Go Green Radio

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Sinopse

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the world population is expanding at a mind-boggling rate. The world reached 1 billion people in 1800; 2 billion by 1922; and over 6 billion by 2000. It is estimated that the population will swell to over 9 billion by 2050. That means that if the worlds natural resources were evenly distributed, people in 2050 will only have 25% of the resources per capita that people in 1950 had. If we intend to leave our children and grandchildren with the same standard of living we have enjoyed, we must preserve the foundation of that standard of living. Go Green Radio is the beginning of an important new shift in the way we treat our world. This grassroots program promotes the very best character traits in children and adults: caring for yourself and caring for others. Through simple, responsible behavior shifts, together we can protect human health through environmental stewardship. Go Green Radio airs live every Friday at 9 AM Pacific Time on VoiceAmerica.

Episódios

  • Special Encore Presentation: Ed Begley Talks About How Hollywood is Going Green

    30/01/2015 Duração: 58min

    Ed Begley, Jr. joins us to discuss an entire day of Earth Day coverage of Hollywood’s efforts to Go Green. Interviews will be covered on www.BiteSize TV.com/live, and will bring together actors, authors, scientists, business innovators and other celebrities who are out front in the green movement, along with the leading experts on a wide range of environmental issues—from climate change and protecting our oceans to green fashion and sustainable farming. Ed will also discuss the Earth Day launch of Our Green House, the network’s newest reality show documenting Begley and his wife, Rachelle, as they build a brand new, ultra-green home.

  • Special Encore Presentation: Creating Climate Wealth – a new book by SunEdison founder, Jigar Shah

    23/01/2015 Duração: 55min

    Part autobiography, part treatise, in Creating Climate Wealth, Jigar Shah demonstrates how all of us can participate in the largest wealth creation opportunity of our time. Shah explains that proven, scalable climate solutions, using an infrastructure-as-a-service model, will create the next economy. The book draws lessons from what Shah learned in the creation and success of SunEdison and as CEO of The Carbon War Room. The key message is that climate wealth is at our fingertips – accessible to entrepreneurs, investors, governments, NGO’s, and corporations, and will create thousands of jobs.

  • SUPERSTORM: Nine Days Inside Hurricane Sandy

    16/01/2015 Duração: 57min

    In her new book, SUPERSTORM: Nine Days Inside Hurricane Sandy (Dutton), investigative journalist and graduate professor of environmental studies Kathryn Miles discusses how mounting inadequacies of our national weather service infrastructure may compound the danger to public safety posed by extreme weather events. The Washington Post said the book is “what you might expect from Stephen King if he wrote nonfiction: a gripping plot with flashes of pure terror. Most astonishing, everything Miles describes actually happened.”

  • Special Encore Presentation: Say Goodbye to Apple Pie…The Vital Role of Honeybees and Why We Must Protect Them

    09/01/2015 Duração: 57min

    The Wall Street Journal reports that U.S. beekeepers lost 1 in 3 honeybees during the winter of 2012, and this is cause for alarm. Declining bee populations have been making news recently, and this is much more than an endangered species story. Certain crops we take for granted are dependent upon bee pollination to grow. Among these are: apples, almonds, blueberries, watermelon, cherries, peaches, avocados, cucumbers, cranberries, onions, blackberries, grapefruit, oranges, raspberries, cantaloupe, pumpkins, pears, and plums. If you want to help ensure these crops remain bountiful (and, hence, affordable), tune in today as Ted Dennard, CEO of Savannah Bee Company, joins us to discuss this crucial topic.

  • Special Encore Presentation: The Movement to Divest From Fossil Fuels

    19/12/2014 Duração: 56min

    Just a few weeks ago, 17 foundations with assets of about $2 billion agreed to divest their portfolios of coal, oil and gas, and reinvest in the clean energy economy. This adds a major tailwind to the movement that is up and running on 400 college campuses nationwide. Major institutions in San Francisco, including the city itself, have agreed to divest completely. Some of these big names include The Compton Foundation, The Sierra Club Foundation, The San Francisco State University Foundation and more. Four of the leaders of this movement will join us on Go Green Radio to discuss the fossil fuel divestment movement, and its economic implications.

  • Special Encore Presentation: Big Oil in American Politics

    12/12/2014 Duração: 57min

    Today we’re joined by Zoë Carpenter, reporter for The Nation, who will discuss her recent article on the impact of oil contributions in the Louisiana Senate Race between Mary Landrieu and Bill Cassidy, The Invisible Oil in Louisiana's Senate Race. (http://www.thenation.com/article/181832/well-oiled-race). We’ll also talk with Harriet Rowan, staff reporter for the Richmond Confidential, an online news service produced by the Graduate School of Journalism at UC Berkeley, about Chevron’s multi-million dollar influence on local elections in Richmond, California.

