Warren Kelvenzig, Chief Strategy Officer of Sustainlane speaks about the most sustainable cities. They came up with ranking 25 US cities on a sustainability scale.
Betsy mentions the US mayors climate protection agreement proposed by Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels. Look at the cities involved and their mayors.
Listen (38 min)
Top Ten Cities
1 San Francisco
2 Portland
3 Berkeley
4 Seattle
5 Santa Monica
6 Austin
7 New York
8 Chicago
9 Oakland
10 (tie) Minneapolis
10 (tie) Denver
Here is the 3 part interview:
Part 1: It’s nature way to tell us something is wrong Listen (7 min)
Part 2: Why ignorance is such a problem Listen (3 min)
Part 3: About the waste prevention gene Listen (6 min)
The song introducing the program is Nature’s way by Randy California: a favorite song of Betsy when she was 18. The version you hear is Jack Blades.
Visit Don’t be fueled, Mothers for clean and safe vehicles and gotmercury.
Jane Kay Environment writer for the San Francisco Chronicle: "Researchers have reported for the first time that they have found a
highly significant link between human exposure to chemicals used in consumer
products and adverse changes in the genitals of baby boys."
Another useful link about "Our stolen future".
Our recent program about Toxins in cosmetics.
World Environment Day 2005 is a 5 day project of the United Nations Environment Programme hosted by the city of San Francisco. Betsy’s guests are Van Jones, Executive Director of the Ella Baker Center and Vivian Chang, Executive Director of the Asian Pacific Environmental Network.
For the global all in one recording: LISTEN (38 min)
For segmented listening:
Part 1: Reclaim the future, green jobs not jails Listen (10 min)
Part 2: Environmentalism, people of color, low income communities Listen (6 min)
Part 3: Green collar jobs, the third wave of the environment movement (invest in solutions) Listen (10 min)
Part 4: Putting forward a vision of hope Listen (7 min)
Interesting links: Redifining progress
Two recent articles by Van Jones in Yes Magazine: A phoenix from the ashes, Two crises, one solution
Another weekly environmental radio show, Terra Verde (on KPFA Berkeley on fridays)
Betsy’s guests to discuss how safe or unsafe are the cosmetics and other personal products we use are:
Judi Shils, Founder and Director of the Marin Cancer Project that promotes knowing about the ingredients, phasing out dangerous components (like phtalates) and teen organizing. Listen (10 min)
Sasha Hoffman is Miss Teen World USA and an advocate for safe cosmetics. Listen (6 min)
Bruce Ackers is Director of Research and Development for EO products a company that creates natural personal care products.
Listen (11 min)
Heather Sarantis is program manager with the Breast Cancer Fund that is a member of the safe cosmetics campaign.
Listen (7 min)
For more info, read the Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep report and find out what ingredients are in the products you or your children use.
LISTEN to the whole program (37 min)