TPR Green
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Podcast Description
This series will explore green activities and issues in San Antonio and beyond. Topics will include alternative energy, energy conservation, environmental conservation, community gardens, parks, transportation, and more. The program is hosted by TPR's Dan Skinner.
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TPR Green - April 2, 2012 | -- | 4/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR Green - March 19, 2012 | Dan Skinner talks with Stephen Colley, the Green Initiatives Program Manager for Palo Alto College about earth block construction. | 3/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR Green - March 5, 2012 | Dan Skinner talks with Stephen Colley, the Green Initiatives Program Manager for Palo Alto College about rain water harvesting for homes and business, as well as educational opportunities available as part of Palo Alto College's Green Initiative Program. | 3/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR Green - February 20, 2012 | Deanna Duke embarked on a five month effort to reduce her and her family's exposure to toxic chemicals. She chronicles her experiment in her book, "The Non-Toxic Avenger: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You." | 2/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR Green - February 6, 2012 | Peter Ladner talks about the environmental benefit of urban food cultivation. | 2/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR Green - January 23, 2012 | Dan Skinner talks with Lisa Kivirist about self-reliance, self-sufficiency and returning to our farmstead roots of sustainability. | 1/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR Green - January 9, 2012 | Jane Dwinell shares why she adopted a frugal lifestyle and why she recommends it to others. | 1/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR Green - December 26, 2011 | A discussion with David Rockefeller, Jr. about “One Island, One Ocean” by Herb McCormick | 12/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR Green - December 19, 2011 | "EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think, to Create the World We Want" by Frances Moore Lappe | 12/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR Green - November 28, 2011 | Dan Skinner talks with Sylvia Bernstein about sustainable food production through aquaponics. This type of gardening uses only 10 percent of the water required by traditional soil based gardening. Fish waste is used to fertilize the plants, and the plants | 11/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR Green - November 14, 2011 | Advice From An Extra-Normal Farmer | 11/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR Green - October 31, 2011 | Ozone Compliance Update | 10/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR Green - October 17, 2011 | Dan Skinner talks with Mobi Warren, the volunteer coordinator for 350SanAntonio.org. The local organization is one of many organizations around the world which are part of 350.org. | 10/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR's Living Green - Program 059 | Mission San Juan Acequia Restoration Project | 9/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR's Living Green - Program 058 | Dan Skinner talks with Gary Paul Nabhan, an ethno-botanist, who studies the effects that climate change is having on plant populations. In “Chasing Chiles,” which Nabhan co-authored, the effects of climate change are explored through the lens of chili | 8/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR's Living Green - Program 055 | “The Story of Stuff: The Impact of Overconsumption on the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health And How We Can Make It Better” by Annie Leonard | 8/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR's Living Green - Program 057 | “Simply Imperfect, Revisiting the Wabi-Sabi House” by Robyn Griggs Lawrence | 8/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR's Living Green - Program 056 | “Diary of an Eco-Outlaw: An Unreasonable Woman Breaks the Law for Mother Earth” by Diane Wilson | 8/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR's Living Green - Program 054 | “Sunny Day Farms” with Director Brooke Chavez | 7/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR's Living Green - Program 053 | “Plastiki - Across the Pacific on Plastic: An Adventure to Save Our Oceans” by David de Rothschild | 6/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR's Living Green - Program 052 | “Thrifty Green: Ease Up on Energy, Food, Water, Trash, Transit, Stuff – and Everybody Wins” by Priscilla Short | 6/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPRs Living Green - Program 051 | “The Nature Principle” by Richard Louv | 5/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR's Living Green - Program 049 | Dan Skinner talks with Emily Hunter about the new eco-warriors who are carrying on the work of her parent’s generation. Emily’s parents co-founded Green Peace and although she initially resisted, it’s no surprise that she ended up being an environme | 4/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR's Living Green - Program 048 | Dan Skinner talks with Lanny Sinkin, the Executive Director of Solar San Antonio about two events in May. On Saturday May 7th, Solar Fest brings together solar and other vendors to share information, food, live bands on a solar powered stage and other fam | 4/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR's