May 25, 1992 - MPR’s Paula Schroeder interviews author Martha Hellander about her book, The Wild Gardener: The Life and Selected Writings of Eloise Butler. Hellander shares various biographical details on Butler and the creation of The Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary in Minneapolis.
May 29, 1992 - On this Voices from the Heartland segment, author Laurie Allmann reads her essay on a big woods walk.
June 1, 1992 - Local educator and journalist Ann Daly Goodwin gardens and ponders the possibilities of Earth Summit.
June 3, 1992 - David Morris, co-founder and co-director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance in Washington, speaking at St. John's University. Morris’s address was titled "A Global Village and a Globe of Villages: Environmentally Sound Economic Development." A resident of St. Paul, Morris is a syndicated columnist with Knight Ridder News Service and has been an economic development consultant for 15 years.
June 3, 1992 - MPR’s Tom Meersman reports from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also known as the 'Earth Summit', is being held.
June 13, 1992 - MPR’s Tom Meersman reports from Rio de Janeiro and shares his takeaway of the various speeches from world leaders at Earth Summit. Ancient poets from India, medieval Icelandic bards, and Chinese proverbs were invoked.
June 20, 1992 - Midday presents Minnesota writer Paul Gruchow giving a talk in Southwestern Minnesota as part of “The Fulda Project: Old Stories and New Meanings" lecture series.
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June 26, 1992 - On this Voices from the Heartland segment, author Laurie Allmann reads her essay on Mississippi wildlife.