Brita Climate Ride Recap

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The Big G's Ten Year Renewable Energy Call To Action

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nvohk Does Green Fashion, Community Style

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Pump Your Own Ethanol with the EFUEL 100 MicroFueler

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Wal-Mart: Go Green on a Shoestring

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Lazy but Green: Interview for National Geographic Magazine

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Green Consumerism: Problem, Panacea or Just One of Many Good Ideas?

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Nvohk: Invoking a New Business Model

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Axis of Eco: Let's Go Rainforest Alliance

Today's guest brings together large multinational corporations and small, community-based cooperatives, to push responsibly produced goods and services into a global marketplace. These collaborations encourage sustainability and profitablity for everyone involved.

Today's Featured Radio Guest:
Tensie Whelen - Executive Director of The Rainforest Alliance, an organization that works with people whose livelihoods depend on the land, helping them transform the way they grow food, harvest wood and host travelers.

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Fields of Fuel: Green Screening at Sundance

Today's show features a producer and director of a film that is currently at Sundance. Fields of Fuel is turning heads at that festival, and across the US at large, because it is both timely and awesome.

Today's Featured Radio Guests:

Josh Tickell and Greg Reitman - Director and Producer from Fields of Fuel, a film about biodiesel fuel made from vegetable oil that is an economically sustainable, environmentally sound alternative energy to fossil fuel.

Check out more Green Sundance info on the Huffington Post.

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Eco-Grooming: Can Shaving Oil Save the World?

Today's show is awesome because it features one of the Lazy E's favorite products in his eco-arsenal: shaving oil. This company is changing the shaving notion of using lather (from shaving cream) and replacing it with lubricant (from shaving oil). Pacific Shaving was born out of necessity for its founder and our guest; he needed a shaving product that was good for the skin, good for the wallet, and good for the earth.

Today's Featured Radio Guest:

Stan Ades - Founder and CEO of Pacific Shaving, a small but mighty shaving oil offering a consistently smooth shave that reduces nicks and razor burn using the only natural ingredients.

Topics Discussed on Today's Show
HybridCars.com -

Kick Global Warming -

Golf and Environment -

Fair Trade Sports -

National Ski Association -

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Eco Rock Star: KT Tunstall

Today's show is awesome. We have a rocking guest: literally a rock-n-roller who is changing both the music scene and the green scene. KT Tunstall is revamping the notion of both eco-activist and rocker chick.

Today's Featured Radio Guest:

KT Tunstall - Rock Star and Green Activist whose latest album Drastic Fantastic is all that.

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Pimp My IPod- Salvaging Gadgets Instead of Chucking Them

Today's show is all about keeping gadgets out of landfills. The company we are talking to takes broken or returned MP3 players, phones, PDAs, and IPods, restores them, and sells them for less. With so many of our old electronics being thrown away each year, which is known as E Waste, Dyscern is making money from converting that waste into more affordable products for consumers.

Today's Featured Radio Guest:
Jennifer Canty - Founder and CEO of Dyscern specializing in the recovery and resale of PDAs, MP3 players and Apple Products.

Other Topics Mentioned:
Rubber Sidewalks - Awesome sidewalks and playground materials made from recycled tires.

Nike Bowerman Track Program - A Nike Grant program that takes over 75,000 used running shoes and grinds them up to be used for athletic tracks.

The Jordan XX3 - First eco-friendly Air Jordan commemorating Michael Jordan's 23 year legacy and jersey number.

Blue Ridge Biodiesel - Converting would be cooking oil waste into cooking oil gas for cars.

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Freecycle - Free Gifts for the Giving and Taking

Today's show is very exciting for us because we have reading about our guest's company, Freecycle, all over the place including in our favorite eco-newspaper, The Wall Street Journal. Not only does does Freecycle have over 3 million users, but founder Deron Beale is a Thunderbird alum, just like the Lazy E.

Deron Beale - Founder of Freecycle which is made up of 4,226 groups with 4,338,000 members across the globe. It's a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns.

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ON TODAY'S RADIO SHOW: WEDNESDAY, January 9th

Climate Counts: An Eco Score Card for Corporations

Today's show features an organization that is scoring global companies based on how they are addressing the challenges we face from global warming. Climate Counts acknowledges that in a race to combat climate change, how are companies responding and how can we as consumers influence them. Then we hear from our style expert, Michael Cannell who is reporting live from the floor at the International Consumer Electronics Show on all the cool green innovation.

Wood Turner - Founder of Climate Counts, a group rating major companies based on a point system for climate related actions combating global warming.

Michael Cannell - Michael Cannell - Editorial Director at Dwell.com, and one of our professional style experts.

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ON TODAY'S RADIO SHOW: MONDAY, January 7th

Waste Not, Want Not: GoodBye Junk Mail

We love TiVo. In face, we love anything that reminds us of TiVo. Today's show features a company that essentially lets you TiVo all the junk mail coming into your house. GreenDimes makes it easy to get rid of the annoying and wasteful junk mail you don't want, and they plant 10 trees when you sign up, to boot.

Today's Featured Radio Guest:

Pankaj Shah - CEO of GreenDimes A company that stops up to 90% of your junk mail and plant 10 trees on your behalf by immediately by remove your entire household from dozens of lists, eliminating only your unwanted catalogs and monitoring your account monthly.

Pankaj is also the founder of Tonic Generation where you can buy eco-friendly and organic gear, made using sustainable sourcing and ethical manufacturing processes and every product directly supports an important cause so you make a difference with every purchase.

Also check out conservation minded bathroom companies:
Toto - Dual flush toilets
Oxygenics - Low flow shower heads with EXCELLENT pressure (Lazy E Certified)
Home Depot Eco Options -
Hallowell Acadia -

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18th RADIO SHOW

EPA in the House

We are speaking today with a Big Dog. Our guest heads a program from the most powerful green organization in the US: The Environmental Protection Agency. The Non-CO2 Program is an EPA branch partnering with other governmental and non-governmental groups around the world to sequester and harness all gases that are not carbon-dioxide.

Today's Featured Radio Guest

Paul Gunning - Chief of the Non-CO2 Gases and Carbon Sequestration Programs Branch at the EPA. For more information check out

Kyto Protocol -

Gateway to the UN System's Work on Climate Change - The Conference, hosted by the Government of Indonesia, took place at the Bali International Convention Center and brought together representatives of over 180 countries together with observers from intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations, and the media.

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14th RADIO SHOW

Spotlight Green: Long Island

Today we have the owner and founding publisher Canvas Magazine, based in Long Island. If you weren't aware of the fact that Long Island is a bastion of sustainability, you probably need to check yourself. Fridays are great for obvious reasons, and today we are taking it to another eco-awesome plane with our show.

Today's Featured Radio Guest:

Matthew O'Grady - Associate Publisher for Canvas Magazine, A backdrop for ideas, perspectives and life on Long Island.

Mega Shout Out to:

Recycle Bank. This awesome company is showing mad fantastic leadership and vision in creating recycling solutions that make both sense and money.

Neighborhood Network - A Long Island Organization dedicated to reclaiming the suburban and rural character of community life on the island.

North Shore Land Alliance - A land trust formed to protect and preserve,
in perpetuity, the green spaces, wetlands and
historical sites of Long Island's North Shore.

Green Drinks Holiday Event for Canvas Magazine at the Footprint Gallery, 51 Gibbs Avenue in Huntington, Long Island.

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12th RADIO SHOW

Designing Eco-Vehicles and Showing that Eco-Love

Today's show is focused on creating green alternatives for vehicles and shifting our overall transportation infrastructure. Making a change of this caliber is a huge deal and will take many smart minds, and all hands on deck.

Today's Featured Radio Guests:

David A. Muyres - Vice President of Educational Initiatives at Art Center College of Design whose Sustainability Summit will be held in February.

Bari Nan Cohen - Freelance Journalist, Contributing Editor at Plenty Magazine and "Striving Environmentalist" whose work can be seen at More, and RealSimple.com.

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11th RADIO SHOW

A Whiz-Bang Team and Big Ol' Trees

Today's show features students from Johns Hopkins University Sais Business School who won both the glory of the Thunderbird Sustainable Innovation Summit and $25,000 dollar prize. Then, we are talking trees: conservation, FSC Certified Furniture, and paper.

Today's Featured Radio Guests:
Tania Askins, Chris Meyer, Michael Ralles, Sarah Rotman, Geneveive Taft - The Diplomats: The winning team, "from the Thunderbird Sustainable Innovation Summit.

Smith Electric Vehicles - A recent caller asked about electric delivery/courier vans and trucks, so here you go.

Come party with TEAM LAZY E tonight at the Green Drinks Holiday Party, tonight at Blvd in NYC.

Tips from the Global Trees Campaign.

Green Kids Books

Sustainable Furniture Council - A non-profit balanced coalition of industry players created to promote sustainable practices among manufacturers, retailers, and consumers alike with a public tagging program to identify good choices.

United Nation Environmental Programme - Ask an expert at the UNEP any environmental question you can think of.

