Author: Divas@72

According to Dr. Sheila Sahni, interventional cardiology fellow at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the UCLA Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Health Program (newsroom.ucla.edu),“Making heart-healthy lifestyle choices and taking control of your cardiovascular risk factors can help prevent or slow the progression of heart disease. Everyday decisions are important to cardiovascular health, she added, and so give yourself the gift of lifestyle changes that will benefit you through the year. Courtney gives us some important tips to manage your diet and exercise to maintain a healthy heart. Follow Courtney on Instagram @clgwellness and on her FaceBook page. For more shows go to malcolmpresents.com. Listen to the podcast on your favorite podcast app.

There is a connection between art and the environment. We need to pay attention to what is going on around us, as we are harming the water, land and air which gives us life. Many artists use natural surroundings in their work to capture emotions, which is essential to what they create. Nature can be a simple add on to a painting to convey a sense of depth, or perspective. We talk to our guest, artist Charlotte Ghiorse, a painter, video and performance artist, and a mom of three, about her vision, which gives purpose to her art and life. She is the creator of the House of ChoCLeT, and Sexy Astrology. We chat about her work as it relates to the storm culture, how the car culture affects the populace, especially during pandemic times and 4 ways to help reduce our carbon footprint and save energy. For more info go to houseofchoclet.com and Sexy Astrology on YouTube. Check out malcolmpresents.com and hudsonriverradio.com, and tweet us @tmshadesofgreen #RaiseYourEcoConsciousness

I mean, there is no point in sittin’ around and crying over spilt milk. Gotta move on.  Ted Turner (founder of CNN) 

So when you cry over spilt milk, what kind of milk is it? It could be almond milk, or soy or oat milk, but are these really milk? They are after all plant based, and not from a cow or goat or a yak. With so many options to choose from, it becomes confusing in terms of what will give us the most health benefits. In this episode, Courtney clarifies some of the confusion about the various milk alternatives on the market, so that we can make healthy choices. So moooove over cows, plant milk has arrived! Follow Courtney on Instagram @clgwellmess and on FB. Visit her website courtneygravenese.com, as well as malcolmpresents.com for past shows. A special shout out to Simba for his on camera antics with the milk cartons. He gave us a perrrrrfect performance! #MEOW and #BEWELL

There is something bigger than us, there is something that moves the spirit to right the wrongs, and take the higher road. Corporations and individuals must be held accountable for their actions when they disregard life, and poison the land. We must pull together to protect Mother Earth. There is no Planet B.

The following quote brings that obligation to light. “Extractive corporations, and the banks that finance them, are demanding government bailouts and the dismantling of environmental protections in the middle of a global pandemic and economic collapse. The idea that precious funds should bail out the world’s wealthiest corporations, not the people whose lives are at stake, is hard to fathom. This injustice is wrong”.  That quote is by Reverend Fletcher Harper, who is our guest in this episode.  Rev. Harper is GreenFaith’s Executive Director. We know that governments and financial institutions aren’t doing enough about climate change, and GreenFaith is moving to get the interfaith communities to be proactive in educating their congregations to be more sustainable, and lower their carbon footprint. For more info go to GreenFaith.org. Please subscribe to our podcast on all major platforms, and follow us on Instagram and Twitter @tmshadesofgreen. Also check out hudsonriverradio.com and malcolmpresents.com #RaiseYour EcoConsciousness

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The world needs people who explore and catalog nature. We as individuals must take time to explore the beauty around us and be more aware of our surroundings. We need to learn about who was on the land before us, and how they lived as keepers and guardians of the earth.  Our guest this week is Nohham R. Cachat-Schilling, who cares deeply for the earth, the trees, and all its creatures, and works to educate the citizenry about previous keepers of the land. He is a Medicine Elder, Bridge-in-the-Sky Medicine Circle, Opitemakaning Mawhihtit; as well as the Chair of the Massachusetts Ethical Archaeology Society. His keen awareness of nature and his vast knowledge of the contributions of those who were here before us, especially Native Indigenous People of the First Nations, gives us insight into the history of our predecessors, whom we often take for granted. We talk about the importance of balance and leaving the land clean and green for the Seven Generations to come. We also talk about preserving the Buttonhook Forest in the Town of New Castle, NY. For more information go to ethicarch.org and check out Bridge in the Sky Medicine Circle on FaceBook and [email protected] Also check out preservebuttonhook.org for more info on how you can help save this habitat, natural carbon sink and the Native American Ceremonial Sacred Stones. Tweet us @tmshadesofgreen #RaiseYourEcoConsciousness

How do you spread the message about the benefits of healthy plant-based eating and why do people choose to eat plant-based? How do you obtain balanced nutrition, and how can you make the transition to more healthy eating and still satisfy your appetite? What’s in a plant based diet, and is  Beyond Meat a viable option? While we want to encourage people to eat more plant based foods, it has to be done with eyes wide open. Many of the newer trendy products have a lot of filler vs protein, and because of the way they are processed, some of these products have questionable impacts on the environment. Courtney gives us some good insight into plant based foods, the good, the bad, the ugly and the nutritious. For more information follow Courtney on Facebook, follow her on Instagram @clgwellness. For more shows go to malcolmpresents.com. Podcasts are available on Apple and Spotify.

