ON TODAY'S RADIO SHOW: TUESDAY, January 8th

Eco-Resorts: Star Island Bahamas

Today's show features the product of a partnership between an alternative energy sensei and a sustainable architect/ developer. When these two Sklars (not related) got together, a luxurious, off the grid resort was created: Star Island in Eleuthera, Bahamas.

Today's Featured Radio Guests:

Scott Sklar - President of The Stella Group, a strategic marketing and policy firm facilitating distributed alternative energy generation and the Senior Energy Advisor of Star Island Bahamas

David Sklar - Founder, CEO, and Lead Architect of Star Island Bahamas, a fully sustainable, off the grid luxury resort being built on Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas.

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7th RADIO SHOW

Building Green is Awesome.

Our show today features a company that is known throughout the country for leading the way in green building. This $8.5 billion dollar company is the largest building group in the US, and last year green buildings were over 20% of their new sales. Our second guests are working on a smaller scale. Their construction can fit in your pocket.

Today's Featured Radio Guests:

Michael Deane - Operations Manager for Sustainable Construction at Turner Construction

Benjamin Diggles - Marketing Director of DB Clay, a wallet company rejecting the traditional PVC materials in favor of more sustainable options. You can make your own duc tape wallet with DB Clay's kit.

Haute Idea - A well-edited lifestyle guide that demonstrates how to live a fashion-forward lifestyle while balancing an eco-friendly way of life.

The Green Home Guide - USGBC's new website that is awesome and very helpful for building the green home of your dreams.

Shout out to Ecorazzi, whose content is always choc full of great green gossip. Our favorite headline photo today is of our homeboys Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28th RADIO SHOW

Green Buildings From the Outside In

Today's show is about green buildings, both residential and professional. Our guests are from different parts of the country but unified as they LEED the way in green building.

John Krause - Principal Architect at DNA/Day Night After, A Strategic Design and Development company.

Jay Swoboda - Founder of Eco Urban Homes, a St Louis based LEED certified PLATINUM building company.

Global Gaming Expo - There was a big green push at this recent Las Vegas convention, and our guest John Krause spoke at this conference

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30th RADIO SHOW

Ordinary, Meet Extraordinary Green

Our show today features two very differenct companies with projects that are equally cool and accessible for us all. Our first guest has found a way to increase efficency in mail while reducing waste, hassle and headache. Aknowledging that 80% of the world's population will be in urban centers by the year 2050, our second guest is working on a system of vertical farms that will accomodate spatial and resource challenges in the future.

Today's Featured Radio Guests:

Steven Gal - Chairman and CEO of ProQuo, which removes your name and personal information from thousands of marketing lists, data brokers and other organizations that send you unsolicited mail.

Dickson Desspomier - Founder of Vertical Farm and Professor of Public Health and Microbiology at Columbia University.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 8th RADIO SHOW

LEEDing the Way With Green Buildings

Our show today is about the frontrunners of green architecture. Building with sustainability in mind increases productivity, happiness, and work satisfaction for the folks inside the buildings and it also cuts down on overall environmental impact. It's just that simple. And that's why we love it.

Today's Featured Radio Guests:

Paula Vaughan - Co-Director of Sustainability for Perkins + Will, an architecture firm based in Atlanta, GA. See more about Perkins + Will in this great Green Progress article.

Jill Fehrenbacher - Founder and Senior Editor of Inhabitat, an online magazine dedicated to future forward design.

Also check out the Solar Decathlon which Jill will be attending in Washington DC, next weekend October 12th - 20th.

Check out this article that with information on the 40,000 LEED certified building professionals.

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Friday, July 20th Radio Show

Green Residences in the Volunteer State

We are talking about developing green residential condos, apartments, and homes in todays show. We are featuring a developer from Tennessee who is pushing the limits of Modern Green Living.

Today's Featured Radio Guest:

Bill Barkley - President of Crosland Tennessee, developing Terrazzo and Griffin Plaza which feature exclusive metropolitan green living in Nashville, Tennessee.

Topics Discussed Today:
Breaking Ground on Eco Cities - article from the International Herald Tribune.

Cambridge Chronicle - MIT students compete in eco-friendly house contest.

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Wednesay, May 23rd Radio Show

Green Design is Good Design

Today we discuss the merits of good design and how green design actually is just the best. Our guest, David Bergman, reviews the green trendsetters from the International Contemporary Furniture Fair which just ended yesterday at the Javitts center in New York City.

