If you’re buying a last minute gift for your significant other (sweetheart, honey, hunny-bunny, lil’ cutie, you get the picture), don’t buy perfume or cologne unless you actually know what’s in it. Renee Sharp, Senior Analyst for the Environmental Working Group tells Betsy that the government does not require these products or their ingredients to be tested for safety. Listen here to find out what products are safe to buy, and what our government (not food, and not drugs exactly, but regardless, sounds like a job for the FDA) should be doing. Mu-ah! LISTEN (7 min)
Author Archives: William Craven
Happy Valentine’s Day, Sweetie: Here are some toxic chemicals
- Tuesday, 13 February 2007 17:15
- Written by William Craven
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Richard Louv: No Child Left Indoors
- Tuesday, 13 February 2007 17:09
- Written by William Craven
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Richard Louv is Director of the Children & Nature Network and author of Last Child in the Woods: Saving our children from Nature Deficit Disorder — a book that one of our guests cites as an influence on a weekly basis. Richard and Betsy talk about what we all risk by raising children who lack a connection with the outdoors, parents’ fears of the outdoor world, and also Louv’s upcoming activities in Washington, DC, including offering ideas on how to integrate nature education into the upcoming revisions to No Child Left Behind. LISTEN (12 min)
John Rivera & The US Sustainable Energy Corporation
- Tuesday, 13 February 2007 16:59
- Written by William Craven
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John Rivera, the Founder & CEO of the US Sustainable Energy Corporation, tells Betsy about his new biofuel (not biodiesel!), made at a much much faster rate than other fuels and also from 100% renewable resources, that will be both a solution to global warming and a key to an energy-independent future for our nation: "We’re not like anything else out there," he says. LISTEN (8 min)
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders
- Monday, 12 February 2007 09:38
- Written by William Craven
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Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders tells Betsy about his letter to the American Enterprise Institute in response to their offer of $10,000 to any scientist who would challenge science showing that global warming is human-caused, so that they can continue to sow confusion, and put the brakes on all the progress we, the majority, are making: “It is a sad state of affairs when major corporations like Exxon Mobil and others are trying to cast doubt on the scientific work being done by very serious scientists on such an important issue.” Betsy wonders, “Don’t they live on this planet?” Senator Sanders also shares his hopes for the passage of The Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act of 2007 that he is co-sponsoring with California Senator Barbara Boxer.
LISTEN Part 1 (11 min)
LISTEN Part 2 (7 min)
Gary Shinner & Mighty Leaf Tea
- Monday, 12 February 2007 09:31
- Written by William Craven
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Mighty Leaf Tea founder Gary Shinner sits down with Betsy to talk about Mighty Tea’s biodegradable tea bags, evolving along with the evolving organic food sectors, and the cardiovascular and anti-cancer benefits of tea. LISTEN (11 min)