  • Special Encore Presentation: A Whole New Engineer – The Coming Revolution in Engineering Education

    05/12/2014 Duração: 58min

    Go Green Radio listeners know that some of the greatest challenges facing humanity in the 21st century will require innovations in engineering that will continue to supply energy, water, food and *joy* to the world’s burgeoning population. Today’s guests, David Goldberg and Mark Somerville, are pioneers helping to create the educational framework that will produce the engineers we need for a thriving society. How can we “humanize” engineering education and create the kind of culture that produces creative problem solvers capable of envisioning and building a better tomorrow? Tune in and find out! For more information on their book, visit www.bigbeacon.org.

  • A Whole New Engineer – The Coming Revolution in Engineering Education

    07/11/2014 Duração: 58min

    Go Green Radio listeners know that some of the greatest challenges facing humanity in the 21st century will require innovations in engineering that will continue to supply energy, water, food and *joy* to the world’s burgeoning population. Today’s guests, David Goldberg and Mark Somerville, are pioneers helping to create the educational framework that will produce the engineers we need for a thriving society. How can we “humanize” engineering education and create the kind of culture that produces creative problem solvers capable of envisioning and building a better tomorrow? Tune in and find out! For more information on their book, visit www.bigbeacon.org.

  • Big Oil in American Politics

    31/10/2014 Duração: 57min

    Today we’re joined by Zoë Carpenter, reporter for The Nation, who will discuss her recent article on the impact of oil contributions in the Louisiana Senate Race between Mary Landrieu and Bill Cassidy, The Invisible Oil in Louisiana's Senate Race. (http://www.thenation.com/article/181832/well-oiled-race). We’ll also talk with Harriet Rowan, staff reporter for the Richmond Confidential, an online news service produced by the Graduate School of Journalism at UC Berkeley, about Chevron’s multi-million dollar influence on local elections in Richmond, California.

  • Special Encore Presentation: Paul Ehrlich and Michael Charles Tobias: Hope On Earth

    10/10/2014 Duração: 56min

    In 1968, Paul Ehrlich and his wife, Anne, published the book, The Population Bomb, which shook the world as it discussed the connection between environmental degradation and exponential human population growth. Though critics abound, many subsequent scholars and activists have continued the push for humane, science-based public policy to address the quandary of providing a good standard of living for all while faced with the constraints of earth’s finite resources. Today, Dr. Ehrlich and his co-author, Michael Charles Tobias – CEO of the Dancing Star Foundation www.dancingstarfoundation.org, will join us to discuss his newest book, Hope on Earth, which covers some of the most pressing environmental concerns of the moment.

  • Special Encore Presentation: Geothermal Helping to Achieve a Clean Power Future in California

    03/10/2014 Duração: 55min

    Today’s guest is Karl Gawell, Executive Director of the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA). “California has ambitious climate goals. Fortunately, it also has the geothermal resources and potential to access those goals,” says Gawell. California has about 2,720 MW of geothermal power on-line and produced 13,230 GWh in 2012. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that there are an additional 2,500 MW of discovered geothermal power resources in California and 11,000 MW of undiscovered resources. Tune in to learn more about what it will take to bring all this renewable energy to the grid.

  • Special Encore Presentation: California's Drought and Seawater Desalination

    29/08/2014 Duração: 55min

    For California, 2013 was the driest calendar year ever recorded across virtually the entire state. On January 17, 2014, Governor Jerry Brown proclaimed the drought to be a State of Emergency, directed state officials to take all necessary actions to assist the hardest hit communities, and called for all Californians to pitch in to reduce water use by 20 percent. While CA agencies and experts have clearly identified those actions best suited to provide relief, some observers wonder whether the long-term answer to California’s drought lies in the ocean through the promotion of seawater desalination. On today’s episode, we’ll explore an overview of the science and policy related to seawater desalination and demonstrates why this option is generally the least promising option for drought relief.

  • Special Encore Presentation: Renewable Energy, Follow the Money

    22/08/2014 Duração: 57min

    It comes as news to no one that the energy industry is the most profitable on Earth. Based on their rise to prominence in the 20th Century, the annual earnings of the top five oil companies alone (ExxonMobil, BP, Shell, Conoco Philips, and Chevron) are now measured in the hundreds of billions of dollars. In his new book, Following the Money, Craig Shields presents a set of interviews with subject matter experts who discuss the effects that economics and financial power have on the course of the world’s energy policy. If it is true that we need a radical change in our approach to transportation and energy so that we can forge a sustainable path to consumption of resources here on Earth, it will only happen with action by a large, informed electorate of people who understand and honestly care what’s going on around them. Tune in, and become part of the informed electorate!

