“Are You Deferring Your Interests for Someone Else’s?” – Joan Michelson on “Time Matters!” podcast with Cherice Taylor

Last week Joan was a guest on “Time Matters!” a podcast hosted by Cherice Taylor. “Time Matters!’ is for students and families of all ages and interests and intended to help students maneuver their path to life after high school by hearing from professionals in all career fields. Listen to Joan’s episode, “Are You Deferring… Continue reading “Are You Deferring Your Interests for Someone Else’s?” – Joan Michelson on “Time Matters!” podcast with Cherice Taylor

Leading Global Change – Kathy Calvin, Pres./CEO UN Foundation

The Global Leadership Awards Dinner at Gotham Hall in New York, Wednesday, October 18, 2017. (Stuart Ramson/AP Images for United Nations Foundation)

“We live at a time of unparalleled opportunity and progress… It’s the best time in the world’s history to be born female. That said, the challenges ahead are so much more tricky and complicated and complex….” Kathy Calvin, CEO on Green Connections Radio Women are the Front Line of Solutions to Global Challenges, Especially Climate… Continue reading Leading Global Change – Kathy Calvin, Pres./CEO UN Foundation

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!

Empowering women while providing access to electricity with Aneri Patel

How many people do NOT have access to electricity, and how are women becoming empowered as a result? Click here to listen to Aneri Patel of the UN Sustainability for All Initiative talk about this fascinating phenomenon.