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Greening Northern NJ with Meadowlands Commission’s Debbie Lawlor

Debbie Lawlor, New Jersey Meadowlands Commission Chief Sustainability Officer, helps to control the zoning and planning of the Meadowlands region of northern New Jersey, less than 10 miles west of New York City. Lawlor’s background is in sustainable regional planning. In 2006, she helped to implement green-building guidelines with incentivized zoning. “The Meadowlands likes to […]

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Training and Advising Green Business in France with Entreprendre Vert’s Frédéric Benhaim

Frédéric Benhaim, a self-proclaimed “eco-nerd,” speaks to John and Mike from Paris. Benhaim co-founded the nonprofit company Entreprendre Vert, a 250-member green entrepreneur organization. “[When I was young,] I saw this green business movement start to pick up,” Benhaim recalls. “When we started out in 2005, I was 22, and I was really passionate in […]

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Capturing the Plastic Bag Reduction Story with ‘Bag It’ Filmmakers Suzan Beraza and Jeb Berrier

Suzan Beraza, a documentary filmmaker, began research for a short documentary on plastic bag reduction in small Colorado towns before her findings quickly snowballed into the concept for Bag It, an award-winning film now working through the film festival circuit. Jeb Berrier, the “everyman” whose tale of plastic exploration the film follows, admitted not really […]

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Discussing the Hollywood Greening Process with Eco Consulting * Eco Media’s Paige Donner

Paige Donner wears many eco-hats: humanitarian, filmmaker, journalist, founder of the Green Blog Network and more. While Donner is based in Los Angeles, she travels all over the globe, investigating how the media conveys eco-news and awareness. “We’re all together on this planet,” Donner says. “[We share] more similarities than differences. It’s not that you […]