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Gifts with Values – Jules Pieri, The Grommet
Are you looking for different gifts this year, those that match your values, are creative, and made by "real people" not mass produced? Then, prepare to take notes as you listen to Jules Pieri, Founder & CEO of the creative gift site The Grommet on Green...
Transforming Fashion – Amina Razvi, Sustainable Apparel Coalition
“Can you produce something that is both beautiful and sustainable? We’re getting to the point where those two things should be one and the same.”
Amina Razvi on Green Connections Radio. Do you want to buy clothing that is made sustainably? Listen to Amina Razvi, V.P. of Membership of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition with Joan Michelson on Green Connections Radio for tips.
Engaging People in Sustainability – Tracy Schario, Communications Executive
The eco-conscious market is three times more involved and engaged than the average market.
Tracy Schario on Green Connections Radio. The private sector has already moved forward and is focused on “selling” their sustainability initiatives to their stakeholders. How? What does it take to convincingly communicate about sustainability, inspiring engagement to drive results? Listen to communications executive Tracy Schario, former head of communications at Pew Clean Energy in this lively conversation with Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson.
Warning Lights Flashing – Michele Wucker, “The Gray Rhino” Author
Why do we miss potentially dangerous trends, “a series of warnings and visible evidence”? It might be climate change, water scarcity, an infrastructure that is falling apart beneath our feet, terrorist threats, or an approaching business competitor or trend we had ignored, for example. How do we train ourselves to seepotential dangers we’re missing early enough to address them? Listen to author and global business strategy leader Michele Wucker with Green Connections Radio.
Jeans from Wood? – Tricia Carey, Lenzing Fibers
"It's about how the customer will feel." Tricia Carey About 85% of our clothing ends up in a landfill. Ugh! How do we reduce this environmental hazard -- and still wear great clothes? Listen to this fascinating conversation with Tricia Carey of Lenzing Fabrics about...
Clean Energy Policy Today – Lisa Jacobson, Business Council for Sustainable Energy
Conventional thinking in the face of the proposed Trump administration's cuts and regulatory rollbacks is that clean energy support in Washington is on life support. Not so fast.... Listen to Lisa Jacobson, President of the Business Council for Sustainable Energy...
Preparing Cities – Katharine Burgess, Director of Urban Resilience, Urban Land Institute
The recent string of disasters is a stark reminder to include resilience in our budgets, from cities to companies and organizations. Our homes, businesses, schools and local economies cannot afford to be ill-prepared, as we saw in Puerto Rico for example with Hurricane Maria’s devastation. How to do it? Listen to Katharine Burgess, Director of Urban Resilience at the Urban Land Institute, for best practices in this critical conversation with Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson. You may want to forward this podcast to your mayor, Congressperson or City Manager – and take notes!
Hydrogen Energy Storage – Dr. Kathy Ayers, Proton OnSite
The big issue with renewable energy is that it's not always available. What if it could be? What if you had an intermediate source that could store the solar power, for example, indefinitely, so that you can convert it back into electrons to power the grid or your...
Eco-Bedding? – Eileen Mockus, Coyuchi
Are you shopping for new bedding for your college kids or yourself? Before you do, listen to my interview with Coyuchi CEO Eileen Mockus about eco-bedding -- and you might never shop for bedding the same way again! Coyuchi has been manufacturing organic cotton...
Eco-Battery Technologies – Shirley Meng, U.C. San Diego, Sustainable Power & Energy Center
Imagine if a substance so common and inexpensive that it’s in your kitchen cabinet could hold the secret to the next revolution in battery technologies! That’s the truly ground-breaking work that Dr. Shirley Meng is leading at the Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion at U.C. San Diego and as the Founding Director of its Sustainable Power and Energy Center.This brilliant woman is innovating batteries for the 21st century – and they aren’t all lithium ion – for the grid, electric vehicles and those small alkaline batteries in your flashlight or portable emergency radio. These breakthroughs expand renewable energy. Listen to GCR Host Joan Michelson’s fascinating conversation with Shirley.
Power Standards – Karen Bartleson, IEEE
We tend to take standards for granted, and want "our" technology to be special and proprietary, but standards are critical so systems can work together. Listen to Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson's intriguing conversation with Karen Bartleson, President of...
Inventing New Batteries – Esther Takeuchi, Inventors Hall of Fame & Stony Brook
Anyone you know of who has a pacemaker, literally owes their life to Dr. Esther Takeuchi of Stony Brook University and Brookhaven National Lab. She invented the pacemaker battery and is in the Inventors’ Hall of Fame as a result. This remarkable woman is now innovating batteries for the 21st century – for everything from cars to the electric grid — to enable greater expansion of renewable energies by addressing the storage-intermittency issues. Listen to GCR Host Joan Michelson’s fascinating conversation with Esther new battery technologies.
