Providing ideas to help make the world a better place for this and future generations
It’s that time of year again, when consumerism and family collide into what we call the holiday season. To help you incorporate sustainable choices into your gift giving, decorations and food, we’ve invited Elissa Olin from Green in BKLYN, Ashley Spivak from Clean Plates and Eva Radke of Film Biz Recycling to share their tips and ideas. greeninbklyn.com, cleanplates.com & filmbizrecycling.org
“Green is Gold” is a classic book, offering a roadmap to companies worldwide to create value from environmental strategy. The author of that book, Andrew Winston, is my guest this week, and his latest book entitled, “The Big Pivot: Radically Practical Strategies for a Hotter, Scarcer and More Open World” focuses on how businesses must deal with climate change to create more sustainability driven innovation. Tune in to find out what the Big Pivot is, and how it will help companies adapt and adjust their practices to become better stewards of the environment. For more information visit andrewwinston.com
Features Adam Friedman, Director of the Pratt Center for Community Development.
#1210: Adam Friedman of Pratt Center for Community Development
Features co-founders Donna Zimmerman & Daniel Meredith of BBOX Radio, Brooklyn’s new community radio station.
Features Jeff Hittner, co-founder of Ethikus, a blog and online community of ethical consumers that support stores and restaurants that are doing good.
Features Paula Maia, co-owner of Oak Wine Bar where she combines food, health and ecological principles.
Features Marilyn Gelber, President of the Brooklyn Community Foundation. She talks about the role of the Foundation, which is to improve the lives of Brooklynites by investing in the people and organizations that understand local needs. This is done by education and by making grants both on a small and large scale to encourage the entrepreneurial spirit of the people of Brooklyn.
