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NASA-Winning Teen Girls, Water – Bria Snell & Mikayla Sharieff, Banneker High, DC
“We wanted to create something that would not only impact our community, but the communities around us.” Bria Snell on Green Connections Radio. Before you drink from a school or public water fountain….At 17 years old, these Washington, DC high school girls won second place in the NASA OSPARC 2018 contest. Listen to Bria Snell and Mikayla Sharieff of Banneker High School describe their water filtration system to purify water in school water fountains — called “From H2NO to H2O” — and how they developed it.
Integrating Purpose in Orgs. – Beth Colleton, Frmr SVP CSO, NBCUniversal and NFL
“You’ve got to walk the halls and really understand how they run the business, where their pressure points are and what they think their challenges are….walk in their shoes….It’s not what you’re selling, it’s what they’re buying.”
Beth Colleton on Green Connections Radio, “Purpose” is in style right now, but how do you “do” purpose successfully, driving measurable value creation in a large company or organization? How do you create and lead sustainability efforts that make a difference? Listen to Beth Colleton, former SVP of Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability at NBCUniversal (and formerly at the NFL) discuss the nuts and bolts of this work with Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson.
Leading Global Change – Kathy Calvin, Pres./CEO UN Foundation
“We live at a time of unparalleled opportunity and progress… It’s the best time in the world’s history to be born female. That said, the challenges ahead are so much more tricky and complicated and complex….” Kathy Calvin, CEO on Green Connections Radio Women are the...
Women Changing the Rules – Jennifer Palmieri, fmr Head of Communications, Hillary Clinton’s 2016 Campaign & Obama’s White House
“We’re playing by an outdated set of rules.”Jennifer Palmieri on Green Connections Radio. You might expect the Communications Director of the White House and a historic presidential campaign to spew talking points, but not Jennifer. Listen as Jennifer and Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson dig into points she raises in her new book – “Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to Women Who Will Rule the World” – and reveal great new insights and stories that are not in the book.”
Transitioning Coal Communities – Heidi Binko, Executive Director, Just Transition Fund
"What can companies who have pledged to source 100% of their energy from clean energy sources do to help coal country?" Heidi Binko on Green Connections Radio Coal country is an endangered species, between new technologies and the shift to a clean energy...
“Seismic Shift” in Financial Power & ESG Metrics – Patsy Doerr, Thomson Reuters, Global Head, Corporate Responsibility, Sustainability & Inclusion
“There’s a lot more pressure on companies to reveal their statistics…give us the number…a lot more expectation from employees, from clients, from investors to see that level of granularity.”
Patsy Doerr on Green Connections Radio. How do the bolder positions on social and environmental issues that many companies are taking affect their financial performance? What difference can we as individuals make? Listen to Patsy Doerr, Global Head of Corporate Responsibility, Sustainability and Inclusion at Thomson Reuters and Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson’s candid, engaging conversation about “tipping point” we are at where social impact meets 70% of financial power. They talk about the impact of transparency and corporate activism on the bottom line and how we can use ESG metrics to find out what the company is really doing. What can we do with that information?
What Teenage Girls Hear – Hayden Araza, Chief Science Officer of Paradise Valley High School
"Looking at these really strong female (mentors) is helping me see myself as a female in STEM...and then moving on from that to being passionate...about STEM education...being an advocate." Hayden Araza on Green Connections Radio We all talk about how to encourage...
Why Saudi Aramco IPO Matters – Dr. Ellen Wald, Author, “Saudi Inc.”
"For Saudi Arabia, they see (this big solar deal with Softbank) really as a necessity...because right now they burn oil for electricity, and they recognize that that's horrible, that's just terrible for the environment and it's not cost-effective." Dr. Ellen...
21st Century Science Museum – Alison Brown, Science Museum of Minnesota
”Everybody can become a scientist…We all use science every day of our lives” Alison Brown on Green Connections Radio What’s the science in sports? It’s in the human body, the physics of how sports equipment works, such as the impact of the...
Inspiring Eco-Filmmaker – Dayna Reggero, Climate Listening Project
"If you want to be a good storyteller, tell stories you want to tell...It's really about the passion." Dayna Reggero on Green Connections Radio She's been called "Earth Mother" in Women's Day magazine and won awards for her short films about...
Diesel Trucks May Not Be Doomed – Rachel Muncrief, Int’l Council on Clean Transportation
"With new technologies that will be available around the 2020-2025 timeframe (for internal combustion engine heavy duty vehicles), we found a 43% reduction in fuel consumption." Rachel Muncrief on Green Connections Radio Heavy duty trucks and buses play a pivotal role...
Career Strategies for Women – Cindy Simpson, Assn. for Women in Science
"Women don't do a very good job of building strategic relationships... (Building relationships with) the people that can help you...is imperative." Cindy Simpson on Green Connections Radio Attending the ARPA-E Innovation Summit recently, we noticed the dearth...
Reducing the Climate Impact of Buildings & Trucks – Maria Blase, Ingersoll Rand, Trane, Thermo King
"(Your career) doesn't have to look a certain way, it doesn't have to look like the traditional career.." Maria Blase on Green Connections Radio Transportation and buildings are the two largest energy consumers and they're changing every day. Listen to Maria...
