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Organic Cotton

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Rebecca Calahan Klein, President of Organic Exchange explains how the organic clothing market is taking off.  LISTEN (12 min)

More information: Sustainable Cotton Project

Pro-Environment Candidates

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Peter
Fox-Penner
, chairman of the Environmental Alliance,
discusses the group’s focus on electing pro-environment candidates.
LISTEN (11 min)

PVC, the Poison Plastic

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Lois Marie Gibbs,

Executive Director, Center for Health, Environment and Justice t
ells us about the phasing-out of PVC (a major toxin found
in our air and our bloodstreams).
LISTEN (7 min)

Kyoto Now!

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Shana Weber talks about the Penn State Eco-Action’s Kyoto Now! campaign. The aim is for the University administration
to come up with a greenhouse gas mitigation policy with clear and measurable
objectives. The campaign based on the Kyoto Protocol is part of a larger, national youth climate change movement.  LISTEN (4 min)

Ronnie Cummins, Organic Consumers Association

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Ronnie Cummins of the Organic Consumers
Association
shares with us what it means for the organic label to
be going mainstream.
LISTEN (8 min)

Patient Capital for a Sustainable Future

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Patient Capital for a Sustainable Future is a conference that will take place in San Francisco on May 10/12.  Co-Organizer Woody Tasch, CEO of Investors Circle explains the concept of "slow money" and how since 1992 IC has invested over $100 million in 163 companies.
LISTEN(11 min)

Recycled Glass

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Miranda Magagnini is CoCEO of IceStone a company making gorgeous (and greener)
alternatives to granite and marble from recycled glass.
LISTEN (7 min)

Surfing Attorney

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Mark Massara
,
the California Coastal Attorney for the Sierra Club tells how a love of surfing led him to ride the green wave and work tirelessly to preserve our coasts
and ocean habitat. Learn what motivates this mild-mannered surfer dude
to take on the likes of Clint Eastwood and other would-be oceanfront
developers.
LISTEN part 1 (12 min)  part 2 (7 min)

You can also see your favorite spot of the California Coast on coastwatcher.com

Photo of Mark Massara courtesy Davis Barber.

Vanity Green

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Contributing Editor Michael Shnayerson talks about this first green issue. LISTEN (11 min)

Clean Air and Lawn Mowers

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Frank O’Donnell, President of Clear Air Watch talks about having cleaner lawn mowers and how the new regulation is blocked by Senator Kit Bond. Listen (7 min) and read the blog for clean air