Previous Shows
Impact with John Shegerian produces new episodes every week. Visit regularly to explore our archive of past conversations below.
February 9, 2011
Creating Eco-Awareness Campuswide with UNT’s Dr. Todd Spinks
Dr. Spinks brings extensive environmental experience to UNT, including working for the EPA in Dallas-Ft. Worth on climate change effects and awareness.
February 7, 2011
Utilizing Electricity More Efficiently with Schneider Electric’s Shon Anderson
More than 51% of all electricity is wasted, and Schneider is changing that stat to reflect a more effective grid. Now the company is turning its focus to the University of North Texas.
January 28, 2011
The Beauty of the Right Ingredients with Kiss My Face’s Bob MacLeod
Bob MacLeod co-founded Kiss My Face after simply being inspired by a generous bar of olive oil soap in Upstate New York in the late 1970s. After a year or so of making natural soaps, earth-friendly lotion followed, and the company began an unintentional eco-revolution starting in the early ’80s. Fast-forward to today, and Kiss […]
January 28, 2011
Green Beauty in the Celebrity World with Green Beauty Expert Paige Padgett
Celebrities looking to green their beautification process turn to Paige Padgett, Hollywood’s foremost green beauty expert. Padgett’s motivation is twofold: To beautify in a safe manner, and to be kind to our surroundings. Most beauty products contain synthetics, dyes, fragrance and other harmful chemicals that can be detrimental to our health and the planet. “For […]
January 26, 2011
Engaging Young Entrepreneurs Sustainably with Athgo International’s Armen Orujyan, Ph.D.
Athgo International is a nonprofit that feels today's entrepreneurs are critical to tomorrow's successes.
January 24, 2011
Pioneering the Juicing Craze with Jay Kordich
Known as "The Father of Juicing," Kordich has created a juice empire — from juicers, to juicing literature — and its benefits are obvious.
January 14, 2011
Building Sustainable Housing in Haiti with Give Love’s Patricia Arquette
Actress and social activist Patricia Arquette co-founded Give Love with designer Rosetta Getty in response to the devastation from last year’s earthquake in Haiti. The group’s aim is to help families displaced by the tragedy by creating housing using sustainable, low-cost methods. “When you’ve worked in a tent camp, it’s incredible to see the difference […]
January 14, 2011
Discussing Sustainable Innovation in Haiti with ALIVE Communities’ Doug Hammond & Heather Burns
Heather Burns and Doug Hammond co-founded ALIVE Communities, a the business and social enterprise development company, in 2009. The group helps organizations and companies move toward a more sustainable business plan, and integrates sustainability-fueled community development. “After the earthquake, the world turned its eyes to Haiti,” Burns recalls. “Those of us in the sustainability space […]
January 7, 2011
Turning Waste Into Resource with RecycleMatch.com’s Brooke Farrell
RecycleMatch.com’s Brooke Farrell coins her site “the eBay of trash,” and rightly so — the site is an online marketplace that connects companies with waste with companies that can in turn use those materials. The concept for this “trash marketplace” pairs Farrell’s environmentalism and recycling background with a drastic waste solution that she quickly discovered […]
January 7, 2011
Revoutionizing the Green Industry with IGIHOF’s Sam Geil
Sam Geil is an ecopreneur with many titles: President of Geil Enterprises, co-founder of Amaze and founder and Chairman of the Board of the International Green Industry Hall of Fame (IGIHOF). Between the janitorial services of Geil Enterprises and the green cleaning power of Amaze products, Geil found ways to revolutionize the green industry for […]
December 30, 2010
Going Paperless with Western Image Systems’ Jesse Martinez
Jesse Martinez, a celebrated ecopreneur and founder of Western Image Systems, has been preaching paperless operating to small businesses since 2008. “Globally, the consumption of paper is going down,” Martinez reveals. “But there are still file cabinets, there are still files, there are still people doing records management [on paper].” He claims the progression of […]
December 30, 2010
Greening America’s Schools with Green Community Schools’ Jayni Chase
Jayni Chase, an environmental education ambassador, has spent the past 22 years greening America’s schools after being inspired by the birth of her first child. “Instead of trying to change the way people were doing things in their homes, I thought the best thing is to start with the kids — go to our schools,” […]