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 10th RADIO SHOW

It's Raining Eco-Innovation, Hallelujah!

It's raining today, both outside our New York City studio, and inside the booth with some great guests who know just what to do with precipitation. That is to say anticipate it, trap it, and use it. It's like your yard saying, "Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it..."

Today's Featured Radio Guests:

Matt Ridenour CEO and Judy Guido Chief Marketing Officer of Cyber-Rain, a ground-breaking smart sprinkler control system that gives homeowners an easy way to save 30-70 percent on their landscape watering bills by using the ease and convenience of the personal computer and automatic weather updates from the internet.

Water H20=Life -
current rocking exhibit about water (obviously) at the American Museum of Naural History.

Today's Podcast:
Green Investments

New Alternatives Fund - Oldest green mutual fund in existence emphasizing alternative energy and the environment.

Guinness Atkinson Alternative Energy Fund (GAAEX) - seeks long-term appreciation investing in equity securities (US and non-US) of companies involved in alternative energy or energy technology sectors

Portfolio 21 - Invests in big companies that are best in class, and have the best environmental policies in the industry.

Winslow Green Growth Fund - For twenty-five years, Winslow has been dedicated to the same corporate mission: to demonstrate that our green investing approach can yield positive long-term results for our clients.

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6th RADIO SHOW

Eco-Journalism and Green Networking

Today's show features some heavy hitters. Our first guest is the Environment and Energy news editor for the Wall Street Journal , extensively covering green news better than any national newspaper. The second guest founded a green social networking and events organization called Green Drinks, whose annual NYC holiday party will be held this coming Tuesday, December 11th at Blvd located at 199 Bowery (at Spring). You can get your ticket at Brown Paper Tickets.
Today's Featured Radio Guests:

Jeffrey Ball - News Editor for the Wall Street Journal covering environmental and energy isues, and keeping Journal readers in the green.

Margaret Lydecker - Founder of the NYC Chapter of Green Drinks, a monthly networking event for Eco Professionals.

Today's Podcast:

Eco-friendly cleaning products.
Seventh Generation - The green cleaning pioneer, still rocking hard.
Method Cleaning Products - A great company we love because of its availability (check out Target), cool packaging design, and effectiveness.
Clorox GreenWorks - A new brand of natural cleaners we will be introducing nationwide in January 2008 by the GIANT mainstream cleaning company, Clorox.

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5th RADIO SHOW

Personal Journey towards a Greener Life

Today's show features guests who help us with out personal decisions in choosing the awesome green lifestyle that we want to live. Both of them provide accessible information that we all want to know about, to move our consumption and lives in a green-a-licious direction.

Today's Featured Radio Guests:

Susanna Tocco - Founder and Blogger of Organic Solutions for the Mint Green, a site devoted to the author's personal quest to make her life, as well as those close to her, sustainabley focused.

Gay Browne - Founder of Greenopia and Author of Greenopia: the urban dweller’s guide to green living, great resources for living sustainably in San Francisco, LA and NYC (coming in the Spring of '08).

Topics Discussed Today:

Cafe Mom - Interesting Learning and Networking site for mothers mentioned today by our guest, Susanna Tocco.

Today's Podcast:
Top 10 Eco Holiday Presents. Grab this podcast off Lime.com

1)Credo Mobile - Give your family a cell phone plan which gives millions a year to non-profits.
2)Good Magazine – A great magazine whose subscription fee of $20 goes to charity.
3)Green Stocks or Mutual Funds – SustainableBusiness.com where you can your track green stocks.
4)Voltaic Backpacks are sweet and available at Voltaic Systems and Reware.
5)Dwell.com – A great gift list including Terra Plana shoes, Bamboo fingerless gloves, hammers, and much more.
6)EcoCalendar – 2008 calendar with everything you need to know about our earth.
7)Lazy E Calendar – Tips for everyday that go with everyday.
8)Kindle – Wireless reading device from Amazon, reducing paper use and making electronic reading pleasureable and easy.
9)Green Home Cleaning – Give the gift of a green clean home with a cleaning service like Zen Home or listed in The Lazy Environmentalist book.
10)Green Rock Concerts - Give a green concert ticket to a music fan who also digs biodiesel tour busses, onsight recycling, and eco-messaging.

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4th RADIO SHOW

Be a Green Activist with your Cell Phone

Today's show is very lazy and therefore right up our alley. Our guest is the CEO of a company that helps cell phone users participate and enacting social change, just by making phone calls and texting. This is no LOL matter. In fact, this to 2 cool 2 B TRU. TXT 4 CHNG is GR8.

Today's Featured Radio Guest:

Laura Scher - Co-Founder and CEO of Credo Mobile, formerly Working Assets, with a mobile phone service in where every time you make a call with us, 1% of your charges automatically go to the non- profit group of your choice. Since its creation in 1985, over $56 million dollars have been donated.

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27th RADIO SHOW

Green Express: Making Major Moves

Today's show is about greening the transportation options available to us. In an increasingly global economy, how a product arrives to your front door is as important as "what" product you actually bought. Whether you are receiving important documents, beer, or exotic fish for your home aquarium, it all travels quite a distance to reach you; and that is the topic we're exploring today.

Today's Featured Radio Guest:

Jay Holgate - Founder and CEO of Green Express, an Atlanta based courier company whose hybrid fleet is the first eco-friendly courier service in the US.

Topics Discussed Today

Guardian Eco Store - The British Newspaper's fantastic online boutique with products specially selected to promote ideas for a better world. Whether you are looking for stylish clothing, energy-saving gadgets, fantastic housewares, eco-fashion, organic cosmetics or fairly traded gifts there is something for everyone.

Ships Draw Fire For Rising Role In Air Pollution - Wall Street Journal article about the impact of the shipping industry on the environment

Invasion of Jellyfish Envelops Japan In Ocean of Slime - Another Wall Street Journal article about Monster Jellyfish choking the fishing industry in Japan due to increased sea temperatures and Chinese pollution, and creative solutions.

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26th RADIO SHOW

Green Travel + Leisure

With over $7 trillion of the world's GDP (10%) each year coming from the travel industry, it is quite evident that this a money making field. Today's guest is an expert in travel and is explaining how sustainable travel can maintain environmental integrity, preserve local cultures, and encourage community economic development. All while relaxing and getting a tan.

Today's Featured Radio Guest:

Alice Gordon - Features Director for Travel + Leisure Magazine, whose commitment sustainability includes an in-house Responsible Travel Department.

Topics Discussed Today:

Spice Island Beach Resort in Grenada

Orange Hotel in Rome

787 Dreamliner Airplanes by Boeing

Wild Divine - Lazy E's favorite bio-feedback game.

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19th RADIO SHOW

New Green Order

Today's show is pretty big deal. Why? Because it's Monday and we are wrapping up the Thunderbird Sustainable Innovation Summit in Arizona and the Opportunity Green Conference in LA, both of which The Lazy E attended and presented at.

Today's Featured Radio Guest:
Lesley Chilcott - Head of non-profit Unscrew America who is hosting a conference in LA this Saturday, November 24th at Cut and Run in Santa Monica featuring Green Interior Designers, Fashion Designers, Jewelry Designers, and more.

Topics Discussed Today:

Planting Empowerment - pioneering a new reforestation model in Panama’s marginalized Darien region, founded by Thunderbird graduates.

The Air to Water Co. - Their Atmospheric Water Generators allow you to capture the moisture in the air while saving money, drinking the cleanest water available, and not having any hassles associated with other water resources.

Earth 911 - By simply entering a location or zip-code at the Earth 911 environmental portal or 1-800-CLEANUP, users can access the leading comprehensive resource for community-specific “actionable” information about: Recycling Centers, Green Shopping, Beach Water Quality and Alerting, Household Hazardous Waste, Composting and more.

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12th RADIO SHOW

Vinod Khosla on The Lazy Environmentalist

Today's show features a guest who goes beyond the term venture capitalist. In his own words he is not in the financial business, but rather, "in the Venture Assistant business. My goal is to be the best assistant there is for anybody trying to build a large technology oriented company." With sustainability woven into the fabric of his methodology, this is one guest the Lazy E has been excitedly awaiting.

Today's Featured Radio Guest:

Vinod Khosla - Founder and Director of Khosla Ventures, helping leverage relationships to build teams, attract partners & customers and then work together to make billion dollar businesses.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1st RADIO SHOW

Greening Casinos, Business Conferences, and Everything in Between

We have a very animated first guest today, a green gaming expert. He is bringing us greener ways to make (and lose) money while gambling, which is a $100 billion a year industry. Also, we talk with folks from Opportunity Green, an innovative green business conference going down November 17th in LA.

Today's Featured Radio Guests:

Eric Hansel -Founder and CEO of EGM Green, the first ever eco-friendly line of casino gaming products. Eric also runs Executive Gaming Monthly, bringing the casino home.

Karen Solomon - Co-Founder of Opportunity Green, an innovative sustainable business conference Saturday, November 17th in LA.

