“I learned that we are all capable of so much more than we think we are, until we push ourselves. We all have these reserves that I don’t think we use anymore…Keep looking for those parts of yourself that you have ignored.” Tracy Edwards Are you going boating this summer? Listen to this fascinating interview… Continue reading First Female ‘Yachtsman’ – Tracy Edwards &’Maiden’ Go ‘Round the World
Listen to Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson interviewed by Cherice Taylor on career advice. Cherice Taylor’s show is targeted to students, but the advice we share is relevant to any career levels. One topic we talk about is how to stay focused on your own goals, in an era when we are bombarded by… Continue reading Joan’s Career Advice on Cherice Taylor’s “Time Matters” Show
“Any concrete new mixture, whether it’s embodied carbon or flyash or any other innovation in making concrete more sustainable one way or the other in terms of the material itself, those are all tested through a rigorous standardized process.” Elizabeth Thompson, USGBC As our hearts go out to the people in Surfside, Florida coping with… Continue reading Are ‘Green’ Buildings Safe? – Elizabeth Thompson, USGBC
Sustainability is an international challenge and therefore so are the challenges to innovate to meet sustainability goals. Women play an important role in innovating, especially for sustainable solutions, because women have always had to find “another way” to address business, policy and societal challenges. Listen to Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson on the “Seeking… Continue reading Women Innovating Sustainability – Joan Michelson on JJ Walsh Podcast
Do you enjoy your own company? Really. Do you? Many of us have been spending a lot of time alone lately due to the pandemic (unless of course, you have kids living at home, in which case you probably wish you had more time alone). We can see being alone as miserable and waste the… Continue reading Tap Your Own Innovators DNA – Joan Michelson’s Webinar to Lead Up for Women
“The Covid-19 pandemic has created the biggest shock to the global energy system since at least World War II…Renewables are the only energy source that will grow in 2020.” David Turk in Congressional hearing A key component of President Biden’s infrastructure plan is addressing our energy needs and doing so in a way that does… Continue reading A New Energy Infrastructure – Lisa Jacobson, Business Council for Sustainable Energy
“I truly, truly think that the green economy is an opportunity…When you look at greening infrastructure…truly transitioning our entire economy, you have incredible job opportunity…(including) for our business to be thinking ahead.” Tracy Raczek on Electric Ladies Podcast Listen to the woman who crafted the Paris Climate Accord,Tracy Raczek, talk about why it creates U.S.… Continue reading Climate Action Creates US Jobs – Tracy Raczek, Fmr UN Climate Advisor
Our brains are 73% water and our bodies are 60% water, so we literally cannot live without it. But most community water systems suffer from industrial pollution. It doesn’t have to be that way.
Listen to Karen Sorber, Cofounder/CEO of Micronic Technologies describe their innovative chemical-free system for cleaning wastewater on this Green Connections Radio podcast with host Joan Michelson.
“The biggest problem with the official surveys that we rely on a lot… [by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, BLS], is that…the number of women isn’t plentiful enough yet to have enough data on an annual basis to come up with reliable estimates.” There’s a little secret about the pandemic-economic recession that economists are… Continue reading Secret Success of Women in STEM – Ariane Hegewisch, Inst for Women’s Policy Research
“I think there’s more that’s happened in probably the past two years in the sustainable and ESG investing space than probably has in the prior 20 years.” Kathleen McQuiggan on Green Connections Radio podcast. “Your money is power,” veteran financial advisor Kathleen McQuggan reminds us, and today more than ever. What if we could invest in ways that support advancing women and protecting the planet, while also earning the financial returns we want and need? Yes, we can. Listen to Kathleen McQuiggan, Wealth Advisor at Artemis Advisors and former head of Pax World’s Global Women’s Index Fund explain how, with ESG investing – for environment, social and governance-focused – and how women are changing the world of money and investing.
