FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th RADIO SHOW

Green my Company? Yes Please!

What if green business meant greater profit, less environmental impact, increased benefits for employees, and superior product? Sounds pretty good, right?. Today we are talking with guests who are on the frontline of this field and they tell us this is exactly what it looks like when businesses go green.

Today's Featured Radio Guests:

Nick Eisenberger - Founder of Green Order, helping companies maximize the value of sustainability - making environmental excellence, energy innovation, and corporate responsibility drivers of profitable growth.

Andrew Winston - Eco- Consultant and Author of Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29th RADIO SHOW

The Green For All Revolution

Today's show is incredibly important and inspiring and is all about solutions. To address the challenges of global warming and meet the energy issues of the future, the United States will need hundreds of thousands of “green-collar workers.” Such workers will be needed to install millions of solar panels; weatherize homes and other buildings; manage alternative transportation sources; build and repair efficient automobiles, and even maintain wind-farms. On top of the environmental benefit though, is the added bonus found in creating a strong, green-collar workforce. For tens of thousands of Americans who are falling behind in the global job market, these work opportunities can also create “green pathways out of poverty.”

Today's Featured Radio Guest:

Van Jones - Executive Director of the Ella Baker Center for Human
Rights in Oakland, California. Color of Change is a site changing the color of democracy. Van Jones is also a frequent blogger and speaker before congress on the issue of Green Collar Jobs.

Topics Discussed Today:

Green Worker Cooperatives - Creating green collar jobs and worker ownership in the South Bronx.

Green Collar Vets - Placing returning veterans in profitable green jobs like with companies like American Clay.

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22nd RADIO SHOW

Ocean Revolution and a Sustainable Future

Today we are looking seaward at the next wave in the green evolution. Our guest today is an expert interviewed in The 11th Hour, out in theaters now. We love the ocean and even more than that, we love when people are doing awesome things for the ocean.

Today's Featured Radio Guest:

Wallace J. Nichols - Co-Director of Ocean Revolution, Conservationist, professor, and Senior Scientist at the Ocean Conservancy.

Timothy Fitzgerald - Marine Biologist for Environmental Defense analyzing the ecological impacts of wild fisheries and aquaculture operations in an effort to promote ocean-friendly seafood choices.

Tips for Greening the Work Place -

-Turn off your computer at the end of a work day.
-Turn your printer off at the end of a work day.
-Suggest installing motion-sensors and timers to the lights.
-When you upgrade technology, make sure to trade in your old gadgets or your phones for money.
-Look for a carpool to take you to and from work.
-Reuse mugs and cups in the office.
-Use recycled paper for all your printing needs as well as having a recycle system in place.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 16th RADIO SHOW

Eco-Empowerment and Making Waves

Do we have an awesome show on tap today, or what? We are jumping into the future with two very different, yet equally innovative guests. One brings us the hydropower solutions as a viable alternative energy source for the NYC metropolitan area. The other brings green jobs for economic and environmental empowerment in the South Bronx. Needless to say, we are really making waves with this show.

Today's Featured Radio Guests:

William "Trey" Taylor - Cofounder of Verdant Power, a renewable energy company seeking to generate mechanical and electrical power in a cost-effective manner, causing minimal or no ecological impact, and with consideration for social equity.

Omar Freilla - Founder and Director of Green Worker Cooperatives is a South Bronx-based organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned and environmentally friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx.

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Monday, July 2nd Radio Show

Green Collar Jobs are Awesome

Today's topic is one that gets us pretty excited over here at the Lazy Environmentalist. Green Collar Jobs are both pro environment and could also be the first stepping stone out of poverty for many Americans. According to Van Jones, leading Green Collar Job advocate, "The national effort to curb global warming and oil dependence can simultaneously create good jobs, safer streets, and healthier communities. This is the chief moral obligation in the 21st century -- to build a green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty."

Today's Featured Radio Guests:

Jyl De Haven - Owner of Going Green USA, an organization bringing together skilled workers fresh from the US military with a future in promising green careers.

Paul Hess - 23 year old Marine Corps Sergeant Vet who served in Haiti and Iraq and participant in Green Collar Vets

Carol Baumgartel - VP of Sales and Marketing for American Clay Earth Plaster, manufactured in and using materials from the United States, American Clay uses natural clays and recycled and reclaimed aggregates to create healthful and beautiful interior finishes.

Topics Discussed Today:

Buying into the Green Movement - NY Times article from the Sunday, July 1st Style Section criticizing the legitimacy of "buying green".

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