Tom Feegel - CEO of Brand Neutral, creating innovative environmental strategies for companies that not only drive profits and cut costs, but also better the planet.

Women's Wear Daily - Now features a green fashion section. Mega props to this fashion power house.

Silicon Valley Cleans Up - Great flow chart in this month's Wired Magazine: "How Tech Titans Became Energy Entreprenuers".

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31st RADIO SHOW

The Future is Today: And it is Rocking Green

Instead of talking spooky and scary on this Halloween Lazy E show, we are talking future and "for real"? Our guests are bringing products that you won't believe: solar powered bags that charge all your personal gadgets with sunlight only and a plasma converter that destroys hazardous contaminants including anthrax and mad cow disease.

Zach Lyman - Co-founder of Reware, maker of the Reware Juice Bags, a line of solar powered backpacks and messenger bags.
Also, founder of Power Cube, portable mobile solar power storage and management devices engineered for home use, emergency response, construction, and any other remote power needs. Reluminati is the umbrella company to see more.

Steve Landa - VP of Sales for StarTech, a company marketing a series of products and services emanating from its core Plasma Converter ™ technology, resulting in saleable fossil fuel alternatives while creating a safer and healthier environment.

DSIRE - a comprehensive source of information on state, local, utility, and federal incentives that promote renewable energy and energy efficiency.

Green Halloween - great tips for a fun Halloween that is healthier and less wasteful.

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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 22nd RADIO SHOW

Eco-Uppin' the Anti on Awesome

Today we are featuring a bomber skateboarder who lives in a hard core eco-house, is a major backer of the 11th Hour, and runs some of the hottest skate companies on earth. This guest demonstrates that to be a successful business person and all-around cool dude, you must understand the natural environment and incorporate sustainabiliy.

Today's Featured Radio Guest -
Pierre André Senizergues - Founder and CEO of the wildly successful company Sole Tech, whose brands include famed skate companies Emerica and Etnies. Etnies has just launced its SEED Project, a unique collection of apparel and footwear made of sustainable and recyclable materials that reflect our responsibility to give back to the planet.

Shout Out - Thanks Earth Cars for sending us the gear. We will be rocking it hard.

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10th RADIO SHOW

(Inter)Face the Green Future

Today we are looking at a truly inspiring story of sustainability in business. In August 1994, Interface's Chairman and CEO, Ray Anderson, received The Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken. This book instigated Anderson's mission to transform the whole corporate culture of Interface to become infused with sustainability, so much so that it leads the industry today.

Today's Featured Radio Guests:

Steve Arbaugh - Vice President of Retail & Strategic Alliances for InterfaceFlor and
Jeff Roman - Vice President of Information Services and Business Development for InterfaceFlor a huge modular carpet company with with a super committment to sustainability.

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3rd RADIO SHOW

Wind Energy and You!

You know we've got a big show on tap for today's Lazy Environmentalist when our guest's company actually owns the web domain: WindEnergy.com. With that said, we are in fact talking about wind energy and what it means for the future and as well as right now.

Today's Featured Radio Guest:

Frank Greco - CEO of Southwest Windpower as the world's largest producer of small wind generators, they have been bringing low-cost, reliable wind energy to the world for the past 20 years.

Topics Discussed Today:

Sky Stream - The first all-inclusive wind residential wind energy generator designed to provide quiet, clean electricity in very low winds.

Always Be Selling blog and Southwest Windpowers's own Andy Kruse.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27th RADIO SHOW

Eco-Fest: Bigger, Badder, and Un-Censored Green

Today's show is huge. We have four different guests working through different mediums but united in a solitary end. That end is promoting eco-education to the masses through building practices, financial management, personal well being, and street festivals.

Today's Featured Radio Guests:

Nancy Callahan - Director of ECOFEST, going down this Saturday, September 30th at Lincoln Center in New York City.

Bruce Kahn -Second Vice President of Wealth Management at Citi Smith Barney, a socially responsible investment business that focuses on emerging environmental technology companies and corporations that are leaders in their sustainability and environmental management practices.

Robert Politizer - Founder and CEO of Green Street - A high end construction firm that specializes in energy efficent, healthy, and green building.

Gary Null - A multi award-winning journalist and New York Times best-selling author with a syndicated public radio show, Natural Living with Gary Null.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26th RADIO SHOW

Legally Green Automotive Propulsion

Today's show deals with greening the automobile industry using more stringent legislation and increasingly desireable alternatives. If you love cars, love breathing clean air, and have a penchant for saving polar bears this might just be the show for you.

Today's Featured Radio Guests:

Matt Pawa - Founder and Senior Attorney at Law Ofices of Matthew F. Pawa, P.C. who representing the State of Vermont won the case of Green Mountain Plymouth Dodge Jeep v. Crombie. This major decision means that states are free to adopt California's more stringent tailpipe laws that control greenhouse gases from cars.

Alex Campbell - Director of Communication at ZAP, positioned to become a leading brand and distribution portal of advanced technology vehicles.

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25th RADIO SHOW

Greenovation at the MBA Level

Today's show is all about smart people coming together to make smart decisions. Smart business decisions. Smart green business decisions. We are focusing on The Lazy E's alma mater Thunderbird and how they are catching the eco wave.

Today's Featured Radio Guests:

Jairaj Mashru - Project Manager of the Thunderbird Sustainable Innovation Summit, Engaging in a global dialogue November 8-10 2007 to inspire sustainable values through innovative solutions for tomorrow’s global business challenges.

Topics Discussed Today:

This info is for our caller in Jackson Hole and anyone else working on sustainable rennovations for their living space. Best of luck with your theatre, Vicki!

Modern Green Living - your source to design, build, remodel, furnish or find your green home.

Inhabitat - a weblog devoted to the future of design, tracking the innovations in technology, practices and materials that are pushing architecture and home design towards a smarter and more sustainable future.

GreenHomeGuide - Unbiased reviews and advice from professionals and homeowners like you.

Green Seniors - Environmental action, age no limit.

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24th RADIO SHOW

Environmental Technology: The Final Green Frontier?

Hold on to your socks because today's show might blow them off. We are talking about technology that is so green/rad that it might change the course of history. Or just make you scratch your head and think, "Wow, how are they doing that?" Either way, this is not a show to be missed.

Today's Featured Radio Guest:

Katie Fehrenbacher - Editor of earth2tech.com an online Eco-technology news and weblog published by GigaOmniMedia, Inc. and Staff Writer at GigaOM.com delivering technology news, analysis and opinions on a range of topics.

Topics Discussed Today -

EcoFest - Awesome green festival this Sunday, September 30th at Lincoln Center in NYC from 11am to 6pm.

US Military - uses crazy advanced green technology that is so environmentally friendly is makes us feel down right patriotic.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19th RADIO SHOW

Eco-Savvy Software and Evolving Power Saving Technology

If you are anything like us, you are probably pretty spent at the end of the day when it is time to leave the office. Bringing the good green word to the masses is a tiring job and when 5:00 comes, it is not our favorite job to have to shut down all the computers in the Lazy Environemtnalist World Headquarters. With that annoying task in mind, today's show focuses on making this process easier and getting us out of the office quicker to beat the rush to happy hour.

Today's Featured Radio Guests:

Sumir Karayi - CEO of 1E, a global Windows Management software and services company providing leading-edge automation solutions that reduce complexity, management costs and power consumption for large-scale desktop and server environments.

Ronnie Kweller - Spokesperson for Alliance to Save Energy promoting energy efficiency worldwide to achieve a healthier economy, a cleaner environment, and greater energy security.

Topics Discussed Today:

Energy-Efficiency Home and Vehicle Tax Credits - Find out more about the the Energy Policy Act of 2005 which provides valuable federal tax credits for consumers who purchase fuel-efficient hybrid-electric vehicles and who make certain, specified energy-efficiency upgrades to their homes.

Energy Efficency Global Forum and Exposition - November 11-14th in Washington DC showcasing energy efficiency worldwide.

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14th RADIO SHOW

Eco-Etiquette, Sustainable Soirees, and Great Green Events

Isn't the worst part of throwing a big party the clean-up? Beer pong remnants, empty kegs in the yard, friends passed out next to them... oh, maybe that's just our parties. Anyways, the parties we are talking about today have a much easier clean up as they go easy on the resources but heavy on the fun.

Today's Featured Radio Guests:

Jessica Rios - Founder and Lead Planner for Love Events a values-based business offering green wedding & event planning, consulting & coordination services. Ms Rios currently pursuing her MA in Values-Based Business.

Valerie Reddemann - Founder of Greenfeet.com a green retailer with an online gift-registry providing quality eco-friendly presents for a baby shower, wedding, or quinceañera.

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10th RADIO SHOW

Mongolia, Solar-Power, and Golden Eagles: Ahh, the Curiousities of Eco-Tourism

Our guest today has taken his ethnic cultural identity, his passion for maintaining the natural eco-system, and deep desire to create eco-tourism based jobs in his ancestral homeland of Mongolia and created an awesome eco-lodge in the Gobi Desert. Stories like this inspire us all to find our eco-outlet which marry personal interest and creative environmental solutions for our future.

