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Northern Nevada Green Living PodcastFrom Interior Design to Toy Swaps: Kristen Giacomini on Creativity, Community, and SustainabilityIn this episode, we’re joined by Kristen Giacomini, a Reno native, mom of two, and the visionary behind Flow Designs. As an interior designer, Kristen crafts stunning spaces that inspire joy and fulfillment—but her passion for sustainability and community doesn’t stop there.Kristen shares the story behind hosting a second Toy & Clothing Swap at her business location, combining her love for design, eco-conscious living, and bringing people together. We’ll explore how this event reflects her commitment to fostering greener lifestyles while building stronger connections.Tune in as Kristen discusses:• The values she’s passing on...2024-11-2213 min
Locals Share Green ActionOrganizing a Community Kids Clothing Swap Event, Ally MarielleIn this episode, we chat with Ally Marielle, the driving force behind “Aydan & Ally’s First Annual Baby & Kids Clothing Swap” in Hillsdale, NJ. Ally took it upon herself to organize this event to help moms in her community swap gently used baby and kids' clothes. After four months of collecting and sorting donations in her basement, she’s ready to make a difference for local families. Tune in to hear Ally’s inspiring story, how she’s bringing her community together, and the impact she hopes this swap will have on moms helping moms.
To learn more about h...2024-09-0916 min
Locals Share Green ActionAchieve Your Purpose – Inner Magnet - Kevin Stratmann, FounderIn this episode, we sit down with Kevin Stratmann, the visionary behind the Inner Magnet process, a transformative approach that has revolutionized executive and corporate coaching. With over 25 years of experience, Kevin shares his innovative methods for unlocking focus, optimizing energy, and creating new possibilities for both individuals and groups. We explore how his Inner Magnet practices can lead to powerful productivity, creativity, and enhanced relationships—all while empowering you to achieve your goals in making a positive impact on people and the planet. Whether you're looking to make a difference in your personal life, career, or the world ar...2024-08-2430 min
Locals Share Green ActionFrom Wasteland to Wonder: A Conversation with Basil Camu on Reforestation and Healing the EarthIn this episode, we reconnect with Basil Camu, the visionary behind Leaf and Limb and Project Pando, two impactful organizations based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Basil shares his journey and insights on cultivating and distributing free native trees for reforestation across urban, suburban, and wild landscapes with less well-known methods that help speed up the success of local reforestation projects. As the author of the inspiring new book From Wasteland to Wonder: Simple Strategies for Healing the Earth in Urban and Suburban Spaces, Basil offers practical advice on restoring natural ecosystems. Join us for an engaging discussion on the...2024-05-241h 02
Locals Share Green ActionEco-Restoration with Miyawaki Forests – Maya Dutta with Biodiversity for a Livable ClimateJoin us for an illuminating episode of the “Locals Share Green Living” podcast as we delve into the transformative realm of eco-restoration through the lens of Miyawaki forests. In this episode, we are privileged to be joined by Maya Dutta, a trailblazer in ecological restoration, as she shares insights from her pioneering journey in establishing the first Miyawaki forest in the northeast region of the United States with her work with Biodiversity for a Livable Climate and community partners.
Miyawaki forests, inspired by the visionary Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki, offer a potent solution to combatting biodiversity loss and...2024-02-121h 04
Northern Nevada Green Living PodcastGreening Business Horizons: A Conversation with Donna Walden, Founder & President of greenUP!In this episode, we're thrilled to explore the world of sustainability in Northern Nevada with Donna, the visionary Founder and President of greenUp and the Nevada Green Business Network. Not only is she leading the charge in providing environmental education to businesses, but Donna is also at the forefront of an exciting initiative—the Green to Go Reusable Container Program. This program is set to revolutionize takeout practices, offering businesses and consumers an eco-friendly alternative to single-use containers. Join us as we delve into Donna's journey, innovative initiatives, and the positive impact she's making on the environment and our lo...2024-01-0327 min
Locals Share Green ActionCode Enforcement and Town Mgmt. – Richard Fisher, a Career in Environmental ProtectionIn this episode, we sit down with Richard, affectionately known as Rick, whose career in environmental protection and public service spans over three decades. Starting in 1988 with RKR Hess Associates, Rick's expertise in percolation testing and more led him to establish Fisher Environmental Services. Join us as we explore his remarkable journey, from his role as a Sewage Enforcement Officer to managing townships and finally retiring in 2022. This is a conversation about a life dedicated to service, and environmental advocacy.2023-12-171h 06
Walk Talk Listen PodcastVirtual Walk Talk Listen with Chrystal Vasquez (episode 136)In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, the spotlight is on Crystal Vasquez, a dynamic community leader and certified chef from Fresno, CA. Crystal's journey is a testament to her dedication to community development, with a particular focus on food, nutrition, and wellness. Her work extends beyond the kitchen, addressing critical issues such as sustainability, inequity, food security, and homelessness in her hometown and beyond.
For the past 18 years, Crystal has honed her skills in the culinary arts, becoming a certified chef and a pivotal figure in the food industry. Her passion for cooking has evolved into a mission for c...2023-11-291h 04
Locals Share Green ActionRegenerative Agriculture & Wildland Restoration – Mother Tree Food & Forest – William Wildcat CoakeeWilliam Wildcat Coakee is the founder and Executive Director of Mother Tree Food & Forest, drawing upon a rich background that began in the Oklahoma Seminole Nation. His lifelong commitment to organic gardening since childhood, followed by extensive experience in organic farming and a decade of dedicated work in regenerative horticulture, food forestry, and wildland restoration, has provided him with a comprehensive foundation.
Coakee's expertise encompasses a wide range of fields, including Western science disciplines such as soil biology, mycology, botany, ecology, and zoology. He also delves into ecological anthropology, history, ethnobotany, herbalism, and the intricate realms of...2023-09-041h 18
Locals Share Green ActionEnvironmental Remediation Scientist & Community Volunteer - Samantha WaldronSamantha Waldron, an unwavering champion of environmental causes and a dynamic member of her community, has woven her passion for nature into the very fabric of her life's journey. Her profound connection with the natural world took root in her formative years, nurtured by the profound influence of her father. This early bond propelled her into the fold of the high school environmental club, where her focus on safeguarding the fragile horseshoe crab populations of Cape May flourished.
Recognizing that environmental issues are inextricably linked to broader social and economic inequalities, Samantha embarked on a quest for...2023-08-2120 min
Locals Share Green ActionPlanetary Regeneration With Permaculture - Sam Parker Davies & Luca Kerschhackl Sam Parker Davies has worked in every climate worldwide, with a variety of people including billionaires, refugees, and government officials, working in deserts and forests. As an educator, designer, aid worker, project manager, and farmer, he is on the front line of planetary regeneration creating some of the best of Permaculture Designs for large farm projects, residential properties, refugee camps, and eco-villages.
Sam has been working closely with Geoff Lawton, a well-known and respected Permaculture designer, for over five years. Sam has a primary residence at Zaytuna Farm which is the Permaculture Research Institute of Australia, and...2023-06-1258 min
Locals Share Green ActionReuse Artist - Carla Brown - Trashmagination PodcastCarla Brown is a creative reuse artist who had a podcast called Trashmagination, where she produced, recorded, and hosted 125 episodes on how to creatively reuse a huge number of different recycled materials. The podcast is on hiatus, but past episodes are still being accessed, and she is actively continuing to post her own artistic reuse creations on social media.
