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Mrs. Green offers simple, creative ways to adopt green habits that benefit individuals, families and companies, and are good for the planet. Everyone from retired chemical engineers to design-school millennials...
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Mrs. Green offers simple, creative ways to adopt green habits that benefit individuals, families and companies, and are good for the planet. Everyone from retired chemical engineers to design-school millennials appreciate her authentic and entertaining style of communication.
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Mrs. Green's World
Mrs. Green's World
Scaling Equitable Climate Policy
1 JUN 2016 · Mrs. Green speaks with David W. Orr – Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics and senior adviser to the president of Oberlin College. The Oberlin Project started as a joint effort of the City of Oberlin, Oberlin College, and private and institutional partners to improve the resilience, prosperity and sustainability of their community. Their aim has been to revitalize the local economy, eliminate carbon emissions, restore local agriculture, food supply and forestry and create a new, sustainable base for economic and community development. How are they doing, what goals have they met, and what obstacles have they overcome?
First-order Concerns in Earth Sciences
25 MAY 2016 · Mrs. Green talks with Joaquin Ruiz who wears many hats besides Dean of the College of Science including Vice President of Innovation and Strategy; Executive Dean, Colleges of Letters, Arts and Science; and Professor of Geosciences. As a scientist with equal abilities in chemistry and in geology, Dr. Ruiz is able to address many first-order problems in the Earth Sciences, such as the development of new isotope systems for studying ore deposits and the tectonic processes involved in the growth and evolution of Mexico. He leads a research team that addresses problems ranging from the origins of life to present-day climate change.
Campaigns for Change
16 MAY 2016 · Mrs. Green talks with Danna Moore Pfahl, Director of Advocacy, Catalytik. The organization and guest are on the cutting edge of ideas and a stand for advancing human progress as well as building sustainable solutions to major societal issues. Danna has ten years experience advancing environment campaigns at the federal, state and local level. She is adept at grassroots coalition building from her work at Oxfam America, Global Exchange and Amnesty International. At Catalytik, Danna now progresses campaigns on overfishing, land conservation and clean energy.
Shaping A New World
2 MAY 2016 · Mrs. Green speaks with Greg Watson, Schumacher Center’s Director for Policy and Systems Design; Cuba-U.S. Agroecology Network, and thought leader for public voices. Introducing new programs while linking together the various educational and applied community economics programs of the Schumacher Center, he is a public voice for sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, new monetary systems, equitable land tenure arrangements, neighborhood planning through democratic processes, government policies that support human-scale development, cooperative structure, import replacement through citizen financing of new enterprises, and more.
What is El Nino?
21 APR 2016 · Just what is El Nino? Mrs. Green talks to Zack Guido, Program Manager University of Arizona International Research and Application Program (IRAP) and Mike Crimmins, Associate Professor in the Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science and Climate Science Extension Specialist for Arizona Cooperative Extension to learn the answers. As far as El Niños go, the one we’re experiencing now is a doozy. In fact, it’s probably the strongest that’s ever been measured. In the simplest terms, that means one thing: Get ready for another year of wild weather.
Art Speaks: Nuclear Energy
14 APR 2016 · Mrs. Green talks with Mary Lou Dauray, award winning artist & consummate traveler, whose artwork reflects her concern about man-made climate destruction. She has done a series of paintings about plastic pollution in the oceans, the melting of glacial ice and the mining, transporting and burning of coal. And now she is focusing on the continuing future development of nuclear power plants by international corporate interests. Mary Lou is doing extensive research about the very serious ongoing radioactive emissions from the Fukushima Daiichi power plant accident in 2011 and learning that thyroid cancers are already appearing in children, that radioactive water is being poured into the ocean at an alarming rate and that TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company) is FINALLY starting to come clean about the severity of the Fukushima disaster in other respects as well.
Fashion Giant with a Conscience
8 APR 2016 · Join Mrs. Green while she speaks with Amy Hall, Director of Social Consciousness at EILEEN FISHER. While 97% of all garments in the US are made elsewhere, they produce 20% of their fashion in Los Angeles and New York. Because of their use of organic fibers, they are supporting clean air, clean water and a healthy environment for workers and wildlife. Since Eileen Fisher is committed to dyeing all of their fabrics with safe chemicals AND the best practices for water and energy usage, they are asking their global dye houses to learn about the blue sign system. EF is committed to fair trade practices, human rights, to supporting artisanal communities around the world, and to mapping their supply chain from farm to factory.
Live well, stay well
24 MAR 2016 · Mrs. Green talks with Carey Davidson, Founder and CEO Tournesol Wellness, and what the future of health care might look like. It is a home for highly personalized and compassionate care. Their services range from a comprehensive body-mind-spirit health assessment to vibration and sound therapy, acupuncture, yoga, meditation and more. They describe themselves as an oasis of peace and commit to identifying and treating all the physical, emotional, spiritual and environmental factors that impact total wellbeing.
Dream big, live tiny
16 MAR 2016 · If you have ever wondered if you could make the leap from normal size house to tiny house, I AM sure that you are going to love this show with Ross Beck, of the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company. In 1999, the first Tumbleweed was mounted on a trailer. The RV was named Tumbleweed because it had roots AND was mobile at the same time. At that very moment, the seeds for what has literally become an RV revolution were planted. Get ready to hear real stories about real people who are teaching people all over the country how to join the Tiny House RV movement.
Making Green Happen
9 MAR 2016 · Mrs. Green speaks with Deborah Fleischer, Founder and President of Green Impact. Think authentic, creative, professional, connecting to deeper values, inspiring green actions. These are a few of the things that Green Impact stands for. This organization has a REAL passion for moving organizations from vision into green action, launching new initiatives, forming new cross-sector partnerships, protecting critical ecosystems and bringing sustainability alive to employees. Green Impact offers its clients a rare combination of skills including high level strategic thinking, the ability to tell a great story, and expertise in sustainability, communications and engagement campaigns.
Mrs. Green offers simple, creative ways to adopt green habits that benefit individuals, families and companies, and are good for the planet. Everyone from retired chemical engineers to design-school millennials...
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Mrs. Green offers simple, creative ways to adopt green habits that benefit individuals, families and companies, and are good for the planet. Everyone from retired chemical engineers to design-school millennials appreciate her authentic and entertaining style of communication.
show less
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