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The Swannanoa Journal
Since 2001 The Swannanoa Journal has served as a weekly public radio program of Warren Wilson College’s Environmental Leadership Center. During this period the broadcast has focused on environmental sustainability issues in the southern Appalachian bioregion. Staff, faculty and students wrote and recorded these articles for broadcast by FM radio stations WNCW (88.7) in Spindale, NC and Asheville, FM, an online radio station in Asheville, North Carolina.
In 2007 the Warren Wilson College Work Program Office welcomed the development of the Swannanoa Journal Work Crew by former Community Outreach Director Phillip Gibson. This crew consisted of student writers who wrote, recorded and assisted students from two writing courses with recording their articles. Professor Lockie Hunter, faculty adviser of the Swannanoa Journal, and Professor Catherine Reid both lead their classes (Feature Writing and Environmental Journalism respectively) in composing Swannanoa Journals.
In 2012 the SJ work crew developed a yearlong editorial calendar. They began identifying and building relationships with additional radio stations and offered weekly articles to those stations for broadcast. The result has been the addition of new radio stations and web-based media broadcasting The Swannanoa Journal Weekly. The articles can be heard on four radio stations and available online through the Mountain Xpress newspaper (www.mountainx.com). The articles are also accessible through the SJ website at www.theswannanoajournal.org
Listen Thursdays at 8 PM On:
- WNCW, 88.7, Spindale NC
- Asheville FM, Asheville, NC (online radio)
- Lenoir Rhyne University Radio, WLRZ, 99.3
- University of NC Asheville Blue Echo Radio (online radio)
- Mountain Xpress Newspaper, Asheville, NC (online podcasts)
Faculty Advisor: Lockie Hunter, MFA, Undergraduate Writing
Students from courses taught by WWC faculty Catherine Reid, Ph.D. and Lockie Hunter, Ph.D. are directly involved in writing and recording Swannanoa Journals.
Swannanoa Journal Articles
Most Recent - Fall Semester 2011
Origin of Thanksgiving by Casey Doyle
Elephant Sanctuary by Aundrea Kinney
The Swannanoa River by Hannah Franke Fuller
Self Sustainability by Heather Claypoole
Environmental Ethics by Joshua Carpenter
Local Thanksgiving by Kate Lundquist
Native Mountain Grapes by Kyle Duncan McNeill
Chestnut Herbal School by Makenzie Ray Peterson
Sustainable Living with Zev Friedman by Melody Miller
Environmental Movement by Noah Washburn
Hemp Crete by William Connelly
River Cane by Casey Doyle
Challenges in Building a LEED Home by Amelia McCallister
French Broad Riverkeeper and Water Quality by Caleb Hawkins
Online Produce Portal by Elliott Smith
Interview with Neil Chambers by Arayah Larson
Interview with Ben Sollee by Regina Cherene
Experiencing Apples at the NC Apple Festival by Casey Doyle
The Organic Farmer's Market at the NC Apple Festival by Regina Cherene
The NC Apple Festival Meets Labor Day by Arayah Larson
Michael Gentry by Hillary Martin
Japanese Knotweed by Hannah Schiller
Prior to 2011
Paddling the Swannanoa River by Sandy Pfeiffer
Watershed Address by Catherine Reid
Cricket Symphony by Anna Louise Long
The Role of Building Codes in Sustainability by Phillip Gibson
Beekeeping by Timothy Burkhart
Chestnut Trees by Dylan Waters
The Horse Crew by Anya Skibbie
Interview with Jeff Biggers by Arayah Larson
Wendell Berry Protest by Arayah Larson
Interview with David Lamotte by Arayah Larson
Interview with Claudia Horwitz by Arayah Larson
Eat Smart Black Mountain by Josh Reiss
The Literacy Council by Fressia McKee
Interview with Billy Edd Wheeler by Arayah Larson and Doug Orr
Alan Wolf Poetry by Gracie McCarroll
Reading, Writing and Retrofit by Gabriel Fuentes
Mojo Coworking by Gabriel Sistare
Light Pollution by Alexander Howard
Community-based Art by Mollie Turner-Craft
Food Miles by Noah Matthew Washburn
Presidential Views of Sustainability by Arayah Larson
National Parks by John McDermott
Interview with Sarah El-Attar by Arayah Larson
Mountain Herbalist by Conner Soderquist
The Mountain State Fair by Amy Worcheski
The Dogwood Alliance by Kathryn Stewart
Riceville Farmers Market by Kate Freeman
League of Conservation Voters by Jess Goldsmith
Damming the River by Chris Linenger
Carbon Emission Agreement by Danielle Emmet
Hemlock Trees by Ashley Robinson
PowerShift 2007 by Chris Linenger
Balsam Mountain Preserve by Tori Hearst
Black Mountain Greenway by Vanessa Emery
Swimming the Swannanoa River by Veronica Anderson
SunSpot Technology by Kathryn Stewart
Native Plant Landscaping by Vanessa Emery
The Connectedness of Meals by Kathryn Stewart
Saving Family Farms by Leah Cameron
Black Mountain Community Garden by Katie Miller
Drought & Archeology by Matthew Williams
The Herp Debate by Nora Purcell
Asheville Green Opportunities by Nina Otter
Livable Senior Friendly Communities by Anna Dale
Losing our Pollinators by Elizabeth Lewis
Robert Glennon by Dave Penketh
Firestorm Cafe by Courtney Oliphant
Jeremy Lekich by Chris O'Leary
Cob Building by Hilary Bisenjeks
Race for Awesomeness by Lane Hemmons
Danny's Dumpsters by Makailah McKinley
Stone Mill by Quinton Soemardi
Hydrogen Fuel by Thomas Belmore
Sound Healing by John McDermott
School toxic site by Trey Jones
Propane Vehicles by Trey Jones
Formaldehyde by Phillip Gibson
Thanksgiving by Phillip Gibson
Protecting wilderness by Savannah Anderson
Appalachian Front Porches by Fern Greenleaf
Old Fort Blueberries by Elisa Otter
Grove Arcade's Chimney Swifts by Paul Eaton
Worm Composting by Makailah McKinley
MHO Shared Community by John McDermott
The Electric Car by Dave Penketh
Montford Garden by Philip Hamilton
Monarch Butterflies by Matt Byers
The Mountain State Fair by Amy Worcheski
Asheville Green Opportunities by Nina Otter
Landslide Risks by Jess Goldsmith
Rafting the Pigeon River by Laura Dyson
North Shore Road by Jess Goldsmith
The Northern Flying Squirrel by Chris Linenger
ARCHIVED Swannanoa Journals
- 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