Her goal for the Trashmagination podcast was to have it be a creative reuse peptalk. She wants to help people who are on a journey to zero waste. Today she continues that journey to make beautiful, useful items. H...2023-05-2134 min
Northern Nevada Green Living PodcastMicrobe-Rich Composting Classes - Keisha & Casey Ernst – Workshops, Production, & SalesKeisha & Casey Ernst have been focusing on soil regeneration and habitat restoration as a team since 2011. They have studied under Dr. Elaine Ingham over the past eight years and worked alongside her on many projects. In 2018 Catalyst BioAmendments was founded as an experimental and educational-focused compost lot. The aim was to apply the techniques taught by Dr. Elaine Ingham to compost on a large scale and to improve the processes to ensure the product reliably hosts diverse populations of bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and nematodes.
Catalyst successfully created a biological-healthy focused product, and since 2019 Keisha & Casey have been us...2023-04-0140 min
Locals Share Green ActionThe Art & Science of Microbe-Rich Compost - Keisha & Casey Ernst – Workshops, Production, & SalesKeisha & Casey Ernst have been focusing on soil regeneration and habitat restoration as a team since 2011. They have studied under Dr. Elaine Ingham over the past eight years and worked alongside her on many projects. In 2018 Catalyst BioAmendments was founded as an experimental and educational-focused compost lot. The aim was to apply the techniques taught by Dr. Elaine Ingham to compost on a large scale and to improve the processes to ensure the product reliably hosts diverse populations of bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and nematodes.
Catalyst successfully created a biological-healthy focused product, and since 2019 Keisha & Casey have been us...2023-03-2759 min
Northern Nevada Green Living PodcastChildren’s Eco-Art Classes – Zoe Bray, Ph.D. Zoe Bray is a professional artist based in Reno, Nevada, who started offering eco-art classes to children to help them enjoy simple, timeless beauty and connection with nature.
As a professional artist, her practice focuses on painting and drawing from life, using traditional fine art techniques, and experimenting with unconventional approaches.
Zoe explores the boundaries between art and ethnography, engaging in questions of identity, representation, and human relations with nature. Zoe trained as a painter in various parts of Europe. She has a Ph.D. in Political Science (Florence, Italy) and an MA in Anthropology (Ed...2023-03-2733 min
Locals Share Green ActionVegetable Farming & Soil Health Education – William DeMille, Author & Instructor William DeMille is a lifelong vegetable farmer. William studied for two years of Horticulture and Agronomy at Northwest Missouri University, Maryville. He holds two certificates in aquaponic engineering and production from Cornell University NY, and from GrowHaus Aquaponics, in CO. He also graduated from Dr. Elaine Ingham’s Soil Food Web School.
William is a farm consultant who helped establish several agricultural startups in Missouri, Oregon, Colorado, Utah, and Nevada. He is currently the Director of Georgic Development for Monticello College in Utah.
In 2021 he started his own grassroots school at his home in Clover Valley...2023-03-2027 min
Locals Share Green ActionGreen Home Coach – Marla Esser Cloos Marla Esser Cloos is the principal of Green Home Coach with 15+ years working with green certified homes and projects and applying the knowledge gained through her accreditations - NAHB Master Certified Green Professional, LEED AP, NAR Green Designee and Wellness Within Your Walls Certified Professional. The groundwork was laid with her BS in Engineering and Public Policy and a Certificate in Energy from Washington University in St. Louis.
Through Green Home Coach programs and partnerships, she helps people and businesses discover and create better homes to live in or work on for healthier, more comfortable lives. Marla fo...2023-02-2848 min
Locals Share Green ActionRegenerative Farming/Ranching – Jared Sorenson - Support & CoachingJared and Selena have been married for 27 years and are the parents of nine children and one grandchild. As 3rd generation ranchers, they are managing the operation that Jared’s grandfather and father built in Secret Pass and Clover Valley, Nevada. Jared is a lifelong learner and has not only been using the principles of holistic management, soil regeneration, and biodynamics but is also teaching them to other farmers and ranchers locally and globally. In addition, Jared has mentored many young people seeking to get a start in agriculture. The Sorensens teach onsite and virtual classes and offer internships on...2023-02-221h 04
Locals Share Green ActionRegenerative Farming/Ranching – Jared Sorenson - Support & CoachingJared and Selena have been married for 27 years and are the parents of nine children and one grandchild. As 3rd generation ranchers, they are managing the operation that Jared’s grandfather and father built in Secret Pass and Clover Valley, Nevada. Jared is a lifelong learner and has not only been using the principles of holistic management, soil regeneration, and biodynamics but is also teaching them to other farmers and ranchers locally and globally. In addition, Jared has mentored many young people seeking to get a start in agriculture. The Sorensens teach onsite and virtual classes and offer internships on...2023-02-2101 min
Locals Share Green ActionMax Stadnyk's Journey to Rammed Earth ConstructionMax Stadnyk is a multifaceted individual with a wealth of diverse experiences and skills. As a Planetary Steward, Leader in Natural Regenerative Building Design, Project Manager, and Master Rammed Earth Builder and Instructor, he has dedicated his career to finding sustainable and eco-friendly solutions for building homes. His upcoming book, "33 Natural Regenerative Design Principles," reflects his passion for promoting the use of natural materials in construction.
After serving in the military and working as a home builder, Max became disillusioned with the widespread use of inferior modern products like OSB, MDF, and laminate flooring, which often failed...2023-01-021h 12
Locals Share Green ActionFood Justice Solutions - Laura Mirafuentes - The Local Food Group MinnesotaThe Food Group Minnesota is not your typical food pantry. Yet that is where they started originally over 40 years ago. They provide excellent examples of ways that community organizations can take a much larger role in addition to meeting immediate hunger-fighting needs. The Food Group Minnesota grows, harvests, buys and distributes healthy foods with multiple programs.
Laura Mirafuentes is the perfect spokesperson for The Food Group. She has worked there for over eight years using her skills in fundraising, program management, and her 10 years of experience working in the food and agriculture sector to make a difference for...2022-12-0531 min
Locals Share Green ActionEnvironmental Lobbyist – Bainy Suri – Eco Change Solutions, New JerseyBainy Suri is the CEO and Founder of Eco Community Solutions. She is a grassroots activist, an attorney, and a mother to her son Kai. For the past eleven years, she has worked on social and environmental justice issues in Princeton, across Mercer County, and the State of New Jersey.
As a first-generation, Indian-American, female and the single parent of a special needs child, the environment, diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice are relevant, important issues in her professional and personal life.
Bainy served as the Executive Director of the New Jersey Environmental Lobby until June 2022. P...2022-07-3131 minLocals Share Green ActionEnvironmental Lobbyist – Bainy Suri – Eco Community Solutions, New JerseyBainy Suri is the CEO and Founder of Eco Community Solutions. She is a grassroots activist, an attorney, and a mother to her son Kai. For the past eleven years, she has worked on social and environmental justice issues in Princeton, across Mercer County, and the State of New Jersey.
As a first-generation, Indian-American, female and the single parent of a special needs child, the environment, diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice are relevant, important issues in her professional and personal life.