Women’s History – Joan Wages, National Women’s History Museum
One hundred and five years ago, on March 3, 1913, women marched for the right to vote, turning the tides of history. It took another 7+ years for women to gain suffrage with the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution. How did we get here? Today, to...
Gov’t Technologies for Private Sector, Grants – Marti Elder, TechLink Centers
"There's no harm in asking." Joan Michelson on Green Connections Radio Thousands of technologies invented by the brilliant talent in the U.S. Defense Department is available for the private sector to license, including cool new energy innovations. You can bring...
Food Packaging, Waste – Haley Lowry, Global Sustainability Director, Dow Chemical
"By some estimates, nearly half of the food grown, processed and transported in the U.S. goes to waste." Feeding America While so much food is wasted, over 13% of the population is going hungry in the U.S., including 13 million children and 5 million senior citizens,...
Men & Women & Innovation – Joanne Lipman, Fmr WSJ, Gannett Top Executive
"Men, perfectly good guys, really don't know what the issues are, who we as women are unintentionally demonizing, and who, if we brought them into the conversation could be part of the solution." Joanne Lipman on Green Connections Radio Diversity is a business and...
Fabric Waste to New Fashion – Stephanie Benedetto of Queen of Raw
“If we continue at the current pace of textile production, by 2025, two-thirds of the entire world’s population is going to face shortages of fresh water and be exposed to toxic chemicals from textile dyeing.” Stephanie Benedetto on Green Connections Radio. Look around you. Everything you set your eyes on came from raw materials of some kind. Your clothing, the chair or seat you’re sitting on, the desk you’re sitting at. Natural resources were used to make it anew. What if it was made from materials already in the marketplace instead? Enter today’s guest, Stephanie Benedetto, CEO and Co-Founder of Queen of Raw. Listen to this fascinating discussion with Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson about transforming apparel industry waste into new clothing you see in stores and online.
Focusing Amidst Chaos – Kasia Reterska, McPherson Strategies
"People are more committed to and loyal to brand than they are to the politicians...because the brands are in their homes, they touch and feel them every day." Kasia Reterska, McPherson Strategies We seem to live in two, chaotic parallel universes. One one hand, the...
Environmental Health Risks & Innovation – Dr. Maria Freire, President, the Foundation of the National Institutes of Health
“The potential disastrous health effects” of climate change include an “increase (in the) rates of allergies, asthma, heart disease and cancer, among other illnesses.”The Scientific American, 2017How do we innovate our way through the risks to public health from climate change? Listen to the remarkable Dr. Maria Freire, President of the Foundation of the NIH (National Institutes of Health) with Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson to find out!
Fabric Scraps to Good Use – Jessica Schreiber, Fabscrap
The clothing manufacturing process generates about 15 million tons of waste per year, according to the EPA, and 85 percent of apparel we buy ends up in landfill. What can we do about this? Meet a creative entrepreneur who saw a marketplace gap and formed...
2018 Energy Trends to Watch – Christa Marshall, Greenwire, E&E News
The Trump administration is unabashedly pro-fossil fuels and anti-clean energy, yet the Energy Dept. has historically invested heavily in clean energy technologies and incentives, including regulations and in trade policies. In addition, many top Energy Dept. roles are still vacant. What’s going on?
What should we watch to find out how we’ll fuel our energy-dependent economy and what companies should prepare for? Listen to top energy reporter Christa Marshall of Greenwire and E & E News share her insights on these issues to Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson in this enlightening conversation.
Making Clothing Sustainable – Karla Magruder, Fabrikology
"Sustainability is so big and it's so hard for apparel companies, just getting into it and understanding what to do." Karla Magruder on Green Connections Radio How do you make fabric from recycled plastic? Listen to this fascinating interview with Karla Magruder, CEO...
Facebook’s Energy Use – Bill Weihl, Sustainability Guru, Facebook
We use Facebook every day, multiple times a day - along with 2 billion other people! - so, have you ever thought about how much energy it takes to power all those servers and buildings? How much CO2 it emits? And, waste its 17,000+ employees create around the globe?...
Women in STEM, Innovation – Laura Sherbin, Culture@Work, formerly at Center for Talent Innovation
“Women, in particular, are bringing a different problem-solving toolkit to the table…and innovative potential.” Dr. Laura Sherbin on Green Connections Radio podcast. As the nation takes a fresh look at women in the workplace, hear from one of the experts in this enlightening interview with Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson. Dr. Laura Sherbin is Managing Director of Culture@Work, and was a C-level executive at the Center for Talent Innovation when this interview was conducted.
Professional Eco-Vets – with Erica Courtney of 2020Vets
“How is what you're doing affecting your community?" Erica Courtney on Green Connections Radio Applying lessons learned doing logistics as a combat officer in the U.S. Army, Erica Courtney is helping companies reduce their energy and water use to also become more...
