August 28, 2010

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Colin Beavan, author of No Impact Man, on his year-long experiment of living simply and how you can try it at home 2) Evan Geary, who has spent his summer doing "The Best Internship on Earth" -- rafting, hiking, and camping with the Sierra Club -- talks with us about his adventures 3) Chef Annie Somerville gives green cuisine tips for summer.

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August 21, 2010

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Musician & philosopher David Rothenberg on why birds and whales sing, and his attempts to create music with other species; 2) Avital Binshtock talks with us about Sierra magazine's fourth annual "Cool Schools" issue, ranking the greenest colleges and universities in the U.S.; 3) Green cuisine tips from Annie Somerville, executive chef at Greens Restaurant.

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August 14, 2010

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Mark Frauenfelder, founder of the popular blog BoingBoing and author of a new book called Made by Hand: Searching for Meaning in a Throwaway World 2) Jed Lazar, co-founder of SoupCycle, a Portland, Oregon business that delivers organic local soups by bicycle 3) Jennifer Schwab from Sierra Club Green Home gives back-to-school tips for greening a college dorm room.

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August 07, 2010

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Kevin Fingerman from the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels on the future of biofuels, the good and bad sides of ethanol, and why we need a certification for responsibly-produced biofuels 2) David Lewis, the Executive Director of Save the Bay, on a campaign to save a portion of the San Francisco Bay from being paved over 3) Green cuisine tips from Annie Somerville, Executive Chef at Greens Restaurant.

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July 31, 2010

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Leilani Munter, NASCAR driver and environmental activist, talks about a recent trip to the Gulf Coast with a group of athletes to see the damage from the BP oil spill 2) Sierra Magazine's green lifestyle editor, Avital Binshtock, shares tips for saving paper 3) Green cuisine ideas from Annie Somerville, Executive Chef at Greens Restaurant.

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July 24, 2010

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) The Reverend Canon Sally Bingham from the Episcopal church talks about her recent trip to the Gulf Coast to see damage from the BP Oil Disaster, as part of an interfaith delegation of religious leaders 2) Mark Moffett, author of a new book called Adventures Among Ants, talks about ants that farm fungus, traffic rules for ant highways, and incredible facts from the world of ants.

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July 17, 2010

This week on Sierra Club Radio: We bring back one of our favorite shows of 2009! 1) Mayim Bialik, star of the 90s sitcom 'Blossom,' talks about getting a PhD in neuroscience and her work with the Holistic Moms Network; 2) Bruce Nilles talks with us about a huge victory against dirty coal; 3) Sean Gray from the Environmental Working Group on their Sunscreen Consumer Guide.

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July 10, 2010

This week on Sierra Club Radio: We bring back one of our favorite shows of 2010 so far! 1) The Mayor of Seattle, Mike McGinn, talks about the greening of Seattle; 2) Niall Edworthy, author of Bald Coot and Screaming Loon: Adventures in the Curious, Mysterious, and Remarkable World of Birds; 3) Green Cuisine tips from Chef Annie Somerville; 4) Kyle Boelte talks about Sierra Magazine's recent story called "Look Ma, No Car! Pedaling Towards a Post-carbon Future."

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July 03, 2010

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Steve Rendle, the CEO of The North Face 2) Kristina Johnson on a recent action to write "Freedom From Oil" with 10,000 American flags in front of the Washington Monument 3) Renowned artist Alan Sonfist talks about the role that the natural world plays in his art 4) Dave Rauschkolb reports on Hands Across the Sand, the largest gathering against offshore oil drilling in history.

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June 26, 2010

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Supermodel and entrepreneur Kathy Ireland talks about greening her company, the connection between fitness and environmentalism, and more. 2) Tips for greening your July 4th celebrations from Avital Binshtock at Sierra Magazine 3) Kristina Johnson gives an update on what you can do to help our nation move beyond oil after the BP oil disaster 4) Amy Pennington, author of a new book called Urban Pantry: Tips and Recipes for a Thrifty, Sustainable, and Seasonal Kitchen.

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June 19, 2010

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Greg Grandin, author of Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City 2) Dave Rauschkolb, founder of Hands Across the Sands, talks about upcoming events around the country to share the "no to offshore drilling, yes to clean energy" message 3) Avital Binshtock, lifestyle editor for Sierra Magazine, shares tips for saving energy this summer at home 4) Green cuisine tips from Annie Somerville, Executive Chef at Greens Restaurant in San Francisco.

