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April 26, 2022
Creating a Sustainable Airline with Jacqueline Drumheller
Jacqueline Drumheller is the sustainability manager for Alaska Airlines, where she is on a mission to make her company the aviation leader in environmental stewardship. Prior to joining Alaska Airlines in 1997, she worked in both the environmental consulting industry as well as hazardous waste management, treatment and disposal industry. During her career, she has […]
April 19, 2022
Talking to Hollywood’s Mr. Environment, Ed Begley, Jr.
Inspired by the works of his Academy Award-winning father, Ed Begley Jr. became an actor. He first came to audiences’ attention for his portrayal of Dr. Victor Ehrlich on the long-running hit television series St. Elsewhere, for which he received six Emmy nominations. Since then, Ed has moved easily among feature, television and theatre projects. […]
April 12, 2022
Designing Products with Recycling in Mind with John Taylor
John Taylor is vice president of public affairs and communications for LG Electronics USA, Inc., and its U.S. research subsidiary, Zenith Electronics, a long-time leader in digital HDTV. As LG’s senior U.S. industry relations and government affairs executive, and head of the LG Washington office, John represents the company before the U.S. government. Since 2000, […]
April 5, 2022
Being Green is Easy with Neil LeBlanc
Neil began his professional career at the Walker Magnetics Group in 1978. Over his 20-year career at WMG, he held a variety of sales and marketing positions. In 1998, he joined Caterpillar Inc., where he is still employed today. Neil is the Commercial Manager of a strategic business unit, which manufactures products used by Caterpillar’s […]
March 31, 2022
Sustainable Life at Home with Lorna Montalvo
Lorna joined IKEA in 2008 as the Local Marketing Manager for New York City, after previously working as a reporter for the Bronx Times Reporter/ NY Post/Newscorp and a Press Secretary Assistant for the Office of Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion. With IKEA, Lorna works with key local community partners, politicians, local businesses and influencers […]
March 29, 2022
One Tough Out with Rod Carew
Rod Carew is a baseball Hall of Famer who played for the Minnesota Twins and California Angels. He won 7 AL batting titles, was a 18x All Star, the 1967 AL rookie of the year, and 1977 AL MVP. After retirement he has dedicated his life to ending childhood cancer in partnership with Pediatric Cancer […]
March 24, 2022
Taking a Holistic Approach to Sustainability with Joy Lehman
Joy Lehman is the Global Sustainability Manager at The Hertz Corporation. Throughout her three-plus years with the company, she has been responsible for the development and implantation of the company’s global sustainability strategies that aim to improve the company’s environmental performance, sustainable transport options, increase efficiency, reduce costs and position the company as an industry […]
March 22, 2022
Beauty On Demand with Yazmin Cavale
Yazmin Cavale is the co-founder and CEO of GLOW, the first and only on-demand beauty app in Alabama that brings hair, makeup, and spray tan experts straight to your home. Yaz has amassed experience in the beauty industry over the past 22 years, working for major beauty brands – including Laura Mercier, Estee Lauder, and […]
March 17, 2022
Making Sustainability Part of the DNA with Lise Asimont
Lise Asimont started her career in the wine industry while studying anthropology at Saint Mary’s College of California. She devoted a junior thesis to the inner-workings of a small winery in the Russian River Valley. While there, she developed a love for winegrowing and went on to study with the Environmental Horticulture graduate group at […]
March 15, 2022
Self-discovery and Truth with Leo Carver
Author of Growing Consciousness, Leo Carver (Dwarn L. Carver, Jr.), has been teaching meditation, yoga, ayurveda, natural herbalism, and other holistic wellness techniques for the past decade. He graduated from The Chopra Center (Dr. Deepak Chopra’s Wellness Education Center) with a certification in Ayurveda and works closely with his wife, keynote Chopra Center speaker Dr. […]
March 10, 2022
Reducing Beverage Industry Waste with Nirit Hurwitz
John Shegerian: Welcome back to Green is Good. We’re so excited to have with us today Nirit Hurwitz. She’s the Global Brand Building Communications Manager for SodaStream International. Welcome to Green is Good, Nirit. Nirit Hurwitz: Thank you for having me. John: You know, Nirit, before we get into talking about SodaStream USA and all […]
March 8, 2022
The Dream, The Struggle, The Victory with Rudy Ruettiger
Against all odds on a gridiron in South Bend, Indiana, Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger in twenty seven seconds, carved his name into history books as perhaps the most famous graduate of the University of Notre Dame. The son of an oil refinery worker and third of 14 children, Rudy rose from valleys of discouragement and despair […]