Bainy served as the Executive Director of the New Jersey Environmental Lobby until June 2022. P...2022-07-3131 min
Northern Nevada Green Living PodcastScrub Jay Farm - Workshops & Plant-scaping– Colin Watley Colin Watley started Scrub Jay Farm in the Spring of 2021 as a result of a career change and a desire to experiment with gardening methods and goals that differ from standard production farms. The emphasis at Scrub Jay Farm is on edible flowers, herbs, food preservation, testing new plant varieties, and seed saving.
The farm consists of hugelkultur beds built throughout a 1/6 acre residential lot with permaculture principles as a central focus. In 2022, the second year, the focus has been on planting shrubby intermediate and taller fruit tree layers and continued soil development.
The work...2022-07-2519 min
Northern Nevada Green Living PodcastQuinn Campbell - Local Botanist, Garden Manager & Desert Ecologist Quinn is a local botanist, ecologist, gardener, and Nevada native. He has spent most of his career studying the native plants of Nevada and fire ecology in the Great Basin. He’s researched how to effectively restore burned plant communities in our Nevada deserts.
More recently, he began working as a garden manager for Farmily, one of our local non-profits partnered with the Boys and Girls Club to teach social-emotional learning through the garden and providing healthy food to the kids and their families.
As we learned about in our last episode, Farmily's newest project, Kat...2022-05-3036 min
Locals Share Green ActionHealthy Eating Education & Farming - Kerin Gould – Author of “Produce With A Purpose” Healthy Eating Education & Farming - Kerin Gould – Author of “Produce With A Purpose”
Kerin Gould has a Bachelor of Science degree in Natural Health and a PhD in Native American Studies. She has worked with food-related non-profits, but eventually focused on developing her own sustainable, non-toxic, wildlife-friendly farm and exploring a new way to connect vibrant fruit and veggies with those who strive to enhance their health with delicious recipes using farm-fresh produce.
She is the author of “Produce With a Purpose” which has delicious recipes specifically geared to people recovering from cancer. By honing in on the n...2022-05-2344 min
Northern Nevada Green Living PodcastSocial & Environmental Advocacy – Rebekah StetsonToday on our podcast I’m speaking with Rebekah Stetson who has worked in the Northern Nevada green community as a connector, leader, passionate activist and as an organic farmer.
I had the pleasure of interviewing Rebekah two years ago in April of 2020 for the podcast, Locals Share Green Action episode number 7. We’ll be dipping back into some of the topics that she shared then and bring in some of the new things she’s up to now.
For those who don’t know Rebekah, she’s a Northern Nevada Native whose life is led by synch...2022-04-0932 min
Locals Share Green ActionNative Trees Grown to Give Away – “Project Pando”, Basil Camu, FounderBasil Camu is the co-owner of a local tree care company called Leaf & Limb located in Raleigh, North Carolina. Basil is also the founder of a nonprofit volunteer-driven tree nursery that grows native trees sustainably to give away to the public at no cost. The project is seeking to support restoration projects both in urban, suburban, and wild areas.
Basil loves all of the aspects of natural ecosystems from the trees, to soil, wildflowers, insects, bats, and fungi. He is a Treecologist, ISA Board Certified Master Arborist, a Duke graduate, and is committed to taking act...2022-03-2136 min
Locals Share Green ActionSupport for Environmentalists - Don Pierce, Heartwood Path Online Courses/BooksDon Pierce has spent nearly his whole life working to protect the environment. After decades of work as a professional environmentalist, Don concluded that a new approach––one focused on the environmentalist and not just the environment––was needed.
When famed conservationist David Brower asked him to write “a piece” to show environmentalists how to persevere, the result was a series of online courses that is good for both environmentalists and anyone seeking happiness and the preservation of nature. This series––the Heartwood Path––helps people to develop spiritually, helps people discover the benefits of communing with nature, a...2022-03-0929 min
Northern Nevada Green Living PodcastValley Wood Park Waterwise Garden - Tom Stille, River School FarmThe Valley Wood Park Waterwise Bird Garden project, in its various phases, was created as a demonstration garden to show visitors alternatives to water hungry lawns. This park project is meant to inspire and educate our community about trees, shrubs, and flowers that can be grown in our high desert environment using half the water that lawns require. With our area experiencing less rainfall and higher temperatures we can benefit from learning how to create beautiful urban landscapes in a more sustainable way.
Tom Stille designed and continues to expand this inspiring and delightful collection of...2022-02-2729 min
Locals Share Green ActionFamilies for a Livable Climate – Winona Bateman, Founding DirectorWinona Bateman is the director of Families for a Livable Climate in Missoula, Montana. They are seeking to connect people for shared action through local family-friendly events that help take action that ensures a livable future for all. Their vision includes a healthy home planet, connected communities, and a resilient, and equitable economy.
Winona has a background in communications and sees one-on-one conversations as part of the solution to build a community, to create more meaning in our lives, and to work on solutions that are a part of a more equitable and livable future.
2022-01-3132 min
Locals Share Green ActionMulti-media Stories – T. Addison Brown, Emerging World Co-FounderMulti-media Stories – T. Addison Brown, Emerging World Co-Founder
T. Addison Brown creates multi-media stories as a fundamental and immersive form of communication that intends to engage on an intuitive and sensory level. Guided by Buddhist teachings her activities have emphasize on safeguarding all forms of life.
During her tenure as Director of Philanthropy for Levity Foundation she created the See Me Project, South Africa. A Kodak sponsored photography event that partnered with South African Organizations NOAH, LoveLife and the KwaMashu township. By giving cameras to children, this project allowed the children to become the storytellers. Th...2022-01-2329 min
Locals Share Green ActionLara Tomov, Director/Founder of “Stories for Action”, a Media Hub for Positive Change Lara Tomov has always been drawn to sharing experiences with others to connect people and place. She has worked in the film and television world for over a decade, primarily as a cinematographer. This work has taken her around the world, from peaks to ocean depths, for documentaries and television networks such as Discovery and Travel Channel. She has also worked with organizations such as The Nature Conservancy and Environment America. Last year she started up her own media brand, “Stories for Action”, with a mission to use visual and audio storytelling to create connections for healthy environments and comm...2022-01-0447 min
Northern Nevada Green Living PodcastTruckee Meadows Parks Foundation – Caring for Parks, Open Spaces & TrailsTruckee Meadows Parks Foundation – Caring for Parks, Open Spaces & Trails
In this episode we speak with three representatives from Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation: Matt DeBray, Julie Johnson, and Caroline Stillitano about all of the great things their organization does for people in the greater Washoe County area to increase our enjoyment and knowledge of our beautiful parks.
Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation is a private nonprofit that was incorporated in 2012 and received its 501(c)(3) determination in 2013. The Parks Foundation protects and enhances our communities' livability through public engagement, education, and the sustainability of our parks, open spaces...2021-12-2529 min
Northern Nevada Green Living PodcastHomesteading Skills & Yoga Classes - Emanuela Heller-MacNeilageEmanuela Heller-MacNeilage is a local farmer, a yoga and homesteading skills instructor, and the Vice President of the Northern Nevada Beekeeper’s Association. She raises goats, bees, and chickens and offers instruction on how to care for beehives, and sustainable gardens, and how to make cheese, yogurt, mead, and soap.
