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
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.
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 IEEE, the global organization of electrical and other engineers. You’ll learn about standards we take… Continue reading Power Standards – Karen Bartleson, IEEE
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.
“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 Electric Ladies Podcast (then known as Green Connections Radio) The 21st century economy is based on Big Data, especially when it comes to the new energy-sustainability paradigm. As Green Connections… Continue reading Best Big Data – Allison Sagraves, Big Data Guru, TED Talk
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 low-income homeowners who would not otherwise be able to… Continue reading Solar Jobs Help Homeowners – Nicole Steele, Grid Alternatives
“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
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 host Joan Michelson about the state of energy storage today –… Continue reading Energy Storage – Kate McGinnis, AES Energy Storage
“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 on Green Connections Radio. One of the sure-bet investments over time has been energy stocks, mostly oil and gas, with companies like Exxon Mobil soaring. Yet, Hurricane Harvey and the reality of climate change have upset that long-held belief too. The hurricane brought Houston’s oil and gas hub to a halt for days or weeks. So, today we’re looking anew at how we can match our investment dollars with our values. Grab an iPad or pen and paper, because you’ll want to take notes on this one. Listen to Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson’s tips-packed conversation with investing master, Christopher Cordaro, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of RegentAtlantic about how to do it.
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 statement that would make…. What’s involved in manufacturing sustainably-produced clothing? Listen to Christopher Chappell, Director… Continue reading Eco-Friendly Clothing – Christopher Chappell, Ramblers Way
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