Electric Ladies Podcast

"The Covid-19 pandemic has created the biggest shock to the global energy system since at least World War II…Renewables are the only energy source that will grow in 2020." David Turk, International Energy Agency Testifying on Capitol Hill June 2020 A key component of President Biden's infrastructure plan is addressing our energy needs and doing so in a way that does not continue to hurt the planet...

"I truly, truly think that the green economy is an opportunity...When you look at greening infrastructure...truly transitioning our entire economy, you have incredible job opportunity...(including) for our business to be thinking ahead." Tracy Raczek on Green Connections Radio podcast This Earth Day, as President Biden convenes his Summit of global leaders on climate action, listen to the woman wh...

"Fuel cells create electricity by stripping electrons from hydrogen atoms; the hydrogen then bonds to oxygen to create water, while the electrons power the electric motor. The result is an electric vehicle that is fueled with hydrogen from a pump rather than electrons drawn from the nation's electrical power grid." Car & Driver magazine A key part of President Biden's ambitious infrastructure bill...

"I've never seen as much alignment as there are in electric vehicles today." Katie Sloan on Green Connections Radio podcast As President Biden launches a massive infrastructure bill, including support for electric vehicles, listen to Katie Sloan, Director of eMobility at Southern California Edison, on how this would work. She's the focal point for electric vehicle adoption in the most populous sta...

"The biggest problem with the official surveys that we rely on a lot… [by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, BLS], is that…the number of women isn't plentiful enough yet to have enough data on an annual basis to come up with reliable estimates." Ariane Hegewisch on Green Connections Radio There's a little secret about the pandemic-economic recession that economists are not talking about much: th...

Our brains are 73% water and our bodies are 60% water, so we literally cannot live without it. But most community water systems suffer from industrial pollution. It doesn't have to be that way. Listen to Karen Sorber, Cofounder/CEO of Micronic Technologies describe their innovative chemical-free system for cleaning wastewater on this Green Connections Radio podcast with host Joan Michelson. You'll...

"I think there's more that's happened in probably the past two years in the sustainable and ESG investing space than probably has in the prior 20 years." Kathleen McQuiggan on Green Connections Radio podcast "Your money is power," veteran financial advisor Kathleen McQuggan reminds us, and today more than ever. What if we could invest in ways that support advancing women and protecting the planet,...

"A.I has enabled us to get very precise measures and give the plants precisely what the plans need...(So) The yields in our greenhouses are about 30x the traditional farm." and without any chemicals. Jackie Roberts on Green Connections Radio podcast What if we could grow produce in a way that was not at the mercy of weather swings or events? A new massive indoor farm called Appharvest thinks they...

"The reason their (men's) participation in that last decade (before ratification of the 19th Amendment) was so important, was because they had the means and the will to help the movement financially and politically." Brooke Kroeger on Green Connections Radio podcast As we commemorate Women's History Month in this tumultuous year, just as President Joe Biden chose Kamala Harris as his VP, it's impo...

"We're really a botanical business. And our botanicals come from all over the world….All botanicals are going to be impacted and have been impacted by climate change, and the real challenge is trying to get in front of that." Cindi Bigelow on Green Connections Radio podcast Do you or someone you care about drink tea? Grown around the world, it's at the mercy of climate change, just like any other...

Many companies collect diversity and jobs data and review it internally, but don't want to release it publicly, "because it doesn't always make them look very good," But, she added, different sources collect and report data on gender differently, and others lack the resources or incentives to either collect or report it. Roberta Rincon on Green Connections Radio podcast We bemoan Big Data because...

"When you talk about pollution of the waterways, that goes very much to industries, like fossil fuels of course, like factory farming, like businesses or corporations that are allowed to just dump their waste or by-product of making things, manufacturing, into the waterways, when there's no regulation, then clearly, then people can just do what they want to without any consequences." Gloria Reuben...

Black women voters were a force in the 2020 election and are going forward and their rights are under attack in states anew today as a result of their power. Where did their activism start? In commemoration of Black History Month, Listen to this remarkable interview with Marcia Chatelain - Professor of History and African American Studies at Georgetown University - tell great stories about the bla...

