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.
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.
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June 26, 1992 - U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone comments on the congressional battle over what to do with nuclear waste in the United States.
June 30, 1992 - On this special live Midday broadcast, MPR’s Dan Olson shares the latest on a Burlington Northern freight train derailment causing three tank cars to plunge into the Nemadji River. One of them ruptured, causing chemicals to spill into the river and subsequently into Lake Superior. Accident lead to Duluth residents being evacuated.
July 1, 1992 - MPR’s Gary Eichten interviews clinical professor Rick Kingston on the health concerns revolving around the train derailment in Duluth-Superior, in which benzine and other chemicals spilled into the Nemadji River and created a toxic gas cloud.
July 10, 1992 - MPR’s Liz Hannon interviews Ann Schimpf and Paul Treuer, both from Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center, about their sea kayaking experience during trip around Lake Superior. Schimpf and Truer talk from a campsite as they take a break from being on water and paddling through challenging fog. Schimpf also notes the water pollution they have dealt with.
July 25, 1992 - On this Saturday Midday, Deb Brown, extension horticulturist at University of Minnesota, discusses gardening issues with the cool summer. Brown also answers listener questions.