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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 paper, greeting cards, year-end reports, and budgets. Recycled paper has become a common part of our lives, but where does it come from? Does it really save forests? Energy and water use? Listen to Michele Bartolini of Rolland Paper explain the process to Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson.

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 protect the environment. Listen here to my earlier conversation with Kara Reeve of the… Continue reading Gifts to Wildlife – Kara Reeve, National Wildlife Federation

Jeans from Wood? – Tricia Carey, Lenzing Fibers

Tricia Carey

“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 how they make glorious fabrics from wood, for a range… Continue reading Jeans from Wood? – Tricia Carey, Lenzing Fibers

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 (BCSE) explain to Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson why business and the council are… Continue reading Clean Energy Policy Today – Lisa Jacobson, Business Council for Sustainable Energy

Eco-Bedding? – Eileen Mockus, Coyuchi

Are you shopping for new bedding for your college kids or yourself? Before you do, listen to this 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 sheets, towels and related bedding for 25 years so they know… Continue reading Eco-Bedding? – Eileen Mockus, Coyuchi

Reputation Management: Big Data for Marketing (Preview)

Consider these social media statistics and their implications for big data for marketing: Every day, there are 500 million tweets, over 1.8 billion photos and videos shared on social media and 6,586,013,574 searches conducted online. Every minute on Facebook, 510,000 comments, 136,000 photos and 293,000 status updates are posted. And five-hundred million people use LinkedIn. Add website traffic and buying habits, and you have “big data.” Why… Continue reading Reputation Management: Big Data for Marketing (Preview)

Sustainable Fashion? – Annie Gullingsrud, Cradle to Cradle Innovation Institute

Annie Gullingsrud

“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 clothing? Is it even possible? How? Listen to ost Joan Michelson’s… Continue reading Sustainable Fashion? – Annie Gullingsrud, Cradle to Cradle Innovation Institute

NY Times 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.

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 catastrophic BP Oil Spill. Dr. Rita Colwell, renowned microbiologist and oceanographer,… Continue reading Water Science Lessons? Rita Colwell, Gulf Water Expert, fmr NSF Administrator

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.