May 19, 2012

This week on Sierra Club Radio:

1) Van Jones, bestselling author and former Special Advisor to the White House, talks about his new book, Rebuild the Dream
2)The Sierra Club's Dan Ritzman on protecting the Arctic and the Polar Bear Seas
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May 12, 2012

  1. Maggie Koerth-Baker, author of Before the Lights Go Out: Conquering the Energy Crisis Before it Conquers Us
  2. Jim Robbins, author of The Man Who Planted Trees: Lost Groves, Champion Trees, and an Urgent Plan to Save the Planet
  3. Sierra Magazine's green lifestyle editor Avital Binshtock shares green tips

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May 05, 2012

This week on Sierra Club Radio:

1) Jason Rugolo, Founder and CEO of a new company called EarthCell Batteries
2)Carter Niemeryer, author of a book called Wolfer, talks with us about wolves in the Northern Rockies
3)Daniel Villao and Uyen Le, two of the authors of Beyond Green Jobs: Building Lasting Opportunities in Energy Efficiency
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April 28, 2012

This week on Sierra Club Radio:

1) Hollywood actress Jessica Alba talks with us about starting a green business called The Honest Company
2)The Cleveland Indians' Assistant Director of Ballpark Operations, Brad Mohr, on greening the stadium with solar and wind power
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April 21, 2012

This week on Sierra Club Radio:

1) Goldman prize winners
2) Greening your kids' school
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April 14, 2012

This week on Sierra Club Radio:

1) Novella Carpenter on her book the Essential Urban Farmer
2) Billy Parish on his book Making Good: Finding Meaning, Money, and Community In A Changing World
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April 07, 2012

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Garvin Jabusch from Green Alpha Advisors talks with us about green investing
2) Avital Binshtock, Green Lifestyle Editor for Sierra Magazine, on eco-friendly cheeses
3) Bev Griffiths from the Florida Sierra Club on a recent victory that will protect water quality and the Florida Panther



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March 31, 2012

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Mark Sundeen, author of a new book called The Man Who Quit Money - the true story of a man who has lived without money or credit for over ten years
2) The Sierra Club's Dan Ritzman on Shell's plan to drill in the Polar Bear Seas, and what's at risk
3) Avital Binshtock, Green Lifestyle Editor for Sierra Magazine, shares tips for greening your apartment
4) Green cuisine tips from Annie Somerville, Executive Chef at Greens Restaurant in San Francisco



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March 24, 2012

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Filmmaker Jon Shenk on his new documentary The Island President, which tells the story of the leader of the Maldives, an island nation that could be entirely underwater if sea levels rise due to climate disruption. 2) Kristin Urquiza from Corporate Accountability International talks with us about World Water Day and their new Public Water Works! campaign



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March 17, 2012

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Chadden Hunter, one of the directors of the new Discovery show Frozen Planet, talks about the making of the series. 2) Green living tips from Avital Binshtock 3) Kim Wasserman, Executive Director of the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization, on a big victory to retire two dirty coal plants in Chicago.  4)The Sierra Club's Athan Manuel on how drilling for more oil won't help reduce gas prices 

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March 10, 2012

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Screenwriter/Director Joe Carnahan and actor Frank Grillo join us to talk about a new film, The Grey 2) Green living tips from Avital Binshtock 3) Green cuisine ideas from Annie Somerville, executive chef at Greens Restaurant. 

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March 03, 2012

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Richard Bell, co-author of Nukespeak 2) Avital Binshtock from Sierra Magazine shares tips on how to green your office 3) Cris Costello talks with us about "red tide" in Florida and how the widespread use of fertilizers are affecting our oceans. 

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February 25, 2012

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Adventurer and environmentalist David de Rothschild on his recent trip to the Amazon to discover the impact of the proposed Belo Monte dam project 2) Scott Bernstein, President of the Center for Neighborhood Technology, on the unseen costs of driving 3) Sara Ost, Editor in Chief of EcoSalon.

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February 18, 2012

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Tovar Cerulli author of The Mindful Carnivore; 2) Avital Binshtock from Sierra Magazine on greening your hotel stay; 3) Chris Youseff and Peter Syrett from Perkins and Will on their new transparency site; 4) Seasonal citrus ideas from executive chef at Greens restaurant in San Francisco.

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February 11, 2012

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Novella Carpenter on her book the Essential Urban Farmer 2) Billy Parish on his book Making Good: Finding Meaning, Money, and Community In A Changing World :

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February 04, 2012

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Fran Hunt from the Sierra Club's Resilient Habitats campaign on a big victory protecting more than a million acres around the Grand Canyon 2) Kim Teplitzky on using college basketball games to help move campuses beyond coal 3)  Avital Binshtock from Sierra Magazine gives tips on green cleaning supplies 3) Ideas for cooking with kale from Annie Somerville, executive chef at Greens restaurant in San Francisco.

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January 28, 2012

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) 1) Rich Gelfond, the CEO of IMAX, on why he's helping raise awareness about mercury poisoning 2) Avital Binshtock from Sierra Magazine shares tips on "green" microwavable products 3) Chris Paine, filmmaker of the new documentary Revenge of the Electric Car.