At Tiny Living Farm, overlooking the Truckee river, she offers goat yoga classes, and instruction in the many skills that she teaches. She also cares for beehives for other people in the Reno area. If you would like to contact Emanuela for her services, classes, or products (before...2021-12-1118 min
Locals Share Green ActionRestoring the Environment - We Plant It Forward – Maggie BaileyMaggie Bailey is the founder and President of We Plant it Forward in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Mission of We Plant it Forward is to preserve and restore the natural environment for the benefit of future generations by providing trees, tools, and help as well as hands-on activities, community engagement, and environmental education.
Maggie Bailey holds a master of science degree in Conflict Analysis and Resolution. Since 2009 she has led many tree planting volunteer efforts in the Raleigh/Durham area, working with both adults and children in cooperation with a large number of organizations like Habitat for H...2021-12-0540 min
Locals Share Green ActionUrban Wood Rescue Program - Jennifer Szeliga and Jonathan GibbsToday on our podcast we speak with two people from a nonprofit organization that facilitates the stewardship of urban trees in a large city, including a program that facilitates the use of the wood from trees that have to be removed from around the city because of disease, end-of-it’s lifecycle or proximity to structures, etc.
Jennifer Szeliga and Jonathan Gibbs from the Sacramento Tree Foundation work for the Urban Wood Rescue program in Sacramento, CA. Sacramento Tree Foundation works on educating Sacramentans on how to plant and care for trees and tell the story of h...2021-11-0130 min
Northern Nevada Green Living PodcastHelp Save the Bees Foundation - Ray Hopper & Dan RiderHelp Save the Bees Foundation – is a 501c3 Nevada nonprofit whose mission is to inspire and educate the community about importance of bees, their challenges, and how to participate in supporting them and taking action for their health and survival.
Ray Hopper is the founder and Treasurer. He has been keeping bees off and on since 1982. His passion has inspired him to dedicate his life to help the plight of bees.
Dan Rider is a Director, a beekeeper and an organic gardener. His wife, Valarie Rider is the owner of Heirloom Garden...2021-10-3128 min
Locals Share Green ActionPermaculture Educators & Homesteaders - Zia Energetics Permaculture, Jesse and Johanna BoudreauJesse and Johanna Boudreau have been operating Zia Energetics Permaculture as a family business for over 20 years. They create their livelihood as homesteaders, foragers, market growers, mushroom cultivators, beekeepers, cob builders, urban forestry and as herbalists. They share their wide range of experiences with local and virtual classes and community events teaching permaculture, hosting foraging walks, teaching home herbalism, and fermentation workshops.
Websites:
https://www.ziapermaculture.com/
https://ziaenergetics.wordpress.com/
Local landscape design and maintenance, nutrition and natural living courses
https://www.ziapermaculture.com/book...2021-10-1724 min
Locals Share Green ActionWildlife Biologist, Conservation Photographer, & Graphic Artist, Kaitie Schneider – Understory StudioKaitie Schneider is a wildlife conservation biologist and educator for Boulder County Parks and Open Space, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, and Blue Turtle Sustainable. In her free time, she runs her own business as a digital artist and photographer for environmental organizations and earth-conscious businesses.
Below are her recommends to learn more about conservation, wildlife biology, as well as the many ways we can get more involved using our own varied skills and interests.
Podcasts:
Impact the Conservation Photography Podcast
How to Save a Planet
2021-10-1014 min
Locals Share Green ActionThreads of Green: Thrifted Fashion Show & FOMENO app - Annie Lien & Wynter ChildersIn this episode we have the honor of meeting two young women that are holding a unique local South Dakota event. “Threads of Green” is a thrifted fashion show being held in a unique venue, to raise money for good causes and roll out a new thrifted clothing sustainable fashion website and app that simplifies thrifting for clothes.
Annie Lien is the lead fashion icon and style curator with FOMENO and Wynter Childers is a Wedding and Event Planner with her business, Created by Wyn (CBWYN).
Together Annie and Wynter are working on raising money and s...2021-09-1930 min
Locals Share Green ActionBuy Nothing Project Groups, Casey Shiver and Liz McFarland - Local Group AdminsCasey Shiver has been a member of the Buy Nothing Project’s Central Reno group for a couple of years now and started volunteering as an admin in February of 2021. She works full time for UNR, is currently pursuing her Master's degree in Higher Education Administration and spends much of her free time volunteering with local area nonprofits. Her favorite parts of the Buy Nothing Project are getting to know her neighbors and seeing the large number of items being reused rather than entering the landfills.
Liz McFarland has been a member of the Buy Nothing Project’s Ce...2021-09-0723 minNorthern Nevada Green Living PodcastBuy Nothing Project Groups, Casey Shiver and Liz McFarland - Local Group AdminsCasey Shiver has been a member of the Buy Nothing Project’s Central Reno group for a couple of years now and started volunteering as an admin in February of 2021. She works full time for UNR, is currently pursuing her Master's degree in Higher Education Administration and spends much of her free time volunteering with local area nonprofits. Her favorite parts of the Buy Nothing Project are getting to know her neighbors and seeing the large number of items being reused rather than entering the landfills.
Liz McFarland has been a member of the Buy Nothing Project’s Ce...2021-09-0123 min
Locals Share Green ActionScience & the Soul of Soil Classes - Ragan Sutterfield - Christ Episcopal ChurchRagan Sutterfield is a priest and associate at Christ Episcopal Church in Little Rock, Arkansas. His writings have appeared in a variety of places including The Christian Century, Sojourners, The Oxford American, Plough Online, and The Englewood Review of Books. Ragan's writing and interests are focused at the intersection of faith and ecology where he brings his background in birding, permaculture, and soil ecology into conversation with philosophy, theology, and the Christian spiritual tradition. Ragan is the author of Wendell Berry and the Given Life (Franciscan Media), This is My Body (Convergent/Random House), Cultivating Reali...2021-08-0831 min
Northern Nevada Green Living PodcastLocal Forest Stewardship - Research Associate – Norman Cone IV - Great Basin Institute In this episode we dive into the topic of the local forest stewardship and some of the work that Norman Cone is doing as a research associate working with Great Basin Institute. He shares many factors that weigh into decisions that are made on a daily basis, as many groups work to maintain, protect, and restore our forests.
As residents living near amazing national parks, Norman shares things that we can do to be better environmental stewards. We learn more so that we can have greater appreciation for our forests and for the current challenges of caring fo...2021-08-0123 min
Northern Nevada Green Living PodcastSustainable Fashion – Local Classes & Website - Sharon LugoneSharon Lugone is retired from teaching computer literacy to elementary and middle school levels and has gone on to instruct and do private consultations to teach sustainable wardrobe fashion strategies called Capsules101. She is teaching courses locally in the Reno area.
After watching the documentary “The True Cost”, she was moved to take action to address better choices for all of us to meet the challenges of fashion industry and how to be more strategic and mindful in our clothing purchases.
The documentary – “The True Cost” https://youtu.be/nxhCpLzreCw
c a p s u l e s 1...2021-06-2729 min
Locals Share Green ActionFaulkner County Library – Urban Farm Project - Zack McCannon Zack McCannon is the Urban Farm Project Garden Programmer for the Faulkner County Library, Conway, Arkansas.