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June 12, 2010

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Michael Brune, the Sierra Club's Executive Director, on the BP Oil Disaster and why we need to move beyond oil 2) Christopher Sprinkle from Brave New Films talks about the new documentary they are filming on the Gulf Coast 3) Marine toxicologist Riki Ott, author of Not One Drop: Betrayal and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, shares her thoughts on what Gulf Coast residents can expect, based on experiences in Alaska after the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

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June 05, 2010

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Tierra Del Forte and Heather Franzese from Transfair USA talk with us about fair trade clothing 2) Chris Palmer on his new book Shooting in the Wild: An Insider's Account of Making Movies in the Animal Kingdom 3) Green cuisine tips from Chef Annie Somerville.

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May 29, 2010

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) The Mayor of Portland, Sam Adams, talks with us about biking to work, keeping chickens in his backyard, and why Portland should move beyond coal. 2) Cindy Ortega talks with us about the greening of the MGM Mirage Casino in Las Vegas 3) Green Cuisine tips from Chef Annie Somerville 4) Ask Mr. Green.

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May 22, 2010

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Jason Kibbey, Founder and CEO of Pact, an organic cotton underwear company, talks about green apparel 2) Christopher Greenslate, co-author of On a Dollar a Day: One Couple's Unlikely Adventures in Eating in America 3) Vanessa Woods, author of Bonobo Handshake, talks with us about endangered bonobos.

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May 15, 2010

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune tells us about his recent trip to the Gulf Coast to see the damage caused by the BP oil disaster 2) Chatham Olive on the success of the new light-rail system in Charlotte, North Carolina, and how public transit solutions can help end our addiction to oil 3) We talk about freecycling with Deron Beal, founder of Freecycle.org.

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May 08, 2010

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Update on the BP Oil Disaster in the Gulf Coast: Conservation Director Sarah Hodgdon and Mississippi Chapter Director Louie Miller talk about what things look like on the ground in the Gulf Coast, and what this means nationally for the future of energy 2) Sandra Steingraber, author of Living Downstream: An Ecologist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment, and filmmaker Chanda Chevannes who is making a documentary based on the book 2) Stewart Boss, a freshman at University of North Carolina, talks with us about a recent big victory to get UNC to move beyond coal and towards clean energy.

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May 01, 2010

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Paul Loeb, author of Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in Challenging Times 2) Avital Binshtock, Sierra Magazine's Green Living editor, talks with us about fake meat that even a carnivore could love 3) Bo Boudart and Enei Begaye on a PBS documentary called Power Paths, about the fight against coal mining and coal power on Native American land.

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April 24, 2010

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Two of the winners of this year's Goldman Environmental Prize, Lynn Henning and Humberto Rios Labrada 2) Jean Friedman-Rudovsky reports from Bolivia on the World People's Conference on Climate Change taking place in Cochabamba, Bolivia 3) Green cuisine tips from Annie Somerville, Executive Chef at Greens Restaurant in San Francisco 4) Avital Binshtock from Sierra Magazine gives us green gardening tips for spring.

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April 17, 2010

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Maria Ramos from the Rainforest Action Network on their Change Chevron campaign 2) Jon Gensler on why he decided to speak up about Mountaintop Removal Mining in Appalachia 3) Tips on greening your taxes for next year, from Avital Binshtock at Sierra Magazine 4) Green cuisine recipe ideas from Annie Somerville, Executive Chef of Greens restaurant 5) Ask Mr. Green.

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April 10, 2010

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Tom Rooney, CEO of SPG Solar, one of the nation's largest solar integrators 2) Cara Longpre on why you should take the Sierra Club's "Eco Hero" pledge for Earth Day, and a chance to win a trip to Hawaii's green Mauna Lani hotel 3) National conservation news update from Sarah Hodgdon, Sierra Club Conservation Director.

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April 03, 2010

This week on Sierra Club Radio: An encore presentation of one of our favorite shows from 2009! 1) Actress Ashley Judd on her work to stop mountaintop removal coal mining 2) Photographer James Balog on his project to show the melting of our glaciers 3) Chef Annie Somerville gives green cuisine tips for spring.

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March 27, 2010

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) The Mayor of Seattle, Mike McGinn, talks about the greening of Seattle; 2) Niall Edworthy, author of Bald Coot and Screaming Loon: Adventures in the Curious, Mysterious, and Remarkable World of Birds; 3) Green Cuisine tips from Chef Annie Somerville; 4) Kyle Boelte talks about Sierra Magazine's recent story called "Look Ma, No Car! Pedaling Towards a Post-carbon Future."

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March 20, 2010

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Jeff Biggers, author of Reckoning at Eagle Creek: The Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland 2) Paul Raffaele gives us a glimpse into the lives of orangutans, gorillas, and chimpanzees, from his new book Among the Great Apes 3) Sharon Freeman and Charito Kruvant, editors of Hispanics Living Green.