Fossil fuels are contributing to a warming planet, pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and more. Oil execs want to extract all the dino goop, until there is nothing left. We need to get the message out that this is no longer acceptable. The youth movement is setting the stage, along with local grass roots efforts in communities, which take matters into their own hands and work with their citizens to help change habits, and put plans into effect that reduce carbon emissions. One such group is Croton 100, and our guest Patty Buchanan is working to get the community active in programs that will lead to a cleaner, greener planet. For more info go to croton100.org. Subscribe to our podcast on Spotify, Apple, iHeart Radio, Spreaker.com and more. A shout out to hudsonriverradio.com and malcolmpresents.com and The Green Divas! #RaiseYourEcoConsciousness

It’s good to keep staples in your pantry, such as garlic, onions, potatoes, spices, herbs, pasta, beans and more. Keeping your pantry well stocked with healthy foods, is an important factor in eating well.  What foods keep the best, freeze the best, and stay fresher in the fridge, and for how long? In this episode, Courtney gives us terrific info on the best way to stock your pantry with healthful foods, and why it is important to take stock of what’s in your pantry, fridge and freezer. 

 The late American Civil Rights activist James Farmer, Jr. once said “If we do not save the environment, then whatever we do in civil rights, will be of no meaning, because then we will have the equality of extinction.” Environmental history, politics, economics and social issues are all intertwined. From FDR’s New Deal to the Green New Deal, politics extends into environmental issues, and those who represent us in government need to heed the warning, that we must act now to protect and preserve the planet. Time is of the essence. Our guest on this episode is Neil M. Maher, Professor of History and Master Teacher in the Federated History Department at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers University-Newark. Neil is working to help protect the planet through his scholarship and his teachings, which explore how the natural environment has mediated power relationships between people over time. He is an award-winning author, instructor, and public speaker interested in the environmental and political history of the United States. His most recent books include Apollo in the Age of Aquarius (Harvard University Press, 2017) and Nature’s New Deal: The Civilian Conservation Corps and the Roots of the American Environmental Movement (Oxford University Press). For more info go to https://www.neilmaher.com/ For past shows go to malcolmpresents.com, hudsonriverradio.com and themanyshadesofgreen.com #RaiseYourEcoConsciousness

Maya K van Rossum has dedicated her life to being the “voice of the Delaware River” and protector of Mother Earth. Maya is the Delaware Riverkeeper and is currently working to empower individuals across the nation to stand up for their environmental rights by pioneering the Green Amendment Movement. The movement began in 2017 in conjunction with the writing of her book The Green Amendment: Securing our Rights to a Healthy Environment. Maya and her organization recently helped achieve passage of The Green Amendment, also known as the  Environmental Rights Amendment (ERA) in New York State, which has been added to the NYS Bill of Rights. It has also been passed in Pennsylvania and Montana. Maya is working to get the Green Amendment passed in Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, and West Virginia. There is clearly a lot of work to do and Maya is determined to get the Green Amendment passed every state in the U.S. For more info go to forthegenerations.org and delawareriverkeeper.org. For more shows go to malcolmpresents.com and hudsonriverradio.com Tweet us @tmshadesofgreen #RaiseYourEcoConsciousness

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As we slip into a New Year, what can we do to improve our health, fitness and wellbeing? What can we do to speed things up? Maybe speeding up our workout routines and following what the Sweds call Fartleks will inspire us. In this episode, Courtney explains how we can customize our workout routines, using different methods, including moving at a faster pace. For past shows go to malcolmpresents.com. Follow Courtney on her Facebook page, Courtney on Health, on Instagram @clgwellness, and visit her webpage courtneygravenese.com. Tweet us your thoughts @tmshadesofgreen

Every year about this time, we think about the past year, and look to the new year with a fresh perspective. During these pandemic times we need to be hopeful that things will get better. We have all had some tough moments during the past 12 months, but the calendar will flip over and we need to make some changes. What new goals do we have? Can we push forward into the coming year with a positive attitude and fresh ideas? What will be trending in the coming year? Courtney gives us some ideas for what we can do to set goals for the new year, along with some food trends for 2022 and what we can do to maintain our physical and mental well being. Have a Happy Healthy New Year from all of us at Courtney on Health!

For more info, follow Courtney on Health on FaceBook, @clgwellness on Instagram and on the web at courtneygravenese.com. Check out past shows on malcolmpresents.com and tweet us your thoughts @tmshadesofgreen