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January 21, 2012

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Screenwriter/Director Joe Carnahan and actor Frank Grillo join us to talk about a new film, The Grey 2) Green living tips from Avital Binshtock 3) Green cuisine ideas from Annie Somerville, Executive Chef at Greens Restaurant.

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January 14, 2012

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Mary Anne Hitt from the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign talks with us about a big victory to protect the public from toxic mercury 2) Joshua Houdek from the Northstar chapter in Minnesota on their "Complete Streets" project 3) Kennedy Warne talks with us about his book Let Them Eat Shrimp: The Tragic Disappearance of the Rainforests of the Sea.

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December 31, 2011

This week on Sierra Club Radio: We reprise a popular show from October 2011. 1) David Montgomery, author of a book called King of Fish: The Thousand Year Run of Salmon 2) Sarah Parsons from Change.org on a campaign to ban shark finning in California 3) Avital Binstock from Sierra Magazine shares tips to green your breakfast.

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December 24, 2011

This week on Sierra Club Radio: We reprise a popular show from October 2011. 1) The Mayor of Philadelphia, Mayor Michael Nutter, talks about his vision for making Philadelphia the greenest city in the country 2) 17-year-old activist Alec Loorz, on why he started a group called Kids vs. Global Warming.

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December 17, 2011

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Adventurer and environmentalist David de Rothschild on his recent trip to the Amazon to discover the impact of the proposed Belo Monte dam project 2) Scott Bernstein, President of the Center for Neighborhood Technology, on the unseen costs of driving 3) Sara Ost, Editor in Chief of EcoSalon.

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December 10, 2011

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Susan MacLaury, Executive Producer of The Harvest, a new documentary about child migrant farmworkers 2) Avital Binshtock from Sierra Magazine gives more green holiday gift ideas 3) Green cuisine tips from Chef Annie Somerville.

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December 03, 2011

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Rich Gelfond, the CEO of IMAX, on why he's helping raise awareness about mercury poisoning 2) Avital Binshtock from Sierra Magazine shares unusual green gift ideas for the holidays 3) Chris Paine, filmmaker of the new documentary Revenge of the Electric Car.

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November 26, 2011

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Hollywood star Alicia Silverstone talks with us about her vegan cookbook The Kind Diet 2) Rebecca Hoffman talks about the Sierra Club's "Sponsor a Wild Place" program for green holiday gifts 3) Green cuisine tip from chef Annie Somerville 4) Entomologist Gil Waldbauer on his book Fireflies, Honey, and Silk 5) Ask Mr Green.

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November 19, 2011

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Jim Motavalli talks with us about his new book High Voltage: The Fast Track to Plug In the Auto Industry 2) Avital Binshtock from Sierra Magazine gives tips for a green Thanksgiving 3) Michael Marx, Director of the Sierra Club's Beyond Oil campaign, on a big victory to stop the dirty Keystone XL oil pipeline.

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November 12, 2011

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Captain Charlie Moore, author of Plastic Ocean: How a Sea Captain's Chance Discovery Launched a Determined Quest to Save the Oceans 2) Sierra Club activist Lynn Henning, fighting pollution in Michigan 3) Green living tips from Avital Binshtock at Sierra Magazine 4) Green cuisine tips from chef Annie Somerville.

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November 05, 2011

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Christine Jahnke, author of The Well-Spoken Woman: Your Guide to Looking and Sounding Your Best 2) Richard Mahler, author of The Jaguar's Shadow: Searching for a Mythic Cat 3) Green cuisine tips with chef Annie Somerville.

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October 29, 2011

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Mark Obmascik, author of the book The Big Year 2) Kim Teplitsky and Lauren Castner from the Sierra Student Coalition talk about clean energy on campus 3) Green cuisine tips with chef Annie Somerville.

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October 22, 2011

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) The Mayor of Philadelphia, Mayor Michael Nutter, talks about his vision for making Philadelphia the greenest city in the country 2) 17-year-old activist Alec Loorz, on why he started a group called Kids vs. Global Warming

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October 15, 2011

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Nick Rosen talks with us about his book Off the Grid 2) Avital Binshtock from Sierra Magazine gives tips for greening your Halloween 3) Barbara Bennett on her book Soul of a Lion: One Woman's Quest to Rescue Africa's Wildlife Refugees.

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October 08, 2011

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Richard Bell, co-author of a book called Nukespeak 2) Avital Binshtock from Sierra Magazine shares tips on how to green your office 3) Cris Costello talks with us about "red tide" in Florida and how the widespread use of fertilizers are affecting our oceans.

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October 01, 2011

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) David Montgomery, author of a book called King of Fish: The Thousand Year Run of Salmon 2) Sarah Parsons from Change.org on a campaign to ban shark finning in California 3) Avital Binstock from Sierra Magazine shares tips to green your breakfast.

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September 24, 2011

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Rob Forbes, founder of Design Within Reach, talks about his new company PUBLIC Bikes 2) Kim Wasserman from Little Village Environmental Justice Organization, and a mother of two kids with asthma, on why it's time to retire Chicago's coal plants. 3) Avital Binshtock from Sierra Magazine shares tips on how to go green with microwaveable food.