Living Green - Program 047 | Dan Skinner talks with Till Kotter, Project Coordinator for the Climate Network. The Climate Network is a two year project of the Heinrich Böll Organization, a political non-profit organization striving to promote democracy, civil society, equality and a | 3/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR's Living Green - Program 046 | Dan Skinner talks with Daniel Tucker about Farm Together Now: A Portrait of People, Places and Ideas for a New Food Movement. Tucker describes commercial farming as a "broken system." The book profiles individuals and organizations that are working toward | 3/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR's Living Green - Program 045 | Dan Skinner talks with Kris Zebrowksi, the Communication and Outreach Coordinator for Build San Antonio Green. The organization administers San Antonio’s residential green building program. They work with builders and certify when homes have been built | 2/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR's Living Green - Program 044 | Dan Skinner talks with green architect Peter Pfeiffer. He is the founding principal of the Austin-based architectural firm, Barley & Pfeiffer. In 2004, Peter Pfeiffer designed the first zero energy home built in Texas. In 2006, he was recognized as one of | 2/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR's Living Green - Program 043 | Dan Skinner talks with Jay Walljasper about his book All That We Share: A Field Guide to the Commons. The commons includes valuable assets that belong to all of us, including clean air, water and public spaces. Walljasper describes how the concept of the | 1/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR's Living Green - Program 042 | Dan Skinner talks with Eric Herm about his book, Son of a Farmer, Child of the Earth: A Path to Agriculture’s Higher Consciousness. Eric Herm is a fourth generation farmer who lives and works on a farm near Ackerly, Texas, that has been in his family fo | 1/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR's Living Green - Program 041 | Dan Skinner talks about green building with Chip Henderson, a founding partner of Contects: Consultants and Architects in San Antonio. Henderson discusses green building, explains what LEED Certification means, and shares his thoughts on ways to promote e | 1/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR's Living Green - Program 040 | Dan Skinner talks with Marcie Ince, President of the Board of Directors, of Friends of the Parks. Ince discusses the wide variety of parks in San Antonio and how Friends of the Parks is working to support them. The organization is a nonprofit affiliate gr | 12/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR's Living Green - Program 039 | Dan Skinner talks with Julia Diana, a senior management analyst for Sustainable Transportation in the Office of Environmental Policy, about San Antonio's Bicycle Master Plan. Diana discusses the research conducted into bicycle usage, plans to increase the | 12/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR's Living Green - Program 038 | Dan Skinner talks with Bill Barker, a senior management analyst for sustainable systems in the Office of Environmental Policy for the City of San Antonio about how the Alamo City is preparing for the arrival of electric cars. Barker discusses the advantag | 11/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR's Living Green - Program 037 | Dan Skinner talks with San Antonio Youth Centers CEO Cynthia Le Monds about their YouthBuild pProgram. The program offers opportunities for young people to complete their education and gain skills in weatherization, solar installation and green constructi | 11/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR's Living Green - Program 036 | John Adams, the co-founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council, talks with Dan Skinner about the founding of the NRDC and its impact on environmental issues. Adams says that the United States has avoided some of the pollution problems experienced by | 10/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR's Living Green - Program 035 | Anson Green, with Alamo Colleges, talks with Dan Skinner about their Green Jobs Initiative and the Mission Verde Center. Trends indicate that Green Job opportunities will continue to grow in San Antonio as the city works to become more energy efficient. T | 10/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR's Living Green - Program 034 | Lanny Sinkin from Solar San Antonio talks with Dan Skinner about their “Bring Solar Home” program. Sinkin discusses the level of interest in solar energy in San Antonio, does the math on how installing a solar power system can be affordable and explai | 9/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR's Living Green - Program 033 | Vandell Norwood, owner of Corona Visions, talks with Dan Skinner about recycling electronic waste ethically. If not recycled properly hazardous electronic waste can end up in third world countries where it is disassemble by child labor. To make sure you | 9/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR's Living Green - Program 032 | Laurence Doxsey, Director of San Antonio’s Office of Environmental Policy, talks with Dan Skinner about the Mission Verde Plan; promoting bicycle use and bike lanes; a program to help small business upgrade lighting for energy efficiency; a large solar | 8/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR's