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Bond with your child, Save 9,000 Disposable Diapers!
Christine Gross-Lo, author of The Diaper-Free Baby, suggests that raising a diaperless baby  is not an inevitable caatstrophe for your house, and that we can develop a bond with our children, using the tried and true techniques of "elimination communication" perfected in East Asia. "This is a practice that encourages parents to tune into all the subtle things that your child is telling you nonverbally, so that you can understand your child better, and she can learn to trust that you are there to meet her needs." LISTEN

In an era of bank mergers and consolidation, it can be difficult to find a bank that values the sustainability of the planet over limitless, indiscriminate growth. Peter Liu, founder and vice chairman of New Resource Bank, says that NRB is a bank for the 21st Century, one that values customer service and that little planet where its customers live. Bank efficiently, bank wisely, and be part of the New Resource Community. LISTEN (12 min)

Bayfield, Wisconsin (self-described "best little town in the midwest") is the latest town in Northern Wisconsin to declare itself an Eco-Municipality, and commit itself to sustainablity. Think small towns can’t make a difference? Ask Bayfield mayor Larry MacDonald: "Small steps add up in a hurry. The Federal government is not doing it. It’s up to us." LISTEN (7 min)

Chances are one of your most cherished affiliations does not do business in a very-forward thinking way: your favorite sports team. Mark Andrew of GreenMark wants to help pro sports build LEED certified buildings, cut down on their needless consumption, and make money doing both. Though he can’t yet tell us which ones, he’s already gotten commitments from one Major League Baseball team, and one NBA team. LISTEN (12 min)

Mainstreet Moms: Organize or Bust founder Megan Matson tells Betsy about the legacy today’s Moms will leave for their children, and the slight name change they made in order to look ahead, while focusing less on that guy in the White House: LISTEN (11 min)

Aaron Kenedi, editor of Shift Magazine, tells us how to knock out all of our Christmas shopping, including a gift for your planet at Shiftyourgift.com. Buy great products and contribute 5% to the nonprofit of your choice. They’ve got great stuff, too, including a solar battery charger that will charge nearly all of your electronic gadgets. Bill Clinton thought they were pretty cool: he bought 1500 of them. LISTEN (9 min)

Plenty Magazine Editor-in-Chief Mark Spellun joins Betsy to talk about what color the environment is, and the latest issue of "bright, showy" Plenty. LISTEN (8 min)

Joe Dickson, Quality Control Coordinator for Whole Foods Markets, talks about their decision to phase out all products containing toxic chemical Bisphenal A, offsetting their emissions with wind credits, and their plans to use biodiesel in their distribution fleets. LISTEN (12 min)

Majora Carter, founder and Executive Director of Sustainable South Bronx, talks about winning the MacArthur "Genius" Grant, why the people in her community have abnormally high asthma rates, why she’ll never leave the neighborhhod she grew up in, and the B.E.S.T. ideas for getting young people in the South Bronx employed in the Green Economy. LISTEN

The Leopold Conservation Award, as Sand County Foundation VP David Allen tells Betsy, honors outstanding environmental stewardship  by private landowners, and inspires  other farmers and ranchers to play a vital role in environmental conservation: "When land does well for its owner, and the owner does well for his land, and both end up better by reason of their partnership, we have conservation." LISTEN (10 min)