The Urban Farm Project began in the spring of 2010 as a gardening competition between three local colleges. As students and professors turned lawns into thriving gardens it transformed into a collaborative effort that has encouraged sustainability and a greater sense of community with shared local food production.
https://fcl.org/departments/garden/
https://www.facebook.com/fcurbanfarmproject/
2021-06-2731 min
Locals Share Green ActionUpcycling Clothing Class – Nina Littrell – Instructor with Rightfully Sewn, Kansas City, MONina Littrell is a graduate of Kansas City Art Institute where she studied textiles and garment construction. She is a Kansas City based fashion designer that, among other classes, is teaching “Deconstruction/Reconstruction” an upcycling garments class offered at Rightfully sewn where students are training for professional jobs in the garment industry.
https://rightfullysewn.org/classes - list of public classes (Deconstruction/ Reconstruction ticket information is here )
https://rightfullysewn.org/seamstresses - Seamstress Training Program information
https://rightfullysewn.org/designers- classes for fashion designers
https://www.instagram.com/rightfullysewn/ - Our instagram ...2021-06-1921 min
Locals Share Green Action Director, Farmer, & Councilwoman Casey McAuliffe - Galveston’s Own Farmers Market, Moon Dog Farms, and City of La MarqueUnder Casey’s leadership, Galveston’s Own Farmers Market has increased food-access among high-risk populations on Galveston Island through implementation of SNAP, specialty WIC programming, free cooking classes and a rapidly-growing school gardens program. Since 2017, Casey has also served as a City Councilwoman in the City of La Marque. Her life’s work revolves around the value of the natural environment on community well-being and empowering citizens to take control of their own health and claim their role within their own community.
https://galvestonsownfarmersmarket.com/
2021-06-0143 min
Northern Nevada Green Living PodcastThali – An Organic Vegetarian Sustainable Reno RestaurantWe meet the owners of Thali an organic vegetarian restaurant that share multiple ways that they are striving to operate sustainably. Learn more about how this little family-owned restaurant works to support local farms, and avoid waste while delivery delicious meals for their community.
https://www.thalireno.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Thalireno/
2021-05-3118 min
Locals Share Green ActionNon-Toxic Neighborhoods – Kim Konte, the Founding Member Kim Konte is the founding member of Nontoxic Neighborhoods, an organization that helps neighborhoods transition to organic and regenerative methods of care in public and private areas of the city. They do this in a hands-on and collaborative way by supporting city staff, landscape contractors, and school administrators with solution-based tools and training to support the end of using synthetic pesticides.
https://nontoxicneighborhoods.org/
https://www.facebook.com/nontoxicneighborhoods/
https://www.instagram.com/nontoxicneighborhoods/?hl=en
Non-Toxic Neighborhoods YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDiYhkonixbXwCPajRDozsg
2021-05-1638 min
Locals Share Green ActionZero Waste Professional Organizer - Next Highest Good’s Founder - Lauren Winters West Lauren Winters West is the Founder and Chief Expert Organizer at Next Highest Good. As far back as she can remember, Lauren has enjoyed decluttering and organizing spaces for friends and family. She began organizing professionally after more than 20 years in a wide breadth of job capacities including: being a music video producer, a marketing executive at a Fortune 500 company and a nonprofit executive director.
Since 2016, Lauren is proud to focus full time on organizing and offering her services to help people create spaces that maximize healthy, sustainable living and productivity. Lauren is passionate about zero waste...2021-04-2529 min
Northern Nevada Green Living PodcastKatherina’s Garden – Faith Lutheran Community Garden Founder/Manager – Katie CollingKatie Colling who is the founder and manager of Katherina’s Garden a community garden that is seeking to help feed people in poverty with healthy, fresh foods grown right in the neighborhood. Katie was the vice president for RISE for seven years and she is the founder and manager of Katharina's Garden and Compost Program since it's inception in 2017.
https://gofund.me/97c62413
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1716313595100783/user/100000482378184/
kmcolling@gmail.com
www.katharinasgarden.org
2021-04-1916 min
Locals Share Green ActionLife Over Lawns Plantr App – founder Shane Davis – Connecting Homeowners to Professionals – to Design, Grow and Maintain Edible Perennial Food Forests Shane Davis the founder of Plantr in Eugene, Oregon. While in the Marine Corp, Shane traveled the world as part of the President lift squadron which provided global special mission airlift, logistics, and communications for two presidents through 5 countries and over 20 states. After his time in the Marine Corp he founded Plantr where he has been working with his team of developers on an app that helps match ecological garden designers with local community yards in urban and suburban settings on a wide scale.
Plantr came to Shane as a way to help spread Permaculture across the...2021-04-1018 min
Locals Share Green ActionUsing Software & Science to Help Local Gardens/Farm Systems - Austin Arrington – Helping Nature & Humans ConnectAustin Arrington is a software developer, scientist, and entrepreneur working on systems to help humans and nature connect and thrive. Austin brings sustainable technologies and systems to market, from green roofs and urban farms, to soil sensors, automation, and machine learning.
He is a published researcher and holds an MS in Environmental Science from the state university of New York and College of Environmental Science & Forestry, an MA in Bioethics from NYU, and a B.A. in English from Penn State University. His research explores the intersection of ecology, technology, and ethics.
On...2021-03-2721 min
Northern Nevada Green Living PodcastBonus Episode: Presentation about Arbuscular Mycorrhizae – Soil Health & Plant Symbiosis PresentationLife as we know it would be much different if it weren’t for the mysterious and miraculous mycelium. Such an impressive entity, so different than most life on earth. This fungus can destroy and give life simultaneously. Mycelium helps soil by breaking down organic matter, keeping moisture in the soil, and helping to prevent erosion.
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About Rachel
Rachel Jessee, originally from Reno, NV has recently returned to the region after over a decade of exploring different cultures, climates and lifestyles. She currently practices regenerative agriculture and subsistence farm...2021-03-2246 min
Locals Share Green ActionCuauhtemoc Landeros – Nurturing Soil Biology & SymSoilCuauhtemoc Landeros has worked and lived in multiple area of California and Mexico. He is academically and physically engaged in the fields of sustainable landscaping, organic farming, permaculture, agro-ecology, soil food web biology, Korean natural farming, and Permaculture. He was part of a small group that started SymSoil which has developed products that increase the diversity and abundance of beneficial soil micro-organisms for healthy soil.
He has studied regenerative methods directly with well-known experts in their field such as:
Agroecology with Sepp Holzer,
Soil biology with Dr. Elaine Ingham
Mycology research wi...2021-03-1430 min
Locals Share Green ActionSustainable Urban Mushroom Farming & Local Environmental Nonprofit – Farmer & Founder - Walker Sauls, Reno, NVWalker Sauls, in Reno, NV, is the founder of the nonprofit GreenVibe World and the urban mushroom farm called Biggest Little Mushrooms. After Walker Sauls completed his Bachelors of Science degree in Environmental Science he founded the nonprofit while living in Oregon. Later when he moved to Reno, NV he co-founded Biggest Little Mushrooms with his brother and now works as the Head Cultivator.