Living Green - Program 031 | Economist and best selling author Juliet B. Schor talks with host Dan Skinner about Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealth. Schor hopes the book will engage people in a conversation that will move us beyond an economy that is not working for the peop | 8/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR's Living Green - Program 030 | Dan Marsh talks with host Dan Skinner about Green Dan Says! Renewable Energy is Cool. The book was written for third and fourth graders and is designed to teach them about different types of renewable energy. The idea for the book grew out of Marsh’s wo | 7/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR's Living Green - Program 029 | Andrés Edwards talks with host Dan Skinner about Thriving Beyond Sustainability: Pathways to a Resilient Society. Edwards shares examples of projects from around the world that are creating environmental and societal transformation. The book hopes to ins | 7/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR's Living Green - Program 028 | Heather Rogers talks with host Dan Skinner about what she learned while researching her book, Green Gone Wrong: How Our Economy is Undermining the Environmental Revolution. Rogers discusses how efforts to grow organic foods and make bio-fuels can go wrong | 6/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TPR's Living Green - Program 027 | Steven Schauer, from the San Antonio River Authority, talks with host Dan Skinner about their “Be Watershed Wise” education project. Schauerdiscusses how little things like picking up pet waste, being careful with lawn fertilization, and keeping lawn | 6/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living Green In San Antonio - Program 026 | Aaron Lubeck is the author of Green Restorations. Lubeck talks about the special challenges of renovating an historic home in a way that serves both preservation and conservation. Lubeck talks with host Dan Skinner about how purchasing and restoring an hi | 5/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living Green in San Antonio - Program 025 | Suzanne Scott, General Manager of the San Antonio River Authority, and Judge Nelson Wolff provide an update on the progress of the Mission Reach portion of the River Restoration Project. Scott explains the features of the Mission Reach and Judge Wolff dis | 5/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living Green in San Antonio - Program 024 | Sherry Christensen talks with host Dan Skinner about the “Picture Your World” Youth Photography Project, which is designed to encourage exploration of nature through photography. The program, conducted with professional naturalists and professional ph | 4/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living Green In San Antonio - Program 023 | Lanny Sinkin, Executive Director of Solar San Antonio, joins host Dan Skinner to talk about upcoming activities including the 10th Annual Solar Fest on May 1 and the annual co-celebration of the creation of Solar San Antonio and the birthday of its founde | 4/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living Green in San Antonio - Program 022 | Edward Benavides and Janet Martin, Assistant Directors of Parks and Recreation join host Dan Skinner to talk about the San Antonio park system. The discussion includes information about San Antonio’s oldest and newest parks; acquisition of new land; fri | 3/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living Green In San Antonio - Program 021 | Clayton Leonard, owner of New Earth Soils & Compost, talks with host Dan Skinner about the environmental and financial benefits of recycling to create compost. Many forms of waste including unusual items such as lottery tickets, phone books, pizza, and so | 3/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living Green In San Antonio - Program 020 | Paul Johnson, co-director of the Alamo Forest Partnership, talks with host Dan Skinner about the activities of the organization and how you can get involved. Johnson discusses the status of San Antonio’s forest coverage, planting concerns, and diseases | 3/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living Green in San Antonio- Program 019 | Michael Burke, founder and director of the San Antonio Clean Technology Forum, talks with host Dan Skinner about the reasons behind the formation of the forum, what it has accomplished and how you can participate. More information is available at sacleant | 2/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living Green in San Antonio - Program 018 | Julie Koppenheffer, Executive Director of Green Spaces Alliance of South Texas, talks with host Dan Skinner about the “Picture Your World” Youth Photography Project designed to encourage exploration of nature through photography. The program, conducte | 2/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living Green In San Antonio - Program 017 | Michael Nentwich, City Forrester for the San Antonio Parks Department, talks with host Dan Skinner about how trees contribute to the quality of life in the Alamo city. We’ll learn about the role of the City Forrester and how he works to maintain and exp | 1/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living Green in San Antonio - Program 016 | Peter Bella, Director of the Natural Resources Department for the Alamo Area Council of Governments, talks with host Dan Skinner about the ozone compliance in the San Antonio region. We’ll get