CODE GREEN Articles & Commentary

Eric Corey Freed tells us why he’s an Organic Architect and says that with buildings among the worst environmental offenders, we can no longer ignore the obvious: the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, there is no business case for building with toxic materials, and we shouldn’t be green because it’s […]

Donald Simon, West Coast Green building conference co-host and member of West Coast Green’s advisory board, says that Green Building is an idea whose time has come, and it is increasingly cost neutral. LISTEN (7 min) Picture: Community Greenhouse

Founder of Sun Light & Power Gary Gerber says that the Solar Power business is heating up.LISTEN (7:50 min) Picture: Contra Costa Times

Joel Makower, founder of GreenBiz.com, gives us a rundown of the ads, statements, and actions that add up to a new era of green business.LISTEN (12 min)

EcoTalk’s Science Advisor Shana Weber is fixing up her house, and everyone’s invited. Except the Carpenter Ants.LISTEN (7:50 min)

Wal-Mart’s VP of sustainability Andy Ruben and the Natural Resource Defense Council’s Ashok Gupta lay out Wal-Mart’s ambitious goals. LISTEN (part 1- 11 min) LISTEN (part 2- 7 min) More info Picture from Groovy Green. This is a rerun of our August 5 show.

Daniel Nepstad from the Woods Hole Research Centre gives us the latest update on Amazonian droughts and how far North they may spread. LISTEN (12 min) This is a rerun of our August 5 show

As NRDC’s Daniel Hinerfeld reports, California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday signed historic global warming legislation that will reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions 25 percent by 2020.LISTEN (7 min)