Today's Featured Radio Guest:
David Bergman - Founder of Fire & Water Lighting & Furniture, Principal of David Bergman Architect and Lecturer on sustainable design at Parsons School of Design

Companies, Projects and Products Mentioned on Today's Show:

Steel Skin Inc
Reforest Teak Furniture - Award winning teak outdoor furniture for patios and gardens crafted with a commitment to lifelong durability

Green Trendsetters Discussed with Today's Guests:

Outstanding Eco-Children's Furniture

Q Collection - Q Junior
Celery
Argington
DucDuc
Igloo Play
Casa Kids
Chul Min Kang

See more eco-friendly furniture from Vivavi, offering product lines from over 30 of today's top sustainable furniture designers.

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Thursday, May 10th Radio Show

Building and Selling Stylish Green Dwellings

Dealing with a real estate agent or developer who incorporates environmentally and socially responsible business practices into their process can help you align your personal values with a large purchase like buying a home. Today's guests include emerging leaders in New York City real estate and also in Winston Salem, NC green development and both are setting the standard in their fields.

Today's Featured Radio Guests:

Chris Moss - Founder and Head Agent of Moss Realty, a green real estate firm in Manhattan integrating socially and environmentally responsible practices into their business.

Jim Jackson – President and Owner of Green Pointe Properties - A housing industry leader in the design and construction of homes that are socially, economically and environmentally sustainable.

Companies, Projects and Products Mentioned on Today's Show:

Sigg - Urban and outdoor adventure water bottles that are both sexy in style, and functional in use.

Modern Green Living - your source to design, build, remodel, furnish or find a green home with the most comprehensive database of green residences and communities. You can locate green architects, builders, remodelers, interior designers, realtors, and green building consultants near you.

Green-E.org - The nation's leading independent certification and verification program for renewable energy and companies that use renewable energy.

Native Energy - Through carbon ofsetting, this company finances and builds clean and renewable energy projects in Native American and Alaska Native communities.

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Friday, April 26th Radio Show

Green and Fab: The Power of Prefab

Green affordable design driven homes are here with these great prefab options. Going green for your entire home can be as easy as one purchase with these stylish and exceptional prefab homes.

Today's Featured Radio Guests:

Rocio Romero - Founder and CEO of Rocio Romero LLC a multidisciplinary firm that designs, manufactures, builds, ships, and sells green kit homes.

Quincy Vale and John Rossi - President and Design Principal of Power POD, a prefab company ideal for industrial, business and personal applications.

Companies, Projects and Products Mentioned on Today's Show:

Website of the Day:

Engadget.com - Coolest and most cutting edge green technology on the market is displayed and discussed on this heavily trafficked website (over 60,000 hits a day).

Product of the Day:

Hybrio - Power your gadgets with these long-lasting rechargeable batteries that eliminate the need to continually purchase and dispose of standard alkaline batteries.

HauteGREEN - An exhibition of the best in sustainable design for the contemporary home, showcasing furniture, lighting, and accessories that are both aesthetically pleasing and eco-friendly.

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Monday, April 16th Radio Show

Building Green: At Home and At Work

Environmentally smart homes and office buildings are on the rise throughout North America. Combining advanced technology with timeless design principles, green architects, builders, and practitioners are steering us toward a future where comfort, satisfaction and productivity go hand in hand with environmental responsibility.

Today's Radio Guests:

Serge Appel - Senior Associate for Cook + Fox Architects and Project Director of the Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park in New York City which, upon completion, will be the world’s most environmentally responsible high-rise office building and the first to strive for the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum designation.

Robyn Griggs Lawrence - Editor-in-Chief of Natural Home Magazine, offering today's health-conscious, environmentally concerned homeowners the information they need to practice earth-inspired living.

Companies, Projects and Products Mentioned on Today's Show:

Gen Art Film Festival in NYC showing innovative cinema including Gimme Green, a film about the America's lawn obsession and it's environmental impact. Another films is Shark Water which explores the ecological problems associated with a human caused decrease in the world's shark population.

The Power of Green - An extensive Thomas Friedman article in the April 15th NY Times Magazine all about the state of green geo-politics.

Green: The New Red, White and Blue - a documentary featuring Thomas L. Friedman's reporting on green technology, premiers on the Discovery Channel on Saturday, April 21 at 9 p.m.

