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Electric Ladies PodcastBusiness Leaders Bridging The Climate Gap – Voices From The Earth Day Women’s Summit “Most things when it comes to corporate sustainability do not happen in a vacuum. I am part of an environmental sustainability team, but we would not be able to accomplish anything without our energy teams, our network teams, and more. The ability to take what can be a complex idea and translate that into a compelling business case often comes down to dollars and cents. While it takes time, that's how we've been able to drive change.” Rosie Austin on Electric Ladies Podcast In a poll at The Earth Day Women’s Summit in Dallas, Texas, 1...2025-06-1046 min

Electric Ladies PodcastThe Politics Of Progress On Climate And Energy – U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) “While the word ‘climate’ may be politically charged for some, the need for affordable, reliable, and secure energy is something we can all agree on. Americans are calling for action, and as Members of Congress it’s our responsibility to deliver. If we want long-term solutions that address both our constituents' concerns and growing climate risks, we must work together to strengthen our energy and climate security with urgency.” Congresswoman Chrissy Houlahan to Electric Ladies Podcast This week, Congress is set to debate legislation that could reshape the United States’ energy landscape. At stake is more than $700 mi...2025-05-2043 min

Electric Ladies PodcastWomen Rewriting The Climate Conversation – Voices From The Earth Day Women’s Summit “How do we get people in the tent to even hear the story? With ‘Living with Ed’ and other projects, we were a family they could identify with. We were yelling, laughing, loving each other while talking about real issues. I represented the average person’s perspective on issues like taking the subway. There’s the funny, and there’s the conflict. If it’s not entertaining, it’s not going to connect.” Rachelle Begley on Electric Ladies Podcast Culture wars around climate change do more harm than good. As climate-driven extreme weather events become more frequent, propo...2025-05-1454 min

Electric Ladies PodcastFemale Farmers Are Transforming Cotton – Alison Ward, CEO of CottonConnect“I've been particularly passionate about working with women in those communities to teach them about new techniques so they can understand how to run their farm more effectively, but also understand their rights as women in those communities so they have a stronger voice…. And because they were called an ‘ambassador,’ their status in the village rose.” Alison Ward on Electric Ladies Podcast Have you ever wondered where your shirt really comes from, or where the cotton in your jeans was grown? While the tag might tell you where they were made, it won't tell you where t...2025-04-2353 min

Electric Ladies PodcastThe Future is Electric - Joan on Full Crew podcast with Matt Bianco and Chris Treanor “This is not just an executive order. There is a point behind net zero goals, and this is to address climate change and global warming. A million and a half EVs were sold last year. Infrastructure is still being built. I’d say the train has left the station." Joan Michelson on Full Crew Podcast The U.S. government has provided $7 billion in funding for critical minerals and $7 billion to fund 500,000 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. With a new administration now in place, what can this mean for the transition to EVs, as well as EV po...2025-01-211h 02

Electric Ladies PodcastThe Future Of The Energy Transition, Grid - Joan Moderating ICWS Webinar With Energy Leaders“Today we are talking about accelerating the clean energy transition, including government policy, lowering costs, and decarbonization...The new 2024 Energy Fact book (by BCSE & BNEF)… found that the energy transition is in full swing with ‘record breaking’ public and private sector investments in clean power and renewable energies showing cost competitiveness even without government subsidies…But the two key pieces we're going to talk about today are… the grid and storage.” Joan Michelson on Electric Ladies Podcast Between market forces, government incentives and funding, and public-private partnerships, the transition to a net zero economy is in full swing...2024-12-171h 11

Electric Ladies PodcastBuying Sustainable Fashion at the UN - Joan Moderates Climate Week“Women make up 80% or more of the garment industry workers. Women garment workers make meager wages and work excessive working hours, 14 to 16 hours a day…Fashion is ranked as the second most polluting business in the world by the UN, 7% of the landfill is garments. The garment industry emits 8 to 10% of global CO2 and 500,000 tons of micro plastics are dumped into oceans each year.” Joan Michelson at UN Climate Week SDG Media Zone The fashion industry faces the twin problems of being an environmental disaster, and treating their majority female workforce very, very badly, even dangerously badly in man...2024-12-1031 min

