Swag is a slang word that generally means to have or do something that is “cool”. This term is often used to describe a person, but S.W.A.G also stands for Stuff We All Get, and generally describes give-aways such as samples or promotional items provided by companies at conventions or events. The ultimate SWAG is most likely the gift bag presented at the Oscars, which in 2018 exceeded $100,000. So let’s figure that we need to change the opulence of some swag, and provide companies who want to promote themselves or their products, with environmentally sourced, and eco-friendly manufactured products. Enter our guest this week, Gia Machlin, who started the company EcoPlum, which is paving the way to sustainable swag, and sells eco friendly promotional products to companies, universities and organizations. Gia also started a non-profit called Sustainable Sisters, which connects women business owners with projects that help women and girls affected by climate change. For more info check out ecoplum.com. Tweet us @tmshadesofgreen, and check out more shows on hudsonriverradio.com and malcolmpresents.com, as well as thegreendivas.com.
Category: Environment
Courtney on Health Let’s talk about Snacks
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
How to Teach Your Kids about Climate Change with guest Harriet Shugarman
Our guest this week, Harriet Shugarman, wrote the book, How to Talk to Your Kids About Climate Change:Turning Angst into Action, which provides tools and strategies for parents to explain the climate emergency to their children and galvanize positive action. Harriet is the Executive Director of ClimateMama, a professor of Climate Change and Society and World Sustainability, and Chair of the Climate Reality Project, NYC Metro Chapter. She is a nationally recognized influencer, connector, and trusted messenger for parents on solutions to our climate crisis. Harriet is a recipient of the prestigious Climate Reality Green Ring Award, and has been praised by Al Gore as “an outstanding Climate Reality Leader, who has demonstrated an exceptional commitment to her role as a climate communicator and activist.” For more info go to ClimateMama.com, climaterealityproject.org, malcolmpresents.com and HudsonRiverradio.com. Tweet us your thoughts @tmshadesofgreen #RaiseYourEcoConsciousness
Listen to “Harriet Shugarman – the Climate Mama” on Spreaker.Courtney on Health Where is the Sugar in Your Food Hiding?
Sugar, Honey, Honey,You are my candy girl and you got me wanting you!
That is part of the lyric to the tune Sugar, Sugar by the Archies. Yep, people sing about sugar, people crave sugar, because everyone has a sweet tooth. We eat many foods that contain sugar, but we don’t realize it, as sugars go by different names. Fructose, Galactose(sounds like a city in Star Wars), Maltose and Sucrose are different names for sugar. We need to be aware of what kinds of sugars are in certain foods, especially processed food, so we know what we are taking into our bodies. Courtney gives us great information about sugar, the good, the bad, and the facts. Follow Courtney on Instagram @clgwellness and on FaceBook. Tweet us @tmshadesofgreen and go to malcolmpresents.com for past shows.
IF WE ARE WHAT WE EAT, WE WOULD ALL BE SWEET!
Joy Rose, Super Mom of Super Bowl Champion Ali Marpet, is a Mom Who Rocks
Super Mom Joy Rose talks about her now Super Bowl 55 Champion son, Ali Marpet. Joy also shares a poem, talks about The Museum of Motherhood, Moms Who Rock, her band Housewives on Prozac, and much more. Always be nice to your Mama! For more info go to mommuseum.org, hudsonriverradio.com, malcolmpresents.com. Tweet us your thoughts @tmshadesofgreen.com. #RaiseYourEcoConsciousness
Anjie Cho Feng Shui Guru gives us tips to help us live in balance and harmony in our spaces
A QUOTE BY JONAS ERIKSSON “MY VIEW ON FENG SHUI: DON’T PUT YOUR BED IN FRONT OF THE DOOR BECAUSE YOU WON’T GET IN.”
MY GUEST THIS WEEK IS ANJIE CHO. ANJIE IS A FENG SHUI GURU. SHE IS THE AUTHOR OF HOLISTIC SPACES: 108 WAYS TO CREATE A MINDFUL, PEACEFUL HOME. ANJIE OPERATES THE MINDFUL DESIGN FEND SHUI SCHOOL, HOSTS AND PRODUCES THE HOLISTIC SPACES PODCAST AND WORKS TO BRING HEALING, BALANCE AND ENERGY INTO YOUR HOMES, OFFICES AND LIVES. SO PUT SOME FENG INTO YOUR SHUI AND TUNE IN. FOR MORE INFO GO TO HOLISTICSPACES.COM, HUDSONRIVERRADIO.COM, AND MALCOLMPRESENTS.COM. TWEET US YOUR THOUGHTS @TMSHADESOFGREEN. #RAISEYOURECOCONSCIOUSNESS
Listen to “Architect and feng shui expert Anjie Cho” on Spreaker.
