Features Amanda Gentile, Director of Development and Communication of GROW NYC, a hands-on non-profit working to build sustainable communities through farming, education and community action.
Category: Environment
#1222: David Braun of United for Action
Features David Braun, President and Co-Founder of United For Actionand the National Grassroots Coalition
#1221: Thelma Thomas of Elders Share the Arts
Features Thelma Thomas, Artistic Director of Pearls of Wisdom, a program of Elders Share the Arts, based in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. She is also a founding member of the African Folks Heritage Circle and an extraordinary storyteller.
#1220: Ben Shuldiner of the Highschool for Public Service
Features Ben Shuldiner, an educator, social activist, and founder and Principal of The Highschool for Public Service in Wingate, Brooklyn. The school serves as a flagship model for how sustainable practices interconnect with education in public school, and boasts a 10,000 sq. ft.vegetable farm on the front lawn in partnership with Green Guerillas and BK Farmyards.
#1219: Ken Gale of Eco-Logic
Features Ken Gale, environmentalist, comic book afficionado and host of Eco-Logic on WBAI 99.5 FM in New York City.
#1218: Jeff Hittner of Ethikus and Shop Your Values Week
Features Jeff Hittner, co-founder of Ethikus, an online community of ethical consumers and businesses, helping people discover ethical and sustainable shops in New York City, particularly small, local businesses.
#1217: Marilyn Elie of Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition
Features Marilyn Elie, co-founder of the Westchester Citizens Awareness Network and an original member of the Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition.
#1216: Activist and Musician Sharon Abreu
Sharon Abreu who is a vocalist, activist, educator and executive director of Irthlingz, an organization that uses music and multi-media entertainment as tools to educate people about the environment.
#1215: Eco-Engineer Rand Weeks
Features Rand Weeks of Alternative Energy Design Associates, an eco-engineer who creates eco-power systems and helps to restore ecological systems especially as they apply to reef renewal. Oysters included.
#1214: Mallory Sustick of Plovgh
Features Community Manager Mallory Sustick of Plovgh, a Brooklyn-based farmshare organization that connects farmers and consumers, allowing consumers to pick up their choice of farm-fresh foods in their neighborhood, the same day it was picked.
#1213: Activist and Musician Mitch Margo
Features Mitch Margo, an activist, and professional singer/songwriter since age 14. His band The Tokens, recorded 1961 billboard #1 hit “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” and continues to record and perform today.
#1212: Peter Rugh of OWS Environmental Solidarity Workgroup
Features Peter Rugh, facilitator of the Occupy Wall Street Environmental Solidarity WorkGroup and chair of the action committee to shut down Indian Point nuclear plant.