Electric Ladies PodcastPerforming Our Femininity & Values – Joan Michelson Speaks At Parlay House DC “Sustainable fashion has … given us more permission to wear our values, to choose what reflects our personalities and our values…We have a lot more choices. We have a lot more agency, we have a lot more resources and authority and influence…We can choose to make our impressions the way that we want to…Think about it, because you're sending a message. You're reflecting who you are with how you put yourself together that day….We make a statement with what we wear. So what statement do you want to make?” Joan Michelson at Parlay House DC Delia Ephron...2024-07-1530 min

Electric Ladies PodcastThe Future of Sustainability & ESG – Joan on “Doing Sustainability” Podcast With Gary Baker “Corporate America has a very important role to play in this transition. They have the resources, they have the talent, and they are being nudged by their customers, their employees, even their suppliers, their investors, and obviously regulators to do this work. They know it's the right thing to do…Just as a quick thing to think about is it used to be that the people who were in sustainability were kind of on the sidelines…Now their talent is being tapped into the C-suite because it's like, wait a minute, we don't have a choice. We have to do thi...2024-02-2035 min

Electric Ladies PodcastHire The Outliers – Joan on Lesley Michaels Show, “Women We Should Know”“72% of CEOs say that innovation is one of their top three priorities. And close to 70% of them say they have a hard time driving innovation in their organization. I would posit, having been in there and been an intrapreneur myself, that the problem is they hire the wrong people. They hire for what I call mediocrity, they hire based on fit. And they hire based on past experience doing exactly what they want that person to do. And that's not where you get innovation. Innovation comes from connecting different dots and connecting dots differently.” Joan Michelson on Lesley Michaels show...2023-07-1125 min

Electric Ladies PodcastGeothermal Energy 101 – Sarah Golden, Greenbiz, VP of Energy Geothermal Energy 101 – Sarah Golden, Greenbiz VP of Energy “Geothermal very broadly put, is just the collection of energy from the heat that comes from the earth's core. And so it's, it's tapped into by just going to underground reservoirs and capturing some of that heat. There's a couple of broad categories I'd like to split geothermal into from the outset, and that's geothermal for electricity generation versus geothermal for direct heat applications. And so primarily with geothermal and electricity generation, it is done through drilling into the earth's crust and tapping into either dry steam… or flash steam…...2023-04-1245 min

Electric Ladies PodcastESG On Corporate Boards - Helle Jorgenson, CEO of Competent Boards“How do we deal with dilemmas? How do we think unthinkable? You know, the climate, ESG, human rights issues, diversity, equity, inclusion, supply chain issues, cyber security, integrity of data, incentive plans, all of those, the future of good corporate governance, transparency, anti-corruption. All of those different issues that have been there for a long, long time, but been kind of like voluntary more and less, and suddenly they are really coming at the top of the agenda for the board of directors.” Helle Jorgenson on Electric Ladies Podcast When there’s a scandal or a huge failur...2023-01-1047 min

Electric Ladies PodcastThe Nuts & Bolts of ESG Software – Karen Alonardo, VP of ESG at NAVEX“Who's my customer, who's my partner?...Make sure you're aligning with their ESG programs…Think of ESG as part of your operational DNA. Right. Just keep it as part of how you run your business and just make it more of an integrated component versus kind of the separate thing.” Karen Alonardo on Electric Ladies Podcast If you’re confused about how to capture environment, social and governance (ESG) data, and weighing different software systems, you’re not alone. It’s a burgeoning industry as investors, companies and consumers – and regulators, including the SEC – demand more disclosure...2023-01-0352 min

Electric Ladies PodcastClimate News For The Masses - Anna Robertson, The Cool Down“Anytime we've had to do something hard in human history, we've needed the public to understand and get on board with this future. And so, what we're trying to do is quite simply to reach mainstream audiences…become America's first mainstream climate brand and reach people who do have a level of concern and awareness about what's happening, but don't know where to start or what to do.” Anna Robertson on Electric Ladies Podcast As we face the momentous midterm election in American history (and PLEASE VOTE), one of the issues on the ballot...2022-11-0848 min

