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The Swannanoa Journal
The Swannanoa Journal is a radio broadcast produced by the Environmental Leadership Center of Warren Wilson College.
Director: Phillip Ray Gibson, 828-771-3781 or pgibson@warren-wilson.edu
Faculty Advisor: Catherine Reid, PhD., Undergraduate Writing
Student Work Crew: Kathryn Stewart and Jesse Goldsmith
This crew, along with two WWC writing courses, write and record articles pertaining to environmental issues. Two courses led by Catherine Reid, PhD and John Bowers, Communications Director of WWC contribute articles .
Production takes place at Asheville radio station WPVM. Swannanoa Journals are podcasted through Warren Wilson College's podcast program, as well on radio stations WPVM (Asheville) and WNCW (Spindale). The Swannanoa Journal began under the visionary leadership of retired ELC director John Huie, Ph.D.
Following are the archived Swannanoa Journal recordings.
Matt Byers, Lost Cove, North Carolina
Methamphetamine Labs - Environmental Implications
Chris Lininger, Flying Squirrels
Jess Goldsmith, Landslide Risks
Kathryn Stewart, Dogwood Alliance
Jess Goldsmith, Red Wolf Recovery
Kathryn Stewart, Anthropocene Prose Poem
Jess Goldsmith, Methamphetamine Contamination
Kathryn Stewart, Dogwood Alliance
Becoming a Bee Keeper by Phillip Ray Gibson
Jess Goldsmith, Anthropocene - A New Geological Epoch
Phillip Ray Gibson, Leadership Choices
Nora Purcell, Shorebird and Human Boundaries - A Reflection on Her Internship
Chris Lininger, PowerShift and Climate Change: A New Generation of Hope
Mikaela McAndrews-Davis, Waste to Treasure
Jess Goldsmith, The Water Bear
Vanessa Emery, Swannanoa Greenway
Kate Freeman, Riceville Farmer Market
Ashlee Robison, Article on Hemlock Wooly Adelgid and the use of Pesticides
Kathryn Stewart, The Connectedness of Meals
Katie Miller, Black Mountain Community Garden
Veronica Anderson, Losing Our Swimming Holes
Matthew Williams, Drought and Archeology
Chris Lininger, The Damming of Regional Rivers
Elizabeth Kinevygump, Disappearance of White-tailed Deer
Leah Cameron, Saving Family Farms
Anna Dale, Livable Senior Friendly Community
Danielle Emmet, Climate Agreement
Vanessa Emery, Native Plant Landscaping
- Lester R. Brown
- Are you a Malthusian or Cornucopian?
- Interview with Andy Brown of Equinox Environmental
- Interview with Andy Brown of Equinox Environmental
- Interview with former WWC President Doug Orr
- Interview with former WWC President Doug Orr
- Interview with Brownie Newman, Member of the Asheville City Council
- Interview with Brownie Newman, Member of the Asheville City Council
- The Paradox of Our Times
- Our Work with Young People
- Interview with Susan Roderick - Executive Director of Quality Forward
- Interview with Susan Roderick - Executive Director of Quality Forward
- Interview with Greg Walker-Wilson, Executive Director of Mountain Micro Enterprise Fund
- Interview with Greg Walker-Wilson, Executive Director of Mountain Micro Enterprise Fund
- John reflecting on his time with John Flood.
- A reading from James Levek - One Citizen's Pledge
- Interview with Erin Jason, NC Cooperative Extension Service
- Interview with Erin Jason, NC Cooperative Extension Service