Live Stream | WGTE Town Hall: Watershed Mentality | September 2, 2010

Thursday, September 2 at 8:30 p.m.

Please join WGTE for a live WGTE Town Hall Meeting: Watershed Mentality. The program, with a panel of experts and government officials, will explore the issues facing the Maumee River Watershed and the Lake Erie Basin. Topics will include the effects ...

Dr. S. Amjad Hussain | "The Koran" | August 9, 2010 | Lakeside

Run Time: 18:36Lakeside had three leaders in the Christian, Jewish and Islamic faiths as speakers for the Interfaith Week. Dr. S. Amjad Hussain spoke on "The Koran". S. Amjad Hussain, M.D., is a retired cardiovascular surgeon and professor emeritus of the College of Medicine at the University of Toledo, a past president of the Islamic ...

Danielle Deemer | "Ruralization within the Growth Machine?" | August 6, 2010 | Toledo Hilton

Run Time: 18:50

Danielle Deemer, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, spoke on "Ruralization within the Growth Machine."

Detroit is a city that faces both mass food insecurity and vast agricultural potential.  Major food retailers have left the Detroit metro area, forcing some residents to hunt raccoons to supplement protein intake.  About ...

Harold Perkins | "Do Local Food Systems in the City Challenge the Neoliberal Hegemony of Hunger" | August 4, 2010 | Toledo Hilton

Run Time: 27:28

Harold Perkins, Department of Geography, Ohio University, spoke on "Do Local Food Systems in the City Challenge the Neoliberal Hegemony of Hunger."

Post industrial cities are impacted by neoliberal processes in two prominent ways.  Firstly, fiscal austerity measures ...

Rabbi Leah M. Hertz | "The Torah" | August 9, 2010 | Lakeside

Run Time: 35:24

Lakeside had three leaders in the Christian, Jewish and Islamic faiths as speakers for the Interfaith Week.  Rabbi Leah M. Hertz spoke on "The Torah."

Leah Hertz, Rabbi of Temple Israel in Canton received her B.S. degree in psychology from the University of Illinois and holds certification as a Creative Arts Therapist.  She ...

Erica Giorda | "Fresh Veggies in an Extreme Environment" | August 6, 2010 | Toledo Hilton

Run Time: 31:25

Erica Giorda spoke on "Fresh Veggies in an Extreme Environment."

The presentation was part of the Local Food Systems Conference held at the Toledo Hilton.  The conference aimed to bring together both academics and practitioners to share their knowledge, experience, and expertise with regard to developing and maintaining local food systems in old industrial ...