“Kids have power.. and once kids know how much power they have to make change, they start acting.” Lynne Cherry Listen to Lynne Cherry, film producer and author of over thirty children’s books pertaining to climate change, talk to GCR host Joan Michelson at this year’s Earth Day celebration at Union Station in Washington D.C.… Continue reading Lynne Cherry on Earth Day 2013
Which uses more water: tea or coffee? Chicken or a hamburger? How many gallons of water does it take to make a pair of jeans? Listen to Ann Feldman of Waterpressures.org tell GCR host Joan Michelson the amazing things she learned about the world’s water use and availability, and what YOU can do about it.… Continue reading Ann Feldman of waterpressures.org
How does policy affect CleanTech business start ups? Click here to listen to Phyliss Cuttino, Director of the Clean Energy Program, Pew Charitable Trust, discuss this and their new research on the energy sector . This interview took place at the 2013 ARPA-E Summit in Washington, DC recently. Click here to listen
One hundred years ago – on March 3, 1913 – thousands marched in support of giving women the right to vote, and turned the tides of history. Green Connections has a special link to the suffrage movement: GCR host Joan Michelson’s great-great aunt Miriam Michelson was a reporter covering the suffrage movement and one of the foremost interviewers… Continue reading Joan Wages of the National Women’s History Museum
The front lines of the clean energy economy are fascinating, brutal and potentially very lucrative.
Listen to one of the masters at growing clean energy start-ups, Amy Francetic of the Clean Energy Trust, discuss how it all comes together and CET’s $100 million partnership with Argonne National Laboratory. She spoke with GCR host Joan Michelson at the 2013 ARPA-E Summit in Washington, DC recently. Much of her advice is timeless.
From solar energy development to the advancement of CleanTech, the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center has been one of the first U.S. state agencies to focus strictly on clean energy investment. Listen to Catherine Williams, the Director of Communications for MCEC, discuss how they are boosting sustainable energy development through trusts and policy partnerships — and what’s up with… Continue reading Catherine Williams of Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
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. Laura Nereng, Program Manager of 3M’s Clean Energy Innovation, spoke with GCR Host Joan Michelson about 3M’s carbon capture break-through that could change everything, and about her innovative group that developed it. This… Continue reading Laura Nereng of 3M Clean Energy Innovation
Listen in to Osprey Orielle Lake, Founder and President of the Women’s Earth and Climate Caucus, as she speaks about her recent panel discussion participation, regarding the Keystone Pipeline controversy. What did prominent women in the green economy say on the issue? Since “women are the most negatively affected and most intricate to the solutions,” how… Continue reading Osprey Orielle Lake of the Women’s Earth and Climate Caucus
Dr. Karina Edmonds, Technology Transfer Coordinator for the Department of Energy, speaks about innovations from the National Laboratories that are solving our energy challenges. Listen to Dr. Karina Edmonds to learn how these inventions come to market and what entrepreneurs can learn from them
GCR host Joan Michelson spoke with Deputy Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank at the 2013 DC Auto Show about the dearth of women in the auto industry – 1.8% on the shop floor and about 20% in offices – and what can be done about it.
