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Treehugger & Ed Begley Jr.

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chats with noted actor and green lover of life Ed Begley Jr. about mixing business (Hollywood) with pleasure (living on a clean planet), living rather than preaching the message, and learning to love the outdoors as a Boy Scout. LISTEN (9 min)

Best of EcoTalk

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This is a rerun of our March 9th program.
Sports Illustrated: Time to Pay Attention  LISTEN (11 min)
Deadly Sonar: The U.S. Navy’s Assault on Whales and Science  LISTEN (7 min)
Cool The Planet, Save The Arctic  LISTEN (11 min)
TreehuggerRadio  LISTEN (9 min)

Peter Gleick: The fate of Billions

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Peter Gleick, President of the Pacific Institute talks about the connections between water scarcity, climate change, and the fate of billions: "There are a billion people who don’t have access to safe drinking water. There are more than 2.5 billion people who don’t have access to adequate sanitation services. There are hundreds of millions of cases of water-related diseases every year. What we have is a failure of governments and organizations to meet these basic human needs." LISTEN (11 min)

Jeff Gearheart: Toxic At Any Speed

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There are certain smells that have become a part of our modern environment, including the oft-celebrated "new car smell." But…what the heck is that? Jeff Gearheart of HealthyCar.org stops by to list the toxic chemicals that together form that odor, and what harmful effects may accompany it. LISTEN (7 min)

Huey Johnson: Resource Renewal and Green Plans

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President of Resource Renewal Huey Johnson talks about Green Plans, the fuits of Huey’s scouring the earth for the most ecologically sustainable models of human civilization. Listen here for tales of your United States, New Zealand, and Holland: "Corporate Holland, the big businesses, decided the most radical thing they could do was be honest with the government and say ‘Environmental problems exist. You tell us what goals you want, leave us alone, and we’ll deliver them.’" LISTEN (12 min)

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