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The Vegetarian's Guide to Eating Meat chronicles a young woman's journey from vegetarian PETA activist to blood-and-guts-eating omnivore. Marissa Landrigan, journalist, professor and author, discovered that eating ethically was far from simple—and cutting out meat was not the answer. As she criss-crossed the U.S. to get closer to the source of her food, eventually even visiting a slaughterhouse an...

Lauded by Booklist as "an essential guidebook for anyone who wants to make a difference," Sustainability Made Simple: Small Changes for Big Impact (April 2017, Rowman & Littlefield) walks readers through small, actionable steps anyone can make at home, school, work, and on the road to reduce their environmental footprint. With an emphasis on science, facts and practicality, environmental experts,...

NATURE's, Yosemite, premieres Wed., March 29 at 8/7c on PBS. Yosemite is a land forged in wildfire and sculpted by water, but with climate change, water is scarcer and fire more common. Shot in 4K by filmmaker Joseph Pontecorvo, the program follows scientists and adventurers as they investigate how these global changes are affecting one of America's greatest wildernesses. Tune in as we talk with J...

Alan Bell was a star prosecutor for mob trials in Florida in the 80's. When he began getting severely ill many believed he was being poisoned by the mob. It turned out that that it was exposure to hidden toxic chemicals in his office building that made him so sick that he was forced to spend nearly a decade living in a sterile "bubble" in the remote Arizona desert. When his health improved, he tea...

Growing your own food, even in a small space, is now much easier thanks to GrowOya. Their porous clay irrigation vessels are an ingenious, modern method of watering your garden borrowed from the ancient wisdom of South America. Tune in to learn how these water-saving devices can be used year after year, and are revolutionizing the access to healthy, local food – even in drought areas. Our guests t...

In his new book, Paul D. Blanc, M.D., outlines the century-long history of "fake silk," or cellulose viscose, used to produce such products as rayon textiles and tires, cellophane, and everyday kitchen sponges. He explores the export of hazardous manufacturing to developing countries, and the current "greenwashing" of viscose as an eco-friendly product. He describes the poisonous materials and env...

Just this month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued advice regarding fish consumption which is geared toward helping women who are pregnant or may become pregnant – as well as breastfeeding mothers and parents of young children – make informed choices when it comes to fish that are healthy and safe to eat. Our guest today is Sean Wittenberg, P...

SwiftMile is tackling the first and last mile problem in transportation. Fifty percent (50%) of most auto trips are less than three miles, and thirty percent (30%) are less than one mile. This leads to traffic, smog, and congestion in urban environments on a global scale. Swiftmile is creating a network of solar powered eBike hubs for first/last mile commuters. Users can locate and rent an eBike o...

As the world's population continues to grow, the demand for increased amounts of food strains our soil and the ecosystems juxtaposed to agricultural sites. International NGO, Rare, and its partners have just announced the launch of a global competition, Solution Search. The contest is open to any organization that has an innovative solution in sustainable farming, while promoting behaviors that st...

California's primary clean water supply, upon which 25 million people depend, is out of date, unreliable and inefficient. California's largest supply of clean water is dependent on 50-year-old levees. Earthquakes, floods and rising sea levels could cause these levees to fail, putting the fresh water supply at risk from saltwater contamination. The current system is inefficient and cannot adequatel...

Globally, 1.2 billion people do not have access to clean water. Another 2.7 billion lose access to clean water for at least one month a year. The world's water problems are getting worse, not better. But teams of scientists working to reverse the trends are nearing breakthroughs and raising hope that water borne disease, poisons buried in sediment, deadly floods, erosion, and environmental stress...

As the temperature plummets, homeowners will crank up the heat to keep warm and toasty - quickly burning through money and energy. In fact, home heating uses more energy and costs more money than any other system in your home, typically making up nearly half of your utility bill. So, what is the best way to keep the cold out, the heat in, and your energy bill low? Tune in as we talk with Tom Carne...