Courtney on Health Core Part Deux
Courtney focused on standing core exercises last week, so this week, it’s Core Part Deux, and she will take it down to the floor for mat based work. So get down on your gluteus maximus, and shake your booty, as it will help stabilize your spine and create better body movement. For more info check out Courtney on Health on Facebook and follow her on Instagram @clgwellneess. For more shows also check out malcolmpresents.com
Courtney on Health It’s All About the Core
This episode deals with strengthening your core. It’s good to do sit-ups and pushups, however, core exercises are an important part of a healthy fitness regimen, which are often neglected. Your core muscles — the muscles around your trunk and pelvis — are a key to good health.
Core exercises improve your balance and stability
Core exercises don’t require specialized equipment or a gym membership
Strong core muscles make it easier to do most physical activities
Core exercises can help you reach your fitness goals
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Which of these world leaders Al Gore, Hillary Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev, called our guest Lianne Sorkin a Goddess? The Answer is in the listening.
Lianne Sorkin has traveled the world and has taken action to create solutions to climate change, social justice and violence against women. She has over 40 years experience as a live and virtual event executive producer, meeting facilitator and international project manager for the United Nations. She has lived in Japan, and is fluent in Japanese, and was the UN’s liaison for the Secretary General of the 4th World Women’s Conference in Beijing to the First Ladies, including Hillary Clinton. Lianne works with Project Drawdown, Pachamama Alliance, and the UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women. For more info go to drawdown.org, pachamama.org, 350NYC.org and HudsonRiverRadio.com
Listen to “The Many Shades of Green” on Spreaker.TMSOG with Guest Maya van Rossum, Delaware Riverkeeper and initiator of The Green Amendment Movement
Our guest is Maya van Rossum who has dedicated her life to being the “voice of the Delaware River.” She has taken on industry, government, and even the U.S. Army, preventing harm to the River, communities, and environments she so bravely champions. Maya is currently working to empower individuals across the nation to stand up for their environmental rights by pioneering the Green Amendment Movement. She has written a book called The Green Amendment: Securing Our Right to a Healthy Environment. In 2013, Maya and her organization achieved a major victory in the landmark case, Robinson Township, Delaware Riverkeeper Network, v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The case, decided by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, revived the state’s long-ignored Constitutional Environmental Rights Amendment, empowering it to protect the people’s right to pure water, clean air, and a healthy environment. Maya has also inspired some musicians, and a group called The Donuts wrote a song in her name, titled “Maya van Rossum’s Blues,” which is about an oil spill that spewed 165,000 gallons of heavy crude into the Delaware. For more information go to forthegenerations.org, delawareriverkeeper.org, to hear more shows go to malclompresents.com and tweet us your thoughts @tmshadesofgreen
The Many Shades of Green first episode of 2021 with guest Syd Mandelbaum, founder of Rock and Wrap it Up
As we face the fall out from a pandemic with increased unemployment leading to more food insecurity, we rely on organizations to get us through these challenging times. Our guest this week is Syd Mandelbaum, who has been on the forefront in helping those in need for for nearly three decades. Syd is the founder of Rock and Wrap it Up, and award winning poverty think tank established to honor his parents, who were holocaust survivors. Since 1991, Rock and Wrap it Up has fed over 1 billion people who deal with hunger. Other projects within RWU include Hannah’s Project, which helps provide feminine hygiene products to woman and girls in need, and Feed the Veterans Database, to help men and women who served our country. For more information go to rockandwrapitup.org. Check out more shows about the environment and social justice by visiting malcolmpresents.com, thegreendivas.com (50Shades of Green Divas), HudsonRiverRadio.com #RaiseYourEcoConsciousness
Courtney on Health Functional Foods
2021 IS HERE, AND GOOD RIDDANCE TO 2020. WE ARE STILL IN COVID TIMES, SO WHAT WE EAT TO BUILD OUR IMMUNITY IS IMPORTANT. A GOOD PLACE TO START IS WITH THE TOPIC OF FUNCTIONAL FOODS. WE NEED TO THINK OF FOODS AND DIETS THAT HAVE A PURPOSE, AND THEREFORE SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT FOODS GIVE US BETTER IMMUNITY. MY MOM WOULD ALWAYS SAY “EAT YOUR VEGGIES AND DRINK YOUR FRESH ORANGE JUICE.” SHE WAS SO RIGHT. WE MUST LOOK AT THE INGREDIENTS IN OUR FOOD, AND KNOW THE ORIGIN AND WHO IS GROWING WHAT WE EAT. SO WE NEED TO EAT FOODS WITH PURPOSE and FUNCTION. COURTNEY GIVES US IMPORTANT INFO ON FUNCTIONAL FOODS, WHAT IS GOOD FOR US, WHAT IS TRENDING. TAKE A LISTEN. FOR MORE INFO CHECK OUT @CLGWELLNESS ON INSTAGRAM AND MALCOLMPRESENTS.COM. TWEET ME @TMSHADESOFGREEN