NRDC President Frances Beinecke talks with Phil Gutis about her recent trip to California.
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Tag Archives: ecotalk
Frances Beinecke about California
- Friday, 23 February 2007 21:31
- Written by Philippe Boucher
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The San Francisco Clean Tech Forum
- Friday, 23 February 2007 16:02
- Written by Philippe Boucher
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Jonathan Lash of the World Resources Institute presents the San Francisco Clean Tech Forum.
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Lead In Our Children’s Vinyl Lunch Boxes
- Thursday, 22 February 2007 18:39
- Written by William Craven
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The Center for Environmental Health has discovered dangerous levels of lead in our children’s vinyl lunch boxes. And guess who’s covering up their own research on lead and vinyl products? If you guessed the Federal government, then you’ve probably been listening to EcoTalk’s ongoing coverage of how our government has continually sold off public health to the highest bidder. Alexa Engelman, Public Interest Litigation Coordinator for the CEH, tells Betsy about the latest suppression of science, and what you need to know about lead and vinyl. LISTEN (11 min)
Charting Wal-Mart’s Progress
- Thursday, 22 February 2007 18:28
- Written by William Craven
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Do you go green with the company you’d like to have, or the company you’ve got? Wal-Mart Vice President of Sustainability Andy Ruben tells Betsy how Wal-Mart is attempting to accomplish its three ambitious and open-ended goals:
1. Be supplied by 100% renewable energy.
2. Create zero waste.
3. Sell products that sustain our resources and environment.
He explains how the Green Xanadu of Wal-Marts in Kansas City uses 20% less electricity to operate and how their customers’ green living can begin with a lightbulb.
PART ONE (7 min) PART TWO (12 min)
MIT’s Sustainable Business Lab
- Thursday, 22 February 2007 18:17
- Written by William Craven
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Professor of Management and Engineering Systems John Sterman of MIT’s Sloan School of Management tells Betsy why being a green MBA is less of a lonely pursuit than when he was at Sloan, and of the launch of their S-Lab, a way of harnessing students’ demand to include sustainability in their bottom lines, and to begin working in the big leagues right away. LISTEN (8 min)