Because we all contribute
to global warming, be co-dependent no more:
1st Step: Admit
you are powerless over your addiction to using energy
and that your high energy use has become unmanageable, and then
change 10 light bulbs in your house to
compact florescent bulbs. Taking this first step
saves 1,795 lbs of carbon dioxide per year!
Continue reading "EcoTalk’s 12 Step Program for “Warm-a-holics*”" »
Want to hear what engaging, positive voices EcoTalk could bring to your radio station? Check out Betsy Rosenberg's inspiring mix of green ideas, trends, and personalities, and call your local affiliate to demand that EcoTalk be heard on your patch of this great green Earth. LISTEN
Powering the planet (pdf) is the title of the inaugural speech given by Nathan Lewis at the California Clean Innovation Conference. At this point we don't have a recording.
This might be EcoTalk's last hurrah as a daily show, but we'll be damned if we won't go out with yet another jam-packed hour of news that will inform the future that us optimists are determined to see through.
If the mainstream media were a little more concerned with concrete plans for our energy future than the cost of somebody's haircut, presidential outside shot Governor Bill Richardson (NM) might have a reasonable shot at the White House this upcoming silly season. David Sandretti of the League of Conservation Voters joins Betsy to outline the big guy's plan to combat climate change. LISTEN (10 min)
Treehugger Correspondent Simran Sethi
reports on France's request that the US show more leadership on reducing emissions, the green rebuilding of tornado-devastated Greensburg, Kansas, the unusual challenge of making the Burning Man festival sustainable, and Paul Hawken's incisive new book "Blessed Unrest." LISTEN (8 min)
Shawnee Hoover of Exxpose Exxon comments on reports that say that despite their ongoing insistence that they've severed ties with the Competitive Enterprise Institute and renounced smearing the science of climate change, Exxon "is still funding more than $2 million to the majority of climate skeptic groups" closely linked to CEI and their ilk. LISTEN (8 min)
Richard Heinberg performs his role as EcoTalk's final (for now) guest with aplomb, discussing Exxon's latest shenanigans as well as his books The Party's Over and The Oil Depletion Protocol.
And finally, Betsy sees us out with a brand new Madonna tune, released as part of the LiveEarth series of concerts to combat climate change: "Hey You." Download it here! LISTEN (12 min)
Toronto Mayor David Miller talks about representing one of the sixteen major world cities (plus five major banking institutions) to cut carbon emissions by renovating city-owned buildings with the Greenest of practices and the Clinton Climate Initiative: "This is a win win win win win win." This what it takes! Teamwork, optimism, and practical business. LISTEN (11 min)
Paul Ehrlich has been both authoritative and controversial for forty years, so that fact that to this day his still somewhat taboo advocacy of population control and his other work are cited in newspaper editorials no longer shocks him: "I am an outsider from the point of view of the media. I am an insider from the point of view of science. Scientists don't care what Jerry Falwell, or Limbaugh, or Coulter say. They care about what other scientists say." Join us for a special interview that is as compelling as it is freewheeling.
PART ONE (7 min) PART TWO (12 min)
Greg & Connie Mattison of the "GreenByDesign", the creative and frisky Green Building TV show that's taking the state of the New Jersey (and beyond) by storm. Connie: "I think there are many out there who don't know where to begin. We thought, 'Well, you can watch us while we learn.'" Greg: "We call ourselves newlygreens." Check it out! LISTEN (8 min)
Beantrees Organic Coffee founder Barrie Gromala tells us about the coffee that has won over celebrities like Oprah's chef and Aerosmith, and announces a great deal for all of us and our planet: order coffee from Beantrees.com, and Beantrees will donate one dollar per bag to keep EcoTalk on the air!