At Biggest Little Mushrooms they pride themselves in growing high-quality mushrooms with as little impact to the environment as possible. Their small farm contributes healthy and delicious mushrooms to their local commun...2021-03-0722 min
Locals Share Green ActionMobile Food Market & Multiple Producer CSA – Karaline Griffin – Reno Mobile MarketKaraline is a marketing professional turned food advocate. With over 12 years of experience in digital marketing and advertising, Karaline has let her passion lead her to what matters most: food, and supporting a local food system! Originally from the Midwest, Karaline is a huge proponent of small organic local farms. After volunteering for a few non-profits over the years, Karaline worked as a summer farm hand this past summer at Prema Farms and got her feet wet selling organic veggies at the busy Saturday summer market in Reno. Shortly after this she was invited to take on the role as...2021-02-2129 min
Locals Share Green ActionGrowing the Localization Movement – Anja Lyngbaek, Associate Programs Director – Local Futures an International NonprofitAnja Lyngbaek, is the Associate Programs Director with Local Futures an international nonprofit dedicated to renewing ecological, social, and spiritual well-being by shifting away from dependence on global monopolies, and towards decentralized local and regional economies. Anja holds a bachelors of science in Rural Resource Management and a Masters degree in Agroforestry. She has worked with Local Futures on a number of projects since 1986, among others as coordinator of the UK Local Food Programme, the International Alliance for Localization and the International Economics of Happiness Conference Series. She is currently coordinating World Localization Day 2021. Fluent in Spanish, English and D...2021-01-3125 min
Locals Share Green ActionHomestead, Local Food, Homemade Skin Products & Eco Tourism - Kara-Ann Miller - Stony Rose Homestead, Stone Ridge, NY Kara and her family started Stony Rose Homestead as a conscious effort to ensure their family was enjoying the healthiest food possible. From a few bee hives and chickens, they added no-till farming and all with the goal of providing delicious food for both family and community using sustainable and earth-friendly methods.
From their hives they harvest raw honey and create naturally healing beeswax-based skin care products. From their chicken coops they gather free-range eggs and from their fields & forest they harvest pastured chickens, mushrooms, fruits and vegetables.
Find them on FB and Instagram @StonyRoseHomestead
...2021-01-0929 min
Locals Share Green ActionPhotographer & Promoter of Local Sustainable Farms – Rachelle LerudeRachelle LeRude spent two years traveling to various farms capturing beautiful images of organic and sustainable young farms & farmers in Northern California. She wanted to personally meet the individuals of “her own generation who are choosing to be stewards of the land.” In that process she learned about: “soil health, carbon sequestration, biodiversity, food sovereignty and eating locally sourced nutrient dense food.”
“This exploration has led me to meet some of the most soulful people and has been a deep lesson in the benefits of community. It has been an inspiration that will fuel many projects to come. I want...2021-01-0321 min
Locals Share Green ActionDesign & Local Manufacturing Upcycled Textiles – Christina Johnson – Upcycle It Now Company– Long Beach, CAUpcycle It Now, was born out of a shared entrepreneurial spirit to become sustainability change agents by partnering with textile companies to upcycle their textile waste into beautiful, high quality, and functional products. Christina obtained her degree at UC Davis and headed to India for an internship with a sustainable design company. There she saw the urgent need for sustainable textile manufacturing and knew that was going to be her mission.
Christina and her mother are the founders of Upcycle It Now in Long Beach, CA. Liz Bordessa, aka mom, a successful businesswoman who possesses an innate pa...2020-12-1341 min
Locals Share Green ActionGoat Affection Yoga Therapy – Amanda Avery - Hux Family Farm, Durham, NCHux Family Farm is a small 4-acre sustainable homestead that has grown into a local space for healing with animals. They offer everything from goat yoga to kid’s programs. With a mission of bringing smiles and healing souls, they want to bring joy and peace to as many lives as possible while taking good care of their goats.
Among the many activities on their farm: day camps for kids, private birthday parties, farm tours & private events. Among the many activities they sponsor on their farm, they also provide products such as raw goats milk, goat’s milk so...2020-12-0632 min
Northern Nevada Green Living PodcastLocal Recycling, Upcycling Retail, & Custom TeasHappy holidays everyone! We hope you all are staying safe and healthy and having a chance to enjoy some festive cheer whether you are staying close to home, are hiking the hills, or are visiting with a few close friends and family.
If you are in a position to buy gifts this year, please consider shopping at our local small businesses. Especially the ones that are striving to be sustainable and make our little part of this planet a kinder and safer place for us all. We would love to have time to share all of ou...2020-12-0237 min
Locals Share Green ActionCommunity Education Coordinator – Kim Rios, KTMB nonprofit, Reno, NV Kim Rios has a strong passion for environmental activism and education. She obtained her degree in environmental policy at the University of Nevada, Reno, but discovered a predilection for education after spending four years teaching overseas. Kim came to Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful (KTMB) as an AmeriCorps VISTA participant working to build capacity for the Warriors Youth Education program. Upon completion of her term, she was hired on as the Community Education Coordinator to expand KTMB's education program through its Recycling Guide, the Nevada Green Business Program, and sustainability talks to businesses, organizations, clubs, and more.
https...2020-11-2826 min
Locals Share Green ActionAlgae-Based Natural Fertilizer - Lorrie & Jeffrey Scott – Green Village Biofertilizer- Denver, Colorado Lorrie and Jeffrey Scott are brother and sister and co-founders of a small company, Green Village Biofertilizers in Denver, Colorado. Their company produces a natural fertilizer made from fresh-water algae, selected fungi, soil bacteria, and humates. They released their first fertilizer product early in 2020 and are working on many more to follow.
Learn about their path of green action as they have used their skills, research, and past experiences to craft a new green enterprise to be a part of the regenerative earth movement.
http://www.greenvillagebiofertilizers.com/
https://www.algaegrow.com/2020-11-2226 min
Locals Share Green ActionUpcycling Retail Fixtures & Local Shop -Andrew Frank - Space Cadet Nonprofit – Andrew Frank is the the founder of the nonprofit, Space Cadet, in Reno, NV. Every yea
Andrew Frank is the the founder of the nonprofit, Space Cadet, in Reno, NV. Every year large amounts of retail displays/fixtures are being sent to landfills. Andrew has made it his mission to prevent this from happening. His Nevada nonprofit, Space Cadet, helps companies repurpose their components responsibly and he is encouraging and offering to help others to do this as well all across the country. This is critically important as many large retail companies are going out of business and t...2020-11-1525 min
Locals Share Green ActionCommunity Gardening Nonprofit - Earstin Whitten - Soulful Seeds Among other numerous community service roles, Earstin Whitten is the co-founder and president of Soulful Seeds, a non-profit whose mission is to provide greater food security through community gardens and gardening education. He is also affectionately known as the local “Guru of Garlic” as he teaches community members how to grow garlic successfully.
Soulful Seeds, Reno, NV
https://www.soulful-seeds.com/
Soulful Seeds Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/soulfulseedsnnv/2020-11-0129 min
Locals Share Green ActionLocal Sustainable Farming Education & Outreach - Charles Schembre – Desert Farming Initiative Charles grew up in California, enjoying the outdoors, surfing, and working in restaurants as he attended school. He ended up in Reno, Nevada and is now the program director of University of Nevada Reno’s Desert Farming Initiative. He is an agricultural specialist for sustainable and organic farming practices. His previous experience includes multiple diversified row crop farms, small-scale orchards, CSAs, farmer’s markets and restaurants.
