Kevin Contreras: Building Green
Kevin Contreras talks about his new PBS program Building Green.
LISTEN ( 10 min)
You can also read his blog.
Author: Philippe Boucher
Treehugger Radio
This week, correspondent Jeff McIntire Strasburg
sheds some light on the murky question of ethanol versus biodiesel. We
speak with Mark Oberholzer, a runner-up in the 2006 Metropolis Next
Generation Design Competition, whose plan for roadside turbines aims at
getting something back from the flow of traffic. We also speak with the
designer of World Without Oil, an online alternate reality game that simulates a world in the throes of an oil shock. LISTEN (9 min)
Best of EcoTalk
This is a rerun of our program of April 27:
Schwarzenegger tells the EPA to shape up LISTEN (10 min)
Treehugger: Earth Day Hangover Edition LISTEN (8 min)
PG&E’s Nancy McFadden LISTEN (11 min)
Clif Bars GreenNotes Program LISTEN (8 min)
Best of EcoTalk
This is a rerun of our April 20 program:
Earth Day co-founder Pete McCloskey PART ONE (11 min) PART TWO (7 min)
Treehugger: Eco America’s Bob Perkowitz LISTEN (12 min)
Home Depot’s New Eco Options LISTEN (8 min)
Best of EcoTalk
This is a rerun of our April 19 program:
Senator Barbara Boxer gives a damn LISTEN (12 min)
Matt Peterson and Global Green USA PART ONE (6 min) PART TWO (12 min)
Orbitz Travel & EcoTourism LISTEN (8 min)
Stanford University Climatologist Stephen Schneider
Stanford University Climatologist
Stephen Schneider is on the Synthesis Committee for the IPCC report:
"IPCC doesn’t tell the world what to do. That’s the job of decision
makers, ranging from everybody out there deciding what car or
refrigerator to buy, to government officials trying to figure out what
industries to support and what industries to tax. What we will do is
survey the literature, summarize the arguments of various sides, from
the coal industry to the enviro groups. Then we’ll go beyond that and
we’ll talk about the scientific merits in those arguments." LISTEN (8 min)
Best of EcoTalk
This is a rerun of our April 17 program.
Elizabeth Kolbert: Field Notes From A Catastrophe PART ONE (11 min) PART TWO (7 min)
The Environmental Working Group uncovers a Toxic Two-Timer LISTEN (12 min)
Patrick Carman: "Atherton: the House of Power" LISTEN (8 min)
Best of EcoTalk
This is a rerun of our April 12 program:
Newsweek: Save the Planet…or Lindzen LISTEN (11 min)
Judy Wicks and Philly’s White Dog Café: Fun, Food, and Social Activism LISTEN (7 min)
Chad Pregracke: From the Bottom Up LISTEN (12 min)
Michael Sunanda and the Secret Disappearance of Bees LISTEN (8 min)
Traffic Relief in New York
Perhaps the most controversial, or at least the most tangibly
controversial proposal Mayor Bloomberg made was to give "congestion
pricing", or an 8 dollar fee on every car driving into Manhattan, a
three year trial run. Paul Steely White, Executive Director for the
Citywide Coalition for Traffic Relief, stops by to look at how similar
plans have fared in London and Stockholm, and how public opinion has in
both cases followed implementation. LISTEN (7 min)
Picture: transportation alternatives
Best of EcoTalk
This is a rerun of our March 23 show.
Henry Waxman: Washington’s Climate (finally) Changes LISTEN (11 min)
Click Here to Create a Better World LISTEN (7 min)
Liza Dalby: East Wind Melts the Ice LISTEN (12 min)
Treehugger: Parsing Gore, Praying for Rain, Saving Skiing, and "The Happening" LISTEN (8 min)