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East Chicago Lead Crisis: Soil Contamination Forces Residents to Evacuate

219 GreenConnect - September 06, 2016 16:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Read the full New York Times article here. Host Kathy Sipple speaks with Artist Activist Thomas Frank about some of the details surrounding this tragedy and what some concerned citizens are doing about it. What you can do: Connect with Calumet Lives Matter on Facebook.Connect with Duneland Envi...

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Creation of the Calumet National Heritage Area

219 GreenConnect - April 07, 2016 19:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Host Kathy Sipple speaks with Mario Longoni, Urban Anthropology Manager at The Field Museum and Lara Gonzalez, Calumet Heritage Communications Specialist at The Field Museum about their recent efforts to create a Calumet National Heritage Area. www.calumetheritage.org  

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Green Light Award Nominations Open

219 GreenConnect - January 25, 2016 15:30 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Host Kathy Sipple speaks with Charlotte Wolfe, Regional Coordinator for Sustainable Indiana 2016 about the Green Light Awards. Indiana has long enjoyed the visionary efforts of its early Climate Leaders, the Hoosiers and organizations that have been lighting the way for the green movement to grow...

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Top Environmental Challenges Today: Climate Change, Health, Energy & Food Supply

219 GreenConnect - October 27, 2015 18:30 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
The Law Review Symposium will focus on environmental issues that affect the United States. Opening remarks will focus on the EPA’s new Clean Power Plan rule addressing climate change and the reduction of carbon emissions from power plants to promote cleaner energy resources. The first panel will ...

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Climate Camp: Kids Making Change Happen

219 GreenConnect - July 16, 2015 18:30 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Host Kathy Sipple went live on location to the second day of a 2-day climate camp for teens, held at Prairie Winds Nature Farm in Lakeville, Indiana. 

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Raphael Sbarge, Founder of Green Wish Helps Communities Fund Green Projects

219 GreenConnect - June 30, 2015 18:30 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
219 GreenConnect host Kathy Sipple speaks with Raphael Sbarge. Sbarge stars on TNT’s hit series Murder in the First and recurs on ABC’s Once Upon a Time. He has also directed and produced a documentary about climate change, Is There Hope for Planet Earth.  In the little free time that Sbarge has...

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Lisa Harris, "The Savory Muse", Talks about Wildcrafting and More

219 GreenConnect - May 15, 2015 12:30 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
219  GreenConnect host Kathy Sipple speaks with writer and chef, Lisa Harris, about the joys of cooking seasonally and connecting with the outdoors.

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The Ground Rules with Nance Klehm

219 GreenConnect - May 12, 2015 12:30 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
219 GreenConnect host Kathy Sipple speaks with Nance Klehm about her crowdfunding project, The Ground Rules, as well as her passion for soil health and urban foraging.

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Local Farmer's Market Seeks to Offer Authentic Experience

219 GreenConnect - May 04, 2015 13:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
219 GreenConnect host Kathy Sipple speaks wiith Shane Hansen, the new market manager at Michigan City's Farmer's Market. Shane is not only the market manager, he's an owner of a 13-acre organic farm himself. He's seeking to offer market visitors more of a local food experience, limiting vendors t...

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Managing Change: What Does It Take for Crickets to Become Food?

219 GreenConnect - April 14, 2015 22:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
219 GreenConnect host Kathy Sipple speaks with Coleen Wilder, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Information and Decision Science at Valparaiso University, along with  four of her students: Rachel Laveau, Ben Crowe, Nelson Wagner and Iyanna Harris. Wilder teaches Statistics and Management courses at...

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Valparaiso Local Food Summit

219 GreenConnect - March 23, 2015 21:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
219 GreenConnect host Kathy Sipple speaks with Professor Nicole Negowetti, a Law Professor at Valparaiso University. Negowetti teaches a food law class and is the organizer behind the April 24th local food summit in Valparaiso. Click here for full details. The 2012 NIRPC Regional Food Study men...

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Let's Solarize Northwest Indiana!

219 GreenConnect - February 10, 2015 16:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
219 GreenConnect host Kathy Sipple speaks with Kathy Luther of the Northwest Indiana Regional Planning Commission (NIRPC) about a new program designed to help make solar energy more affordable and accessible to region residents. Listen in to learn which communities have signed up and how you can ...

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Marshall Willoughby: Practicing Permaculture in Gary, Indiana

219 GreenConnect - January 23, 2015 23:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Host Kathy Sipple speaks with Marshall Willoughby, a hard core environmentalist from Gary, Indiana about his permaculture lifestyle. Marshall lives in a 120-square foot geodesic dome and generates his first 1000 watts of electricity using his home built wood gasification unit. He grows much of hi...

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The New CSA: Community Supported Art

219 GreenConnect - January 09, 2015 16:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Host Kathy Sipple speaks with Valparaiso Indiana artists, Melissa Washburn and Aimee Tomasek. They are part of a collaborative effort called Community Supported Art Valparaiso, representing eight local emerging and mid-career artists working in a variety of media. CSA Valpo connects artists and s...

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Co-Working for Collaboration and Productivity

219 GreenConnect - December 17, 2014 21:30 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Host Kathy Sipple speaks with Eric Zosso from Zoseco Co-working in Valparaiso, Indiana, a new space designed to allow small businesses to get ahead without the overhead. They provide flexible memberships and include benefits like ultra-fast internet and complimentary coffee and tea to keep member...

