Previous Shows
Impact with John Shegerian produces new episodes every week. Visit regularly to explore our archive of past conversations below.
October 22, 2010
Stressing the Collective Effort with Green is Sexy’s Megan Kuhlmann
Megan Kuhlmann started GreenIsSexy.org after conspiring with two friends about what could be done to spread eco-awareness to the public. The site, online for three years now, provides new eco-tips every day to help viewers in their day-to-day lives. Kuhlmann feels that many small changes can add up to large results. “It’s not corny, it’s […]
October 22, 2010
Talking All-Natural Plasters with American Clay’s Carol Baumgartel and Croft Elsaesser
Carol Baumgartel and Croft Elsaesser and are the mother-and-son team at American Clay, based in New Mexico. Elsaesser had been working with plasters for years as a finisher on building projects, but was feeling the negative effects of the toxins within these products. An all-natural solution became his #1 goal. Baumgartel, who has a fine […]
October 15, 2010
Discussing Green Human Rights and Animal Welfare with Care2’s Randy Paynter
Care2.com founder Randy Paynter started his online community in 1998, and it is now the largest online community of users — more than 14 million — focusing on living green and making a difference in the areas of human rights and animal welfare. “I had the feeling that people didn’t believe there was anything they […]
October 15, 2010
Studying Employer Committment to Sustainable Advancement with Author Shari Aaron
Shari Aaron is the co-author of Climb the Green Ladder with U.K.-based Amy Fetzer. Aaron has worked in the sustainability arena for more than 10 years, and soon realized that consumers are the key to the sustainability revolution. She connected with Fetzer through online networking, and the pair spent a year-and-a-half investigating how committed employers […]
October 8, 2010
Leading Green College Campuses with St. Lawrence University’s Macreena Doyle
St. Lawrence University sits in a picturesque setting in Upstate New York on an eco-friendly, 1,000-acre campus. Long considered one of the greenest universities in America, St. Lawrence has had an environmental studies program since the mid-1970s, well before most schools would have considered such curriculum. “We really consider the Adirondack region to be our […]
October 8, 2010
Advancing Women in Green Business with ‘Hot, Rich & Green’ Author Rebecca Harrell Tickell
Rebecca Harrell Tickell is a noted greenie who has dedicated her career to the advancement of women in green business. Her new book, Hot, Rich & Green, provides all the necessary tools for women to succeed in the eco-spectrum. “It’s a how-to guide for how you can take what you are currently doing (or not […]
October 1, 2010
Discussing Reusable Dry Cleaning Bags with The Green Garmento’s Jennie Nigrosh
Jennie Nigrosh grew up surrounded by recycling — her father ran a cardboard recycling plant in New Hampshire — so it is only natural that she followed the path to create The Green Garmento, a reusable dry cleaning bag that is simple yet utilitarian. Now the bag is catching on in the hospitality industry and […]
October 1, 2010
Greening Up Casual Wear with Volcom’s Derek Sabori
Derek Sabori, Director of Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility for Volcom, chats with “Green is Good” from sunny San Diego. Volcom, a California casual clothing brand, has been experimenting with sustainable materials and conservation techniques to move its brand forward in the greenest way possible. Volcom is not only creating eco-friendly clothing, but it has […]
September 24, 2010
Greening the Municipal Profile with Smarter Cities’ Paul McRandle
Paul McRandle is the editor of NRDC’s SmarterCities.org project. The site examines what cities across the U.S. are doing to green their profile, and in the process increase the quality of life for residents. The entire Smarter Cities program will take about three years to complete, but in the meantime the site is updated with […]
September 24, 2010
Keeping Hotels Green with Starwood Hotels’ Gina Edner
Gina Edner, Associate Director for Environmental Sustainability at Starwood Hotels, talks to “Green is Good” from New York. With approximately 1,000 hotels in nearly 100 countries, eco-conservation across Starwood’s brands makes a major difference. Edner says that Starwood’s green programs began simply from its customers inquiring about conservation policies and more efficient places to stay […]
September 17, 2010
Providing Guidance for a Greener Life with Green Thing’s Andy Hobsbawm
Andy Hobsbawm created Green Thing, an online guide to leading a greener life, in England as a means to inspire and educate normal people to live healthier and more eco-friendly. “When we started Green Thing, we were trying to figure out why people can’t be bothered to turn off the lights when they leave a […]
September 17, 2010
Discussing the Zero-Waste Lifestyle with My Zero Waste’s Rachelle Strauss
After reading an article about the effects of plastics on marine life, Rachelle Strauss and her husband were compelled to start MyZeroWaste.com, a U.K.-based site that encourages its readers to make small changes in their day-to-day lives, using less resources along the way. This year, the Strauss family dedicated themselves to a zero-waste year — […]
