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Women’s History – Joan Wages, National Women’s History Museum

Engaging, enlightening and entertaining interviews with innovators and leaders in energy, clean tech and sustainability – featuring mostly women. Green Connections Radio helps you “live green, work green, earn green.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Read More

Going to the movies? A Story About “The Post” You Don’t Hear About

Recycle Holiday Debris – Melissa Walsh-Ennis, Recycling Reinvented

Holiday – Year-End Finances – w Michelle Singletary, Washington Post Personal Finance Expert

“It’s how you think about the money thing” that drives your spending and saving habits. Money. We need it, struggle to manage it and don’t know who to listen to for advice. Everyone seems to be telling us what to do – “On sale, Buy now!” “Save for retirement!” “Low interest rate!” What’s a money-smart… Continue reading Holiday – Year-End Finances – w Michelle Singletary, Washington Post Personal Finance Expert

Gifts! Clean Energy Toys, Robotics – w Steve Aarons, Child’s Play Toys

Transforming Wind Turbines – Interview with Jennifer Baird

“Wind and solar are crushing fossil fuels,” according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance on April 6, 2016. How is this happening? Transformative innovation. One of the transformational leaders is Jennifer Baird, CEO of Accio Energy who Green Connections host Joan Michelson spoke with in this fascinating interview from the ARPA-E Innovation Summit. Their innovative, blade-free… Continue reading Transforming Wind Turbines – Interview with Jennifer Baird

How Do You Win ‘Shark Tank’?

Andrea Sreshta, Luminaid Cofounder

Two young entrepreneurs, Andrea Shreshta and her cofounder Anna Stork, won $200,000 from Mark Cuban, along with his mentorship, on “Shark Tank” for their solar powered inflatable light, LuminAID. And they have grown in leaps and bounds since. How did they do it? Developed in response to the massive earthquake in Haiti, LuminAID was born… Continue reading How Do You Win ‘Shark Tank’?

Practical Advice on Building a Sustainable Organization

Based on her experience working with Fortune 500 companies like Boeing, Nathalie Udo shares her practical insights into taking a large company from awareness that they need to be more eco-friendly to action steps on how to do it. These include insights she wrote about in her book “Organizational Survival” co-authored with Gregory Balestrero. You’ll… Continue reading Practical Advice on Building a Sustainable Organization

Profitable Socially Responsible, ESG Investing- Barbara Krumsiek, former CEO, Calvert Investments

Do you want to invest with principle but are concerned about making the most financial return too? The long time CEO of Calvert Investments (now retired), Barbara Krumsiek frankly discusses the pros and cons of socially responsible investing (SRI) in this engaging conversation with Green Connections host Joan Michelson. What is it exactly, what are… Continue reading Profitable Socially Responsible, ESG Investing- Barbara Krumsiek, former CEO, Calvert Investments

Can Microgrids Prevent Power Loss – and Pay YOU?

Remember the last time you lost power…Did you lose documents on your computer? Was your home suddenly dark, leaving you fumbling around for a flashlight? Was it a bad storm? Our power-dependent lives are brought to a screeching halt when we lose electricity – and it’s scary, even life-threatening too. What if it doesn’t have… Continue reading Can Microgrids Prevent Power Loss – and Pay YOU?