Green Trendsetters Discussed with Today's Guests:

Energy Star - a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy helping us all save money and protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices.

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Monday, March 19th Radio Show

How Green Can Your Home Be?

How green can your home be? What’s in it for you? How do you make it happen? And how are new technologies and materials and growing consensus within the building industry that building environmentally smart buildings is both vital and doable transforming the places in which we live?

FEATURED RADIO GUESTS:
Robert Politzer - President and founder of GreenStreet Construction & Consulting, a leading green building firm, operating throughout the New York tri-state region. Mr. Politzer is the contractor for the Natural Home Magazine 2007 Show House, opening in Brooklyn, New York later this year.

Stephanie Horowitz, VP of Custom Design, and Benjamin Uyeda, Chief Architectural Officer for Independence Energy Homes, an architectural design firm that specializes in energy efficiency and green buildings and one of the fastest growing Zero Energy architectural design firms in the country.

Companies, Projects and Products Mentioned on Today's Show:

Green Building Resources:
Inhabitat.com - Inhabitat.com
Treehugger.com - Treehugger.com
Green Home Guide - www.greenhomeguide.com
Modern Green Living - www.moderngreenliving.com
Natural Home Magazine - www.naturalhomemagazine.com
Dwell Magazine - www.dwell.com
House and Garden Magazine - www.houseandgarden.com
Lime - www.lime.com

Green Trendsetters Discussed with Today's Guests:
Solar Decathlon - www.eere.energy.gov/solar_decathlon/
American Lung Association Health House - www.healthhouse.org
Cornell School of Architecture - www.aap.cornell.edu/arch/

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Modern Green Living meets Growing Green Building Demand

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Premieres, Wednesday February 14th

Green Residential Real Estate

Living in green homes is an opportunity to align our lifestyles with a cleaner planet and in ways that conveniently fit how we want to live. Whether it’s new materials, new technologies or new methods of construction, the choices for going green are more accessible and attractive than ever before. Yet, the green building movement is advancing so quickly that it can be challenging to stay current on all the latest trends and options when it comes time to consider your own home. Fortunately, professionals in the residential building industry are developing the green expertise to help us navigate these choices and adopt a greener of way of life.

THIS WEEK'S GUESTS:
John Beldock - Founder of EcoBroker International, a program designed to help communities, across the United States and internationally, take advantage of and encourage energy efficiency and sustainable design in real estate properties. Through EcoBroker educational courses, real estate professionals acquire the knowledge and resources to become Certified EcoBrokers and assist clients in their pursuit of properties with green features and marketing of properties with green features.

Toby Long - Architect, Principal and Co-founder of CleverHomes, a complete design-build service that guides clients from concept through construction of their ideal home. CleverHomes combines modern, energy-efficient designs with a closely managed building process that combines the benefits of prefab construction with a broad palette of customization possibilities tailored to each client's unique needs.

View more about green residential real estate and find green home professionals around the U.S. and Canada at Modern Green Living.

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Premieres Wednesday, September 27th

Beautiful Eco-Friendly Homes

Creating eco-friendly lifestyles starts with the homes we live in. From thoughtful kitchen remodels to forward-thinking home designs and materials, professionals possess the environmental expertise to easily enable modern green living. Thousands of them will be descending upon San Francisco this weekend for West Coast Green, the largest green residential building conference and expo in North America.

THIS WEEK'S RADIO SHOW GUESTS:

Jennifer Roberts – Author of Good Green Kitchens, the ultimate resource for creating a beautiful, healthy, eco-friendly kitchen, and Speaker at West Coast Green.

Eric Corey Freed - Principal of Organic Architect, a design practice committed to designing award-winning buildings which are organic and environmentally friendly. Eric has been named “Best Green Architect” by San Francisco Magazine. Eric will also be speaking at West Coast Green.

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Premieres: Wednesday, August 2nd

Smart Homes: Living Green & Living Large (or small)

Innovation is underway in the housing industry that combines new
technology with timeless building techniques and materials to make
greening our homes the easy, smart choice. Reduced energy costs, improved air quality and increased natural daylight are just some of the benefits we gain by actively pursuing our enlightened self-interest.

THIS WEEK'S GUESTS:
Kelly Lerner – Principal of One World Design, an architectural firm which specializes in sustainable natural building, and Co-Author of Natural Remodeling for the Not-So-Green House.

