May 9th, 2013
Composting! with Dustin Fedako of East Side Compost Peddlers
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The Austin Interfaith Environmental Network (IEN) has published a new manual for congregations called “Becoming Carbon Positive – a Manual for Places of Worship”. Shades of Green guests were Yaira Robinson, Associate Director for Texas Interfaith Center for Public Policy, and Rev. Tom VandeStadt of the Congregational Church of Austin about the IEN manual and other initiatives they are undertaking. Shades of Green talked with Glenn Prickett, the External Affairs Officer for the Nature Conservancy at the organization’s headquarters in Washington, DC. He oversees international and U.S. government relations, corporate practices and sustainability efforts, and relationships with leading international institutions for the Nature Conservancy. Mr. Pricket was in Austin this week giving a presentation at St. Edward’s University called “Sustainability, A World of Opportunities”. On April 18th, 2013, we talked with organizers of various parts of Austin Earth Day Festival 2013. Joining us were Ric Sternberg, producing a documentary film “Earth City Austin”, Maureen Haskell, organizer of the Kids area, Brandi Clark Burton and Michele Hallahan, plus Barbara K and Gerald Torres performed a song for us, as a preview of the festival. Edible Austin, The Sande Youth Project and the Children’s Environmental Health Institute are co-presenting a Children’s Picnic and Real Food Fair on Sunday, April 7, from 1–5 pm on the grounds of the French Legation Museum. We will be interviewing Janie Fields the Executive Director for the Children’s Environmental Health Institute (www.cehi.org) which helps to develop solutions to address adverse health effects to children occurring as a consequence of exposure to hazardous environmental substances. Also joining us will be author and champion of African American Culinary Arts Tony Tipton-Martin. http://tonitiptonmartin.com/ Dana R. Younger was our guest on March 21, 2013 on Shades of Green. He is the Chief Renewable Energy Specialist in the Global Infrastructure & Natural Resource Department at the International Finance Corporation (IFC). He is also a childhood friend of our Producer, John Hoffner. The IFC funds and manages renewable energy projects in developing nations. Dana acts as a lead business developer for large renewable energy transactions with a special emphasis on wind energy and solar PV, as well as geothermal, solar thermal electric, and biomass power projects. IFC, as a member of the World Bank Group, shares its mission to reduce global poverty. Click here to listen or download the Podcast. or, click on the slider below:
Guest Dana Younger and John Hoffner. Our guest on Shades of Green was Jason Sanders, Sales Manager for Texas Disposal Systems, one of the best managed landfilling, composting, recycling and reuse facilities in the country. Texas Disposal Systems (TDS) has devised a new program, expressly for public and private schools, offering single-stream recycling and large-scale composting programs that can be implemented individually or in combination. They collect recyclables and/or organic compostables at a site; weigh and track the contributions and report progress on a special website so students, teachers, and administrators can appreciate the strides they’ve made. The program for schools in Austin and the surrounding area is call Green Schools Solutions. Click here to listen to the pod cast. or click the slider below:
The week of March 4, 2013 was declared Energy Independence Week and the Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association (TREIA) did their legislative walk-arounds to educate Texas law makers about the economic and social benefits of renewable energy for the state. Our guests for this week were Clay Butler, Policy Chair for TREIA, to talk about Energy Indepedence Week, the legislative agenda for TREIA, and any bills going forward regarding renewables. We were also joined by Maura Yates, Director of Government Affairs for SunEdison, one of the largest international solar developers and installers. Click here to listen to the Podcast Or click on the slider below:
With 3/1/2013 marking the start date of Austin’s Single Use Bag Ordinance, Shades of Green hosted: Aiden Cohen, Program Manager for Austin Resource Recovery & Bill Oliver, Austin Singer-Songwriter & Environmental Activist! Click here to listen to the Podcast. or, click on the slider below:
Our guests were Caleb Daniels & Patricia Bennett of DieselGreen Fuels in Austin, a supplier of bio-diesel fuel. They told us how they gather used cooking oil from restaurants and other establishments and convert it bio-diesel that can be used in your diesel power automobile. It is a cleaner and greener fuel compared to standard diesel.
Fleetwood Jacobs, Program & Operation Director for EarthShare of Texas joined us to talk about how EarthShare makes it easy for employees to give to the eco-org of their choice directly through their paychecks. Click here to listen to the Pod Cast. or click on the slider below:
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