He was a part of the AmeriCorps Watershed Stewards Project where he put into practice the belief that farms can contribute to maintaining and protecting the health of watersheds through sustainable soil ma...2020-10-2551 min
Locals Share Green ActionSafer Cosmetics Micro-Business – Emy Damian – BeautycounterEmy Damian with a medical background found herself searching for safer cosmetics for her daughter. Becoming informed opened her eyes to the hundreds of potentially toxic chemicals in over-the-counter beauty products. Beautycounter provided her a unique opportunity to start her own micro business that provides safer cosmetic products. For Emy this is not just a business, but a mission.
Facebook page:
Emy's Beautycounter: https://www.facebook.com/EmyBeautycounter/
Facebook group (where I share more personal clean beauty info and giveaways):
Emy's Clean Quest: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2...2020-10-1822 min
Locals Share Green ActionUpcycled Handbags - Lorie English – ReCreated Lorie English loves upcycling taking vintage feed sacks, and clothing and transforming them into great handbags, wallets, and pouches. It is a unique creative design challenge to work with these fabrics to produce unique bags in many popular styles. All of the fabric, including the linings are made from other items.
ReCreated Website: https://www.recreatednow.com/
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/recreated_now/
Etsy Shop:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/LoriesBags?social_invites=1&si_uuid=e510f50f-7d23-402f-abb5-7092d9baeaa1&user_id=18795170&si_t...2020-10-1119 min
Locals Share Green ActionInstruments from Upcycling - David English & Mark Schomaker – Black Owl Guitars Interview with David English, the founder of Black Owl Guitars in New Bern, N. Carolina, and wiring technician, Mark Schomaker. Black Owl Guitars make full functioning strings instruments, amplifiers, and electric kazoos. Both of these musicians are talented creators that solve creative challenges to make instruments with great sound from what would have been waste.
http://blackowlguitars.com/index.html
https://www.etsy.com/market/black_owl_guitars
https://www.facebook.com/Black-Owl-Guitars-239474402756778/2020-10-1033 min
Northern Nevada Green Living PodcastGrowing GarlicIn this episode we learn from a “Garlic Guru” how to grow garlic, which is one of Northern Nevada’s major crops. We also learn about a great program/event being offered in place of the “Reno Garlic Festival” which is a year-round monthly virtual class on how to grow this popular easy-to-grow vegetable along with added incentive giveaways to the first people to sign up for the classes.
We also hear from a local environmental educator more about her upcoming talk about “River-Friendly Landscaping” along with other great upcoming, in-person and virtual local events.
Free Garlic Cou...2020-09-2828 min
Locals Share Green ActionEco-Blogging & Social Media - Katherine Prior – “Sweet Sustainability” Katherine Prior is a full-time university student, at The University of Western Ontario and an eco-blogger and social media influencer with “SweetSustainability.ca”. She grew up caring and being inspired by nature but began to notice the unsustainable aspects of her life. She has since grown passionate about saving the planet, imperfect low-waste living, ethical fashion, flexitarianism, conscious consumerism, mindfulness, and intersectional environmentalism.
With her blog and social media, Katherine tries to find creative solutions for making low impact living more inclusive, as well as increase accessibility in the awareness of climate justice issues. Katherine aims t...2020-09-2624 min
Locals Share Green ActionEco-Florist - Lynn Mehl – Good Old Days - New Windsor, NYLynn Mehl as an environmentalist has taken her passion to save the planet and has used it to take over and convert a conventional florist business into one of the first full-service eco-florist models of sustainability in the country. Lynn while running her business also promotes, writes, and educates that this CAN be done and profitably. Her goal now is to influence and promote green planet-friendly thinking to both consumers and the industry.
https://goodolddaysflorist.com/
2020-09-2218 min
Locals Share Green ActionNatural Pet Food Store - Pennye Jones-Napier – Big Bad Woof Pennye Napier-Jones and her partner, Julie Piez, together are the co-founders and owners of The Big Bad Woof incorporated. Their company specializes in premium, organic, holistic, locally-sourced, and raw foods and supplies. Big Bad Woof works to source products that are sustainable, locally-made, fair-trade, and made using sustainable manufacturing methods.2020-09-1621 min
Locals Share Green ActionGardening Educators - Nicky and Dave Schauder - Permaculture Gardens – growmyownfood.comWhen Nicky and Dave had children that were born with severe allergies, they decided that switching to safer and more nutritious foods would be part of the solution for better health. Together, they now run Permaculture Gardens where they educate people with free webinars, educational blogs, and offer a garden mentoring program to help families grow abundantly.
Permaculture Gardens has received the “Most Sustainable Brand” award at the Green Festivals and Nicky & Dave’s work has been featured in the Huffington Post, Permaculture Research Institute in Australia, and Green America.org. 2020-09-1237 min
Northern Nevada Green Living PodcastFall Planting for Natives and Pollinators In this episode, we hear from Ed Kleiner with Comstock Seed Company and Lorraine Fitzhaugh with VitalBeeBuds whose businesses are both located in Carson Valley. They both share great information and resources for growing seeds and plants in gardens and farms that help support our pollinators, our local ecosystems, and the amazing watersheds of the Northern Nevada area.
For More Interview Details and Events:
Ed Kleiner – Comstock Seed
http://comstockseed.com/
Lorraine Fitzhaugh - VitalBeeBuds - plants, seeds, and consultations
https://www.vitalbeebuds.com/
2020-09-0340 min
Locals Share Green ActionWild Land Restoration and Native Plant Nursery - James Gatzke - Walker Basin ConservancyJames Gatzke shares his background and experience that prepared him for his current conservation, restoration, and native plant nursery work with Walker Basin Conservancy in the challenging desert environment of Northern Nevada.2020-08-3017 min
Locals Share Green ActionGrowing an Eco-Village Project - Steve Welzer – Long Time Green Movement & Green Party ActivistSteve Welzer was a founding member of the Green Party of New Jersey in 1997 and served on the Steering Committee of the US Green Party during 2012-2013. He actively served the green movement by working in committees, running for office and editing, contributing to, and writing various green publications. He is now working with a group of people to start an eco-village in either central New Jersey or Eastern Pennsylvania. Steve shares good advice on how eco-villages can be one of the many solutions for the greening of society and how meeting and building relationships with other like-minded people can...2020-08-2324 min
Locals Share Green ActionNonprofit & Meetup Group, Chuck Lynd & Lynn Stan – Simply Living OhioChuck is one of the founders of Simply Living, nonprofit acting as a connector, organizer, and educator in the green community in Ohio. Lynn also a board member of Simply Living and has been a fan from the beginning. They both share the inspiring work that they are taking to grow greater green action through the use of multiple avenues to connect and educate the community in the Ohio area.
https://simplyliving.org/
2020-08-0842 min
Locals Share Green ActionMinneapolis Toy Library- Rebecca Nutter – Rebecca Nutter is one of the founders and the Executive Director of the Minneapolis Toy Library. Thanks to this library, over 350 families are able to share resources, cut down on their waste and consumption, and provide toys for their young children who often benefit from varied developmentally stimulating and age-appropriate toys.
https://mplstoylibrary.org/2020-08-0223 min
Locals Share Green ActionGreen2Go Container Waste Solutionist - Crystal Dreisbach, GreenToGo, Don’t Waste Durham, NCCrystal Dreisbach is the Founder & Executive Director of a non-profit organization called Don't Waste Durham which creates multiple solutions that prevent trash. She invented and operates GreenToGo, a city-wide reusable takeout container service for restaurants and grocery stores as well as additional innovative solutions for other types of waste reduction.
