goes foraging for the edible aquatic green in the Herring River in Wellfleet.

Foraging for a green that stings? Nettles in the kitchen

admin — Thu, 02 May 2013 18:08:17 +0000

Most people think of stinging nettles as an obnoxious—and painful—weed. But this week on the Local Food Report, Falmouth resident Fiamma Straneo takes Elspeth foraging for stinging nettles and remembers nettle recipes from her childhood in Italy.

A Slow-Rise Bread with an Unusual Local Grain

admin — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:55:35 +0000

Spelt is an ancient grain—a hybrid of regular bread wheat and another wheat variety called farro or emmer. On the Local Food Report, Elspeth Hay talks with Ed Miller of Wellfleet about a slow-rise spelt bread made with locally grown grain.

“Walking Across America: Advice for a Young Man”

admin — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:00:09 +0000

Andrew Forsthoefel. Photo by Andrew’s mom.

TRANSOM.org presented a public listening event April 3, at the Community Hall in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The house was packed, standing room only, with a lively question and answer session following the program.

Jay Allison introduced the evening’s special guest, co-producer Andrew Forsthoefel, who set out at age 23 to walk across America, east to west, 4000 miles, with a sign on him that said, “Walking to Listen.”

This hour-long documentary for public radio, co-produced with Jay Allison and TRANSOM.org, tracks his epic journey.

It’s a coming of age story, and a portrait of this country – big-hearted, wild, innocent, and wise.

To hear the program:
http://transom.org/?p=33988

To license the program:
http://www.prx.org/pieces/94630-walking-across-america-advice-for-a-young-man

For more information: 508-548-5527 x 0 or info@transom.org.

Cusk—a groundfish species with little demand, still in decline

admin — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:34:08 +0000

You don’t often see cusk in local fish markets. On the Local Food Report this week, Elspeth Hay learns about this unusual species of groundfish. She delves into where it lives, how it’s caught, and why despite a lack of demand, cusk populations are still in decline.

Transom Story Workshop

admin — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 07:13:07 +0000

The Spring 2013 Transom Story Workshop session began April 1 and will end with a public listening event on May 23. The application for the Fall 2013 opened April 4 and the deadline for application submission is May 31.

Transom Story Workshop Students, Spring 2013

Learn more at transom.org:
http://transom.org/?page_id=32517

Getting a start in the veggie garden

admin — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 23:44:54 +0000

This week, Elspeth talks with two farmers from Truro about what they’re doing to get ready for the upcoming growing season.

A Resort Tries Farm to Table on Cape Cod

admin — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:34:48 +0000

This week, Elspeth talks with two farmers and two chefs working for a Cape Cod resort trying to grow its own food.