Last week we heard from Wal-Mart’s perspective
on the company’s green endeavors. Less packaging and fossil fuel, more
organic food and green stores, and about a billion fluorescent light
bulbs are all part of the giant’s plan. This week, Simran Sethi goes
deeper with Andy Ruben, Wal-Mart’s vice president for corporate
strategy and sustainability, to see how the mega-retailer views its
role as a company with a mission.LISTEN (8 min)
This Week on TreeHugger Radio: Coop America has designed a 12-step program for greener living and lightening the shadow of climate change. Joseph Romm, physicist and author of Hell and High Water, talks about how global warming begins as a political issue. Also, as Wal-Mart continues to profile itself as a green leader, the big-box giant’s vice president for corporate strategy and sustainability, Andy Ruben, hints at where it’s all headed. LISTEN (7 min)
Step by Step? Are New Kids on the Block reuniting? No, unfortunately you’ll just have to settle for an incredibly cool energy harvesting staircase. Say what? Treehugger Correspondent Simran Sethi explains. LISTEN (7 min)
Treehugger Correspondent Simran Sethi brings us an ode to a melting North Pole, last week’s skeptic-slaying IPCC report, evidence of a climate science-suppressing US government, and Natural Capitalism–opining Hunter Lovins. LISTEN (8 min)
Treehugger Correspondent Simran Sethi interviews Heidi Cullen of the Weather Channel.
LISTEN (7 min)