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Formerly Green Connections Radio
Hosted by acclaimed journalist, speaker and coach
Joan Michelson
Hosted by acclaimed journalist, speaker and coach
Joan Michelson
Hosted by acclaimed journalist, speaker and coach
Joan Michelson
Hosted by acclaimed journalist, speaker and coach
Joan Michelson
Hosted by acclaimed journalist, speaker and coach
Joan Michelson
Hosted by acclaimed journalist, speaker and coach
Joan Michelson
Hosted by acclaimed journalist, speaker and coach
Joan Michelson
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“From awareness, we get more actions,” Nathalie Udo on Green Connections Radio
Whether you’re a sustainability role or not, it needs to be integrated you’re your plans – and actions. Each business or organization or school or home is potentially at risk from some aspect of climate change. It might be rising sea levels lapping at your door. It might be reduced access to resources in the face of extreme weather, as happened with the severe hurricanes, for example. Nathalie Udo sustainability expert and co-author of the book, Organizational Survival: Profitable Strategies for a Sustainable Future shares steps you can take today and in your plans with Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson in this fascinating interview.

“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 person to do? Green Connections Radio went to one of the masters of personal finance to find out: Michelle Singletary, personal finance columnist for the Washington Post and author of several books on the topic.
Year’s end is a great time to review the year’s
“Listen for the unexpected,” Nicole Ferrini, El Paso, Texas As the new administration seeks to cut climate change budgets nationwide,
With the Trump administration cutting energy innovation and climate change initiatives, and saying that the states can pick up the
With Congress poised to review President Trump’s proposal to cut the budget of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by 31%,
We all seek to venture out to nature But, imagine all you’ve know is streets. Imagine that as a result, you’re afraid of nature….as an unknown. Imagine a mentor takes you to the river for the first time, and hikes along the river, and your eyes open…. That’s what Alisha Camacho is doing with her students in Anacostia and she’s producing a documentary about it, called “Anacostia Unplugged,” in this great interview from our archives.
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