Electric Ladies PodcastBehind The SEC Curtain On Climate Rules - Kristina Wyatt, Fmr SEC Climate Risk Task Force, now at Persefoni“The climate emergency is urgent and climate risk is financial risk. And the SEC is all about the protection of investors and the financial markets. And if you have this looming financial risk, that's not being adequately addressed. …And, investors were saying, look, the information that we're getting just doesn't cut it. It's not sufficiently clear, consistent, comparable, reliable. We need more and we need the SEC to step in and provide clearer guidance, clearer rules to help ensure that investors are getting the information that they need.” Kristina Wyatt on Electric Ladies Podcast We see th...2022-10-0457 min

Electric Ladies PodcastESG Software Tips - Bridget Hughes, Donnelley Financial Solutions“What's interesting about the ESG data, when you start to collect just the greenhouse gas, it's all surveys, it's all subjective information that you're collecting on a monthly basis. So, I think… the more questions you ask and the more data you're asking for and get to retrieve, and then collect, I think, starts to mold… your decision making ability." Bridget Hughes on Electric Ladies Podcast If you think you aren’t affected by the massive economic shift towards ESG – environment, social and governance – then think again. Whether you’re a small business doing business with large compa...2022-09-2035 min

Electric Ladies PodcastWhy ESG Matters - Joan Michelson on Eisner Amper's "Fast Forward" Podcast“We've really had a fundamental shift in the economy where employees are demanding that companies align with their values and they're demanding that they take care of their environmental footprint and that they report on it with great accountability and transparency. And so, if you are a company, you can't get away with not walking the talk, and on top of that, the Securities and Exchange Commission and other bodies are synthesizing all of the different sustainability standards out there now.” Joan Michelson, host of Electric Ladies Podcast, on Eisner Amper’s “Fast Forward” podcast 2022-06-1424 min

Electric Ladies PodcastSustainability in Hotels – Denise Naguib, Marriott VP of Global Sustainability“I think one of the most important starting points, whether it be on social or environmental, is back to the measurement, setting a goal and making progress every single day towards that goal with actions….Even if that goal seems unattainable, challenging, unsure of what the steps are between X and Y. I think the fact that we put stakes in the ground and work towards them drives the behavior that we want to see.” Denise Naguib on Electric Ladies Podcast As more of us start to travel more, including planning summer vacations, think about the env...2022-05-1040 min

Electric Ladies PodcastNet Zero Tracking Software – Suzanne DiBianca, Salesforce EVP Corporate Relations, Chief Impact Officer"(ESG tracking software) needs to be comprehensive. It needs to be accurate, you know, full proof. It needs to be integrated into other systems. It needs to be easy to use…. And I think, fifth, it's got to be providing you a road map for where to go" Suzanne DiBianca on Electric Ladies Podcast The need for solid systems to track “net zero” emissions and ESG initiatives – environment-social-governance – are more and more critical, especially now that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced their proposed climate risk disclosure rules. There are lots of software systems being adapted to do this tra...2022-05-0320 min

Electric Ladies PodcastA 5 Pt Framework To Net Zero - Janet Gail Besser, Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)"Net zero means that you may have some emissions, but you're going to offset them in another way...When you talk about net zero buildings, meaning...that it's generating as much energy as it's using. But when you talk about a utility commitment to be net zero by 2030, 2035, 2040, they may mean net zero in....the energy they produce to sell to customers. They may mean net zero across the organization." Janet Gail Besser on Electric Ladies Podcast Companies and governments announce their “net zero” goals, saying they will get to net zero by 2030 or 2035, for example, but what does that...2022-04-1947 min

Electric Ladies PodcastScaling Women Climate Entrepreneurs - Zainab Salbi, Daughters For Earth“I co-founded Daughters For Earth, a collaborative effort between philanthropists and climate activists and women's rights activists to get together…to mobilize women and to put more resources into the hands of women. 70% of who is going to be impacted by climate disasters, such as displacement and food security, are women. Women are actually pivotal in two major solutions for climate change, which is to protect and preserve 50% of earth and to shift to regenerative agriculture…(but They are not being invited to the negotiating tables. As a matter of fact, not much is talked about women's pivotal role… and we a...2022-04-1258 min