LISTEN (9 min)
In the growing Green Building Community, Andres Edwards of EduTracks and author of The Sustainability Revolution is among the most thoughtful. Here he opines on Tibet, Deep Ecology, and helping companies like Whole Foods, Pfizer, small non profits, and government agencies make the practical decisions that we will look back on and call wisdom: "When I started, it was a huge learning curve for folks to begin to understand, 'What is Green building?' As it's very rapidly been mainstreamed people are a lot more familiar." LISTEN (11 min)
Green Building Initiative's Ward Hubbell checks in with EcoTalk following his Senate testimony on how the Federal Government makes Green Building an implicit part of a smart, forward-thinking government: "I think what [the Senate] were trying to do was get educated on the various rating systems out there and the different approaches." Find out about GBI's Green Globes rating system here. LISTEN (8 min)
Clean Air Watch President (and EcoTalk favorite) Frank O'Donnell weighs in on the President Bush's pledge to abide by the Clean Air Act (or at least mouth words to that effect). "I think that the president has come up with a strategy to stall off any kind of action, and essentially put the US EPA into a straitjacket of bureauracratic process," Frank tells Betsy. Does this have to be "a long process", as the President says? LISTEN (10 min)
This is a rerun of our April 30 program:
Greenpeace Canada Targets Prime Minister Harper LISTEN (10 min)
Vanity Fair's 2nd Annual Green Issue LISTEN ( 8 min)
Kim McKay: True Green LISTEN (12 min)
Lori Pye, Eco-Psychology, and Eco-Suicide LISTEN (8 min)
Dear Friends of EcoTalk
“EcoTalk’s Inconvenient
Truth":
If Green is the new Black why are we in the Red?
The nearly three years of broadcasting our groundbreaking program on Air America have come with nearly constant turbulence. As the nation's first progressive network with ambitious expansion plans experienced growing pains, EcoTalk weathered them all - but not without significant cost. Selling advertising and partnerships was our only means to cover production costs and that task was made difficult for many reasons.
Paul Hawken talks about his most recent book Blessed Unrest : How the Largest Movement in the World Came in to Being and Why No One Saw it Coming.
Part 1 (11 min) Part 2 (7 min)
Kevin Contreras talks about his new PBS program Building Green.
LISTEN ( 10 min)
You can also read his blog.
This week, correspondent Jeff McIntire Strasburg
sheds some light on the murky question of ethanol versus biodiesel. We
speak with Mark Oberholzer, a runner-up in the 2006 Metropolis Next
Generation Design Competition, whose plan for roadside turbines aims at
getting something back from the flow of traffic. We also speak with the
designer of World Without Oil, an online alternate reality game that simulates a world in the throes of an oil shock. LISTEN (9 min)
This is a rerun of our program of April 27:
Schwarzenegger tells the EPA to shape up LISTEN (10 min)
Treehugger: Earth Day Hangover Edition LISTEN (8 min)
PG&E's Nancy McFadden LISTEN (11 min)
Clif Bars GreenNotes Program LISTEN (8 min)
As the Dead Sea shrinks three feet per year, can Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian territories find common ground in these common waters to build a more lasting peace? Oregon State professor and author of Hydropolitics along the Jordan River: the impact of scarce water resources on the Arab-Israeli conflict Aaron Wolf offers his thoughts on the solutions, and the political will necessary to save the Dead Sea. LISTEN (11 min)
Think only inorganic, GMO, pesticide-laden agriculture can feed the world's poor, and that organic is merely an indugence of the elite? While certain parties have a vested interest in having us believe that, University of Michigan researcher Catherine Badgley tells Betsy about some new studies that suggest that organic agriculture can feed the world. LISTEN (7 min)
Brad College Environmental Studies Chair Mark H. Lytle checks in to discuss his new book The Gentle Subversive: Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, and the Rise of the Environmental Movement: "[Carson] really believed that the right to endure gave us a right to know. She felt that unless the public had the facts necessary to make an informed decision, they were going to be unwitting victims." We take such citizen advocacy for granted today, but as multinational coporations and the chemical revolution created a brave new world of potential dangers to human beings, Carson was one of the first people to stick her neck out for all of us. LISTEN (12 min)
The city of Boston has cut its PC energy use by an astonishing 44 percent with the help of power management software company Verdiem. With power management something we need in every city, Verdiem Vice President of Business Development Dave Harvey tells Betsy what they can offer to any City or Company in the land. LISTEN (8 min)
This is a rerun of our April 20 program:
Earth Day co-founder Pete McCloskey PART ONE (11 min) PART TWO (7 min)
Treehugger: Eco America's Bob Perkowitz LISTEN (12 min)
Home Depot's New Eco Options LISTEN (8 min)
European Apple fans and detractors alike: clear your desk. The ultimate in fashion accessories is here! Make way for the download apps on iPhone!
