Description and History

SHADES OF GREEN is a live one-hour talk show that features issues and people related to sustainability and the environment.

Topics include:
• Sustainability
• Efficiency
• Conservation
• Health
• Renewable Energy
• Natural Building
• Low-Carbon Energy, Services and Products
• Environmental wellbeing
• Climate Change Issues.

LIVE in-studio with Guests, phone interviews, Events, topical Music & green News … and Howie Richey’s ECO-Calendar.

Listen on Thursdays from 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. on 91.7 FM, streamed live on KOOP.org, or download podcasts available here on the website’s weekly updates.

Pliny Fisk and Gail Vittori

Thinking Forward, while looking back 35 years! On the eve of Shades of Green’s fourth year of broadcasting, we spotlight Austin’s original Green exports to the planet at large: ‘CMPBS’ founders GAIL VITTORI & PLINY FISK… The ‘Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems’ is throwing a party Nov. 5th to celebrate ripples in the [...]

Geothermal Energy

Guests: Maria Richards of Southern Methodist University & Robin Dahlheim of Gulf Coast Green Energy

DOWNLOAD MP3: July 8, 2010 Geothermal Energy

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Volcanoes

Today we talk about volcanoes, including the one in Iceland which recently erupted. None of us on the show can pronounce its name, including our 2 guests, one of which is a Volcanologist with a PhD, and another is actually in Iceland doing volcano research. Go figure.

Anyway, our guests for this explosive [...]