http://www.dontwastedurham.org/
2020-07-2735 min
Locals Share Green ActionGreen Cleaning Co. - Anna Tsantir – Two Bettys, Minneapolis, MNAnna Tsantir is the cofounder of Two Bettys in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Two Bettys is a green cleaning company that has combined their mission of using ecofriendly cleaners that are safer for their employees, their clients and their community with striving to support greater social justice, green living and community empowerment. They are a company that pays their employees a living wage and benefits and is striving to adapt to the challenges of racial injustice and conflict in their community and the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://www.twobettysclean.com/
2020-07-1939 min
Locals Share Green ActionUpcycle Arts & Meetup - Maria Chenut - Upcycle Alameda, CAWith the ever-increasing recognition that our planet can neither provide endless resources nor absorb endless waste, a cultural shift has begun. Maria and her co-organizers have set out to make it their mission to address the rest of our “junk”. She is part of the Upcycle Alameda Meetup group in Alameda, California which brings people together focusing on finding the beauty in junk, by using discards and second-hand materials as a starting point for creation. ‘Making-sessions’ start by opening minds and then integrate skill-building to empower artists & craftspeople to use tools to make whatever they imagine.
https://www.meetup...2020-07-1218 min
Locals Share Green ActionZero Waste Shop & Microbiologist - Samantha Romanick - Black Rock Refill Samantha Romanick, a microbiology PhD student, is the founder and operator of Black Rock Refill, a zero-waste business to help people in the Reno, Nevada and surrounding areas have options to reduce plastic waste in their lives. Studying the biology of micro-plastic contamination in the environment, she knows intimately why we should consider minimizing our use of plastic and how to go about it. She operates her business without a brick and mortar store and still manages to make her products available to a large area.2020-06-2128 min
Locals Share Green ActionUpcycle Creative Reuse Center - Kelley Organek & Susan MirandaKelley and Susan met while teaching at the same school. They found they were equally inspired by Reggio Emilia, a unique and successful approach to learning. It inspired them to visit the birthplace of the philosophy in Reggio Emilia, Italy in 2010. When they returned they took their inspiration and built a similar creative recycling center in the City of Alexandria. Upcycle is now a community resource for materials, inspiration, and ideas for the whole areawide community. They collect reusable items that are used for arts & crafts and learning purposes.
https://www.upcyclecrc.org/
2020-06-1429 min
Locals Share Green ActionRegenerative Agriculture - Luke & Shannon Thompson - Blustery Bovine, Washoe Valley, NV Luke and Shannon own Blustery Bovine, a 6-acre farm in Washoe Valley, NV where they raise cattle, pigs, goats, sheep, and chickens to supply food to their CSA and farm store. They have been using regenerative land management practices and methods that better care for animals and at the same time help to heal and replenish the health of wildlife, pasture grasses, and the soil. 2020-06-0526 min
Locals Share Green ActionOrganic Florist & Floral Service - Gwen Bourne, Gwendolyn's Gardens Gwen Bourne shares her small local flower business that she started after her semi-retirement. She shares her passion for growing beautiful flowers without the need for toxic sprays and how doing so encourages and supports pollinators such as bees, butterflies, and birds. 2020-05-3118 min
Locals Share Green ActionSTEM Environmental Education Program - Vanessa Robertson - EnvirolutionVanessa Robertson is currently the Executive Co-Director of Envirolution which works with teachers and students, K-12 for "youth leadership development, and community outreach programs centered around energy efficiency, sustainability, and Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) career development."
Over the years Vanessa has used her environmental studies degrees to work with environmental non-profits and a community garden project to create a cleaner and greener community both in Northern Nevada and Monterey, CA.2020-05-2324 min
Locals Share Green ActionFarm School/Homeschool Program/Day Camp -Josie Glassberg - Founder of Urban Roots NonprofitJosie, originally from the Midwest, traveled to Reno, NV to participate in the Americorp program and ended up making Northern Nevada her new home. After Americorp she went on to found a non-profit called Urban Roots. Now working as a Montessori teacher, she looks back and shares the story of how she took her university education, Americorp training, and Permaculture training and used it to create something wonderful to share and inspire a love of organic, sustainable farming with children in the community.2020-05-1623 min
Locals Share Green ActionSustainable Farming Interning - Tanner Petrilla Tanner Petrilla has been working as a farm intern at four different organic farms learning what works best with various growing conditions, types of crops, and holistic land management methods.2020-05-1018 min
Locals Share Green ActionNo-Till, Small High-Production Farm - Kasey Crispin, Prema Farm, Reno, NVKasey Crispin shares her and her partner Zach Cannady's successful 1.5-acre, organic no-till farm north of Reno, NV. They share how they live their green values to care for people and the planet as they supply nutrient-dense food to northern Nevadans while equally caring for nature and the soil on their farm. 2020-05-0228 min
Locals Share Green ActionBoys & Girls Community Garden Nonprofit - Rebekah Stetson, Farmily Rebekah Stetson has worked in her Northern Nevada green community as a connector, leader, passionate activist, and as an organic farmer. She has been practicing advocacy at a local, regional, and national level in a variety of areas including organic agriculture, public health, environmental protection, and wildlife habitat.
2020-04-2332 min
Locals Share Green ActionGreen Community Organizer - Yashila Sanchez Yashila Sanchez - a marketing professional - shares her talents while working as a volunteer organizer/educator in her community, helping to organize and promote Permaculture and other local green events in her Northern Nevada community. She advocates for slow and steady action, that we can all take, to learn more while growing our own gardens.2020-04-2020 min
Locals Share Green ActionState Sustainability Outreach & Education - Skylar Jones, State of NevadaSkylar Jones works as an environmental scientist focusing on sustainability outreach and education for the State of Nevada. Learn more about how her environmental studies degree became an opportunity to turn her concern for the environment into an opportunity to take green action on a daily basis.2020-04-1825 min
Locals Share Green ActionFrom Rocket Science to a Composting Service - Garrett Menghini, Down to Earth CompostingGarrett Menghini, is the owner of Down to Earth Composting, a rapidly growing, hands-on composting service that picks up people's food scraps and returns to them a rich soil conditioner for their home gardens in Reno, NV. Garrett shares about his previous career working as an electrical engineer for SpaceX, and a need to find work that was more in alignment with his values - a life that would include care for people and care for the earth. Support this podcast2020-04-1227 min
Locals Share Green ActionCertified Arborist/Home Orchardist/Edible Landscaper - Christoph Weber, Reno, NVChristoph Weber is a certified arborist and home orchardist that has helped clients dissatisfied with their purely ornamental yards transition them to more productive, edible and delicious landscapes with fruit trees, grape vines, berry bushes and herb plants. Support this podcast2020-04-1020 min
Locals Share Green ActionUrban Homesteading - Community Activist - Kyle Isacksen, Be the Change ProjectKyle Isacksen is the Co-Director of the non-profit, Be The Change Project in Reno, NV. Kyle and his wife Katie founded an urban homestead and learning space which is dedicated to service, sustainability and community uplift. Support this podcast2020-04-1034 min