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.

Talking Water with Dr. Susan Shaw of the Marine Environmental Research Institute on 3-22-12

For 3-22-2012, our guest was Dr. Susan Shaw, a leading marine toxicologist, Doctor of Public Health, and founder and director of the Marine Environmental Research Institute (MERI).

Dr. Shaw shared her expertise on toxins and the marine environment, discussing a wide variety of issues that impact our lives. She is widely known for her [...]

Texas Water Stewardship & Proposition 8 … Vote! 11/03/2011

David Weinberg, Texas League of Conservation Voters and Laura Huffman, Texas Nature Conservancy  joined us on Shades of Green Radio Program to discuss the issues of on the ballot this November and many of those issues are related to conserving and preserving the environment and protecting the important water resources we have in [...]

Ways to Stay Informed and Find Some Solutions to this Stubborn Texas Drought 09/15/2011

 

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Jennifer Walker, Water Resources Specialist for the Sierra Club’s Lone Star Chapter joined us to talk about ways Texas Cities can conserve water.  Walker discussed ideas from a website, Texas Water Matters, a project that is collaborative effort between the National Wildlife [...]

Central Texas Water Management and Water Catchment Systems: July 21, 2011

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More and more we hear about water concerns in Texas so Shades of Green Energy organized a show around the ways we catch, manage and use water. The Colorado River catches water, Lake Travis catches water and the Edward’s Aquifer catches water and all have been [...]