The city of Boston has cut its PC energy use by an astonishing 44 percent with the help of power management software company Verdiem. With power management something we need in every city, Verdiem Vice President of Business Development Dave Harvey tells Betsy what they can offer to any City or Company in the land. LISTEN (8 min)
Author Archives: William Craven
Verdiem makes computers more energy efficient.
- Wednesday, 09 May 2007 18:35
- Written by William Craven
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Media Matters on Glenn Beck and CNN’s new low
- Saturday, 05 May 2007 21:07
- Written by William Craven
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It’s not just Fox News anymore. When you see media degradation on the level that’s being seen on shows like CNN’s Glenn Beck, who do you call? Media Matters, of course. Betsy alluded the other day to Beck’s desperate linkage of Al Gore to Nazis, and here Media Matters Senior Fellow Paul Waldman joins us to give his reaction to the veracity and audacity of such statements, and such newsman as Mr. Glenn Beck. Has CNN hit a new low? "I think they stooped to a new low when they hired Glenn Beck in the first place."
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California Lt. Governor John Garamendi & E-Waste Recycling
- Saturday, 05 May 2007 21:05
- Written by William Craven
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We here at EcoTalk are so taken with California Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi‘s leadership on energy, public health, and smart (re-)use of resources that we hope that one day he can simply drop the "Lieutenant" from "Lieutenant Governor". He checked in with EcoTalk today to discuss the new e-waste recycling center opening in San Jose, and the global benefits of acting locally. LISTEN (7 min)
Julia Whitty & Mother Jones Magazine: “Gone”
- Saturday, 05 May 2007 21:00
- Written by William Craven
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The latest issue of Mother Jones Magazine features an incredible (and ominous) article by Julia Whitty on the astonishing loss of biodiversity that this Earth has endured in the last century, and the precipitous increase to come, if we don’t change: "It’s the interaction of lifeforms that make our planet habitable. If we subtract 50% of those lifeforms, we’re going to have a serious time sustainaing life on this planet." Listen to this interview, read the article in Mother Jones, and check out Whitty’s new book The Fragile Edge: Diving and Other Adventures in the South Pacific. LISTEN (11 min)
Treehugger gets on the 100 Mile Diet
- Saturday, 05 May 2007 20:52
- Written by William Craven
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On this week’s Treehugger Simran Sethi sits down with Alisa Smith and JB MacKinnon to talk about 100milediet.org and its position at the forefront of the "Locavore" revolution, their book Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally, and the ongoing organic versus local (non-)debate: "Really the system to shoot for is local. Organics will follow, whether certified or not, because almost any small farmer both doesn’t want to use chemicals and doesn’t have to. When you have a wide variety of crops growing in a really small area, they’re not susceptible to pests in the same way that 10,000 acres of wheat are." LISTEN (9 min)