Globally, 1.2 billion people do not have access to clean water. Another 2.7 billion lose access to clean water for at least one month a year. The world's water problems are getting worse, not better. But teams of scientists working to reverse the trends are nearing breakthroughs and raising hope that water borne disease, poisons buried in sediment, deadly floods, erosion, and environmental stress...

Sustainable Minds® has just launched a catalog of products that meet the most rigorous environmental and material health reporting standards in the building industry. The catalog is free to building professionals – architects, engineers, and construction – who would otherwise spend hundreds of hours searching for products that qualify for LEED v4, Green Globes, the Well Building Standard and the L...

October is National Energy Awareness Month! Studies show that seventy-four percent of Americans support efforts to protect the environment: hence, the personal-finance website WalletHub conducted an in-depth analysis of 2016's Greenest Cities in America. To determine which cities promote an environmentally friendly lifestyle, WalletHub's analysts compared the 100 largest cities across 20 key indic...

The loss of the grid would not have been a threat 100 years ago because the population of the country was only about 76 million people. At that time, the production of food was not yet dependent on electrical power, and few homes were entirely electric. Today the population of the United States is about 325 million people, and we rely on a reliable source of electrical power for food production, c...

Bad food laws are handcuffing America's most sustainable farmers, producers, sellers, and consumers, while rewarding those whose practices are contributing to the food industry's biggest problems, according to food lawyer and scholar Baylen J. Linnekin, author of Biting the Hands that Feed Us: How Fewer, Smarter Laws Would Make Our Food System More Sustainable. Linnekin acknowledges the importance...

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, commercial buildings have high energy needs and can put great strain on the nation's power grids during peak periods. Developing more efficient buildings helps ensure a steady supply of affordable power and significantly lowers operating costs for businesses, schools, hospitals, and more. Creating an energy efficient building begins with monitoring and m...

Offering insights and guidance from prominent academics and journalists, The Good Crisis: How Population Stabilization Can Foster a Healthy U.S. Economy -Population Connection: 2016- takes on one of today's most pressing challenges: keeping our aging population healthy, productive, and prepared for today's technologically-focused jobs. At the same time, today's youth must be prepared for productiv...

The modern day Edisons have done their job. We need not wait any longer. We are poised to wake up to a world running completely on renewable energy. Waiting any longer is like saying we shouldn't have used the personal computer in 1985 until the smartphone was invented. In their new book, "All-Electric America," authors S. DAVID FREEMAN, former utility CEO, and LEAH Y PARKS, a journalist in the el...

For those who eat animal products, there is a growing demand for assurances that the animals are treated humanely. Packaging for products like eggs, milk, cheese and meat are replete with phrases like, 'free range,' 'cage free,' and 'pasture fed.' But consumers who do their homework soon learn that those phrases may not mean what we envision, and may not ensure that the animals producing our food...

Today we'll be joined by Hip Hop Caucus President and CEO Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. to discuss his work for climate justice and a new partnership with the 100 percent Campaign to support access to clean, affordable energy for all. Rev. Yearwood is known as one of the most influential people in Hip Hop political life. He works tirelessly to encourage the Hip Hop generation to utilize its political a...

Steve Jurovics' new book HOSPITABLE PLANET: FAITH, ACTION, AND CLIMATE CHANGE provides a biblically-based case for climate change as a religious/spiritual issue as well as an environmental one; discusses 10 measures to mitigate it, and advocates an environmental rights movement, akin to the civil rights movement, to push for change. Steve holds BS and MS degrees from Columbia University and a PhD...

Recently, the CDC released new guidelines in the fight to prevent Legionnaires' disease. With recent outbreaks of Legionnaire's throughout the country in Flint, Michigan and Bronx, NY, the maintenance of a building's water system is more important than ever. The guidelines are a huge step forward to help building owners control Legionella bacteria once it has entered their buildings from the publi...

GreenerBuilder 2016 gathered hundreds of Northern California trade professionals to learn about key trends in the green building market; to hear what owners and developers are looking for; and to make important connections with fellow industry leaders. The daylong conference trained attendees to be at the forefront of greening the built environment. The event was held in the Net Zero Energy Center...