Greener By Choice With The Green Up Girl®

Eco Dogs and Cats specializes in offering eco-friendly, humane, vegan products for cats and dogs including, vegan and Non GMO food, toys, beds, vitamins, and many other amazing earth friendly products. Eco Dogs and Cats grew out of the lifestyle Delta Farrington's practices and her desire to offer those same healthy and humane products for cats and dogs.

Is it possible for our earth to run out of water? Yikes, yes it is, the earth has less water than you think. According to National Geographic, “nearly 70 percent of the world is covered by water, only 2.5 percent of it is fresh. The rest is saline and ocean-based. Even then, just 1 percent of our freshwater is easily accessible, with much of it trapped in glaciers and snowfields.” I don’t know if this scares you, but it sure scares me not only for my lifetime, but for future generations. Discover a few simple ways to you can join in to effectively conserve water.

What if you had to pay for the air you breath and the rain water that comes from the earth? We really seem to take these items for granted along with the natural capital of the earth. Pavan Sukhdev’s talk at TEDGlobal 2011 - he states that  "Every day, we use materials from the earth without thinking, for free (like air and water). But what if we had to pay for their true value: would it make us more careful about what we use and what we waste?"

Discover more about Don Jones, The Wizard and his inspiring collection of children’s stories. The stories help achieve our mission to provide the space, place and opportunity for children and adults to reconnect with mother nature. Our goal change the destructive route of the human race one child/person at a time with love, peace and creativity.

Joining us today is Julie Lineberger managing partner at LineSync Architecture. They are a company that designs high profile innovative municipal, corporate and unique residential environments with a green and sustainable emphasis and she is also the board chair for Green America.     I was in awe the first time Julie and I met. We were at a sustainability conference and she was sharing how she and her team track their water and energy consumption. It was pretty cool how off the top of her head, she was quoting exact numbers of what she and her staff use. Plus, best of all they had set real life goals to reduce her consumption. I remember thinking wow, this is pretty inspiring, I need to connect with her to learn more and I’m hoping you will be as inspired as I was.

Have you every thought about using the sun to cook your next meal? In this episode we’ll talk about solar cookers and I’ll share plenty of resources so you’ll be cooking with the sun in no time. Part 1  

Did you know that Americans produce 30 billion gallons of urine annually. (Containing over 5,000 grams of fertilizer per person). Sure seems like that is a lot of value just being flushed down the toilet. Kim Nace founder Rich Earth Institute is dedicated to advancing and promoting the use of human waste as a resource. The Institute was founded in 2011 and they are conducting the first controlled field trials in the US using source-separated human urine as a fertilizer.

Summer is here and folks will be coming together with family, friends, and neighbors to enjoy picnics and celebrate the joy of summer. But, that means lots of trash will be generated; everything from paper & plastic plates, utensils, beverage cans & bottles, uneaten foods, and the list goes on. Thousands and thousands of pounds of waste will needlessly end up in the local landfill by the end of summer. Discover the 7 Simple Steps to a Zero-waste picnic.

Spotlighting Lanette Findrych, founder of Cycle Dog Earth Friendly Pet Company™. A company that produces products from post-consumer recycled materials like bike inner tubes. Did you know every year, millions of bike tubes end up in landfills, what a waste. Cycle Dog has stepped in to the rescue and recovered tens of thousands of these tubes and transformed them into pet collars, leads, toys and more at their facility in Portland, Oregon. The goal at Cycle Dog is to create the world's best dog products with a focus on the environment and to raise awareness of the millions of bike tubes thrown into landfills every year.

Summer is here and folks are coming together with family, friends, and neighbors to enjoy picnics and celebrate the joy of summer. But, that means lots of trash will be generated; everything from paper & plastic plates, utensils, beverage cans & bottles, un-eaten foods, and the list goes on. In fact, Last week I went to the lake for a picnic with a group of my friends to attend a mini-high school reunion. It  was so much fun to connect, meet some of there new family members and just catch up on things that have been happening in life since the last time we saw each other. Yummy foods and fun conversations. But, the one thing I noticed was a few plastic shopping bags clipped to the end of the picnic table and folks were filling them with trash; paper plates, plastic silverware, leftover food and soda cans. Hear the rest of the story.  