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September 17, 2011

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Christian Parenti talks with us about his book, Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence; 2) Rachel Butler on the upcoming "Moving Planet" international day of action; 3) Mary Anne Hitt shares updates from the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign, and an inspiring victory in Virginia; 4) Lyndon Rive, CEO of Solar City, on a campaign to help install solar panels on the homes of U.S. veterans and military families.

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September 10, 2011

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Congressman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) talks about being an environmentalist in today's Congress 2) The Sierra Club's Michael Grenetz talks about coal pollution in your life 3) Sierra Magazine's Avital Binshtock talks about green films 4) Green cuisine tips from chef Annie Somerville.

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September 03, 2011

This week on Sierra Club Radio: Rich Horan, author of Seeds: One man's serendipitous journey to find the trees that inspired famous American writers from Faulker to Kerouac, Welty to Wharton 2) Darlene Snow, Executive Director of the Wind Energy Foundation, on wind industry growth in the U.S. 3) Susan Troller, co-author of Cluck: From Jungle Fowl to City Chick.

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August 27, 2011

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Peter Byck, Filmmaker of Carbon Nation. 2) Sarah Matsumoto and Juliette Beck on how clearcutting in the Sierra Nevada is ruining water and putting endangered salmon at risk. 3) Avital Binshtock gives tips on greening your cell phone. 4) Green cuisine tips from Annie Somerville, Executive Chef at Greens Restaurant in San Francisco.

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August 20, 2011

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1)Avital Binshtock on Sierra Magazine's annual "Cool Schools" issue -- ranking the greenest colleges and universities in the country. 2) Lester Brown talks with us about his book World on the Edge and his film Plan B: Mobilizing to Save Civilization. 3) Kokei Otosi on her summer with "The Best Internship on Earth."

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August 13, 2011

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Bruce Nilles talks about the Sierra Club's new partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies to move the nation beyond coal, and why the EPA should create stronger safeguards to protect families from air pollution. 2) Avital Binshtock, Green Living Editor at Sierra Magazine, on the question of which is greener - books or e-readers? 3) Ann Mesnikoff on the Obama Administration's announcement of new mileage standards for trucks.

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August 06, 2011

This week on Sierra Club Radio:  1) Environmental hero Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. talks with us about the new film The Last Mountain, and the devastation that mountaintop removal mining has caused in Appalachia 2) Bill Price from the Sierra Club in West Viriginia on the recent March to save Blair Mountain and why 800 people marched for days in the summer heat to save this historic place.

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July 30, 2011

This week on Sierra Club Radio: We reprise a popular show from earlier this summer. 1) Actor and Director Harry Shearer on his documentary The Big Uneasy, on the real story of why New Orleans flooded during Hurricane Katrina 2) Kate Harrison, CEO of GreenBrideGuide.com, talks about trends in green weddings and a new green gift registry.

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July 23, 2011

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Dan Sugar, CEO of Solaria, a manufacturer of high-efficiency solar panels 2) Andrew Revkin of the New York Times' Dot Earth blog.

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July 16, 2011

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Congressman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) talks about being an environmentalist in today's Congress 2) The Sierra Club's Michael Grenetz talks about coal pollution in your life 3) Sierra Magazine's Avital Binshtock talks about green films for the summer.

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July 09, 2011

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Mary Hughes, Founder and Director of The 2012 Project, on efforts to elect more women into public office 2) Tips for eco-friendly ice cream from Avital Binshtock at Sierra Magazine 3) Anne Morkill, Wildlife Refuge Manager in the Florida Keys, on the effects climate change is already having there.

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July 02, 2011

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Environmental journalist Juliet Eilperin talks about her new book Demon Fish: Travels Through The Hidden World of Sharks 2) Tips for greening your 4th of July bbq from Avital Binshtock at Sierra Magazine 3) Mary Anne Hitt, Director of the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign, on the connection between coal and asthma.

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June 24, 2011

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Environmental hero Robert F. Kennedy Jr talks with us about the new film The Last Mountain, and the devastation that mountaintop removal mining has caused in Appalachia 2) Bill Price from the Sierra Club in West Viriginia on the recent March to Save Blair Mountain and why 800 people marched for days in the summer heat to save this historic place.

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June 18, 2011

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Environmental hero Robert F. Kennedy Jr talks with us about the new film The Last Mountain, and the devastation that mountaintop removal mining has caused in Appalachia 2) Bill Price from the Sierra Club in West Viriginia on the recent March to Save Blair Mountain and why 800 people marched for days in the summer heat to save this historic place.

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June 11, 2011

This week on Sierra Club Radio: We devote a full show to the future of water, interviewing author Charles Fishman on his new book The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water.

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June 04, 2011

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Actor and Director Harry Shearer on his documentary The Big Uneasy, on the real story of why New Orleans flooded during Hurricane Katrina 2) Kate Harrison, CEO of GreenBrideGuide.com, talks about trends in green weddings and a new green gift registry.

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