Episodes
Monday Oct 29, 2018
Fast and Cheap Fashion: The Disastrous Consequences of the Clothing Industry
Monday Oct 29, 2018
Monday Oct 29, 2018
In honor of the San Francisco Green Film Festival, we are covering a handful of outstanding documentaries, new films that are as brilliantly produced as they are critical to know as they are – hopefully – shaping our society and our way of life. We are starting today with Riverblue - a close look at the unbelievable environmental implications of fast and cheap fashion. The destruction is so extreme, overwhelming, and so visible, that even our show title, usually a hopeful note, speaks of the insane conditions in which the world produces garments. Host Helge Hellberg is interviewing both the Director and Producer of Riverblue in this week's episode.
Guest:
David McIlvride, Writer and Director, Riverblue
Roger Williams, Producer and Director, Riverblue
Monday Oct 22, 2018
Monday Oct 22, 2018
What would our society be without women? Impossible to comprehend, right? And yet, women have been marginalized for hundreds and hundreds of years, fighting long and hard for equal pay, for voting rights, for a true recognition of their value in business, their leadership, and their critical role in society. Tiffany Shlain's film 50/50 explores the 10,000-year history of women + power and asks, what’s it going to take to get to a 50/50 world — not just in politics and boardrooms, but truly shifting the gender balance to be better for everyone?
Guest:
Tiffany Shlain, Director, 50/50: Rethinking the Past, Present, and Future of Women + Power, Mill Valley, CA
Monday Oct 15, 2018
Affordable Preschool Education: Learning in Outdoor Classrooms
Monday Oct 15, 2018
Monday Oct 15, 2018
Can education be fun, safe, safe and affordable - even for low-income families? A new preschool is using outdoor classrooms to provide quality education in reading, math, and science; made affordable for families and designed to give children a joyful, nature-rich childhood – one full of play, exploration, and wonder.
Guest:
Andrew Jay, CEO, Tiny Trees Preschool, Seattle, WA
Monday Oct 08, 2018
The Independent Farmstead: Living Successfully Off the Land
Monday Oct 08, 2018
Monday Oct 08, 2018
Many people, especially young folks, are dreaming of their own small piece of land, self-supported, away from the stresses of the city, to live a lifestyle of peace, based on a deep relationship to nature and self. Today, we are learning what it takes to make that dream a reality from people who have done it.
Guests:
Shawn & Beth Dougherty, Co-Authors, The Independent Farmstead, The Sow's Ear, Ohio
*Originally Aired January 20, 2017
Monday Oct 01, 2018
Clean Drinking Water: The Power of Knowing
Monday Oct 01, 2018
Monday Oct 01, 2018
Governmental agencies are in place to make absolutely sure that we are protected, and that we are able to live lives that are healthy, and safe. The drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan, brought forward a picture that one can adopt to many other products and public safety areas, from drugs, to air, and food, just to name a few. So how safe are we, really? Today we’ll talk with an expert who has made public safety his career, and we’ll learn what we can do ourselves to make sure that – in this case – our water is 100% safe to drink.
Guest:
Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, Founder & Executive Director, Toxin Alert, McLean, VA