Latest Gogreen Podcast Episodes
Green Road Trip to the Mother Earth News Fair
Greener by Choice - September 12, 2014 10:15 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsIt’s a green road trip It’s 5:30am in Wilmington, VT and I’m getting ready to head out the door and travel to Seven Springs, PA for the Mother Earth News Fair. I am so excited to be spending the weekend with hundreds of Green Movement Leaders, learning more about their products and servi...
41: Eric Hallman, PhD The Livestock Conservancy
Greener by Choice - September 10, 2014 07:30 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsProtecting nearly 200 breeds of livestock and poultry from extinction. Eric Hallman executive director of The Livestock Conservancy speaks with The Green Up Girl. Now, you may be scratching your head and thinking, “but I see cows and chickens all the time, how can they be endangered?” Just l...
39: Misty Reilly-Rockn Socks
Greener by Choice - September 03, 2014 07:30 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsMisty Reilly founder of RocknSocks started her business because her husband was always forgetting to pack his socks and would have to borrow hers when they attended music festivals. It got her thinking about the fact that you can get a whole new wardrobe from independent designers at these music...
38: Transform Death back into Life
Greener by Choice - August 28, 2014 07:30 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThe reality is we all are going to die someday. I know it is sad to think about this topic, but all amazing things and creatures must pass on at some point. You can’t live forever, even though you may want to. Besides the emotional trauma, many folks are worried about the possible environmen...
37: Casey Muldoon: Turning Pallets into Pampered Furniture
Greener by Choice - August 26, 2014 07:30 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWood pallets, old fencing, and beat up pianos are turned into finely crafted, cherished pieces of furniture thanks to the work of Casey Muldoon from Custom ReWorks.These materials would have other wise ended up in the landfill. Instead Casey uses his creativity to give them new life and purpose....
36: Stop Junk Mail From Polluting Your Mail Box
Greener by Choice - August 22, 2014 07:30 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsStop Junk Mail From Polluting Your Mail Box. What a waste "More than 100 million trees are cut down every year to produce junk mail.” Discover the simple 5 ways to protect the trees and keep your mail box empty. Receive resources; mailing addresses, email and website addresses to contact the r...
35: Jane May Jones, Magical Earth Retreats
Greener by Choice - August 21, 2014 07:30 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsJoining us today is Jane Jones, founder of Magical Earth Retreats, a non-profit organization that connects children and adults with nature. Magical Earth Retreats is on a mission to bring as many children and adults to the mountains to experience mother earth in order that they understand our co...
34-Greener by Choice Expands to Meet its Mission
Greener by Choice - August 20, 2014 07:30 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsBeyond podcasting about green issues and bringing you interviews with Green Movement Leaders, I’ll now be creating a community so you can receive simple action steps, engage in conversations, and gather the resources you want to enjoy living a greener lifestyle. This new community will go live o...
33-My Mission is Sunny Clear
Greener by Choice - August 19, 2014 12:35 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsStay tuned! Greener by Choice is expanding. I’m so excited to share my weekend’s adventures with you. I’ve been in Dallas, Texas attending Podcast Movement 2014. It offered training for Podcasters by Podcasters. The conference was beyond amazing and I am so excited to expand and improve the ...
32: Giving Back to your Community
Greener by Choice - August 18, 2014 07:30 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsToday let’s talk about Giving Back. We all know there are many benefits to giving back; you feel better, set a good example, and the world benefits. Plus, part of living a greener lifestyle involves how we care and give back to others that share our earth. Protecting our earth for future generat...
31: The Plastic Shopping Bag Debate Continues
Greener by Choice - August 15, 2014 07:30 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThe plastic shopping bag debate continues. In episode #27 we talked about how Americans use approximately 102.1 billion plastic bags, creating tons and tons of landfill waste. This number breaks down to the average American family using almost 1,500 plastic shopping bags a year. And worst of all...
30: Lauren Taylor - TerraCycle
Greener by Choice - August 14, 2014 07:30 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsLauren Taylor Director of U.S. Public Relations for TerraCycle an international recycling company. TerraCycle converts difficult-to-recycle packaging and product materials into innovative, affordable products. Its partners are among the Who’s Who in the CPG, retailing and manufacturing industry....
29: Cooking off the Grid: Solar Cooking Part 2
Greener by Choice - August 13, 2014 07:30 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsCooking off the grid. No need to turn on the electricity or gas. Use the sun to cook your next meal. In this episode, I’m going to make cooking with the sun simple and easy by sharing some more tips and tricks. A solar cooker is simply a devise that uses direct sunlight to heat and cook your foo...
28: Mark Curran: Black River Produce
Greener by Choice - August 12, 2014 07:30 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsMark Curran is founder of Black River Produce. Since its inception in 1978, Black River’s main focus has been distributing locally grown product throughout New England. They now partner with 200 growers and producers with a team of 170 employees. Mark has served on numerous boards including the ...
27: Share your shopping bags
Greener by Choice - August 11, 2014 07:30 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsDo you ever get frustrated when you’re shopping at the grocery store, clothing store, hardware store, or any store for that matter and the clerk asks the person in front of you, “May we bag your order in plastic? and they answer yes. Am I the only one who wants to yell, no please don’t choose pl...