Brand Citizenship – with Anne Bahr Thompson, Branding Guru, Author “Do Good”
“It’s all about the doing, not the claiming,” Anne Bahr Thompson on Green Connections Radio
What do you expect from the companies you buy from? A new ground-breaking study says we consumers care if companies “do good” and we buy accordingly. So, how do we leverage it? What does it mean for consumers and businesses? Listen to the study’s author, branding guru Anne Bahr Thompson, author of a new book expanding on the research called “Do Good: Embracing Brand Citizenship to Fuel both Purpose and Profit, and a former top executive at Interbrand global communications firm. In this fascinating conversation with Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson, also a communications expert, they dive into the study’s findings and discuss…
Brand Purpose – with Billee Howard, Brandthropologie & Centiment
“People are really making decisions more about who a brand is and why they’re doing something, as opposed to just what it is they are offering because that is largely commodified by options and price point.” Billee Howard on Green Connections Radio
You’re doing strategic planning, but are you looking at your brand anew too?
Maybe you should, says Billee Howard, master brand storyteller, and CEO of Brandthropolgie. She’s also Chief Strategy Officer of Centiment, an IBM Watson company leveraging artificial intelligence to help brands connect on an emotional level, the author of, We-Commerce: How to Create, Collaborate and Succeed in the Sharing Economy, and the former EVP of worldwide marketing communications firm Weber Shandwick.
Going to the movies? A Story About “The Post” You Don’t Hear About
Are you seeing the movie "The Post" this season? Here's something you aren't hearing about.... Movies and television productions are one of the most wasteful businesses on the planet. But clever entrepreneurs are doing something about it - and Steven Spielberg took...
Recycle Holiday Debris – Melissa Walsh-Ennis, Recycling Reinvented
While you're cleaning up from opening holiday gifts and feeding family, remember that every piece of plastic can take 500 years to decompose in landfills - and can end up in the fish you eat too, as it threatens marine life. Every piece of packaging and wrapping...
Innovating Energy Storage – Praveen Kathpal, AES Energy Storage
"Everywhere we go in the utility industry, utilities, regulators, stakeholders...there's broad recognition that...the way utilities do business has to change." Praveen Kathpal on Green Connections Radio Every time there's a natural disaster, huge swaths of people lose...
Food Security this Season – w Amy Bachman, DC Central Kitchen
“We find value in taking what’s been pushed to the side, whether that’s food or people…” DC Central Kitchen CEO Mike Curtin* Look around you. Imagine that one of every six of the people you see is actually struggling to have enough food. This is the case in...
Awareness to Action – w Nathalie Udo, Sustainability Expert, Co-Author of Organizationsl Survival
“From awareness, we get more actions,” Nathalie Udo on Green Connections Radio As you develop your 2018 plans, whether you’re a sustainability role or not, it needs to be integrated you’re your plans – and actions. Each business or organization or school or home is...
Holiday – Year-End Finances – w Michelle Singletary, Washington Post Personal Finance Expert
“It’s how you think about the money thing” that drives your spending and saving habits. Money. We need it, struggle to manage it and don’t know who to listen to for advice. Everyone seems to be telling us what to do – “On sale, Buy now!” “Save for retirement!” “Low interest rate!” What’s a money-smart person to do? Green Connections Radio went to one of the masters of personal finance to find out: Michelle Singletary, personal finance columnist for the Washington Post and author of several books on the topic.
Gifts! Clean Energy Toys, Robotics – w Steve Aarons, Child’s Play Toys
What makes this holiday season different? Buy a toy that’s fun while also being mentally stimulating and educational. These are a great way to teach kids to take care of the environment – and show them cool career options too. What about assembling a wind turbine or...
Making Recycled Paper – Michele Bartolini, Rolland Paper
"Never give up and be confident in what you know." Michele Bartolini on Green Connections Radio All of us humans use a lot of paper. Look at all the paper on your desk and in your printer. During the year-end holidays, we especially use a lot of paper - wrapping...
Year-End Business Planning – Katie Krimitsos, Biz Women Rock
Year's end is a great time to review the year's accomplishments, set the coming year's goals and plan for achieving them. We can notice what resonated most with our markets and trends on the horizon. Listen to business strategy coach and Facebook marketing whiz Katie...
Making News – Jen Boynton, TriplePundit Media
Do you wonder how the news is made? Whether to trust it? Do you have a great story to tell and want to know how? Find out here. Listen to Jen Boynton, Editor-in-Chief of TriplePundit Media tell Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson how they create news that...
Gifts to Wildlife – Kara Reeve, National Wildlife Federation
Does your end-of-year contribution budget include wildlife or the environment? With the Trump administration reversing wildlife and environmental protections, it's vital for each of us to do our part to help shore up our co-inhabitants of the animal species and to...
Career-HR Planning – Rita Trehan, HR Guru, Former HR head of Honeywell, AES Energy Global
What's your career or hiring plan for 2018? Listen to remarkable -- and candid -- HR guru Rita Trehan on Green Connections Radio in this enlightening and entertaining interview with GCR host Joan Michelson. You'll want to take notes on how to boost your "career...
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About Joan Bryna Michelson
Joan Bryna Michelson, MBA is an award-winning business and communications leader, public speaker and host of the acclaimed podcast series, Green Connections Radio™... Read More