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The Green Revolution’s Jay Whelan and EcoNatura’s Jama Russano

What is one of the easiest ways to go green (not to mention a great way to stay healthy)? Ride your bike more. Jay Whelan has figured out a way to harness energy from health club spinning classes to actually power the class and the club itself. Whelan’s company, The Green Revolution, specializes in transforming [...]

UCLA’s Nurit Katz and Gia Machlin of EcoPlum

Nurit Katz is University of California – Los Angeles’ very first sustainability coordinator. UCLA has taken a growing interest in sustaining and conserving across its campus, and Katz’s role is to make sure this mega-university continues to grow the green way. Katz helps oversee the Sustainability Committee at the school, spreading green thinking around the [...]

ECOBAGS’ Sharon Rowe and Green Bride Guide’s Kate Harrison

Sharon Rowe started ECOBAGS in 1989 as a teenager, well before the green wave rushed forth. The brand has since adopted the mission statement to “produce quality bags at great prices so that reusable becomes a way of life.” “I saw a need,” Rowe says of starting ECOBAGS. “I was tired of seeing plastic bags [...]

Michael Alexander of Conscious Planet Media and Nick Rosen

Michael Alexander has a long history in the holistic and green health fields, and is co-founder of Conscious Planet Media. “The idea for Conscious Planet Media was conceived on my honeymoon,” Alexander reveals. “On a napkin, [my wife and I] came up with a new media company — a company that would address issues of [...]

Chantal Cooke of ‘Passion for the Planet’ and Joe Alexander of Keetsa Mattress

A green-minded radio host, Chantal Cooke of “Passion for the Planet,” explains her show’s mission statement — providing solutions for a green and healthy lifestyle — while speaking to John and Mike from across the pond in London. Cooke debuted her radio show in 2002 as a source of useful, inspiring information for her audience. [...]

Green Nest’s Ron and Lisa Beres and 5 Million Green Jobs’ Jean William

In recent years, we have seen an increased awareness of how buildings affect your health, and “Green is Good” welcomes Green Nest’s Lisa and Ron Beres to explain this relatively new phenomenon. Soon after moving to a new home, Lisa’s health spiraled downward, and for the longest time the couple couldn’t figure out why. After [...]

Woolf Farming and Processing and Walmart

Stuart Woolf, President and CEO of Woolf Farming and Processing, comes to “Green is Good” to discuss his family-owned farming business and its impressive energy reduction processes. Started in 1974, Woolf Farming and Processing has since become one of the most sustainable farming operations in California’s Central Valley. Woolf’s tomatoes and vegetables — raised and [...]

SEO Expert Evan Bailyn and DM Public Relations’ DeAnne Merey

Evan Bailyn, SEO expert, author, entrepreneur and founder of First Page Sage, speaks to “Green is Good” about his unique marketing talents, which he particularly utilizes in helping green businesses reach their full potential. Bailyn, who claims to have “cracked the Google code,” utilizes search engine optimization, social media and viral marketing within his company [...]

James Ehrlich of ‘Hippy Gourmet’ and ‘Green Morality’ Author Ed Flattau

James Ehrlich, founder, Executive Producer and Director of the Hippy Gourmet series on PBS, talks to “Green is Good” about the rise of organic food in America and how to further spread the knowledge. Ehrlich recognizes that organic farmers and farms are the true faces of the green food movement, and the perception of the [...]

Alcoa’s Gregory Wittbecker and ‘Farmer Jane’ Author Temra Costa

Gregory Wittbecker of Alcoa rejoins “Green is Good” to talk about recycling aluminum. There is a 95% energy savings when recycling aluminum, as opposed to making new products. The amount of electricity saved when recycling 1 ton of aluminum — in any form — is equal to the energy needed to power the average American [...]