Today's Featured Radio Guest:

Jalsa Urubshurow - Founder and CEO of Nomadic Expeditions whose Three Camel Lodge offers a customized, eco-adventure and yet relaxing vacation in the Gobi Desert in Mongolia.

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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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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th RADIO SHOW

Eco-Pets: Furry and Fabulous

The environmental impact your pets can make is bigger than you think. Today's show is about creating a greener home for your pets and their owners through better food choices, animal cleaning supplies, and safe and environmentally friendly toys for your furry best friend.

Today's Featured Guest:

Anthony Zolezzi - Author, Co-Founder of Pet Promises Dog Food, and owner of eco-dog Sandy.

Topics Discussed Today:

Simply Fido - Organic pet toy collection that is organic dyed, safe and natural, and toxin free.

Kitty Pod - Cat lounge furniture that looks stylish enough for the pet owners to sit on

Farm Aid - An awesome concert on September 9 on Randall's Island in NY working to keep family farmers on their land bringing together family farmers and citizens to guarantee family farm food is available to you.

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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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TUESDAY, AUGUST 28th RADIO SHOW

Major Companies, Major Green Results

Today's show is BIG! We are talking with a major corporation that is finding a way to do it all: create great products that people want to buy, promote a new green economy, and work for positive environmental change. Timberland is considered one of the greenest companies on the planet, with good reason, and today is their day on The Lazy E.

Today's Featured Radio Guest:

Betsy Blaisdell - Manager of Environmental Stewardship for Timberland, whose mission is to equip people to make their difference in the world. You can see their Corporate Social Responsibility Report online.

Jeff Swartz - President and CEO of Timberland, a company making boots, shoes, clothes and gear that are comfortable enough to wear all day and rugged enough for all year.

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 21st RADIO SHOW

Teaching Sustainable Design: Get Your Green Learn On

It's back to school today on the Lazy E. Not all the way back Billy Madison, but back to college where students are learning cutting edge green-design techniques to help gear up for a better future.

Today's Featured Guest:

Scott Boylston - SCAD professor of graphic design and author/designer of books like "Creative Solutions for Unusual Projects" and others.

Verena Paepcke - SCAD professor of industrial design

Topics Discussed on Today's Show:

Pangea Organics - This awesome skin care uses great sustainable packaging.

Beyond Grey Pinstripes -
spotlights innovative full-time MBA programs that are integrating issues of social and environmental stewardship into curricula and research.

MCAD - Minneapolis College of Art Design has a new program called Sustainable Design Online

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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, AUGUST 13th RADIO SHOW

Greener Deaths and Healthier Life Transitions

Today's topic can be difficult to talk about but is inevitable in the life cycle. Our guests are highlighting the most eco-friendly ways to pass on to another realm in style and dignity. The green burial movement is arguably the final frontier in the evolving and growing environmental movement.

Today's Featured Radio Guests:

Billy Cambell and Kimberly Cambell: Husband/Wife Owners of Memorial Ecosystems Inc. Ramsey Creek preserve since 1998, the first “green cemetery” in the United States. The preserve was formed to harness the funeral industry for land protection and restoration, to fund non-profits, education, the arts and scientific research, and to provide a less expensive and more meaningful burial option.

Charles "Chuck" Kizina - President of Eternal Reefs
based out of Georgia, creating permanent living legacies that memorialize the passing of a loved one. For families and individuals that choose cremation, Eternal Reefs offers a new memorial choice that replaces cremation urns and ash scattering with a permanent environmental living legacy.

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Thursday, July 19th Radio Show

Revisioning a Greener America: Creating Solutions Through Competition

Our show today pretty much rocks. We are talking about sincere efforts to green our communities in this country through innovative competition and incentives. It's like the fierce rivalry between Duke vs. Carolina in basketball, but the game is fixing environmental challenges and the players are all of earth's inhabitants. Play ball.

Today's Featured Radio Guest:

Stacey Frost - Founder and CEO of Urban Re:Vision providing, innovative and deployable solutions to the problems facing cities with competitions for "visionary thinkers".

Topics Discussed Today:

Re:Route - This competition on re-thinking public transportation is still open for submissions.

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Friday, July 13th Radio Show

Mushrooms, Insulation, and Fresh Green Entrepreneurs

Today's show is a special one because we are featuring two recent college grads who are taking what was just a great green idea to market. In the cradle-to-cradle industrial model, goods should either be fully biodegradable or reusable, limit waste and curb pollution. The product these young inventors have created embody this mission and might just make them enough money to pay off student loans.

Today's Featured Radio Guests:

Eben Bayer and Gavin McIntyre - Co Founders of Ecovative Design
EcovativeDesign.com, with a method for bonding insulating material using the mycelia, or roots, of mushrooms. The technique results in a product that is biodegradable and can be produced using less energy than needed for other types of insulation, and without petroleum or chlorofluorocarbons.

Check out more in this The Washington Post article.

Topics Discussed Today:

E2E Materials - a 'clean technology' start-up company in Ithaca, New York that produces petroleum-free, biodegradable composites that are stronger, lighter, and cheaper than composites filling landfills today and are now being used to skateboards and surfboards.

Cradle to Cradle - Materials are perpetually circulated in closed loops and maintaining these closed loops maximizes material value without damaging ecosystems.

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Tuesday, July 10th Radio Show

Put Me In Eco-Coach, I'm Ready to Play

Just as a great athlete needs a great coach to reach the top of his or her game, so too does a green business. With appropriate guidance and solid fundamentals, an enterprise can become more sustainable and profitable as well as incorporate a social justice element. Today's show explores both how this is possible and why it is a must to succeed in the rapidly evolving world of business.

Today's Featured Radio Guest:

Anca Novacovici- Founder of Eco- Coach, a company promoting environmental awareness and providing businesses and individuals with services and tools that simplify the transition to a more sustainable way of living and working.

Topics Discussed Today

Water Quality Association - Lists reports, statistics, glossary of terms as well as a locator for Water Specialists in specific areas.
NSF.org

Sprite Water Industries - Thirty two year-old manufacturer of electronic water instrumentation and filtration products. Today, Sprite is the premier authority in shower filtration technology, manufacturing, marketing and sales, with over 21 patents and proprietary filtration technologies, Sprite continues to set the pace and lead the way.

Maku Furniture - Outdoor furniture made of certified sustainable teak that looks simply fantastic.

Knu Furniture - beautiful and contemporary office furniture made from FSC certified materials.

I am not a plastic bag - Hong Kong savvy shoppers riot trying to get there hands on this bag.

Nusta Spa - Eco-friendly luxury spa located in Washington DC.

US Green Building Council - 10,000 member strong organization pushing the limits of green building.

Tips for Greening the Office:

*100% recycled paper for printing available at Staples or Office Depot
*Cut down on paper or styrofoam cups and plastic utensils in the kitchen
*Use non-toxic cleaners for the office and indoor air quality awareness
*Impliment efficient waste management system including composting, recycling, and proper disposal techniques

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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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Monday, June 25th Radio Show

Creating a Profitable Green Future

We are connecting the dots today from green to green: environmental sustainability to profitability. First we discuss how to invest and create an eco-financial portfolio. We are later joined by a guest who is redefining selecting technology and investment services in order to align your life with your ideals.

Today's Featured Radio Guest:

Ron Pernick - Author of The Clean Tech Revolution: The Next Big Growth and Investment Opportunity and Founder of Clean Edge Technology, a leading research and publishing firm helping companies, investors, and governments understand and profit from clean technologies.

Green Investment Companies and Websites Mentioned Today:

The Guinness Atkinson Funds- no-load mutual funds for investors interested in capitalizing on innovation and profound change.

New Alternatives Fund - A Socially responsible mutual fund emphasizing alternative energy and the environment.

Wildershares - WilderShares, LLC is an Index Provider and the source for the WilderHill Clean Energy Index (ECO)

Powershares - Currently offering over 80 compelling investment opportunities through style, industry, commodities, currencies, specialty access and broad market Exchange-Traded Funds.

Portfolio 21 - Portfolio 21 is a global equity mutual fund investing in companies designing ecologically superior products, using renewable energy, and developing efficient production methods.

Winslow Green Funds - Incorporating traditional bottom-up fundamental analysis with an in-depth analysis of a company's environmental and corporate governance practices, Winslow currently manages assets for individuals, corporations

Sustainable Business - Offering products and services that compete on price and performance while significantly reducing humankind's impact on the environment.

Responsible Shopper - alerts the public about the social and environmental impact of major corporations, and provides opportunities for consumers and investors to vote with their dollars for change.

Read about these companies and more in the Investment chapter, of Josh's book, The Lazy Environmentalist: Your Guide To Easy, Stylish, Green Living.

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Wednesday, June 20th Radio Show

Books that Make You Go Green: Cause It's Cool

Combining loads of potential advice with celebrity insights, today's guests discuss the various ways to make real environmental changes without the fear factor.

