George visits the Noble and Cooley Custom Drum Company in Granville, MA. There he talks with company president Jay Jones and learns about the rich history this company has making drums for over 140 years. www.noblecooley.com We will also introduce you to Geraldo Ramos, owner of Marine Reef Habitat in Holyoke. Geraldo grows and sells coral varieties for marine tanks. Sandy Thomas goes along on a home energy audit with Beth Paulson an Energy Analyst with the Center for Ecological Technology www. cetonline.org
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George spends the day at a foundry with Bill Cubi, the Quality Assurance Manager at Trident Alloys in Springfield www. tridentalloysinc.com We will also take a white water rafting trip down the Deerfield River with Howard Bronstein, a Rafting Guide with Zoar Outdoor in Charlemont, MA. www.zoaroutdoor.com Sandy Thomas will be on the job Shelburne Falls installing windows with Joe Graveline, owner of Sunrise Windows in Northfield, MA. She will also pay a visit to the Warm and Toasty Windows Company in Leverett to learn about their unique insulated window shades. www. warmandtoastywindows.com
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Tue, 12/16/2008 - 00:30
Host George Murphy Travels to East Haddam, CT, home of the Consumer Reports Magazine Test Track, and gets a ride on some of the vehicles being tested for an issue not yet gone to press. A unique "special effects" museum in Lee, MA is also featured as Sandy Thomas interviews architect Margo Jones of Greenfield to learn about some of the ?Green? designs that she is involved with.
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Tue, 12/09/2008 - 00:30
George visits South Deerfield and the home of Berkshire Brewing Company. www.berkshirebrewingcompany.com We will also introduce you to Natalia Munoz www.nataliamunoz.com Sandy Thomas will visit Seeds of Solidarity in Orange, MA to learn how they provides people of all ages with the inspiration and practical tools to use renewable energy and grow food in their communities. www.seedsofsolidarity.org
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Tue, 11/25/2008 - 00:30
George heads to the Berkshires and the home of Sheffield Pottery to learn how this family run company has evolved since it?s humble beginnings in the early 1940?s. We will also introduce you to John Green a self proclaimed naturalist from Belchertown, MA. Co host Sandy Thomas meets Chris Mason the Energy and Sustainability officer for the City of Northampton. Together they will take a tour of the newly constructed Northampton Senior Center to see all the green elements that went into the construction of that building.
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Tue, 11/11/2008 - 00:30