Earth Guardian - Sharolyn Vettese
By Sharolyn Vettese
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Podcast Description
Each one of us can change the future. Make one small decision in your everyday life to protect the environment. Stop using plastic water bottles. Recycle. Re-use shopping bags. Put in a rain barrel. Change is in our own hands. As consumers, we are all powerful drivers; our buying power can fuel sustainability in government, business, manufacturing, and bring new, green technology and products to market. Sharolyn Vettese is out to inspire us towards these changes, big and small. Listen in, and be part of the solution.
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Earth Guardian – How a Scientist who was a Climate Change Sceptic became a Believer | My guest is Gregory Vettese, a contributor to the history blog, Understood Backwards. Gregory got his M. Sc. in Chemistry from Queen’s University, a scientist who is no longer skeptical that climate change is happening. | 8/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Earth Guardian – Follow the Lead of a Company that Practices Sustainability and Saves Money at the Same Time | My guest on the Earth Guardian is Dr Linda Miles, L. Ac., D.O.M., Vice-President of Dermae Natural Bodycare, a company that has successfully implemented a culture of sustainability, something that many companies are considering doing. | 8/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Earth Guardian – Ontario Doesn’t Need Coal Generated Electricity, so Why Shouldn’t it be Phased Out Now Instead of Waitin | My guest on the Earth Guardian is Jack Gibbons, Chair of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance (OCAA). Its campaign,” Coal is Costing Us the Air We Breathe”, is putting pressure on the Ontario government to shut down now instead of 2014 its four (4) coal gen | 8/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Earth Guardian – Mara Legrand, Writer, Producer and Director will talk about her Documentary, Wild Horses in Winds of Change | My guest on the Earth Guardian is Mara Legrand, Writer, Producer, Cinematographer, and Director at Skydancer Productions, a film company that specializes in documentaries. Mara will be talking about her most recent film, Wild Horses in Winds of Change, | 7/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Earth Guardian – Bloated Nuclear Projects Mean You Pay More for Electricity. What is the True Cost of Nuclear Generated Elec | My guest on the Earth Guardian is Jack Gibbons, Chair of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance, a coalition of individuals and approximately 90 organizations (health, environmental, faith communities, municipalities, utilities, unions, | 7/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Earth Guardian – Your Skin Can Look Great and Support the Natural Habitat at the Same Time as an Informed Consumer Buying fro | My guest on the Earth Guardian is Dr Linda Miles, L. Ac., D.O.M., Vice-President of Dermae Natural Bodycare. Derma e Natural Bodycare has been a family-owned and operated skincare company since 1984. Located in Simi Valley, CA, | 7/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Earth Guardian – Post-Car Cities: How Cities need to be re-planned for Fewer Cars and Old Baby-Boomers | Instead of complaining about the high price of gasoline, this is an opportunity to redesign our cities and shift the priority from cars to pedestrians, from asphalt to tree-lined boulevards, from shopping centres to corner stores. It’s not far-fetched. | 7/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Earth Guardian – Why Do Women have to Participate in the Decision-Making Process, Especially When the Decisions are Important | Already in the 21st century, all of us are facing many new challenges that we didn’t have in the 20th century – over-population, dwindling resources, and violent weather. Women have an important role to play so that these challenges are addressed qui | 6/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Earth Guardian – The Shift that is Happening in the Electrical Industry | Electricity rates are going up because the infrastructure is falling apart, and more and more things are using electricity. It has been too cheap, and too reliable for too long to the point where electricity is now considered a right. | 6/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Earth Guardian – Why Did United Nations Declare 2011 the” International Year of the Forest”? Why are Forests, the Earth | On February 2, 2011 the United Nations declared 2011 the “International Year of Forests”. The world’s forests are essential to our quality of life, and to keeping us alive. Trees make oxygen; they’re the lungs of the Earth. | 6/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Earth Guardian – Can we learn from History to address the Causes of Climate Change and Environmental Degradation Now? | Hi There! Welcome to the Earth Guardian on Web Talk Radio. Net. I’m your host, Sharolyn Vettese. - Every event may be unique, but if you look deeper, you’ll see the similarity to an historical event. Can we learn from history to address the problems o | 6/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Earth Guardian – Electricity Distribution Companies like Manitoba Hydro can help you Reduce your Home Electricity Bills. Fin | Electricity costs are rising, and unhappy customers are venting their anger and frustration at the electricity distribution companies. Often, they’re just delivering the price increases, but electricity distribution companies are the first in line to t. | 5/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Earth Guardian – Organic Meadow: A Dairy Farmer’s Experience from Chemical to Organic Living | Humans are not the only ones who can be addicted to drugs and chemicals. Animals, plants, and soil also can be addicted. Find out what happens when a farming family switches from chemical to organic farming. What precipitated the switch? | 5/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Earth Guardian – Organic Meadow: What is the secret behind the successful co-operative for family-owned local organic farmers | Organic produce is revitalizing the small family owned farms in Ontario, and Organic Meadow has been a key driver in linking the farmers to the