Category: Environment

  Is that cheeseburger in paradise organic? Should it be? While we want to eat healthy, we also want to indulge on occasión. What do we know about what’s inside that cheeseburger? Was the cattle grain fed with no pesticides or growth hormones? Did the livestock roam free, or were they locked side by side in a giant facility with little space to move? When we see meat or eggs with a USDA organic certification, should we feel safer knowing that it was grown or raised under higher standards? Courtney gives us valuable information about organic v conventional foods. For more info follow Courtney on Facebook and on Instagram @clgwellness. For more shows go to malcolmpresents.com and tweet us your thoughts @tmshadesofgreen

What is the difference between climate and weather?  What is the root cause of global warming, and what do corporations and humans have to do with it? NASA has confirmed that humans are causing the rise in greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. Our guest, Dr. Rachel Licker, a senior climate scientist  with the Climate and Energy Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, gives us factual scientific information about the climate crisis, and the NASA report.  For more information go to Union of Concerned Scientists at ucsusa.org. Check out more shows on hudsonriverradio.com and malcolmpresents.com. Tweet us your thoughts @tmshadesofgreen. A shout out to my Green Diva Sistas @ thegreendivas.com

 Our guest on this episode is John Oppermann, who helps bring Mother Earth into our hearts and our soul, and treats every day as Earth Day. John is the Executive Director of Earth Day Initiative.  He manages the breadth of Earth Day Initiative and activities, from its large-scale annual Earth Day events to its year-round programs, including the 2020 Earth Day 50 virtual event which featured Bill Nye, Al Gore, Elizabeth Warren, climate scientists and activists. John hosts the organization’s Parts Per Million podcast, as well as frequent virtual sessions and discussions for corporate and community partners, with a variety of experts and activists. He has also taught a course titled Marketing Green Homes at NYU, and he has been featured as an expert on sustainability topics by a variety of media outlets, including the Guardian, MSNBC.com, the Washington Post, and the New York Times. For more information go to earthdayinitiative.org and Do Just 1 Thing. Go to HudsonRiverRadio.com and MalcolmPresents.com for more shows. A shout out to my Green Diva sistas @thegreendivas. Tweet me @tmshadesofgreen

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Let’s start with the fact that we don’t always know what is lurking in our refrigerators or when certain foods go bad. My metric is, if it smells bad, it’s tossed. Most people know there are expiration dates on bottles, cans, cartons, but when are fresh veggies, fruits and meat past their prime?  Are food expiration dates even accurate, and can we still eat what’s in the carton past its sell by or use before date? How long will the picnic basket last in the sun until the mayo becomes toxic?  Recently, we have had to think twice about tainted romaine lettuce and onions, or if the chemicals sprayed on the tomatoes and other produce will make us sick. Food recalls seem to pop into the news on a daily basis. How can we protect ourselves from what parasite or coliform bacteria-E-coli might be in our food?  We love to eat, but we must be extra careful these days at what we are buying, and what we are putting into our bodies. Salmonella in meat and poultry, e-coli in lettuce and more all lead to a food system that has defects, and thus we must be aware of food that can adversely affect our heath. On this show, Courtney discusses food safety.  Should we chow down or chuck out our food? For more info follow Courtney on Health on FaceBook and on Instagram @clgwellness. Check out more shows on Malcolmpresents.com and tweet us your thoughts @tmshadesofgreen

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun and I say, it’s alright…

Those are some good words by George Harrison that fit nicely into this episode, which is how do we harness energy from the sun. Our guest, Rand Manasse, gives us some great info about solar energy. Rand is the Chief Operating Officer at Sunrise Solar Solutions. We talk about the steps needed to install solar in your home or office, and where power comes from when you turn on the lights. Find out about micro grids, community solar and more. Rand has vast knowledge about solar power, as well as a great deal of expertise in finance. He is the author of several articles on business topics, such as integrated manufacturing solutions and business networking. Rand has advised over 300 clients including Marvel Entertainment,  Readers Digest, The New York Metropolitan Transit Authority, Arby’s, PepsiCo, Guinness and more. We can harness the sun and reduce our carbon footprint, and Rand helps us take a step closer to that goal by working to get solar energy into homes, offices and other spaces. For more info go to sunrisesolarllc.com. Check out hudsonriverradio.com and malcolmpresents.com to hear past shows. Tweet us @tmshadesofgreen. #RaiseYourEcoConsciousness

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Our guest in this episode is attorney, author and artist Susan L. Pollet, who has been practicing law for over forty years. Susan’s experience in family law has given her a deep perspective into what women deal with to keep their heads above water. Her latest book entitled Women in Crisis-Stories from the Edge, consists of stories about women patients of an accomplished woman psychiatrist, whose experiences exemplify challenges faced by many women, to varying degrees. Susan recites a poem she wrote about the environment, and we discuss the question of how to deal with flirtation, its generational nature, as well what effects it is having on the #MeToo era. In her first novel, LESSONS IN SURVIVAL: ALL ABOUT AMOS, Susan created the collage for the book cover, and also painted the portrait which appears on the cover of this novel. For more information go to susanpollet.com and adelaidebooks.org. For past shows go to HudsonRiverRadio.com and malcolmpresents.com. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram and tweet us @tmshadesofgreen

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Snacks glorious snacks, no car trip is complete without packing chips, granola bars, cookies, apples, nuts and assorted chocolate. For the health conscious chocoholics, there is now a vegan Kit Kat bar. Here is an interesting fact: the global snacks market was valued at 439.9 billion dollars in 2018 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.2% from 2019 to 2025. We all get cravings for food in between our meals, and whether it’s a coffee break or a bedtime snack, we need to grab something sweet, salty, crunchy to satisfy the hunger we seem to get before or after mealtimes. Is there such a thing as a healthy snack, and what is our body telling us when we pillage around at midnight for cookies and milk? Courtney gives us some good tips for healthy snacking. Follow Courtney on Instagram @clgwellness and on FaceBook, for more shows go to malcolmpresents.com and tweet us your thoughts or questions @tmshadesofgreen