Best Big Data – Allison Sagraves, Big Data Guru, TED Talk
“We need to question the assumptions in our methodology…and figure out how we’re going to use all this data to solve problems.” Allison Sagraves on Green Connections Radio The 21st century economy is based on Big Data, especially when it comes to the new...
Solar Jobs Help Homeowners – Nicole Steele, Grid Alternatives
Everybody talks about jobs, and the clean energy economy is growing jobs at a faster pace than virtually any other industry. So, where do you go to get trained? A national non-profit is training the solar workforce of the future while also giving solar power to...
Sustainable Fashion? – Annie Gullingsrud, Cradle to Cradle Innovation Institute
"85% of disposable apparel ends up in a landfill," Annie Gullingsrud, Cradle to Cradle Innovation Institute Think of all the stuff the people in areas devastated by hurricanes and fires have to replace.... What if they replaced even 10 percent of it with sustainable...
Energy Storage – Kate McGinnis, AES Energy Storage
Without the ability to store clean energy, it will only go so far. AES Energy Storage is on the cutting edge of reinventing energy storage, especially with their new joint venture with Siemens, called Fluence. Listen to AES's Kate McGinnis tell Green Connections Radio...
Enviro-Social Investing – Christopher Cordaro, RegentAtlantic
“Change occurs when we vote with our wallets…We are in a revolution right now when we can use our portfolios to express our values and actually impact the policies that corporations are making.” Christopher Cordaro One of the sure-bet investments over time has been...
Eco-Friendly Clothing – Christopher Chappell, Ramblers Way
We feel for the people of Houston, Florida and the U.S. Virgin Islands who had their lives devastated by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.....they have to replace everything. So, what if....what if they replaced their clothing with sustainably-produced clothing? Imagine the...
Congress & Clean Energy – Lynn Abramson, Clean Energy Business Network
Due to COVID-19's economic crisis, the energy sector has experienced the worst downturn since WWII, according to the head of the International Energy Agency. And, we need to mitigate the impact of climate change. Yet, at a time when our lives literally depend upon...
Climate Journalism – Hannah Fairfield, NY Times Climate Editor
Why do news organizations choose certain climate stories? Are they promoting a position? What strategies do they use to make sure the facts are accurate? To combat bias? This episode will answer these questions and more, with a behind the scenes look at where those stories come from and how they come to be with a master: Listen to this fascinating, insightful conversation between Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson and Hannah Fairfield, the Climate Editor of the venerable New York Times. This is the story behind the stories.
New Portable Energy – Rita Hansen, OnBoard Dynamics
What if we had a way to get power to devastated areas quickly in an emergency, such as a natural disaster like a hurricane? Listen to Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson's fascinating conversation with Rita Hansen, CEO of OnBoard Dynamics about their new...
Water Science Lessons? Rita Colwell, Gulf Water Expert, fmr NSF Administrator
Stories abound about the potential contaminants in the water flooding Houston and its environs from Hurricane Harvey. But what might we learn from all that water? Perhaps we can learn something about it from the team that studied the Gulf of Mexico after the...
Teaching Kids Climate – Lynne Cherry, Children’s Book Author on the Environment
“Kids have power.. and once kids know how much power they have to make change, they start acting.”Lynne Cherry on Green Connections Radio Kids are experiencing the impact of the climate firsthand through extreme weather events and probably don’t understand exactly what’s happening. Listen to Lynne Cherry, author of over thirty children’s books pertaining to climate change tell Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson.
Earth Science & Climate – Katharine Hayhoe, Climate Scientist, Univ. of Texas
One or the most prominent voices on climate change is one of our amazing scientist guests, Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, who was chosen as one of Time magazine’s “Top 100 Pioneers” and is great fun too. Dr. Hayhoe is an Atmospheric Scientist and the Director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University – and teaches in the Political Science Department. An interesting combination…Listen to her easy way of helping us understand the science..
Eclipse Physics Meets Climate Change – Lawrence Krauss, Renowned Physicist, Best-selling Author
Total eclipse reminds us of how cool physics is, so we thought it was a good time to hear from renowned physicist and best-selling author Dr. Lawrence Krauss on how exactly the climate changes and why again. Listen to Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson’s...
