“Talking Local Business” with Rebecca Melancon, Executive Director Austin Independent Business Alliance (AIBA). The long time publisher and local business advocate Rebecca Melancon represents over 400 local businesses participating in AIBA. Although we consider “doing business local” a tenet of green business, the AIBA population is a mixed group on subjects like the “ban [...]
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The climate for local support of Solar Power needs help to compete on the national scene and a coalition of local advocates are working to get the City of Austin in the right mindset. Our guests were Tod Wickersham of Beneficial Results and David Dixon of Hill Country Eco Power, who are both [...] Shades of Green prepares for the love of Valentines Day with a discussion of the aphrodisiac effects of organic chocolates and flowers. With us in the studio was Jennifer Lucas, the local representative for Theo Chocolates and founder; Joe Whinney joined us on the phone from Seattle, Washington. Pamela Arnosky joined us for the [...] On February 2nd, 2012 we discussed the Impact of recent drought on texas forests with guests: Dr. Chris Edgar with the Texas Forest Service April Rose with Tree Folks Austin & Keith O’Herrin with the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department Our conversation covered what is being done at the local and state [...] On Thursday, January 26th Shades of Green hosted Paul Robbins for a discussion on the City of Austin’s proposed electric rates increases. Paul breaks things down in just the right amount of detail for an informative discussion. He discusses how important it is to design electric rates that encourage energy conservation and renewable energy. [...] Wes Wigginton, managing director of Austin based Foursquare Builders and Eric Brown, founder and CEO of Thoughtcrib, an Austin design firm that focuses on sustainable practices joined us in the studio. Designing a home that also contributes to reducing total cost of ownership (TCO) is a fundamental concept of sustainability and a core value [...] This Shades of Green Radio Program was a wrap up for 2011 regarding sustainability and environmental advocacy with several of the 8 Great Organizations who co-hosted Austin’s Green Holiday Party on Thursday, December 15th starting at 6 PM. The party was co-hosted by Texas Green Network Public Citizen, Design Build Live Austin Eco Network [...] Russel Smith, executive director at Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association, (TREIA) talked about the development of TREIA and gave a brief historical perspective of a recap on the annual gathering of Texas renewable energy industries at the Texas Renewables 2011 conference held in Corpus Christi November 6th through 9th. Smith reviewed major [...] Click here to listen to the Podcast. This is the second in our series on preparing for your winter garden in Austin, Texas. Our guest Tommy Clayton is the State Council Representative for the Travis County Master Gardener Program and she discusses important tips on how to nurture a successful garden. The Master Gardener [...] Click here to listen to the Pod Cast The Texas Green Network (TGN) of Austin, Texas celebrates its 50th networking event. The TGN is one of the first of two green chamber of commerces in the United States. The City of San Francisco also has a green chamber like TGN. We discussed the Texas [...] |
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