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March 13, 2010

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) The Mayor of Portland, Sam Adams, talks with us about biking to work, keeping chickens behind the Mayor's residence, and why Portland needs to move beyond dirty coal 2) Green Cuisine tips from Chef Annie Somerville 3) Cindy Ortega on the greening of the MGM Mirage Casino in Las Vegas.

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March 06, 2010

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) BBC Executive Producer Mike Gunton on the making of the Discovery series LIFE, the follow-up to Planet Earth 2) Sierra Club staffer Kate Colarulli talks about why people who love the movie Avatar should care about the tar sands of Alberta, Canada 3) Green cuisine tips from chef Annie Somerville 4) Sierra Club staffer Alicia Washkevich on new opportunity with Sierra Club's Youth Programs called "The Best Internship on Earth."

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February 27, 2010

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) For the upcoming Academy Awards, we bring back our interview with Louie Psihoyos, director of The Cove, nominated for this year's Oscar for Best Documentary Feature 2) Cathy Harrelson talks with us about Hands Across the Sand, a recent grassroots action to protect Florida's beaches 3) Ted Nace, author of a new book called Climate Hope: On the Front Lines of the Fight Against Coal.

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February 20, 2010

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Hockey legend and Olympic silver medalist Mike Richter talks with us about why people who love winter sports should care about global warming 2) Sam Hodder from the Trust for Public Land, on a new campaign to protect the land near Los Angeles' iconic Hollywood sign 3) Green Cuisine tips from Annie Somerville, Executive Chef at Greens Restaurant.

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February 13, 2010

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Authors Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie talk about their new book, Slow Death by Rubber Duck: The Secret Danger of Everyday Things 2) Chef Annie Somerville gives green cuisine tips 3) Avital Binshtock, Sierra Magazine's Lifestyle Editor, talks about the new genre of green-themed movies.

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February 06, 2010

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) David Skorton, President of Cornell University, talks about the school's plans to move beyond coal 2) Chef Annie Somerville gives green cuisine tips 3) Ideas for a green Valentine's Day from Sierra Magazine's Avital Binshtock 4) Melody Grote and Terry Kellogg from a group called One Percent for the Planet about helping businesses give back.

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January 30, 2010

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) We talk with Sierra Club's incoming Executive Director, Michael Brune, about what motivates him to protect the planet, where he thinks the Sierra Club is heading, and more 2) Green cuisine ideas from chef Annie Somerville of San Francisco's Greens restaurant 3) Tips for sustainable coffee and tea from Sierra Magazine's Lifestyle Editor, Avital Binshtock 4) Paul Blanc, M.D., author of How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace.

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January 23, 2010

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Actor Ed Begley Jr. talks with us about going green in Hollywood, and the third season of his green TV show Living with Ed 2) Spotlight on campus activism: We talk with Kim Teplitzky, Jeremy Pivor, and Lydia Courtright about efforts to move college campuses away from coal 3) Laurie Mazur on her new book A Pivotal Moment, about population and the environment.

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January 16, 2010

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Folk icon Pete Seeger talks with us about music and social change, his 40-year fight to clean up the Hudson River, performing at President Obama's inauguration, and more 2) Green cuisine tips from Chef Annie Somerville 3) Matthew Luxon tells us about his rubbish-free year, in which he and his wife pledged to not create any trash for 12 months.

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January 09, 2010

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Renowned primatologist Birute Galdikas, talks about four decades of studying orangutans in Borneo 2) Filmmaker Joe Berlinger on his new documentary, Crude, about the lawsuit against Chevron for their contamination of the Ecuadorian Amazon.

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January 02, 2010

This week on Sierra Club Radio: We bring back one of our favorite shows of 2009: 1) Hollywood star Ashley Judd talks with us about mountaintop removal coal mining and why she is involved in the fight to stop it 2) Photographer James Balog on his project to show the melting of our glaciers 3) Chef Annie Somerville gives green cuisine tips for spring.

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December 26, 2009

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Raj Patel, author of a new book called The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy 2) Green cuisine tips from Annie Somerville, Executive Chef of Greens Restaurant 3) Kathleen Dudzinski, co-author of Dolphin Mysteries: Unlocking the Secrets of Communication.

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December 19, 2009

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) The Mayor of Las Vegas, Mayor Oscar Goodman, talks with us about greening the city 2) Charlie English, author of a new book called The Snow Tourist: A Search for the World's Purest, Deepest Snowfall 3) Josh Dorner checks in with us from the Sierra Club's delegation to the climate talks in Copenhagen.