Electric Ladies PodcastSustainable Fashion 2.0 - Kerry Bannigan, Conscious Fashion Campaign“The fashion industry is a supply chain….but the reality is it’s a human chain. Nothing is made that we wear that does not go through many human hands. And so really for me, the environmental aspects are extremely important. But.. it's really about brands being more open about their supply chain. And, specifically, when there is a red flag to be concerned about in someone that they've worked with, they need to let their peers in the space know, so that they are no longer ordering from that place. And instead, take their orders and their finances to fac...2022-04-0537 min

Electric Ladies PodcastSEC's New Financial Climate Rules - Julie Gorte, Veteran ESG Investor, IMPAX Asset Management“The really important thing I think about this rule (from the SEC),” Dr Gorte explained, “is that if companies are going to be on the record as having a certain level of emissions, especially as climate change gets worse, there's going to be increasing scrutiny and pressure on them to reduce those emissions." Dr. Julie Gorte on Electric Ladies Podcast The Securities and Exchange Commission, the SEC, recently announced long-awaited proposed rules for how publicly-traded companies will need to report the risk to their businesses from climate change in their audited financial statements. This is a really big deal. What d...2022-03-2941 min

Electric Ladies PodcastDealing with Trauma - Emily Harman, Retired Navy Officer Now a Coach"(G)ratitude raises our level of energy and there are things to be grateful for even when everything's falling apart around us...(and) when you focus on helping others too, it kind of gets your mind off of yourself...and better ideas come to you." Emily Harman on Electric Ladies Podcast With the war raging in Ukraine, many of us are very stressed, maybe feeling helpless to stop the suffering, angry, and sad. How can we cope when things feel overwhelming? Listen to Emily Harman, a retired Navy Officer now a coach, who has seen her share...2022-03-1533 min

Electric Ladies PodcastEmpowering Rural Women With Climate Solutions – Rosemary Atieno, Women Climate Centers International“The question is, why are we having less food?...Why are we having too much floods? Why is the drought becoming too much?... What is the solution?... From these questions, then we have a dialogue with them and we start opening up their minds that you have other solutions that you can use towards mitigating these effects… That allows you to think through the challenges you're facing, think through the possible solutions to solve your challenge.” Rosemary Atieno on Electric Ladies Podcast This International Women's Day, we want to highlight local female climate activists in Africa who are quietly transf...2022-03-081h 01

Electric Ladies PodcastJoan Michelson on State of Climate Efforts - On Matt Schlegel's Leadership Program“I'm very concerned about what's happening to the planet, but I also see the private sector really stepping up…the Biden administration is doing a great deal, especially having just come from COP26. And I interface with people every day who are in the business world doing this work and in big ways and small ways. And now that we have the convergence of the SEC developing reporting criteria to measure climate risk and provide standardized transparency, holding people accountable.” Joan Michelson on Matt Schlegel’s Leadership Show The United Nations International Panel on Climate Change...2022-03-0117 min

Electric Ladies PodcastThe Grid, Wind Energy & Storage - Meredyth Crichton, Clemson College Energy Innovation Unit“Today there's about 87,000 wind turbines installed onshore and they are generating, 122,000 megawats of power. So, and as you said, that's about 10 to 12% of the total use in the U.S. …A 1.5 megawat turbine is one of the more common ones in the United States, and that will give you enough energy for about 350 homes in the United States. So then if you take that and scale it up to a 10 megawat, that's going to be about 3000..about 10 times as many homes.” Meredyth Crichton on Electric Ladies Podcast As we move into spring, we also move into hu...2022-02-2227 min

Electric Ladies PodcastGreen Consumers Products, Cosmetics - Boma Brown-West, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)Green Consumer Products & Cosmetics - Boma Brown-West, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) “When we talk about products, there's waste in terms of products too. Like what happens when… we're done using it, when it fails, when it's broken. Certainly there are things that consumer can do in terms of being more mindful of the types of products that they're purchasing… But at the end of the day, I think the two main issues…sustainable packaging and …sustainable products……many of the decisions about the functionality of the product and the packaging… those are business decisions.” Boma Brown-West on Electric Ladies Podcast 2022-02-1546 min