This may not sound very exciting to the Americans out there who have been lovingly cradling your devices for some time now, but to us Europeans who have been able to do nothing but watch this is earth shattering. Deals Germany, the UK and France have been wrapped up and Apple has allegedly signed contracts to put a number of carriers on the iPhone books. Details are scant at this stage. This isn’t the Europe-wide rollout of the iPhone music downloads that we were hoping for but certainly it’s a promising start. You will start to see more free iPhone music downloads…
Something else to be excited about (as if the iPhone music downloads is now in plethora and wasn’t enough!): pictures of the new iPod Nano appeared on the web, albeit briefly. The pictures were of poor quality and it was difficult to see just what we are in for here. Predictably though it has sent the Apple fans and conspiracy theorists positively frothing at their gaping mouths. The iPhone download on the rise….
Your home business needs you, and you need to be as productive and as useful as possible. This is why you need the right equipment and the right conditions in which to work.
A faulty or poor quality phone may lead to lost calls, unheard instructions or frustration: any of which can lead to you losing a client for your startup home business. A good quality phone might cost your home business a little more at the outset but it should be value for money that you are looking for rather than cheapest cost. Check out like something from Plantronics.
Your computer too can have a marked effect on your home business. Imagine having to format the hard drive every few weeks, recovering from a virus, from adware, or just from poorly operating software: that’s Windows for you. Consider a good quality system and especially consider something from the often overlooked Apple range (yes, I do have an Apple! Definitely recommended!).
Your home business deserves decent equipment that is suited to its job.
In my twilight years there are few things left that surprise, shock or amaze me. I had a double surprise the other day when I watched the movies The Secret and The Awakening.
The Secret explains the law of attraction, which is arguably the most powerful law of the Universe. Brave claim? Yes, but entirely warranted. The concept and the application of the law have been documented in all forms throughout the ages albeit under different guises.
The Awakening DVD described that moment of epiphany – conveniently called the Awakening – where we are able to see everything that little bit more clearly and in a very different light; we are able to see how our positive thoughts can positively influence the world around us. Does this sound useful? It is.
The concepts introduced in the Awakening and The Secret are powerful ones and need some digesting. Reading a book about them might help but actual people telling actual stories is a much better way to understand the import of the ideas.
What others are saying:
Finding the right home based business opportunity can be a pain; naturally you want to read up on as much information as you possibly can. Using the Internet is usually an excellent idea, and you can be sure that there is a wealth or ready information at your fingertips. But is the Internet the best place to start looking for unbiased reviews? With some much incentive riding on your signing up for various plans like Wealth Masters International it seems unlikely.
Home business opportunities like Wealth Masters International are subject to the same market forces as physical, tangible products; they’re also subject to a people trying to sell the product to you. Someone who is linked to Wealth Master International is unlikely to provide you with the most impartial advice. There are plenty of places on the Internet that offer solid advice on Wealth Masters International, but it may take some investigation before you weed the salesmen from those genuinely wanting to help.
Some books are just difficult to read unless you’re in the right mindset. I found that this was the case with Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich. It had been sat on my bookshelf for some 18 months before a friend revealed the chapter on sex to me. What a revelation. Chapter eleven is entitled “The Mystery of Sex Transmutation: The Tenth Step Towards Riches.”.
This helped me to get started, and it turns out that I was in the right frame of mind to Think and Grow Rich. Concepts I had originally thought had no relevance to me, turned out to be concepts that I believed in and had actually been living, which really was a nice bonus.