an update on our status and learn about long term plans to c | 1/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living Green in San Antonio - Program 015 | Laura Huffman, the State Director of the Nature Conservancy talks with host Dan Skinner about how their work to preserve natural areas for the benefit of future generations. The Conservancy works with governments, private land owners and other conservatio | 12/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living Green in San Antonio - Program 014 | Randy Carroll-Bradd joins talks with host Dan Skinner about the potential for using geothermal technology in South Texas oil and gas wells to generate power. The abundance of pre-existing wells offers the opportunity to install geothermal energy systems w | 12/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living Green in San Antonio - Program 013 | Charlie Lonsberry talks with host Dan Skinner about the costs and advantages of installing a geothermal system to cool and heat your home. Lonsberry is a certified geoexchange installer with Southwest Mechanical Services. More information is available at | 11/23/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living Green in San Antonio - Program 012 | Loretta Van Coppenolle talks with host Dan Skinner about why she is advocating the use of geothermal energy. She hopes more people will become aware of the benefits of using geothermal energy and will support its adoption. Information about Trinity Univer | 11/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living Green in San Antonio - Program 011 | Tony Stephenson, from the Solar Texas Company, talks with host Dan Skinner about solar hot water heaters. Stephenson discusses the technology of using solar energy to heat water, new versus retrofit costs, and other installation considerations. The Solar | 10/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living Green in San Antonio - Program 010 | John Rabon from Greenstar North America talks with host Dan Skinner about their new recycling facility on Cornerway Boulevard in San Antonio. The facility is the largest single stream recycling center in Texas and one of the largest in the nation. Learn m | 9/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living Green In San Antonio - Program 009 | The San Antonio River Authority General Manager, Suzanne Scott, and Natural Resource Management Specialist, Lee Marlowe, join host Dan Skinner to talk about the Mission Reach Project. Scott and Marlowe discuss the scope of the project, which extends to Mi | 9/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living Green in San Antonio - Program 008 | Suzanne Scott, General Manager of the San Antonio River Authority, joins host Dan Skinner to talk about the SARA’s work to preserve, protect and manage the resources and environment of the San Antonio River and tributaries. Scott discusses the role SARA | 8/31/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living Green in San Antonio - Program 007 | Anne Schiller and Tom Harris from the Gardening Volunteers of South Texas, join host Dan Skinner to talk about their work to promote conservation and water-saving gardening. The organization works with other groups on civic projects and offers a variety o | 8/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living Green in San Antonio - Program 006 | Julie Koppenheffer from the Green Spaces Alliance of South Texas joins host Dan Skinner to talk about conservation easements, community gardens and their education outreach projects. Conservation easements are voluntary agreements that help protect water | 8/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living Green in San Antonio - Program 005 | Brian Freeman and Daniel Haas from Skanska Construction, join host Dan Skinner to talk about constructing energy efficient medical buildings. We'll learn about the importance of the planning process, using local materials, and some of the techniques used | 7/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living Green in San Antonio - Program 004 | Lanny Sinkin, from Solar San Antonio, joins host Dan Skinner to talk the promise and challenges of implementing Solar energy. The promise includes energy efficiency, less pollution and economic growth. Challenges include the creation of a "smart grid" to | 7/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living Green in San Antonio - Program 003 | Peter Bella, the Natural Resources Director for the Alamo Area Council of Governments, joins host Dan Skinner to discuss the Ozone Challenge in the San Antonio region. We’ll learn about what is being done to control ozone levels and what happens if we f | 6/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living Green in San Antonio - Program 002 | Lanny Sinkin, joins host Dan Skinner to talk about Solar San Antonio, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the use of solar energy. Sinkin discusses Solar San Antonio, its advocacy role and its educational outreach programs including "Solar Fe | 6/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living Green in San Antonio - Program 001 | Bruce Evans, Director of Customer Solutions and Delivery at CPS joins host Dan Skinner for a discussion about the flexible solar cover installation at the Tessman Road Landfill. With the addition of the solar power to their existing methane gas-to-electri | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 71 Episodes |
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