Summer Heat & Water – Dow Water’s Snehal Desai
As you head for the beach or lake for your summer vacation, soothed by nature, remember that there are 1.2 billion people who live in water scarcity – and that drought truly threatens our food supply. Our very survival depends upon sufficient water. After all, our...
Entrepreneur Tips & Funding – Julie Lenzer Kirk, Serial Entrepreneur & Former Head, Economic Development, Commerce Dept.
“It’s Easier to Change the World If You Have Money,” Julie Lenzer Kirk Julie Lenzer Kirk is an award-winning serial entrepreneur and former head of the Economic Development Administration’s Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIE) at the U.S. Commerce...
Socially Responsible Investing – Barbara Krumsiek, Calvert Investments
Do you want to invest with principle -- and earn great financial returns too? As the stock market hits all-time highs, and the Trump administration reduces regulations on financial institutions, automakers, water polluters and fossil fuel companies, among a long list,...
Tackling CO2 with ARPA-E – Laura Nereng of 3M
When you hear “3M” you think of Post-it notes, right? Not so fast. 3M is innovating in cleantech and breaking new ground, especially in reducing carbon emissions. With the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Projects Research Agency-Energy - aka ARPA-E - on the...
At Risk in the Nat’l Labs – Dr. Karina Edmonds, Tech Transfer, Dept of Energy
With the Department of Energy innovation budgets under attack by the Trump administration, including the National Laboratories that invented most of the stuff we take for granted, we think it's a good time to re-air our episode on what the National Labs actually do...
Gov’t Does Climate – Rebecca Rubin, Marstel Day
Guess who’s taking serious steps to reduce their carbon footprint and partner with the local community? As the new administration seeks to cut all climate and clean energy, we thought it was a good time to re-air our interview with Rebecca R. Rubin, Founder/CEO of...
State Energy Trend? – Betsy McCorkle, North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association
With new legislation being voted on that could be a sign of what’s to come in state energy policy – aside from the mayors who are joining the climate agreement – we thought it was a good time to re-air our interview with Betsy McCorkle, head of governmental affairs at...
Gov’t Energy Innovations – Dr. Ellen Williams, ARPA-E, Dept of Energy
With government funding for energy innovations under threat, we thought it was a good idea to re-air this fascinating interview Dr. Ellen Williams, then-head of the Advanced Energy Research Agency, aka, ARPA-E, of the Department of Energy. ARPA-E is one of the...
Summer Eco-Travel – Geoff Bolan, Sustainable Travel Inc.
Before you set off on your next summer vacation, you'll want to hear Geodd Bolan's tips for reducing the environmental impact of your journey. So, listen to this enlightening conversation between Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson and Geoff Bolan, CEO of...
Speaking 4 Your Career – Bobbie Carlton, Innovation Women Public Speakers
"Every time they put a woman on stage, they are encouraging a woman in the audience to think of them as a female-friendly company," Bobbie Carlton Does your company have an equal number of female and male speakers? When was the last time you spoke at an event,...
Local Resilience – Nicole Ferrini, Chief Resilience Officer, El Paso, Texas
“Listen for the unexpected,” Nicole Ferrini, El Paso, Texas As the new administration seeks to cut climate change budgets nationwide, Mother Nature doesn’t wait, so local communities are left having to take action regardless of what the federal government does. So,...
Whole Foods Energy Use – Kathy Loftus, Global Head of Energy Efficiency, Whole Foods Market
With the recent acquisition of Whole Foods Market by Amazon, it’s a good time to listen to Green Connections Radio host’s fascinating conversation with Whole Foods Markets’ Global Head of Sustainable Facilities, Kathy Loftus. Kathy initiated some innovative strategies...
States Innovating Energy – Catherine Williams, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
With the Trump administration cutting energy innovation and climate change initiatives, and saying that the states can pick up the slack, it’s a good time to re-air our enlightening episode with a woman on the front lines of a state leading the way: Catherine Williams...
Funding Eco-Start-ups – April Richards, EPA SBIR Program
With Congress poised to review President Trump's proposal to cut the budget of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by 31%, it's important to look at what the EPA does. One of the coolest EPA programs is the Small Business Innovation Grant (SBIR) program that...
Nature Walks 4 Kids – Alisha Camacho, Anacostia Unplugged
We all seek to venture out to nature But, imagine all you’ve know is streets. Imagine that as a result, you’re afraid of nature….as an unknown. Imagine a mentor takes you to the river for the first time, and hikes along the river, and your eyes open…. That’s what Alisha Camacho is doing with her students in Anacostia and she’s producing a documentary about it, called “Anacostia Unplugged,” in this great interview from our archives.
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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