The Earth Lounge (2009-07-11) Program # 127: PROJECT ECOSPHERE, Interview with Eric Ferland (President) giving us the 411 on their upcoming Environment and Green Building Fairs set for Ottawa (Aug.1-2-3) and Brome (Sept. 26-27)

Posted by Brian R Dillon at 7/11/2009 3:59 PM
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NOTE 2 LISTENERS: Wrapping the 2008-2009 Programming Season with Episode #127 broadcast on Saturday July 11.  8-PLUS weeks of Pilot Programming will commence on Saturday July 18 in the 2:30 pm time slot while I go on Hiatus! The Pilot Program, to be titled"WEB I/O", to be headed up by executive producer Sean Crasto will be focused on community interaction with the web. 

To my listeners, be you 5 or 5000, Thank-you so much for tuning into the live broadcasts or podcasts over the past season.  Hope you enjoyed this season's programming focused on urban ecology's close links to science, leisure sports & fitness, and community groups. Getting our youth to plug-in to nature by being physically active and outdoors while learning ecology issues through science plants the seeds of wiser planet stewardship and daily living. Ditto to my guests for taking the time to give our listeners your valuable 411 and insights. A warm thank-you. Keep it Green and rock on to Indy!
  • Support the troops; the food banks; the blood banks. bees and trees! 
  • Protect  your Partner, Protect your own health ... Practice Safe Sex!
  • Respect the Individual's Right To Privacy ... Quebec Civil Code, Chapter III! 
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Episode # 127: Broadcast on Saturday July 11, 2009 at 2:30 pm (14:30) LIVE from our studio @5212 Blvd. St. Laurent on Montreal's multicultural, multilingual Community Radio station, CINQ FM 102.3, RADIO CENTRE-VILLE www.radiocentreville.com and click on the Podcast Grill for the most recent show episode.

----> The Earth Lounge is Produced & Hosted by Brian R Dillon.
----> email: brian@theearthlounge.com ; phone# 514-303-1353.
----> English programming from Friday @ 10:30 pm thru Saturday @ 4:00 pm.

Photos for Program #127:    