Today's Featured Radio Guest:

Thomas M. Kostigen - Author and Co-Editor of The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at a Time

Topics Discussed Today:
Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century - by Alex Steffen

The Live Earth Global Warming Survival Handbook: 77 Essential Skills To Stop Climate Change - Live Earth Concert Companion Book by David de Rothschild

And of course The Lazy Environmentalist: Your Guide To Easy, Stylish, Green Living by Josh Dorfman

Native Energy - Carbon offsetting company which incorporates social responsibility in its mission.

Terra Pass - Carbon offsetting company investing in eco-agricultural innovation.

Renewable Choice Energy - Energy credit company that works with major sustainable

Appalachian Offsets - Local carbon offsetting company partnering with the Western North Carolina Green Building Council to bring energy credits to the WNC community.

Green-Ehttp://green-e.org - The nation's leading independent certification and verification program from the Center for Resource Solutions.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 14TH RADIO SHOW

Green Business: Scaling Up

The marketplace can be a powerful arena in which to create positive environmental change. For green companies scaling up enables them to not only increase revenues but also have a larger positive environmental impact. It also means creating the opportunity for more and more individuals to have meaningful jobs with companies they admire and respect. Green businesses are scaling and today we hear from those who are helping to make it happen.

TODAY'S FEATURED RADIO GUESTS:
David Kirkpatrick - Managing Director and co-founder of SJF Ventures, a socially responsible venture capital fund with $45 million under management with offices in Durham, NC and New York. SJF focuses on rapidly expanding cleantech, business services and consumer products firms,

Gerry Cooklin – CEO of South Cone, a worldwide manufacturer of environmentally conscious furniture focused particularly on the use of FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certified sustainable woods. Gerry is also Founder and President of the Sustainable Furniture Council, non-profit industry association committed to promoting sustainable practices within the home furnishings business.

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TUESDAY, JUNE 12TH RADIO SHOW

Green Living Trends: Where Do We Go From Here?

“Green” is very much the buzz word of the moment. But what do we mean by “green?” Is it a trend? A fad? How is green culture evolving? Where do we go from here? These are just some of the questions we tackle today with two of our favorite green media experts.

TODAY'S FEATURED RADIO GUESTS:
Shea Gunther – Founder and Publisher of GreenOptions.com, a blog and resource website that brings together many of today's top environmental bloggers.

Deborah Snoonian – Executive Editor of Plenty Magazine, the foremost eco-friendly lifestyle magazine.

TOPICS COVERED TODAY:

Cradle to Cradle

Biomimicry

U.S. Green Building Council

Natural Swimming Pools

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THURSDAY, JUNE 7TH RADIO SHOW

Sustainable Furniture: You Are What You Sit On

Today’s most innovative furniture designers and companies are making chairs, sofas, loveseats and so much more that let your furniture express your personal states as much as your personal values. But what is sustainable furniture? And how do we know the environmental claims made by companies are real? Listen in to find out.

Today's Featured Radio Guests:
Gerry Cooklin – CEO of Southcone Furniture and Founder and President of the Sustainable Furniture Council.

Travel Nagle and Ryan Schultz – Co-founders of Viesso, manufacturing eco-friendly sofas, chairs, loveseats and much more. Furniture items are made locally in its Los Angeles facility.

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Friday, May 25th Radio Show

Offsetting Ya'll

What are Renewable Energy Credits? What exactly does Offsetting mean? Is it a viable response to the climate change challenge? Today we are delving into these issues and more as we face the somewhat controversial, oftentimes confusing, and highly discussed notion of Carbon Neutral.

Today's Featured Radio Guests:

Ted Rose - Vice President of Business Development of
Renewable Choice Energy, a national leader in providing wind energy credits to organizations and individuals around the country.

Billy Connelly- Senior Advisor on Marketing and Communication for Native Energy, a privately held Native American energy company that offers traditional renewable energy credits (RECs) and offsets from operating new projects.

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Thursday, May 24th Radio Show

Vroom: My Sexy Green Vehicle

Today's show focuses on the automobile industry and the push to go green. We all know that cars are a big part of the challenge we face with climate change, and so it is only fitting that they be part of the solution as well. If you love to drive and love the earth but feel conflicted by the two, you will love what we have on tap for today.

Today's Featured Radio Guests:

Sebastian Blanco - Writer for Auto Blog Green, the "Drive Smarter" sister site to Auto Blog.

John Frala - Professor of Automotive Technology and Co-Coordinator of the Alternative Fuels Education at Rio Hondo College in Whittier, California.

Green Trendsetters Discussed with Today's Guests:

Tesla Motors - Super electric car that everyone is buzzing about.
Chevrolet Volt - Electric concept car that has all car lovers drooling.

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Wednesday, May 16th Radio Show

Beyond Fuel Efficiency: Greening Your Transportation

Reducing tailpipe greenhouse gas emissions from our cars is the most widely recognized way to limit the environmental impact of our cars. In addition, a set of complementary products and services are coming to market that make it easy to green the manner in which we care for and service our cars. The choices are easy to make and can have a very positive impact.

David Ghodoussi – Founder & CEO of Optimum Polymer Technologies, maker of eco-friendly care care products.

Mitch Rofsky – Co-Founder & CEO of Better World Club

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Monday, May 7th Radio Show

Green Friends: The Rise of a Global Green Community

This past weekend was huge for our Lazy Environmentalist, Josh D. He was down in Atlanta at the International Furnishings and Design Association, and then he was back here in NYC curating Designers & Agents and spreading that good green word. Today's guests are just a few of the friends that Josh made and they are here to tell us about some incredibly innovative green advances happening all over the globe.

Today's Featured Radio Guests:

Barb Dornbush - Founder and President of Dornbush Studios, an award winning firm specializing in sustainable residential interiors. Dornbush Studio's phone number is (404) 378 2188 and is located in Atlanta, GA and can be reached at BarbBD@bellsouth.net

Allert Elema - Founder and Managing Director Maxabel International provides high quality "environmentally aware" disposable drink and food packaging, with friendly service and support.

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

Home Depot - Reaffirmed their commitment to green by rolling out 3,000 eco-friendly products and will have 6,000+ products by 2009.

Organic Convenience Stores - The new trend is the eco-convenience store, and Full Moon Foodies Inc. located in Portland, Oregon is a great example.

Green Trendsetters Discussed with Today's Guests:

Waldenour - Great new green home furnishings store in Atlanta, GA.

Modern Green Living - Find green interior designers, green builders, green architects, and more with this sustainable directory.

Indika Organics - offers a wide range of natural and organic products including organic cotton hand-loomed towels, organic cotton sheets, duvets and shams made of hemp and hemp / silk combinations, and other natural bedding accessories.

Power of Green - Article by Thomas Friedman elaborating on who is really pushing the Green Revolution.

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Wednesday, May 2nd Radio Show

Too Cool for School: Green Dorks and Eco Geeks

Today's show is dedicated to all you techies, geeks, and nerds who are getting the last laugh with all your cool green gadgets. But don't worry if you aren't a longstanding subscriber to Popular Science and the like, because today we are giving the good green word to the non-gadgety listeners as well.

Today's Featured Radio Guests:

Hank Green - Founder and Chief Geek of EcoGeek, which monitors and explores the current explosion in technology designed to mitigate our impact on the environment.

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

Website of the Day:
TheNakedTruthProject.org - The Naked Truth Project is committed to telling you the truth about the products you put in your body, on your body, and in your home everyday.

Million Solar Roofs Bill - Mandating that solar panels become a standard option for all new homebuyers, enabling new home buyers to choose to add solar panels to their new home while it is being constructed.

Greening the Mansion - Spearheaded by New York State’s First Lady Silda Wall Spitzer, the governor has unveiled a plan to transform the Executive Mansion into a “green” building featuring clean, efficient technologies.

Green Trendsetters Discussed with Today's Guests:

Asus Eco Laptop - Most eco-friendly laptop on the market whose case is covered in bamboo, all the plastics are labeled and recyclable, and it is lined with cardboard so there are no paints, sprays or electroplating used on its component.

2008 Prius - Unbelievable plans for 94+ MPG in the next generation of Toyota Prius hybrid.

GM Volt - Electric Car with an on-board charger that can run on standard gasoline as well.

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EXCLUSIVE SUNDANCE PREVIEW: The Green, “Big Ideas for a Small Planet: Cities”

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Monday, April 30th Radio Show

At the Cutting Edge of Renewable Energy

To start this week with a bang we are talking about the most exciting and advanced renewable energy technologies and innovation in the world. We are so pumped about the advances being made in this industry and so today we are just going with our enthusiasm.


Today's Featured Radio Guest:

Jim Callihan - CEO and President of Renewable Energy Access,
worldwide news and information source about renewable energy and also provides a weekly podcast called "Inside Renewable Energy" which is available at the website.