Christine Mann is the founder of Wick-it Cool Candles. These handmade candles are eco-friendly and made from 100% soy wax, a renewable resource grown in the US. They burn cleaner and longer than other types of wax. They also have lead free cotton wicks and are poured into recyclable glass jars for the most eco-conscious consumers. These candles have also appeared at the Boston Flower and Garden Show. And have Won the “Innovation Rocks” award presented by the NH division of economic development in coordination with Rock 101 (WGIR-FM) to celebrate the creativity and ingenuity of NH innovators.

Discover how adding these 3 specific plants to your home or office can increase oxygen, filter air and boost your general health. Kamal Meattle ran an experiment at a New Delhi business park and discovered these plants not only cleaned the are, but improved human productivity by over 20%.

Jerelyn Wilson one of the founding owners of Building Green and the outreach director. Building green is an independent publishing company committed to bringing their members accurate, unbiased, and timely green design information. Since 1992 building professionals have gathered around BuildingGreen’s rich array of media and information, resources, including the award-winning Environmental Building News, Building Green suite of online tools, Green Spec directory of products, and LEED user web tools, so they can work smarter. not harder.  

Joining us today is Tom Champlin, Senior Solar Energy Consultant  at RGS Energy. Not only is RGS Energy a leading solar company, but they’re on a mission to bring the choice of cleaner, more affordable electricity to homeowners, businesses, and organizations of all kinds.     More than 35 years ago, RGS Energy – a Real Goods Solar Company – sold one of the very first solar panels to the public out of a small general store in Northern California. Since then, they’ve installed over 22,500 solar energy systems for homes, businesses, schools, government facilities, and utilities across the country, totaling more than 235 megawatts of clean energy. Now that is a lot to be proud of. Their tagline says it all “Clean Power, Bright Savings”.

Along with spotlighting green movement leaders, this podcast series also looks at different green issues and features cutting-edge green products, so you can enjoy living a greener lifestyle. In this episode I’m featuring 4 super cool gadgets that are powered by the sun: A solar powered entertainment lounger, a solar shower, a solar powered tent, and a port solar charger. The sun has more power than most of us even imagine and it’s pretty exciting to see how many new solar inventions are coming along. Visit GreenerbyChoice.com to see pictures.

Joining us today is Jay Ziskrout from Charitable Checkout. They are an online cause marketing platform that enables businesses and organizations of any size to launch social branded charitable giving programs that are both good for the world and for the business.

Joining us is Joanna Rueter from Sustainable Aging. Joanna is the most passionate woman I know when it comes to helping people have this conversation in a tender, caring, peaceful way and I just know you all are going to enjoy the many stories and resources she has to share with us today. This episode is talking about Sustainable Aging and the importance of having an honest discussions to share your wishes before an illness, accident or worst of all, a death occurs.     Did you know 82% of people say it’s important to put their wishes in writing, yet only 23% have actually done it. Today Let’s get the conversation started.

Bob Farnham, is better known as Bob The Green Guy. He is the “go to person” if you are looking for news and ideas about energy, transportation, and food, with a nice mix of politics. Bob and I connected up at the GMO Labeling signing party on the front steps of Vermont’s Capital building back on May 8th  . It was a history making day as we watched Gov Peter Shumlin sign the nations first GMO labeling bill into law. Bob was there streaming the event live for the world to watch. Bob has also been recognized by Gov Peter Shumlin and Andrea Stander, director of Rural Vermont with the Environmental Communicator award for his commitment to environmental communication.

Karen Steuer, MBA, owner of Hemlock Springs Soaps LLC, has been making soap since she was a little girl and now she has turned it into a successful company. She is going to share with you more about how soap is made and why the right ingredients matter so much.

Along with spotlighting green movement leaders, this Greener by Choice podcast series also looks at different green issues each week and highlights simple action steps you can take to enjoy living a greener lifestyle. In this episode you’ll receive 7 simple action steps for a hosting a Zero-waste picnic.