   
  • Eric Ferland @ CINQ FM 102.3 for his interview on Thursday July 9.
  • Green Brick symbolizing Green Building Materials.
  • The Fireworks assault to end the 30th edition of the Montreal International Jazz Festival as i attended the Ben Harper street bash on closing night, Sunday July 12
Synopsis of Program # 127:
  • Interview with ERIC FERLAND, President of GROUPE ECOSPHERE. Eric Ferland is also a municipal councilor for Frelighsburg located East of the Philipsburgh USA frontier crossing. Eric was leader of the Quebec wing of the Green Party and ran as a candidate for the Federal Green Party in the 1990s.
  • Summer fairs, festivals and concerts  are leaning green with carbon neutral strategies and stepped-up recycling programs. Two large Montreal festivals, The Montreal International Jazz Festival and the Osheaga Music Festival are highly proactive in this regards.
  • This weeks G8 conference highlight for ecology would be the announcement that the G8 are in favor of 80% reductions in Green House Gas emissions by 2050. However, the Canadian Prime Minister and Environment Minister made statements at the conference that Canada would be sticking to the previously stated target of a 60-70% reduction in our carbon emissions.  Call me old school math but that leaves Canada 10%-20% short of target. Background story from the National Post on July 9: http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1776109
  • Be that as it may, the 80 % announcement was a positive step leading up to the Copenhagen Conference later in 2009 to craft the next Kyoto Protocol ... Get on board yourself by signing (on-line) the CLIMATE PETITION titled "SEAL THE DEAL" The web link is CLIMATE PETITION, Copenhagen SEAL THE DEAL, UN Climate Change Conference 2009 (crafting the next Kyoto Agreement): http://www.sealthedeal2009.org/petition.asp
Web Sites for Program #127:
PLAYLIST for Program # 127:
  • EPISODE THEME /JINGLE: The Earth Lounge theme track by LIME: "DO YOUR TIME ON THE PLANET"; Extract of NUBULA trailer by ALEX GREY.
  • ELISAPIE ISAAC: "TURN YOUR BACK" (Quebec, Canada) INUK - Indie Pop. Artist profile on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/elisapieisaac
  • JACKIE WASHINGTON: "Extract from the Festival of Friends 1976" (Hamilton, ON,Canada) Blues - Jazz ... The renown Canadian Jazz and Blues man died recently at the age of 89. His funeral was held this past week in Hamilton, Ontario. MySpace forum: http://forums.myspace.com/t/4535740.aspx?fuseaction=forums.viewthread
  • PETE MOSS BAND: "BOOZE, BABES and BBQs" (Sherbrooke, QC, Canada) Indie Southern Blues Rock ... To summer 2009! To the ladies rephrase the title as "Booze, Boys and BBQs." Artist profile found @ MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/petemoss
OUT & ABOUT:
  • Sunday July 12: Despite Saturday night hustled my fou-funes out for a late morning workout of Jump Rope; Yoga;  Budokon; Cardio Kick Box @ the Peel Basin on a sunny and breezy morning. Worked out until 1:30 abouts. Joined friends @ 365 Volleyball for an afternoon of Beach Volleyball from 2:00 PM ish 'til 6:00 PM ish. Life is good in the sand. A badly needed shower B4 heading down to the Jazz Festival for the closing night of the 30th festival (fermeture de cloiture.) Some Cuban - Latino band (don't ask me who they were but they were good); a traditional Jazz  band; A hot performance (literally) of flame wielding and flame swallowing dancers (ballsy); and the closing set of Ben Harper (Way more chops than our PM Stephen Harper) with kick-ass fireworks all enjoyed with cigars (cigarillos actually, I know, don't nag me 2 quit, My bad. We all are beautiful yet flawed); a few beers and a spicy sausage. Life is good in a city that per capita, has so many fine ladies. Ain't Jazz Fest special? Pooped. Goin' 2 bed 2 recharge. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.     
  • Saturday July 11: Surprisingly sunny for the morning. Pinch me. Got in a walk and yoga workout in the park B4 getting on with producing episode # 127 of THE EARTH LOUNGE at my home studio. Made it into the radio station for 2:30 pm. Delivered the program. Then we got dished a serious cloud burst with heavy rain hitting Le Plateau and Downtown. The drains runneth over. However, the robins outside my digs were lovin it ... more worms to feast on.
  • Friday July10:  Up early (OK, that was a challenge) to take the car into the garage for an oil change and inspection. Gorgeously sunny day. Got a few buddies to head over to 365 Volleyball in the afternoon where we played 2 x 2 all afternoon. Most excellent. Literally in-line skated with a lady who can do circles around me. On in-line skates vs. the proverbial "skated circles around me." lol ...  awesome. My skating skills are all endurance, zippo twists and tricks. Wrapped the evening with friends enjoying an excellent summer night. 
  • Thursday July 9:  At last, SUMMER shows up. Enjoyed the summer sun and 25Celsius weather. Cycled up to the radio station in the afternoon to snag my interview with Eric Ferland of Groupe Ecosphere. The interview was used for episode # 127 of The Earth Lounge on Saturday July 11. Aye, it doesn't get any better for the traditional 5-7 (happy hour) in Old Montreal.
  • Wednesday July 8: Evening of Beach Volleyball @ 365 Volleyball playing for my team the SOBs. 
  • Tuesday July 7: Seen better weather but squeezed in a cardio kick box workout @ the Peel Basin. 
  • Monday July 6:  Played softball in the CMSS mixed, recreational league atPark LeBer in Point St. Charles. Doubly excellent in that: (1) My team, The KOGNAX, won the game 7-6 hanging on after letting a 6-0 1st inning lead slip away into a nail biter (2) It didn't friggen rain this Monday for a change unlike EVERY previous game we'd played @ Le Ber this season.  Had sufficient time to fit in the Budokon class B4 the softball game @ Zazen Spa.
  • Sunday July 5: Outdoors and luvin it all day. BUDOKON in the park. Down to the Jazz Festival to catch Patrick Watson then Steve Strongman (Blues.)
  • Summer reads: "The Dance of the Lion and the Unicorn ... The secret of conscious relationships" by Mark Waller; "The Natural Guide to Great Sex" by Ellen Kamhi; and "The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth (so many ? Where have I been eating? us bachelors need input obviously) by Johnny Bowden. 
HIATUS: --->8-PLUS weeks of Pilot Programming will start on Saturday July 18 in the 2:30 pm time slot while I go on Hiatus! Typically I take a 6-8 summer hiatus - break for a pilot program to get an opportunity as we encourage up and coming producers. The Pilot Program, to be titled"WEB I/O", to be headed up by executive producer Sean Casto will be focused on community interaction with the web.

ADDENDUM: ---> At the end of the hiatus period and pilot program run I decided to extend the hiatus as I needed to focus on revenue generating projects during these challenging financial times.  Alas, my cycles were needed full-time on my own company, CASHEL DILLON CONSULTING INC (web site www.casheldillon.com) providing Professional Services in:
  • Solution Consulting comprising Enterprise Software Consulting, Management Consulting and Project Management Consulting for your resource needs in Sales & Marketing and Service Delivery Management. Target markets segments are Enterprise Software service providers and Software End-User firms, Media-Communications organizations and entrepreneurial start-ups in the new, Green Economy. 
  • My Start-Up Line-Of-Business and 2nd thrust is Radio Broadcasting and Communications. Thus being a volunteer radio producer and on-air personality has been an opportunity to gain experience while doing a little thing for the community. All producers and on-air personalities are unpaid volunteers at RADIO CENTRE-VILLE (CINQ FM 102.3)
'Til next we meet darlings! It has been a pleasure to tune into you, as you have tuned into my shows. Namaste!

HUMOROUS ASIDE: LOL, Apparently there have been those who think I'm an actor or a politician or working for some government organization or religious group, but nay, Consulting, be it Management Consulting, Enterprise Application Software Consulting, Information Technology Consulting or Project Management Consulting has been my occupation for the past decade. Gotta feed my dog and pay the bills just like everyone else.  As an entrepreneur, always open to discuss new business opportunities. So NAY, I have NOT been "on-the-payroll" of any other organization or firm since I started by own business in March 2006 which is my sole source of income. And NAY, I've no twin but I do have an older brother who resides outside the Montreal region. lol. Alas, other than sharing blue eyes there is not much of a resemblance actually between us two brothers. 


Keep it lean and green!
 

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