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

USBCell - A company offering a rechargeable battery with convenient USB attachment to easily plug into your personal computer.
Viesso – Customizing your home furniture has never been easier than it is now with this great company offering terrific green options. We especially love the eco-friendly couches because they are usually so hard to find.
2007 Tour de Presteigne – Electric bike endurance rally to be held in England.
London Calling – Electric cars charged as easily as your ipod is no longer a pipe dream but instead is a reality with Nice Car Company.
Wind Energy Co-ops – What can I really do? We hear this question over and over and now with this great business models from Energy For All, we are discovering that the power is in the hands of the people.
Light Bulb Face-off- This month’s Popular Mechanics Magazine held a sort of light bulb Olympics and the winner is unanimously compact fluorescent.

Green Trendsetters Discussed with Today's Guests:

Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. - In 2005, HC&S produced 211,648 megawatt hours of electricity, primarily for its own use -- saving the equivalent of 500,000 barrels of oil. It also sold 96,249 megawatt hours to Maui Electric Co. to supply 7 percent of its Maui customers. Its 3 percent increase in power sales over 2004 represented $5.1 million more revenue, more than offsetting a $4.3 million decline in sugar and coffee sales.

New England Wood Pellet- Timber company using the various timber waste by-products, compressed sawdust and woodchip fibers, to create a quality renewable energy source that is clean, consistent, and efficient.

Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) - A leading renewable energy company specializing in cost-effective, advanced, and environmentally sound offshore wave power technology.

Verdant Power - A sustainable energy company using a free-flow turbine system that generates utility and village scale electric power from natural underwater currents, which can be found in rivers, tides, oceans, and man made channels.

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Tuesday, April 23rd Radio Show

What Color is Your Internet? Powerful Green Solutions

Today we explore how the power of the internet is helping build this modern green movement and also enable green lifestyles. Using the World Wide Web, our guests are taking green mainstream and into the spotlight.

Today's Featured Radio Guests:

Nick Aster - Media Architect of TreeHugger, which breaks it down for you in a series of in depth how-to articles that help you green your life and he is also the Founder of Triple Pundit, which uses an 'integrated bottom-line' approach to looking at business from the next generation of MBAs.

Alyson Wilson - Business Development Director for ThisNext.com, a social shopping network deftly integrating and featuring eco-friendly and green products and services for those with a penchant for fashion, home decorating, architecture, and design.

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

Website of the Day
NewsTarget.com - Independent journalism which provides "information that empowers".

Green Trendsetters Discussed with Today's Guest:

Presidio School of Management - Offering an MBA program in Sustainable Management integrating social and environmental values within every course, this program has succeeded as a collaborative learning community committed to human, natural and financial sustainability.

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Thursday, April 19th Radio Show

Big Companies. Big Solutions. Clean Planet.

Everyone has a role to play in solving the environmental challenges we face. Some of the most innovative green solutions are coming from some of the biggest corporations in the world.

Today's Featured Radio Guests:

Paul Murray - Director of Environmental Affairs and Safety at Herman Miller. Today Herman Miller is recognized as an industry leader in environmentally responsible product design and manufacturing and believes in the idea of triple bottom line of financial, environmental, and social equity.

Renee St. Denis - Manager of Hewlett Packard’s Product Recycling Solutions HP's Planet Partners recycling service provides an easy way to recycle computer equipment, rechargeable batteries or HP printing supplies and this ensure that unwanted hardware or empty HP printing supplies are recycled responsibly.

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Friday, April 13th Radio Show

Worm Poop: Livin' the Dream

For those out of the loop, it's all about poop. Worm poop that is. To wrap up Recycle Week here at the Lazy Environmentalist, we have a guest who is truly living an Eco-Capitalist's dream. Relying upon billions of worms, used soda bottles, and an innovative business approach, Trenton, New Jersey-based Terracycle is shaking up the lawn care industry and taking poop to the next level.

Today's Featured Guest:

Tom Szaky – Co-Founder of Terracycle, a manufacturer of affordable, potent, organic products that are not only made from waste, but are also packaged entirely in waste. TerraCycle Plant Food™ is made by feeding premium organic waste to millions of worms. The worm poop is then liquified into a powerful organic plant food and bottled directly in used soda bottles.

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

Sustainable Style Foundations's 2007 Best Dressed Environmental List- including Leonardo DiCaprio, George Clooney, and our dear friend Summer Rayne Oakes.

Big Shout Out to Steve Shriver, founder of Ecolips who is on day 2 of his Organic Endurathon. 10 Marathons in 10 days. 260+ miles. Running across Iowa informing folks about the environment and global warming. This guy is the real deal.

Greening the Queen - Queen Elizabeth II has hired a team of consultants to carry out the first-ever audit of carbon emissions from her three official residences.

See the lawsuit word for word that Scott's Miracle Grow has filed against Terracylce.

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Thursday, April 12th Radio Show

Recycle. Save the Planet. Make Money.

There are currently 750 million used cell phones either in drawers, or already in the waste stream. More than 315 million obsolete computers clog landfills, and the numbers are increasing. The bad news is that Lead, Mercury, and Cadmium poisoning stems from electronics leaching into ground water from landfills. The great news is that you can now making serious cash from your trash and avoid the landfill altogether.

Today's Featured Radio Guests:

Ron Gonen - Founder & CEO of RecycleBank, provides communities with cost effective and environmentally conscious solutions to the rising cost of waste collection by rewarding homes for the amount that home recycles.

Seth Heine - Founder & CEO of Greenphone and Collective Good, which recycles spare cell phones in an environmentally and socially responsible manner either as a donation or for profit.

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

Website of the Day:
Ebay EZTradeIn.com- Get cash by sending in you working pre-owned products and get a discount on your next eBay purchase

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Thursday, April 5th Radio Show

Green Celebrities, Big Money, and Fast Cars

Innovative strategies for shifting our economy, society, and personal lifestyles in a more environmentally conscious direction are generating a lot of excitement. Being green is increasingly becoming about being right on the cutting-edge of culture, media, entertainment, and technology. Our guests today are advancing this new green agenda and in the process having a broad impact.

TODAY'S RADIO GUESTS:
Michael d'Estries and Rebecca Carter - Co-Founders and Editors of Ecorazzi, a website that catches celebrities in the act of doing the right (or wrong) green thing.

Mark Goodstein, Executive Director, Automotive X PRIZE for Xprize Foundation, The Automotive X PRIZE is the latest effort from the X PRIZE Foundation with a mission is to bring about radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity.

Green Trendsetters Discussed with Today's Guests:
Ed Begley - "Living with Ed" on HGTV
Will Ferrell - Greening his home, driving a hybrid car, and making us laugh hysterically in his new film, "Blades of Glory".
Honda FCX - One of the hottest fuel cell cars, young actress Q’Orianka Kilcher is seen driving hers all around Hollywood.

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Friday, March 30th Radio Show

Eco Chic: Magnifique!

New materials, new designers, and new venues are making it easier than ever to look your best and feel good about your environmental impact. Today we are talking with leaders in the eco-fashion industry to get the skinny on green-minded fashion.
FEATURED RADIO GUESTS:

Kate McGregor - Owner and Founder of Kaight and KaightNYC.com with smart, ethical, and eco- friendly clothes and accessories based out of Manhattan's Lower East Side.

Kyeann Sayer - Eco-lifestyle expert and branding consultant, contributing writer to Treehugger.com, frequently covering eco-fashion and tracking new developments in the industry.

Companies, Projects and Products Mentioned on Today's Show:
Website of the Day

AutoBlogGreen.com - a blogsite devoted to the sweetest alternative fuel powered cars

Green Trendsetters Discussed with Today's Guests:
Stewart + Brown - StewartBrown.com
Beyond Skin Shoes – non leather shoes, handmade to order meaning it reduces the waste of overstock BeyondSkin.co.uk
Ciel- British clothing company exploring the slow- fashion movement with their "heirloom pieces" and are available at KaightShop.com
Ting- Accessories and Bag Line made out of horse saddles and vintage leather belts hand-made in Spain Tinglondon.com
FiftyRX3 - perusing the crossroads of style and sustainability at fiftyRX3.com
Linda Loudermilk - LindaLoudermilk.com
Anna Cohen - available at KaightShop.com
Bahar Shahpar - BaharShahpar.com
Charmone - CharmoneShoes.com
OrganicExchange.org – resource for companies and consumers interested in organic cotton
Del Forte - awesome denim available at DelForte.com and GomiNYC.com

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Thursday, March 29th Radio Show

Change the World: Solutions are Here

Have you ever wondered if you could change the world? What would it take and would you be up to the task? Today we talk with folks who are asking that question and implementing solutions.

FEATURED RADIO GUESTS:

Jay Satz - Vice President of Student Conservation Association (SCA) and Tamara Paul - SCA Recruiter Thesca.org, the nations largest provider of conservation opportunities for students.

Alex Steffen – Executive Editor of Worldchanging.com and Editor of the newly released, "World Changing: A User’s Guide for the 21st Century"

Companies, Projects and Products Mentioned on Today's Show:
Website of the Day
EcoRazzi.com - devoted to showing you all your favorite celebs doing the right (and wrong) things for the earth.