26: Conserve Water and Shower with a Buddy
Greener by Choice - August 08, 2014 07:30 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsNearly 70 percent of the world is covered by water, but only 2.5 percent of it is fresh. and just 1 percent of our freshwater is easily accessible, with much of it trapped in glaciers and snowfields. Discover 6 more simple ways to conserve water including a link to find your very own shower buddy.
25: Rebranding the Doggie Bag
Greener by Choice - August 07, 2014 12:42 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsHow often do you eat out at a restaurant and find that you can’t finish eating the whole meal? Are you someone who wastes the food or brings it home in what we call “the doggie bag”? According to restaurants.com, “As much as 33 million tons of food is wasted each year in the United States alone....
24: Delta Farrington: Eco Dogs and Cats
Greener by Choice - August 06, 2014 07:30 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsEco Dogs and Cats specializes in offering eco-friendly, humane, vegan products for cats and dogs including, vegan and Non GMO food, toys, beds, vitamins, and many other amazing earth friendly products. Eco Dogs and Cats grew out of the lifestyle Delta Farrington's practices and her desire to off...
23: Is it Possible for our Earth to Run Out of Water?
Greener by Choice - August 05, 2014 07:30 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsIs it possible for our earth to run out of water? Yikes, yes it is, the earth has less water than you think. According to National Geographic, “nearly 70 percent of the world is covered by water, only 2.5 percent of it is fresh. The rest is saline and ocean-based. Even then, just 1 percent of ou...
22: What's the cost of rain water?
Greener by Choice - August 04, 2014 07:30 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWhat if you had to pay for the air you breath and the rain water that comes from the earth? We really seem to take these items for granted along with the natural capital of the earth. Pavan Sukhdev’s talk at TEDGlobal 2011 - he states that "Every day, we use materials from the earth without thi...
21: Don Jones - The Wizard
Greener by Choice - August 01, 2014 07:30 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsDiscover more about Don Jones, The Wizard and his inspiring collection of children’s stories. The stories help achieve our mission to provide the space, place and opportunity for children and adults to reconnect with mother nature. Our goal change the destructive route of the human race one chil...
20: Julie Lineberger: LinesSync Architecture & Board Chair Green America
Greener by Choice - July 30, 2014 19:03 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsJoining us today is Julie Lineberger managing partner at LineSync Architecture. They are a company that designs high profile innovative municipal, corporate and unique residential environments with a green and sustainable emphasis and she is also the board chair for Green America. I was in...
19: Cooking with the Sun - Part 1
Greener by Choice - July 24, 2014 07:30 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsHave you every thought about using the sun to cook your next meal? In this episode we’ll talk about solar cookers and I’ll share plenty of resources so you’ll be cooking with the sun in no time. Part 1
18: Fertilizer from Urine: Clean Rivers, Sustainable Farms
Greener by Choice - July 23, 2014 07:30 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsDid you know that Americans produce 30 billion gallons of urine annually. (Containing over 5,000 grams of fertilizer per person). Sure seems like that is a lot of value just being flushed down the toilet. Kim Nace founder Rich Earth Institute is dedicated to advancing and promoting the use of hu...
17: 7 Simple Steps to Hosting a Zero-Waste Picnic
Greener by Choice - July 22, 2014 07:30 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsSummer is here and folks will be coming together with family, friends, and neighbors to enjoy picnics and celebrate the joy of summer. But, that means lots of trash will be generated; everything from paper & plastic plates, utensils, beverage cans & bottles, uneaten foods, and the list goes on. ...
16: Lanette Fidrych - Cycle Dog
Greener by Choice - July 21, 2014 07:30 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsSpotlighting Lanette Findrych, founder of Cycle Dog Earth Friendly Pet Company™. A company that produces products from post-consumer recycled materials like bike inner tubes. Did you know every year, millions of bike tubes end up in landfills, what a waste. Cycle Dog has stepped in to the rescue...
15: Eliminate trash the polite way
Greener by Choice - July 18, 2014 15:40 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsSummer is here and folks are coming together with family, friends, and neighbors to enjoy picnics and celebrate the joy of summer. But, that means lots of trash will be generated; everything from paper & plastic plates, utensils, beverage cans & bottles, un-eaten foods, and the list goes on. In ...
14: Christine Mann - Wick-It Cool Candles - Eco-friendly and burning cleaner
Greener by Choice - July 17, 2014 07:30 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsChristine Mann is the founder of Wick-it Cool Candles. These handmade candles are eco-friendly and made from 100% soy wax, a renewable resource grown in the US. They burn cleaner and longer than other types of wax. They also have lead free cotton wicks and are poured into recyclable glass jars f...
13: Grow Clean Air
Greener by Choice - July 16, 2014 07:30 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsDiscover how adding these 3 specific plants to your home or office can increase oxygen, filter air and boost your general health. Kamal Meattle ran an experiment at a New Delhi business park and discovered these plants not only cleaned the are, but improved human productivity by over 20%.
12: Jerelyn Wilson: Building Green - Amazing resources for the industry
Greener by Choice - July 15, 2014 07:30 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsJerelyn Wilson one of the founding owners of Building Green and the outreach director. Building green is an independent publishing company committed to bringing their members accurate, unbiased, and timely green design information. Since 1992 building professionals have gathered around BuildingG...
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