Earthbound Farm co-founder Myra Goodman tells Betsy about being Big and Organic, she and her husband’s innocent business ‘instincts’, her new cookbook that takes advantage of the organic world we’re all living in, and how, no matter what happened during the E.Coli scare, we should feel utterly safe eating Earthbound Farm products. LISTEN (10 min)
Author Archives: William Craven
Myra Goodman and Earthbound Farm
- Thursday, 01 February 2007 19:31
- Written by William Craven
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Dr. Francesca Grifo testifies before Congress on Supression of Science
- Wednesday, 31 January 2007 19:21
- Written by William Craven
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Yesterday Dr. Francesca Grifo of the Union of Concerned Scientists testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on systematic and widespread suppression of climate science by the upper echelons of our government. If true, such suppression of the public service performed by government scientists amounts to reckless endangerment of public health and welfare. PART ONE (11 min) PART TWO (7 min)
Plumber Ed del Grande on Water Conservation
- Wednesday, 31 January 2007 19:16
- Written by William Craven
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Betsy says he sounds like one of the Car Talk guys. Ed says he’s a former comedian, and it’s pretty clear that Plumber Ed del Grande knows a heck of a lot about water conservation. He’s a spokesman for Kohler, and he chats with Betsy from Knoxville, TN, where he’s doing his own "Ed" show for HGTV. LISTEN (12 min)
Mandy Moore and the Film Your Issue Contest
- Wednesday, 31 January 2007 19:13
- Written by William Craven
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NRDC‘s Daniel Hinerfeld reports from the Sundance Film Festival on the Film Your Issue contest, a competition to get young auteurs to put their hopes, fears, and creativity on film. FYI judges included John Cusack, Wolf Blitzer, and Mandy Moore. Here Moore tells Daniel about the responsibility she feels for her planet. LISTEN (8 min)
Heidi Kuhn: Roots of Peace and Landmines as an Environmental Issue
- Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:48
- Written by William Craven
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Heidi Kuhn’s life’s work has been the replacement of "mines with vines" through her organization Roots of Peace. Whether in the Balkans, Vietnam, or Afghanistan (where Roots of Peace has an office), landmines are an environmental issue, as land cursed with the mines of wars past cannot provide its people with sustenance or work. One cannot have a healthy relationship with the Earth if one is afraid to walk upon it. PART ONE (11 min) PART TWO (7 min)