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Tuesday, March 27th Radio Show

Cars: Going Vegan?

Did you ever think your car could run on the ingredients in salad? How about corn on the cob? Or sugar that goes in your coffee? Ethanol? Today we are talking all about alternative fuel sources.

FEATURED RADIO GUESTS

Digger Earles – a candidate for Louisiana State Legislature from Avoyelles Parish, District 28 www.diggerearles.com. As Digger says, "Let's replace foreign barrels with homegrown bushels!"

Tom Slunecka – Executive Director of the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council www.drivingethanol.org

Green Trendsetters Discussed with Today's Guests:

Indy Car Series - www.indycar.com where they are utilizing ethanol to get "faster, safer, and healthier" racing results.
National Ethanol Vehicles Coalition - www.E85Fuel.com this site offers
comprehensive information about the performance and environmental
qualities of E85 fuel and highlights flex-fuel vehicles on the road andavailable for purchase.

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Friday, March 16th Radio Show

Green Events : Bringing Green Living to a Venue Near You

Around the country more and more events are going green, creating opportunities for all of us to learn more about eco-friendly possibilities and how we can integrate them into our lives. From conferences on green building to festivals that celebrate a green lifestyle, 2007 is going to be filled with exciting events.

Denise Hamler – Director of Co-op America Business Network and Green Festivals. Since 1982 Denise has used her skills at Co-op America to help launch their direct mail programs, National Green Pages, Co-op America Quarterly, Real Money newsletters, Green Business conferences and of course Green Festivals.

Joseph Malki - Vice President of Business Development - Seven-Star, Inc., America's Green Event Experts. Seven-Star will be producing a new Green Festival in Chicago (Saturday and Sunday April 21st and 22nd) which will become the focal point of the city’s 2007 Earth Day celebrations. In cooperation with the City of Chicago, Coop America and Global Exchange this event will showcase the best of sustainable and fair market place to Middle America.

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Premieres Tuesday, March 13th

Energy Efficient Lifestyles

From air conditioners to entire homes and everything in between, it's now easier than ever to use less energy, save money, and reduce your environmental impact without sacrificing the way you want to live.

FEATURED RADIO GUESTS:
Maria Vargas - Director of Strategic Partnerships for the Climate Protection Partnerships Division in the Office of Air and Radiation within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Ms. Vargas manages the ENERGY STAR brand for the the EPA and is directing the upcoming ENERGY STAR Awards, recognizing leading companies and organizations for their outstanding contributions to environmental protection and energy efficiency.

Matt Belcher - Founder of Belcher Homes, the leading green building company in the St. Louis area, utilizing sustainable products, procedures and development practices to build high-quality environmentally friendly homes. Mr. Belcher is the 2007 National Director for the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and Chairman of the National Green Committee.

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Monday, March 12th Radio Show

Green Trends & Innovation

Today's show was on Green Trends and Innovation that are making green lifestyle choices easy and attractive. As our guests noted, 2007 is shaping up to be a very exciting year.

FEATURED GUESTS:
Eric Corey Freed – Architect, Author, Educator and Principal of Organic Architect. His forthcoming book, Green Building for Dummies will be available this fall.

Zem Joaquin - Green Editor for House & Garden Magazine and for Ecofabulous.com. Zem also sits on the Board of Global Green.

Companies and Products Mentioned in this Show:

Products that Capture the Spirit of Lazy Environmentalism
Toyota Camry Hybrid – www.toyota.com
Sharp Aquos Line of energy efficient flat-panel Televisions – www.sharpusa.com
Preserve recycled plastic toothbrushes by Recycline – www.recycline.com

Green Furniture Companies at the Architectural Digest Home Design Show
Design Mobel – www.dm.co.nz
Copeland Furniture – www.copelandfurniture.com
Akemi Tanaka – www.akemitanaka.com
Also see Restoration Timber flooring - www.restorationtimber.com

Green Trendsetters discussed with Eric Corey Freed and Zem Joaquin
Energy Innovations - www.energyinnovations.com
Sterling Energy - www.stirlingenergy.com
Sustainable Capital – www.sustainablecapital.net
Valencia Green - www.valenciagreensf.com
LivingHomes – www.livinghomes.us
Glide House - http://www.mkd-arc.com/whatwedo/glidehouse/index.cfm

Organizations
Forest Stewardship Council – www.fsc.org
TED Conference (Technology, Entertainment and Design) - www.ted.com
Architecture for Humanity – www.architectureforhumanity.org

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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, December 13th

Green Investing: Profiting from the Green Business Revolution

Investing our dollars in companies that are building a greener, more eco-friendly future is becoming increasingly attractive. The green business revolution is underway and with more and more publicly traded green stocks and mutual funds it's possible for you to get in on the action and tie your long-term financial security to the planet's long-term sustainability.

THIS WEEK'S GUESTS:
Rona Fried - Editor of the Progressive Investor, a monthly newsletter that guides investors and advisors toward sustainable investments, and CEO of SustainableBusiness.com, a leading internet community for individuals interested in participating in the emerging green economy and businesses interested in integrating economic and social and environmental concerns into their core strategy.

Ron Pernick - Co-Founder & Principal of Clean Edge, a leading clean-tech research and consulting firm providing services including research and publishing, strategic consulting, and co-producing the annual Clean-Tech Investor Summit. Clean Edge tracks and analyzes clean-tech markets, trends, and opportunities and offers unparalleled insight and market intelligence.

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Premieres Wednesday, December 6th

Eco-intelligent Materials: Superior Products

Today’s eco-intelligent products do more than just save the planet. By virtue of their innovative materials, eco-intelligent products enhance our quality of life. Twenty-first century “green living” is a story of healthy, durable, resource-efficient products that provide a superior level of style, comfort and quality.

THIS WEEK'S GUESTS:
Scott Carwile - Vice-President of Vivetique, a premier organic bedding company specializing in the construction of mattresses, comforters, pillows and other innovative bedding products that go into creating your bed or “sleep system”. These systems are crafted using the cleanest and purest natural fibers to ensure your sleeping comfort.

Frederic Scheer - Founder & CEO of Cereplast, a revolutionary plastics company. Cereplast's compostable, renewable plastics are an economically and ecologically sound substitute for petroleum-based products. Cereplast plastics are made from 100% renewable resources, and return to nature without a trace.

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Premieres Wednesday, November 29th

Eco-enlightened Outdoor Gear

Outdoor gear providers are creating products that work great and outperform the competition thanks to their eco-friendly innovations. It's the start of a new phase in green living where the green choice is unquestionably the better choice because it actually improves our lifestyles.

THIS WEEK'S GUESTS:
Jessica Ng - Marketing Manager for Arbor, maker of snowboards and skateboards designed for high performance thanks to innovative eco-aware materials like lightweight yet extremely sturdy bamboo. Arbor also makes clothing base layers using bamboo fabric, which naturally wicks moisture to keep body temperatures regulated while being active.

Zach Lyman - Co-founder of Reware, maker of the Reware Juice Bags, a line of solar powered backpacks and messenger bags. Reware also recently introduced its Power Pockets, a line of foldable, portable, and easily stow-able solar power charging kits.

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Premieres Wednesday, November 15th

Contemporary Voices of the Eco Movement

New and extremely articulate voices are talking, debating, coming up with ideas, challenging old ideas and charting a course toward a twenty-first century environmental ethic that is relevant to the way we live. The eco-conversation is on in earnest and while environmental challenges loom large, fresh solutions are being offered that engage, inspire, and delight.

THIS WEEK'S GUESTS:
Alex Steffen – Executive Editor of Worldchanging.com and Editor of the newly released World Changing: A User’s Guide for the 21st Century, and Sarah Rich – Managing Editor of both Worldchanging.com and the WorldChanging book. WorldChanging believes that changing the world is a team sport and that the tools, models, and ideas are already at hand. The website and now the book bring together many of the most visionary thinkers who highlight those solutions and show how they interconnect to form a tool-kit for changing the world.

Sharon King Hoge – Editor of Verdant Magazine, the nation’s first upscale, environmentally-friendly, lifestyle magazine featuring green ideas for better living. Verdant entertains while it informs, delivering smart profiles, engaging think pieces, insightful travel advice and cooking, gardening and investment tips in a beautifully designed, easy-to-read design for today's modern reader.

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Premieres Wednesday August 30th

ECOFEST: Environmental Partying & Education on the Streets of NYC

Festivals and fairs have a played an important role throughout our nation’s history. It’s a time to celebrate, connect with others and learn about new developments in industry that can have far-reaching implications. These days many of those developments are centered on the environment and ECOFEST, happening on Sunday, September 3rd in New York City, is one such venue that offers something for everyone.

THIS WEEK'S RADIO SHOW GUESTS:
Nancy Callahan - Managing Director of the West Side Cultural and Producer of ECOFEST, the largest environmental event on the East Coast, celebrating its 18th anniversary on Sunday, September 3rd at Lincoln Center in New York City.