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December 12, 2009

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) James McCommons, author of Waiting on a Train: The Embattled Future of Passenger Rail Service 2) Green Cuisine tips from Annie Somerville, Executive Chef at Greens Restaurant 3) David Mas Masumoto on his new book, Wisdom of the Last Farmer: Harvesting Legacies from the Land.

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December 05, 2009

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Author Jonathan Safran Foer talks with us about his new book, Eating Animals 2) Avital Binshtock from Sierra Magazine shares green gift ideas for the holidays 3) Elizabeth Grossman on her book Chasing Molecules: Poisonous Products, Human Health, and the Promise of Green Chemistry 4) Recipe ideas from Annie Somerville, Executive Chef at Greens Restaurant.

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November 28, 2009

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Journalist and author Naomi Klein on the 10th anniversary edition of her best-selling book, No Logo 2) Green cuisine tips from Chef Annie Somerville 3) Avital Binshtock from Sierra Magazine on how to green your holiday season.

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November 21, 2009

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Hollywood star Alicia Silverstone talks with us about her new book on healthy eating, The Kind Diet 2) Rebecca Hoffman on Sierra Club's "Sponsor a Wild Place" program 3) Annie Somerville, Chef at Greens Restaurant, gives us ideas for organic Thanksgiving side dishes 4) Political Commentary from Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope 5) Entomologist Gil Waldbauer talks with us about his new book Fireflies, Honey, and Silk.

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November 14, 2009

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Actor Ed Begley Jr. talks with us about going green in Hollywood, and the third season of his green TV show Living with Ed 2) Spotlight on campus activism: We talk with Kim Teplitzky, Jeremy Pivor, and Lydia Courtright about efforts to move college campuses away from coal 3) Laurie Mazur on her new book A Pivotal Moment, about population and the environment.

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November 07, 2009

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Filmmaker Mari-Lynn Evans, talks about her new documentary, Coal Country 2) Martha Honey from the Center for Responsible Travel on her book, Ecotourism and Sustainable Development: Who Owns Paradise? 3) Political Commentary from Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope.

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October 31, 2009

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Doug Wildman from Friends of the Urban Forest talks with us about urban trees 2) Allison Forbes on weatherizing homes to save energy this winter 3) Political commentary from Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope 4) Tim Dee, author of A Year on the Wing: Four Seasons in a Life with Birds.

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October 24, 2009

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Lisa Bennett from the Center for Ecoliteracy talks with us about greening our schools and the Center's new book, Smart by Nature: Schooling for Sustainability 2) Commentary from Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope 3) Amanda Little, author of Power Trip: From Oil Wells to Solar Cells -- Our Ride to the Renewable Future.

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October 17, 2009

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Senator Barbara Boxer talks with us about the new climate bill and why we need to take action to stop global warming; 2) Kim Teplitsky and Holly Jones from the Sierra Student Coalition on a new campaign to kick dirty coal off college campuses; 3) John Muir scholar Bonnie Gisel talks with us about the life of the conservation hero, and her new book Nature's Beloved Son: Rediscovering John Muir's Botanical Legacy

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October 10, 2009

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Andy Bichlbaum from The Yes Men talks about their new movie, The Yes Men Fix the World; 2) Chef Annie Somerville gives green cuisine tips; 3) Jennifer Miller talks with us about building energy efficient homes and buildings.

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October 03, 2009

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Tristram Stuart, author of Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal 2) Sarah Hodgdon talks with us about her role as the Sierra Club's new Conservation Director 3) Cassie Gardener tells us about a recent international outreach trip in Guatemala and Belize.

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September 26, 2009

This week on Sierra Club Radio: Part 2 of our National Parks Special! 1) Yosemite Park Ranger Shelton Johnson talks about his just-published historical novel, Gloryland, about a Buffalo Soldier in Yosemite at the turn of the last century 2) Leonard Zax, one of the grassroots activists who helped create our newest national park in Paterson, New Jersey 3) Political commentary from Sierra Club Executive Director, Carl Pope.

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September 19, 2009

This week on Sierra Club Radio:  1) Josh Tickell on his new documentary film Fuel: Uncovering America's Dirty Little Secret 2) Commentary from Carl Pope, Sierra Club Executive Director 3) Elizabeth Marshall Thomas talks with us about her new book, The Hidden Life of Deer 4) Clean cars expert Ann Mesnikoff on the White House's recent announcement for better gas mileage standards 5) Green cuisine tips from Annie Somerville, Executive Chef of Greens Restaurant.

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