Episodes
Jan. 24, 2025
Keeping Hazardous Waste in its Place
Improper disposal of hazardous waste is dangerous and can cause garbage rates to rise. On today’s episode of Go Green Radio we will talk with Heidi Sanborn, Founding Executive Director of the National Stewardship Action Counc...
Jan. 14, 2025
The Center for Green Schools
Our guest today is Anisa Heming, Director of the Center for Green Schools, U.S. Green Building Council. The Center for Green Schools (CGS) launched in 2007 and is committed to a vision of green schools for every child. We wil...
Jan. 10, 2025
The Perils of Hazardous Waste
Improper disposal of hazardous waste is dangerous and can cause garbage rates to rise. On today’s episode of Go Green Radio we will talk with Heidi Sanborn, Founding Executive Director of the National Stewardship Action Counc...
Jan. 3, 2025
Rebellyous Foods
Tune in as we speak with Dr. Asli Samanci, the CEO of Bee & You, a company that produces 100% natural propolis, royal jelly, raw honey, pollen, healthy spreads, supplements and cosmetics. Dr. Samanci is a renowned food scient...
Dec. 27, 2024
Eliminating Plastic Pollution
In November 2022, voters in the Golden State will have a chance to enact legislation to address plastic pollution. Not surprisingly, the ballot measure faces fierce opposition. Today’s guest is the Director of Policy & Extern...
Dec. 20, 2024
Closing the Opportunity Gap in Urban Schools
Healthy learning environments and high-quality school buildings are the keys to environmental equity and academic achievement. By leveraging sustainability strategies, these outcomes are possible. By improving indoor air and ...
Sept. 20, 2024
The Age of Melt
Tune in as we talk with Lisa Baril about her new book, The Age of Melt. Around the world, ice has preserved some of history’s most fascinating artifacts, such as the skeleton of an Iron Age horse, wooden arrows with bird-feat...
Sept. 13, 2024
Encore Clorox Pro - Eco-Conscious Cleaning Solutions
With environmentally preferred purchasing policies in place in more than three-quarters of U.S. states and certified eco-conscious products required for new custodial contracts in federal buildings, demand for more environmen...
Aug. 16, 2024
Protectors of the Wild
Tune in as we talk with Katie Cleary about her upcoming documentary Protectors of the Wild which focuses on the urgent need to save endangered wolves in North America. Katie Cleary’s remarkable journey has taken her from bein...
Aug. 9, 2024
Angeles Link – A SoCal Gas Project Using Renewable Hydrogen
Angeles Link could be the nation's largest clean, renewable hydrogen energy pipeline system, that could deliver clean, reliable, renewable energy to the Los Angeles region. As envisioned, the Angeles Link could support the in...
Aug. 2, 2024
Who Should Benefit from Energy Infrastructure Investments?
As the Federal government invests heavily in clean energy projects, we have an opportunity to ensure that the communities impacted benefit from the influx of resources. Historically, communities in the immediate vicinity of u...
July 26, 2024
The Parrot and the Igloo - Climate and the Science of Denial
New York Times best selling author, David Lipsky, joins us to discuss his newest book, The Parrot and the Igloo, which explores how “anti-science” became so virulent in American life through a history of climate denial and it...
May 3, 2024
GO See the City: Using Technology To Create A Sustainable World
Our guest today is Aneshai Smith, the founder and CEO of GO See The City (GSTC), a platform and app dedicated to combatting food waste and food insecurity across the United States. Aneshai's commitment to sustainability, coup...
April 5, 2024
Phasing Out Unnecessary PFAS in California
SB 903 has been introduced to the California legislature and would provide a comprehensive approach to phasing out unnecessary uses of over 14,000 toxic, “forever” chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)...
March 8, 2024
HALEVAI – Electrifying and Revolutionizing the Marine Industry
HALEVAI is a new American boat manufacturer focused on creating and building sustainable and high-performance electric boats. Founded in 2020, their mission is to create safer, cleaner, and more cost-effective boating experie...
Feb. 23, 2024
Millions at Risk from Vinyl Chloride on American Railways
On February 3, 2023, five train cars containing 887,400 pounds (115,000 gallons) of vinyl chloride¹ ² ?, the key building block for polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic, derailed and were subsequently burned, setting off a major ...
Jan. 26, 2024
This is Our Home, a New Book by Trent Romer
There are grave environmental issues plaguing our world, from pollution to climate change. These global crises can often leave us feeling powerless, questioning: How can one person make a real impact? Drawing from his persona...
Jan. 19, 2024
Boston Public Schools: Leader in the Green Schools Movement
Boston Public Schools (BPS) has a robust, comprehensive sustainability program that encompasses all aspects of a green, healthy school environment. Our guest today is Katherine Walsh, Sustainability, Energy, and Environment P...
Jan. 12, 2024
Encore: Disposable Single-Use Plastics are Done in a Decade in CA
California’s new Plastic Pollution Producer Responsibility Act (SB 54) may be the most consequential Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation in a generation. By 2032, the law requires a 25% reduction of single-use ...
Jan. 5, 2024
Encore: How to Protect Your Family From PFAS Chemicals in Your Water
New laboratory tests commissioned by the Environmental Working Group found four water filters that reduce the detected “forever chemicals” known as PFAS in sampled drinking water by nearly 100 percent. The results come as the...
Dec. 15, 2023
Water for All – Global Solutions for a Changing Climate
David Sedlak’s new book, Water for All, gives a fresh look at the world’s water crises, and the existing and emerging solutions that can be used to solve them. Our twentieth-century systems for providing the water that grows ...
Dec. 8, 2023
45 Colorado Public School Districts to Monitor IAQ with Attune
After receiving praise from President Biden for working to address the indoor air quality crisis in Denver Public Schools, Attune deployed its IAQ monitoring systems in 45 school districts and 369 school buildings across the ...
Nov. 17, 2023
Zero Waste in Boston Public Schools
Today’s guest is Ginny Leary, the Zero Waste and Sustainability Project Manager for Boston Public Schools (BPS). We will discuss how BPS strives to reduce the amount of waste generated by building occupants and reduce the amo...
Nov. 3, 2023
Disneyland on the Mountain
It was going to be Disneyland at the top of a mountain. A vacation destination where guests could ski, go ice skating, or be entertained by a Disney Imagineer-created band of Audio-Animatronic bears. In the summer, visitors c...