consumers. Organic Meadow also encourages consumers to get to know the farmers, and how the food is produced. | 5/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Earth Guardian – How you, the consumer, can be the key driver towards sustainability by working with businesses, and levels o | Consumers are not powerless individuals who are ineffective. On the contrary, consumers can be very powerful, especially when combined with other individuals so that the results are bigger than the whole. What can you do to be an empowered consumer to ... | 5/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Earth Guardian – How businesses, along with consumers and the government create a sustainable community. What is the role of | Businesses are pillars of the community. They provide employment and a tax base for governments. They exist as small and large entities, and most are not faceless corporations. Why is it important to get them on-side toward sustainable practices? | 4/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Earth Guardian – How the government, along with business, and consumers create a community | Right now, there is a federal election in Canada, but it looks like a non-event. There are few political lawn signs, and hardly any coverage in the newspapers. Voter turn-out may be low as people don’t like politicians or government interference. So, | 4/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Earth Guardian – Plitron: A company’s solution towards greater electricity efficiency | Plitron Manufacturing is a 28 year old Canadian company based in Toronto that decided to reinvent itself by branching out into electricity efficiency products, including its newly developed VREMS (Voltage Reduction Energy Management System). | 4/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Earth Guardian – How is Sustainability Good for Business? | Sustainability in business is both a responsibility and an opportunity that creates company growth and value. It starts by looking at the life cycle of a product, including its unintended consequences. Companies keep track of the progress, | 4/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Earth Guardian – Why are Food Prices Going Up? How Secure is our Food Supply? | The unfolding nuclear catastrophe in Fukushima Dai-ichi complex has identified the vulnerability of Japan’s food supply to radiation contamination. Spinach, beets and other vegetables grown in the vicinity were found to have high radiation levels, | 3/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Earth Guardian – How is Earthjustice using the Law to Regulate Hydraulic Fracturing | As the United States is looking at securing its energy production at home, harvesting natural gas from unconventional sources is being developed. “Hydraulic fracturing” is the process used to extract natural gas from such unconventional sources as sha | 3/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Earth Guardian – Earthjustice‘s Legal Battle Against the Alberta Tar Sands | The current unrest in the Middle East has highlighted the importance of having a secure oil source to fuel the economic engine, so why should environmental concerns regarding the extraction of oil from the tar sands in northern Alberta be an issue? | 3/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Earth Guardian – World Wildlife Fund is Partnering with Businesses to be Climate Savers | Did you know that a desktop computer with an LCD monitor uses about 1,100kWh/year if it is left on every day? In addition to encouraging people to turn off their computers at the end of the day, including the power bar since computers and other applian... | 3/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Earth Guardian – Several states and provinces require businesses keep track of their greenhouse gas emissions. | These policies are already in place, and yet many businesses are unaware of this legislated requirement. Is it another administrative burden for companies, or an opportunity to improve corporate efficiency? What easy tracking tools are available? | 2/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Earth Guardian – How a Nursery is helping anybody who has a piece of property to restore it to the native habitat | Prairie Moon Nursery, located in Winona, Minnesota is not easily found by GPS. It is in the middle of the prairie landscape it is helping consumers to restore. At a time when government and employers are establishing a happiness meter, | 2/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Earth Guardian – A southerner’s view of Iqaliut, Nunavut in the Canadian Arctic. | The Arctic is an early warning system for the planet’s climate change, yet very few people go there, especially Canadians who mostly populate the southerly borders of the country. So, why would a lawyer choose to work in Iqualuit, Nunavut, | 2/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Earth Guardian – Continuing the Pioneering Tradition of Innovation – the Windancer™ small wind turbine | My guest, Dr. Alfred Mathieu, became involved in co-designing the Windancer™, a horizontal small wind turbine, when he was 84 years old. The Windancer is a multi-award winner. Now, 90 years old, Dr. Mathieu shares the creative process of innovation, | 2/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Earth Guardian – A Song about Genetically Modified (GM) Foods | The food industry may have thought the debate concerning Genetically Modified (GM) foods was no longer an issue after environmental groups raised their concern around 2004. So, why did Craig Morrison think that the issue needed to be in song at this ti... | 1/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Earth Guardian – Uprisings for the Earth | My guest is Osprey Orielle Lake, MA, author of Uprisings for the Earth –Reconnecting Culture with Nature published by White Cloud Press. Osprey is a bronze sculptor artist who has an awareness of the natural world around her. | 1/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Earth Guardian – Welcome to the Earth Guardian with Sharolyn Vettese | This first show of the Earth Guardian on Web Talk Radio is an opportunity for you to get to know your host, Sharolyn Vettese, and also the format of the show. | 1/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 30 Episodes |
