Friday, November 30, 2012

Lisa Guernsey talks about “Screen Time”



 
Lisa Guernsey, Director of the Early Education Initiative at the New America Foundation and author of “Screen Time:  How Electronic Media--from Baby Videos to Educational Software—Affects Your Young Child,” talks about the impact on children’s development of increased exposure to television and interactive media, recorded from Alexandria, Virginia, on November 30, 2012.

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Internet Voting Research and Education Fund gets tax-exempt status






William J. Kelleher, Director of the Internet Voting Research and Education Fund, talks about that group’s receipt of California-level tax-exempt status, and reviews the current state of the movement for expanded use of the Internet in the election process, recorded on November 21, 2012.
 

Monday, November 19, 2012

John Farrell at ILSR on decentralized renewable energy





John Farrell, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR), talks about decentralized renewable energy generation and local ownership, and how they can work together to improve the economics and sustainability of the electrical grid, recorded from Minneapolis, Minnesota, on November 19, 2012.