Robert Phillips - Marketing Director of Solatube International, Inc., a company that brings sunlight inside the home by offering affordable, yet highly advanced tubular skylights that use a revolutionary, innovative design to capture sunlight on a rooftop, redirect it down a highly reflective shaft, and then diffuse it throughout an interior space.

SIRIUS AND LIME RADIO SHOWTIMES:
Premieres Wednesday at 9 am EST on the Lime Channel on Sirius Satellite Radio 114 and streaming live at Lime.com. Encores - Wednesdays 9PM; Thursdays 3AM, 2PM, 8PM; Fridays 2AM; Sundays 1PM.

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Premieres Wednesday, May 31st

Prefab Homes: Modern, Sustainable, Affordable

Thinking about living in a high-design, affordable home that’s also healthier for you, your family and the global environment? Then think “prefab” and get ready for the housing paradigm shift.

THIS WEEK'S RADIO GUESTS:
Steve Glenn - Founder & CEO of Living Homes, a new architectural design and real estate development company introducing a new line of homes created by world-class architects, which feature modern design, healthy/sustainable materials, and an affordable price.

Michelle Kaufmann - Design Principal of Michelle Kaufmann Designs (MKD), an Architectural Design firm that specializes in sustainable,affordable high design. MKD offers full architectural services utilizing off-site technology that is more eco-friendly, provides higher quality, and is more affordable than traditionally built homes.

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Premieres Wednesday, January 25th

Beautiful, Sustainable Buildings & Interiors

Many in the design community are looking to Green Design to inform and improve our lives by making our homes and workplaces healthier and our planet cleaner. Joining Josh to discuss the state of contemporary green design are Bart Bettencourt and Carlos Salgado, Principals of Scrapile Furniture, and Collin Burry and Melissa Mizell, Design Principal and Senior Associate respectively at Gensler, the global architecture firm.

Premieres Wednesday at 9 am EST on the Lime Channel on Sirius Satellite Radio 114 and streaming live at Lime.com. Encores - Wednesdays 9PM; Thursdays 3AM, 2PM, 8PM; Fridays 2AM; Sundays 1PM.

See the Scrapile furniture collection at Vivavi.

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Premieres Wednesday, December 14th

Sustainable Design for Everday Living

Sustainable design is pushing into new realms. It’s showing up in products that are healthier for our homes and our planet. It’s actually our homes themselves. Students around the country are demanding to learn about it. Corporations are touting it. In short, a movement is underfoot. Joining Josh to discuss these developments is David Bergman, Founder of Fire & Water Lighting & Furniture, Principal of David Bergman Architect and Lecturer on sustainable design at Parsons School of Design.

Premieres Wednesday at 9 am EST on the Lime Channel on Sirius Satellite Radio 114 and streaming live at Lime.com. Encores - Wednesdays 9PM; Thursdays 3AM, 2PM, 8PM; Fridays 2AM; Sundays 1PM.

See the Fire & Water collection at Vivavi.

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Season 2 Episode 4

Designing Modern Green Homes

Architects today strive to design comfortable homes for modern living. If architect Jennifer Siegal, Principal of Office of Mobile Design, is right, the way we conceive and build homes in the 21st century is about to undergo a major transformation as environmental constraints pose new challenges and technological advancements create new possibilities. Join Josh as he and Jennifer discuss prefab design, just-in-time housing construction and mobile living structures.

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The Green Design Paradigm Shift

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Episode 12

Green Design for the Home and Beyond

From furniture to homes to cities, green design is becoming recognized globally as good design. The rewards are healthier home environments, cleaner communities and revitalized ecosystems. Joining Josh to discuss the convergence of contemporary design with environmental stewardship are Carlos Salgado and Bart Bettencourt, designers and co-founders of Scrapile Furniture, and Neil Chambers, renowned architect and designer, founder of Green Ground Zero and adjunct professor at New York University.

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Episode 3

Living in Modern Green Homes: Alanna Stang, Christopher Hawthorne & Helena Durst Guest.

Explore with us the exciting developments in sustainable architecture and green building and learn why the best architects and builders in the world are turning to green design principles. Whether building or remodeling a house or searching for an urban apartment, your next home can be beautiful, healthy and environmentally sound. Alanna Stang & Christopher Hawthorne, authors of The Green House - New Directions In Sustainable Architecture and Helena Durst, Assistant Vice President for the Durst Organization, one of the most forward-looking commercial development real estate firms in the world.

See green residential towers and green architects at Modern Green Living.

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