Ilana Izsak – Brand Manager of Luxury Brands for Designer Loft Productions and producer of ECOFEST’s eco-fashion exhibit.

Lewis Gross D.D.S. - A holistic dentist and Director of Holistic Dentists dental practice in New York City.

Mark Simon - Director of Alternative Fuels Programs for the New York City Department of Transportation.

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Premieres Wednesday, July 26th

Green Investing: green is the new green

Savvy investors are viewing the emerging green market as the major high-growth investment opportunity of the twenty-first century. New investment vehicles now enable us as individuals to participate in this long-term growth and tie personal financial security to global environmental solutions. Yes, green is the new black. And now green is the new green.

THIS WEEK'S RADIO SHOW GUESTS:
Frank Morris – Principal of Ecologic Advisors, an investment firm specializing in environmental investing, and developer of the EARTH INDEX tracking publicly traded companies that provide solutions to environmental pollution.

Ed Guinness – Financial Manager for Guinness Atkinson Funds, a global provider of no-load mutual funds for investors interested in capitalizing on innovation and profound change. Guinness Atkinson recently introduced its Alternative Energy Fund.

SIRIUS AND LIME RADIO SHOWTIMES:
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Premieres Wednesday, July 5th

Beautiful, Healthy Home Interiors

So much opportunity exists to today to align our homes with a healthier lifestyle, family and planet as beautiful products of the highest quality are infusing shopping and lifestyle with a new level of social and environmental consciousness. It’s the fun, hip, cool, stylish, way to make a difference and it’s right here right now.

THIS WEEK'S RADIO SHOW GUESTS:
Paulette Cole – CEO and Creative Director of ABC Home, the trendsetting Manhattan department store offering a unique retail experience renowned across the world. Paulette’s creative energy and commitment to building a more sustainable world have led her to develop innovative alliances among businesses, crafts people and non-profit groups across the planet.

Bernadette Upton - a Florida licensed interior designer, lecturer and consultant. Bernadette is an authority on environmental and ecological design. Through her firm, EcoDecor, Bernadette brings awareness to both consumers and industry professionals in obtaining optimum indoor air quality in residential and commercial design.

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Premieres Wednesday, June 14th

Next-Generation Eco-Entrepreneurs

Smarter, healthier and cleaner products and services are being created by a new generation of eco-entrepreneurs. They are young, aggressive and market-savvy and their eco-friendly solutions are changing the world one shopper at a time.

THIS WEEK'S RADIO SHOW GUESTS:
Tom Szaky and Jon Beyer – Co-Founders of Terracycle, a manufacturer of affordable, potent, organic products that are not only made from waste, but are also packaged entirely in waste. TerraCycle Plant Food™ is made by feeding premium organic waste to millions of worms. The worm poop is then liquified into a powerful organic plant food and bottled directly in used soda bottles.

Nicole Halsey, Mory Sylla and Jonathon Reid and Joel Gabriel – Team Members of Tru Lite, a CFL Tipping Point Project that involves a team of students from the Manhattan Comprehensive High School designing and executing their own social marketing and retail campaigns to promote the adoption of compact fluorescent light bulbs in the NYC area.

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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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This Weekend: Opening of An Inconvenient Truth

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Premieres Wednesday, May 3rd

Renewable Energy: Nearing the Tipping Point

Solar and wind energy are emerging as increasingly viable energy sources for both businesses and consumers. From cutting-edge clean-tech startup ventures to some of the world’s largest corporations, forward-thinking companies and organizations are taking us off our dependence upon oil and coal and turning us onto a cleaner, healthier way of life.

THIS WEEK'S RADIO SHOW GUESTS:
Carrie Norton – Director of Business Development for Energy Innovations, a next-generation solar technology company with a mission to generate affordable renewable energy.

John R. Dunlop – Senior Outreach Representative for the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), the voice of the wind energy industry.

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, April 19th

Technology: Environmental Opportunity?

Technology has long held the promise of creating a better way of life. The question for the 21st century is whether technology can continue to do so while simultaneously aligning our lifestyles with a cleaner planet.

THIS WEEK'S GUESTS:
Peter Rojas - Editor-in-Chief of Engadget, a weblog receiving over 5 million visitors per month with daily coverage of gadgets, consumer electronics, and personal technology.

Laura Moorhead - Senior Editor for Wired Magazine, the first word on how technology is changing our world.

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, April 12th

Eco-Fashion Trends

Fashion always makes a statement and the industry’s most innovative visionaries are boldly declaring that high style and environmental consciousness can coexist.

THIS WEEK'S GUESTS:
Summer Rayne Oakes - Model and Social Entrepreneur and leading sustainable style expert through her consulting companies SRO and ici.

Scott Hahn - Co-founding Partner of Loomstate, a cutting-edge fashion label offering one of the hottest lines of organic denim jeans in the United States.

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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Lazy Environmentalist Interviewed on NPR

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Premieres Wednesday, March 15th

Green Design and Eco-Friendly Innovation

The green design industry is advancing at a rapid pace. Moving in tandem with increasing awareness about the need for environmentally conscious design practices is a concerted effort to develop eco-friendly building and product materials. With a broader palette of materials from which to select, architects, interior designers and product designers are accelerating the rate of green design innovation and making eco-friendly living accessible to a wider audience.

THIS WEEK'S GUESTS:
Margaret Lydecker and Kim Nadel - Principals of Niche Design Group, a modern design firm focused on creating beautiful contemporary interiors and furniture with an emphasis on sustainability.

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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The MBA Global Citizenship Challenge

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Premieres Wednesday, January 11th

Eco Entrepreneurs Take on NYC

While California seems to most fully embody the eco lifestyle ethos, New York is emerging as the center of eco entrepreneurship. Across industries – fashion, design, architecture, retail, media and clean-tech, New York serves as home base to a cadre of entrepreneurs who are changing the way we think about and interact with our environment. Joining Josh to discuss green entrepreneurship NYC style are David Kistner, CEO of Green Apple Cleaners, and Sam Kragiel and Jesse James Arnold, two of the Design Trio behind Brave Space Designs.

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 Brave Space Collection at Vivavi.

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The First Vivavi Blog - II

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The First Vivavi Blog

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Premieres Wednesday, December 28th

Tracking The New Environmental Movement

Environmentalism has met with its detractors of late even from within its own ranks. While policymakers, pundits and academics theorize and debate, new captains of commerce are taking the environmental movement in new directions and are offering up solutions that impact our lives and our planet in very tangible ways. Joining Josh to discuss recent environmental trends is Neil Chambers, Principal of Chambers Design, Executive Director of Green Ground Zero, Creator & Host of Built Green TV, Campaign Manager for NY State Assemblyman Mike Lupinacci, and Adjunct Professor at New York University.

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Season 2 Episode 8

Business: A Force for Social Change

Mission based companies are shaking up industries, offering outstanding services and products and demonstrating that the bottom line is about more than just profits. Joining Josh to discuss the widening role of business as a force for social and environmental change are Matt Bauer, President and Co-Founder of Better World Telecom, and Daniel Helfman, CEO and Founder of Goods that Give.

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Season 2 Episode 7

The New Eco-Retailers

As lazy environmentalists we want it to be super easy to access the best of eco-friendly and socially responsible products. We want stores to weed out poorly designed and poorly made products. We want them to vet suppliers to ensure that products are indeed better for the planet. We simply don't have the time to do it ourselves.

The new eco-retailers "get it" and are leveraging design and technology to bring consumers outstanding shopping experiences. Joining Josh to discuss new developments in eco-retail are George Polisner, founder of web shopping portal Alonovo.com, Aysia Wright, founder of the Portland, Oregon-based eco-fashion boutique The Green Loop, and Jim Kloiber, co-founder of TwoKH, an upscale eco-home store in New York City.

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Season 2 Episode 2

Aligning Sustainability and Style

In our continuing quest for authenticity we search for ways to integrate sustainable principles into our lives. For most of us, however, we want to do it on our terms in ways that fit with who we are and how we want to live. Joining Josh to discuss the possibilities for aligning sustainability with style and the role non-governmental organizations are playing fostering this new awareness are Leslie Hoffman, Executive Director of Earth Pledge, and Rebecca Luke and Sean Schmidt, Co-Founders of the Sustainable Style Foundation.

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Vivavi Nominated for Co-op America's People's Choice Award!

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The Green Design Paradigm Shift

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Episode 10

Recycling Made Easy and Fun

While many of us recycle because we know it’s the right thing to do, a new set of companies are making recycling easier, more fun and in some instances, more lucrative for consumers than ever before. Joining Josh to discuss the topic are Ron Gonen, Co-founder of RecycleBank, a company that empowers, tracks and rewards people for recycling, and Scott Figueiredo, President of Earthpak, maker of high-quality backpacks using 98% recycled materials.

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Lazy Environmentalist

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Earth Day 2005 - Reality Check

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How "Eco" Am I?

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