When I first received Think and Grow Rich as a present from my well-meaning husband I was unable to focus and comprehend on what it was exactly that I was reading and how any of it related to my current life. When I gave myself the time to think and grow rich I found a wealth of relevant information that was well presented and accessible. Definitely recommended.
Your iPhone is only as good as the data (music, games, videos, information) that you have on it. Sometimes software can be the iPhone’s saving grace, but without data even this software can be useless. This is where iPhone downloads come into their own: changing your gadget from a useless (but very pretty) brick into a raging fun machine. Like me.
The wonderful world of free iPhone downloads can lead to some serious entertainment. There are loads of podcasts your favorite shows available. Loads of free music, loads of movies and TV clips; iPhone downloads can be everything to every man (and woman). Let’s get busy and put some music and movies onto our iPod, iPhone and iPod touch. Your iPhone downloads maketh your iPhone, so get out there and find something you want!
Music and movies are available all across the web in a variety of formats. Downloading these and converting to a format that suits is easy. Go for it!
Danny Turner’s Hypoxic films – based in Northern California – have finally released their debut title, “Spun”. Spun isn’t your typical wakeboard video, churning along with footage of a handful of well known stars of the sport. Spun features lesser known members of the sports’ elite group. Some of these guys are really underrated and it’s great to see some of their sick moves finally being committed to wakeboard video.
In this wakeboard video you will see names like Wes Briscoe, Ricky Gonzales, Gator Lutgert, and Jake Huso. All massively talented wakeboarders but not yet into the category of household name.
The wakeboard video was shot – mainly – in California and one of its greatest – and most humorous – moments is when the boarders are attempting to hit the A-Frame slider positioned over the producer’s van.
Yet.
This is a well rounded and well produced video and we certainly hope to see more from this talented producer
The purpose of any business has ultimately to be financial gain; what of the other benefits of business, though? Home based business offers many advantages over other types of businesses and they are not all financial benefits.
Think of the time saved – and the sanity saved – if you didn’t have to commute to and from work every day. With a online home based business you can literally be in your office within a few minutes of waking up, should you so desire.
The benefits of not working with people of whom you may not enjoy the company are immense – no more bitching behind your back from jealous colleagues.
Not working for a boss – and earning him money – will definitely appeal to many, as will the security of knowing that there is no one but yourself that can fire you from your position! A home based business offers these advantages and more.
Starting a home based business requires little starting capital, and may be the most rewarding thing you could do for yourself.
Students are united… in their hatred and contempt for the laughable Ruckus.
Ruckus is the music-download service being promoted by universities and colleges as the alternative to the file-sharing ‘problem’. It’s a problem, apparently, in the eyes of the RIAA. Is it really a problem? That’s a completely different discussion for a completely different day.
Here’s why it won’t work: students simply don’t care that their institutions are being put under pressure from the RIAA’s lawyers. All they care about is getting free music, videos, games, and other goodies. File-sharing is so easy for them it is difficult to see why on earth they would want to stop.
And we don’t think they will, at least not if ruckus is the only alternative. Students are united… in their love of file-sharing with applications like Ares. The authorities will certainly have to try harder than this if they want to encourage an amicable switch from ‘problem’ file-sharing to that done with Ruckus.
Downloading Pirate torrents is really easy. You just need to browse the web, find any torrents that interest you, and download. Once the pirate torrents are on your computer you need to open them up with a supported BitTorrent client. The client connects to the tracker(s) specified in the file, and receives a list of peers currently transferring pieces of the file(s) specified.
Once the pirate torrents are loading in your client your computer will being to ‘find’ other computers (’peers’) that are holding the files (or any smaller bits of the files) that you need to get a complete set. Once it has found a section that it needs it will download that. Once you have sections of the files from the pirate torrents available on your computer people will begin to download from you. The process continues (at least in theory) until everyone in the group (or ’swarm’) has a full set of all the files. It stands to reason that the more peers in the swarm, the quicker all pirate torrents will be downloaded.
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