Previous Impact Episodes
Impact with John Shegerian produces new episodes every week. Visit regularly to explore our archive of past conversations below.
Making Greener Cars by Cutting Energy Usage with General Motors’ Michael Robinson
GM is reducing the amount of energy needed to produce its new cars, which helps the environment and cuts costs for the company and its customers.
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The Benefits of an All-Natural Beverage with O.N.E. Drinks’ Rodrigo Veloso
Due to its all-natural health benefits, coconut water is now the fastest-growing nonalcoholic beverage in the U.S.
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Producing Beverages Sustainably with DonQ Rum’s Roberto Serrallés, Ph.D.
Sourcing local power is a big plus for the for DonQ, but the reduced dependence on foreign oil is a major eco-boon.
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Saving Trees and Shunning Landfills with Rent a Green Box’s Spencer Brown
Rent a Green Box’s proprietary boxes last 400 uses and are delivered and picked up using the company’s biofueled fleet.
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Creating a Closed-Loop Shoe with Okabashi Shoes’ Brad LaPorte
Okabashi shoes are made of 100% recycled Microplast, a carefully selected mixture of waste materials, and the company encourages users to return old pairs to recycle once more into new products.
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Connecting Food, Water and Waste Management with The Ecology Center’s Evan Marks
The Ecology Center focuses on connecting food systems, water systems and waste management systems in a sustainable and healthy way.
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Understanding Our World by Watching Birds with Audubon California’s Graham Chisholm
With some 10,000 avian species on earth, there are never-ending opportunities to see something new and exciting. The Audubon Society is in place to help maintain these species’ habitats.
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Solving Complex Global Issues with Buckminster Fuller Challenge’s Elizabeth Thompson
Elizabeth Thompson is the Executive Director of Buckminster Fuller Challenge program, which awards a $100,000 prize annually to a proposal for a likely solution to a major global issue. The program is unique in that it presents a large-scale award annually without specifically denoting a given issue that needs solving. Applicants for the Buckminster Fuller…
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Examining Critical Environmental Issues with George Black of ‘OnEarth’
George Black is the Executive Editor of the NRDC’s OnEarth magazine, a quarterly publication that examines critical environmental issues worldwide. Paramount in the magazine’s focus is climate change and its globe-spanning implications. Black claims that climate change perceptions are different throughout the world, with some countries — including the U.S. — still burdened with climate…
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Growing a Recycling Empire with Greenstar Recycling’s Matt Delnick
Greenstar Recycling debuted in the U.S. in 2007 and now has 15 processing sites in North America.
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Greening the Sporting World with NRDC’s Allen Hershkowitz
Sporting events provide many opportunities to positively influence fan bases around the nation.
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Discussing New Developments in the E-waste Industry with Electronic Waste Journal’s Ismail Oyekan
Ismail Oyekan returns to “Green is Good” having launched a new e-waste trade publication, Electronic Waste Journal. Oyekan started the publication, which debuted this spring, as part of his quest to further his e-waste knowledge. He previously spoke on the show in 2010 about the International Electronics Recycling Conference and Expo (held next on May…
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