"In a crisis time, you need the most creative ideas and the most differing experiences and perspectives, which is obviously what diversity provides…So, particularly companies need to be ever-vigilant in that they don't skimp in their focus around diversity," Laura Liswood, Secretary General of the Counsel of Women World Leaders warned in a World Economic Forum's Davos 2021 As our economies seek wa...

"I truly, truly think that the green economy is an opportunity...When you look at greening infrastructure...truly transitioning our entire economy, you have incredible job opportunity...(including) for our business to be thinking ahead." Tracy Raczek on Green Connections Radio podcast A mere hours after being sworn in as president, President Joe Biden immediately rejoined the Paris Climate Accord...

"It's our responsibility when we take the stage to understand that we're going to affect people, we're going to make change….And if you pull back in any way, you are missing that opportunity to…change that one life."  Tricia Brouk on Green Connections Radio As President-Elect Joe Biden prepares to give his inaugural address after being sworn is as the 46th President of the United States, let's lis...

" The part in this that is so important is the relationship building component, and that part takes time… (it) is the glue that brings cohesion across the issues and it enables a different form of listening and a different openness, in my view, that includes openness to hearing the science….. Science is the strongest tool of diplomacy." Mic helle Wyman, NCSE This week as the National Council of Sc...

"Brand citizenship is a way of doing business – from a company's core purpose; to its delivery of goods and services; to its responsibility to its employees, community, the environment and the world – that people trust, believe in and rely on…all with the aim of earning profits that are maintainable over the long term."  Anne Bahr Thompson on Green Connections Radio podcast As we welcome in 2021,...

"This idea of 'voice and choice' is, ask me what I think and then listen to what I have to say and then give me a choice as to how I can participate. Don't forget that I'm an individual...That's a really big trend." Rachel Hutchisson on Green Connections Radio Connecting with our colleagues and employees is harder than ever – and more important – during this crisis.  The holidays are usually when...

"All great ideas stem from a really good problem. There's problems all around us….The really good problems are the ones you're hearing about consistently….and hearing those problems and starting to think about, 'how can I solve this in a way that nobody else has thought of before?' or, we can take it a step further. That's where the great ideas come from." Lisa DeLuca on Green Connections Radio po...

"Companies that perform better on ESG criteria tend to do better financially in the long term." Julie Fox Gorte on Green Connections Radio How do the bolder positions on social and environmental issues that many companies are taking affect their financial performance? A lot, it turns out, if.... Patsy Doerr, Global Head of Corporate Responsibility, Sustainability and Inclusion at Thomson Reuters a...

The biggest hurdle for women in tech "Is the same underpinnings of many of the other challenges we face in our society: fear and power…Computer science was…created by the women…to do the things these women were doing. And that was thought to be clerical, until all of a sudden the power of it was recognized by the men and that's when that power shift occurred." Brenda Darden Wilkerson on Green Conn...

"Innovation is ...the heartbeat of the company, and as we strive for increasing diversity and inclusion, at the heart of that is... Because when doing so, it actually brings forth the best ideas, the best results, and just a higher level of creativity and solving problems." Barbara Whye, CDO of Intel on Green Connections Radio podcast What do we need to know to recruit, retain and promote truly in...

"100% of the materials used in our back to school (mask-making) kits were …from deadstock (discarded) materials…to provide a sustainable mask alternative for kids in need to that they ….can keep their communities safe." Jennifer Lee on Green Connections Radio As we all adapt to the temporary normal of having to wear a mask to protect ourselves and others from the Covid-19 pandemic, Jennifer Lee ca...

"You learn the techniques that make a song or a speech or that ad really effective and persuasive.." Ann Friedman on Green Connections Radio We are experiencing every day how powerful words are, ours and other people's. From the 2020 election to social media, to the protests for equality and climate change, to advertisements and music.  Now, there's a brand new interactive museum in Washington, DC...