On October 3rd, everyBon Appétit
cafe, university, and company cafeteria in the nation will serve food
grown entirely within 150 miles. Maisie Ganzler, director of
communications at Bon Appétit and Dave Evans, farmer & owner of Marin Sun Farms
tell us how the most delicious food, the most environmentally sound
distribution, and the support of your local farmers are all within a
few hundred miles of home. LISTEN
This is a rerun of our September 29 program. Happy Thanksgiving!
President of the Center for American Progress and former Clinton Chief of Staff John Podesta calls for citizen, investor, and government action to confront a global energy crisis.
Rev. Gerald Durley of the Providence Missionary Baptist Church in Atlanta tells how just thirteen weeks ago he became a soldier in the fight against Global Warming, and how this new chapter fits into a lifetime of fighting for civil and human rights. LISTEN(11 min) This is a rerun of our October 16 program
Joel Makower of GreenBiz.com
helps us navigate an widening variety of fuel-efficient,
forward-thinking automobile technology. Joel says that sometimes the
most surprising thing about a eco-friendly car is how normal it looks. LISTEN (12 min)
Catherine Bowes of the National Wildlife Federation tells how mercury pollution is making its way into nearly every habitat in the
U.S., exposing countless species of wildlife to potentially harmful
levels of mercury. LISTEN (7 min 50 sec)
Treehugger.com Correspondent Simran Sethi tells us about a rather dubious ozone record, the calamitous
information contained in last week’s Stern report, the fabulous new
green business paradigm as led by the Green 50, and the miles traveled
by that gluttonous Thanksgiving dinner. LISTEN( 7:50 min)
Simran was born in Germany, grew up in North Carolina, and is proud
to be a Punjabi. She brings you TreeHugger News and is currently
working on growing TreeHuggerTV into a video smorgasbord. Simran is an
award-winning journalist who produced and anchored the news for MTV
Asia, co-created the MTV India news division, and developed programming
for the BBC and Doordarshan through her independent production company
SHE TV. She hosted Ethical Markets, the magazine-style series created
by futurist Hazel Henderson that highlights sustainable business
practices and corporate social responsibility, and is a contributing
author of the forthcoming book Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy.
Simran holds an MBA in sustainable management from the Presidio
School of Management and a BA in Sociology and Women’s Studies from
Smith College. In her spare time, Simran dedicates herself to media
advocacy, serving on the board of directors for the National Radio
Project and on the advisory board for New York’s National Public Radio
affiliate, WNYC. She is also developing a nutrition and food justice
curriculum within her Sugar Hill, Harlem community and is thinking
about training for the Angkor Wat marathon.
