Victoria E. & Twice Shy Clothing
Model, Blogger, and Environmentalist Victoria E. introduces us to the offhandedly sexy clothing line Twice Shy: irreverent, edgy clothes designed for sinners yet made in a saintly fashion. LISTEN (9 min)
Author: William Craven
Chemicals and Breast Cancer
Executive Director of Breast Cancer Fund Jeanne Rizzo tells us about toxic chemicals in cosmetics and other products contribute to breast cancer, and how the FDA abdicates its repsonsibility to safeguard Americans’ health. Fear not, though, as Breast Cancer Fund has stepped into the breach with their Safe Cosmetics Campaign. She also explains the groundbreaking bio-monitoring project in California. PART 1 (11 min) PART 2 (7 min)
The Alternative Car Expo
As the LA Auto Show talked the talk last week, across town the Alternative Car Expo shifted into high gear. Rick Sikes, Fleet Superintendent for the city of Santa Monica, gives us his report. LISTEN (11 min)
Lexie Schultz: Science further marginalized at the EPA
Lexie Schultz of the Union of Concerned Scientists says that in its latest maneuvers the EPA is attempting to circumvent any science that doesn’t fit pre-determined policies: "The EPA has cut science out of all climate decisions." What does science have to do with climate anyway? LISTEN (10 min)
Student Environmental Communication Network
In our next installment from the Student Environmental Communication Network, students hip us to different approaches to green fashion. LISTEN (8 min)
Daniel Kammen: China takes One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
As Berkeley Professor Daniel Kammen tells Betsy, it’s great that the Chinese government is considering a tax on industrial polluters. Less great, though, is that a coal-fired power plant opens there every ten days. As for the Republic of Texas…. LISTEN (11 MIN)
Greenpeace: A Greener Apple
Rick Hinds, legislative Director for the Greenpeace Toxics Campaign, runs down their latest rankings of Computer and Cellphone companies. How did Apple do? Well, they must be a red apple, because they sure aren’t that green. LISTEN (7 min)
ForestEthics & Victoria’s Secret Reach Agreement
"Victoria’s Dirty Secret" has been cleaned up as Victoria’s Secret agrees to produce catalogs that do not come from endangered forests, that use more recycled content, and that are the product of sustainable logging practices. ForestEthics Paper Campaign Director Dan Howells stops by to celebrate a big victory for Victoria’s Secret, ForestEthics, women who like lingerie, and men who, um, like catalogs. LISTEN (10 min)
Dirt Cheap, by Lyn Miller Lachmann
Lyn Miller Lachmann, author of the eco-thriller Dirt Cheap , talks fiction vs. nonfiction, her characters’ complex motivations, and how she came to write the story of a professor hot on the trail of the chemical company that gave him cancer. LISTEN (10 min)
Treehugger Thursday
On this week’s Treehugger Thursday, Simran Sethi (who you may have seen on Oprah the other day) tells us that more and more countires are re-foresting, Pandas in China are re-populating, co2 emissions can be reduced in your closet, and martial arts legend Jackie Chan has a new organic skin care line. LISTEN (6 min)