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Right Mindedness: A Zen Approach to Purposeful Living

219 GreenConnect - August 22, 2014 20:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Host Kathy Sipple features guests from Northwest Indiana's green community. Topics include natural health, local food, sustainable business leaders & more.

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Meditation for Mother Earth

219 GreenConnect - April 11, 2014 14:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Host Kathy Sipple speaks with Randi Light of Enlightened Living Hypnosis about her plans for a shared meditation to heal Mother Earth. Randi will attend the live event at East Wind Studios in Chesterton, Indiana on Earth Day -- April 22, 2014 -- and the event will also be available via live strea...

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Spiritual Cartoonist Earth Day Cards

219 GreenConnect - April 09, 2014 14:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Host Kathy Sipple speaks with Valparaiso, Indiana based Spiritual Cartoonist, Annemarie Marti, about her whimsical line of greeting cards that celebrate Earth Day, everyday.

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Our Common Thread:

219 GreenConnect - January 28, 2014 15:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Host Kathy Sipple speaks with Chef, Brad Hindsley Executive Chef and Owner of Spire Farm-to-Fork Restaurant and Artist, Laura Marie Panozzo of LaPorte. Brad and Laura created Our Common Thread as a creative collaboration between Spire Farm to Fork Cuisine and Earth Angel Eco Art by Laura Marie Pa...

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Permaculture Solutions to Climate Change

219 GreenConnect - January 24, 2014 15:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
219 GreenConnect host Kathy Sipple speaks with Highland, Indiana Permcaculture Designer, Randy Jamrok, author of a new booklet entitled, "Permaculture Solutions to Climate Change". The booklet is meant to be a way to provide a framework for people new to permaculture to begin implementing soluti...

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Hikes with Indiana Native Plants and Wildflowers

219 GreenConnect - October 30, 2013 14:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
219 GreenConnect host Kathy Sipple speaks with Tacy Fletcher of Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society’s North Chapter. INPAWS is growing despite the end of the growing season, and the fall of shorter nights and sleeping plants… Tacy will discuss the numerous hikes the INPAWS group led; so...

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The Power to Choose Renewable Energy

219 GreenConnect - September 26, 2013 20:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
219 GreenConnect Host, Kathy Sipple speaks with Dan Plath and Kat Szot from NiSource about their new renewable energy option available to NIPSCO customers.  NIPSCO’s Green Power Program is a voluntary program that allows you to designate a portion or all of your monthly electric usage to be att...

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Scrap Metal Recycling: Why & How

219 GreenConnect - September 04, 2013 14:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Recycling and reusing items like plastic bottles, hand-me-down clothing and newspapers is important to make part of one’s every day routine to the reduce, reuse, recycle movement that is helping to reduce waste. One aspect of the recycling industry that may not be as popular, but just as import...

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Shirley Heinze Land Trust's New Meadowbrook Location

219 GreenConnect - July 24, 2013 13:30 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Host Kathy Sipple speaks with Paul Quinlan, Stewardship Director at the Shirley Heinze Land Trust about their recent land acquisition. In 2012, SHLT was approached by the Girl Scouts to acquire their former Camp Meadowbrook in Valparaiso, Indiana. This strategic addition to SHLT’s system of nat...

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Statewide Initiative Supports Energy Conservation

219 GreenConnect - July 19, 2013 13:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Host Kathy Sipple speaks with Ginny Brown from Energizing Indiana. GInny will share information about their free energy assessment for residential power customers and how your participation can help fund green causes like Northwest Indiana Green Drinks, a monthly educational meet up organized by...

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Pipelines and Borderlines: People Can't Drink Oil!

219 GreenConnect - July 10, 2013 14:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Host Kathy Sipple speaks with David Mueller from Paul Henry's Art Gallery in Hammond about their current exhibit, "Pipelines and Borderlines: People Can't Drink Oil!" It is a group exhibit of 17 artists from across the U.S. who have produced work that brings attention to the tar sands oil issue...

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A Vision of Earth Day, Every Day

219 GreenConnect - June 21, 2013 20:30 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Guest host Kassie Meeks interviews 219 GreenConnect Founder, Kathy Sipple, sharing the story behind the initiative and some success stories that have resulted. Sipple is the local organizer for Green Drinks International, a worldwide network of monthly meet ups about environmental issues. She i...

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Northwest Indiana Takes to the Trails

219 GreenConnect - May 10, 2013 20:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
219 GreenConnect host Kathy Sipple speaks to Mitch Barloga, biking enthusiast and Ped, Pedal & Paddle Planner at Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission. We'll talk about a number of trail initiatives and events, including Greenways & Blueways, the National Complete Streets Coalition, ...

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Introduction to Clean Eating

219 GreenConnect - May 02, 2013 14:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
219 GreenConnect host Kathy Sipple speaks with Chemical Engineer turned cooking instructor, Cheryl Dornberg of Mrs. Dornberg's Culinary Experience in Highland, Indiana. Confused by all the fad diets and nutrition advice you keep hearing?  One of the best ways to achieve optimal health is to adop...

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Innovative Upcycling: Putting eWaste to Work for a Cure

219 GreenConnect - April 18, 2013 20:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Host Kathy Sipple speaks with Jennifer Shelhart from Green Research Corporation about the organization's work. They divert unwanted and broken computers from the wastestream, refurbish them and install programs on them from Berkeley Open Infastructure for Network Computing (BOINC). The programs...

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