  • Special Encore Presentation: Ed Begley Talks About How Hollywood is Going Green

    15/08/2014 Duração: 58min

    Ed Begley, Jr. joins us to discuss an entire day of Earth Day coverage of Hollywood’s efforts to Go Green. Interviews will be covered on www.BiteSize TV.com/live, and will bring together actors, authors, scientists, business innovators and other celebrities who are out front in the green movement, along with the leading experts on a wide range of environmental issues—from climate change and protecting our oceans to green fashion and sustainable farming. Ed will also discuss the Earth Day launch of Our Green House, the network’s newest reality show documenting Begley and his wife, Rachelle, as they build a brand new, ultra-green home.

  • Paul Ehrlich and Michael Charles Tobias: Hope On Earth

    08/08/2014 Duração: 56min

    In 1968, Paul Ehrlich and his wife, Anne, published the book, The Population Bomb, which shook the world as it discussed the connection between environmental degradation and exponential human population growth. Though critics abound, many subsequent scholars and activists have continued the push for humane, science-based public policy to address the quandary of providing a good standard of living for all while faced with the constraints of earth’s finite resources. Today, Dr. Ehrlich and his co-author, Michael Charles Tobias – CEO of the Dancing Star Foundation www.dancingstarfoundation.org, will join us to discuss his newest book, Hope on Earth, which covers some of the most pressing environmental concerns of the moment.

  • California’s Drought and Seawater Desalination

    01/08/2014 Duração: 55min

    For California, 2013 was the driest calendar year ever recorded across virtually the entire state. On January 17, 2014, Governor Jerry Brown proclaimed the drought to be a State of Emergency, directed state officials to take all necessary actions to assist the hardest hit communities, and called for all Californians to pitch in to reduce water use by 20 percent. While CA agencies and experts have clearly identified those actions best suited to provide relief, some observers wonder whether the long-term answer to California’s drought lies in the ocean through the promotion of seawater desalination. On today’s episode, we’ll explore an overview of the science and policy related to seawater desalination and demonstrates why this option is generally the least promising option for drought relief.

  • Geothermal Helping to Achieve a Clean Power Future in California

    25/07/2014 Duração: 55min

    Today’s guest is Karl Gawell, Executive Director of the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA). “California has ambitious climate goals. Fortunately, it also has the geothermal resources and potential to access those goals,” says Gawell. California has about 2,720 MW of geothermal power on-line and produced 13,230 GWh in 2012. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that there are an additional 2,500 MW of discovered geothermal power resources in California and 11,000 MW of undiscovered resources. Tune in to learn more about what it will take to bring all this renewable energy to the grid.

  • Special Encore Presentation: Electric Vehicles in America

    18/07/2014 Duração: 56min

    Yearly plug-in vehicle sales increased 198 percent in 2012, and the number of available models in the U.S. market is expected to triple by model year 2015. Since entering the market just more than two years ago, more than 70,000 plug-in vehicles have hit American roads. Today we’ll be joined by Brian Wynne, President of the Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA), to discuss both performance and public policy issues that impact the electrification of light transportation in the U.S.

  • The Collaborative for High Performance Schools

    11/07/2014 Duração: 56min

    The Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) is leading a national movement to improve student performance and the entire educational experience by building the best possible schools. Today we’ll be joined by the CHPS Executive Director, Bill Orr, who will explain the mission, vision and services of the organization. Learn how your school and your child can be positively impacted by creating a healthy, green, sustainable learning environment.

  • Special Encore Presentation: Environmental Justice: Race, Class and Environmental Quality

    27/06/2014 Duração: 57min

    Do America’s poor, working-class, and persons of color bear a disproportionate share of the country’s environmental problems? Are environmental hazards to human health more likely to be located near the neighborhoods of those who are the most vulnerable and least powerful in our society? Has the mainstream environmental movement helped –or hurt- the underrepresented segments of our population with NIMBY-ism? Today we’ll explore these sensitive, but essential topics with the “father of Environmental Justice”, Dr. Robert Bullard. Professor Bullard was featured in the July 2007 CNN People You Should Know, in 2008, Newsweek named him one of 13 Environmental Leaders of the Century, and in 2013, he was honored with the Sierra Club John Muir Award, the first African American to win the award.

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