Electric Ladies PodcastGetting More Women into Automotive Leadership – Lisa Brown, Ph.D., Volkswagen of America“To me it's an exciting industry, the auto industry, so I wondered ‘why aren’t more women, particularly young women interested in the automotive industry?’…So this is why I conducted a quantitative-qualitative correlational study looking at relationships between all these things the experts say you should do…. I wanted to know, ‘is that really true?’ … And if it IS accurate, then why don’t we have more women at least in middle management?” Lisa Brown on Electric Ladies Podcast Electric vehicles, autonomous vehicles, hydrogen vehicles. Ride-sharing. The automotive sector is being transformed. Car companies are even calling thems...2022-01-1845 min

Electric Ladies PodcastChallenges of Doing Sustainability – Kate Gaertner, Triple Win Advisory“I think the biggest issue is there are no quote unquote ‘incentives’ at the national level to require companies of any size, whether they're private or public to do this hard work, right. And corporate sustainability really is hard work, especially when you're talking about reducing carbon emissions within their supply chains……. (Europe has mandatory ESG reporting, but not the U.S.) So, it's only those companies that really believe in it, leaders who really care and understand that it can build resiliency, that it can also provide long-term longevity to their business models, if they embrace sustainability.” Kate Gaert...2022-01-1141 min

Electric Ladies PodcastClimate & Economic Opportunity, COP26 - UNFCC Panel with Extraordinary LeadersAs the new year begins, listen to this recording of one of the most remarkable panels at the recent United Nations climate conference known as COP26, with some of the world's top CEOs. The heads of Volvo, Rocky Mountain Institute, Club of Rome (group of heads of state, CEOs), and "the" top venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins, along with the former CEO of the UN Sustainable Energy for All programme, share their thoughts on leveraging solving the climate crisis into an economic opportunity for all. Electric Ladies host Joan Michelson recorded this session (starting a b...2022-01-041h 10

Electric Ladies PodcastSummarizing COP26 - Joan Michelson on GreenTV with Betsy RosenbergWe need “a whole economy transition,” the announcement at COP26 of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero stated, where “every company, bank, insurer and investor will have to adjust their business models, develop credible plans for the transition and implement them.” Gillian Tett of the Financial Times said on my Electric Ladies podcast at COP26 that, “what they've done is say we've got 450 institutions from around the world that have 130 trillion (dollars) worth of assets. All of whom are going to commit to try and decarbonize the world's economy and to get supposedly to net zero by 2050.” Joan Michelson in...2021-12-2827 min

Electric Ladies PodcastYear-End Planning to Get Investors - Jenny Kassan, Jenny Kassan Consulting“If you're solving a problem in the world, if your business addresses climate change, for example, guess what?...So, anyone who's passionate about climate change would be a great potential investor for you. So (investors) are really all over the place. Mostly, it just takes a mindset shift.” Jenny Kassan on Electric Ladies Podcast As the year comes to an end, you may be thinking you would like to raise money for your small business from investors, but you’re feeling overwhelmed or put off by what you’ve heard about the process. Well, listen to Jenny...2021-12-2140 min

Electric Ladies PodcastTwice As Many Women Appointed CEO In 2021 - Bonnie Gwin, Heidrick & StrugglesShow Notes: Bonnie Gwin, Heidrick & Struggles Twice As Many Women Appointed CEO In 2021 - Bonnie Gwin, Heidrick & Struggles “Diversity matters. Building diverse boards, building diverse suites, ensuring you have diversity. And I mean, in the broadest sense, it's not just gender, it's every aspect. It's life experience, it's geographic it's age. I mean, there's a wide range of things that go into diversity. I think diversity matters and companies realize that very clearly.” Bonnie Gwin on Electric Ladies Podcast All the shifts in 2020-2021 – from covid to climate change to social pressu...2021-12-1419 min

Electric Ladies PodcastThe New Smart Built Environment – Shirley Ann Jackson, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteBecause 40% “of greenhouse gas emissions come from the built environment,…one has to take an integrated look at the built environment to look at how people live, work, and play. But also integration in the sense of understanding how transportation systems fit into that, how urban design affects the efficiency of how people live, how communications networks play, and then ultimately supply chains because people need things.” Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson on Electric Ladies Podcast The new infrastructure funding and Build Back Better plan moving through the Senate provide funding to address various aspects of buildi...2021-12-071h 00

Electric Ladies PodcastWhy Glaciers Matter – Twila Moon, Ph.D., Glacier Scientist, Univ of Colorado at Boulder – COP26“For the entire development of modern civilization, Greenland and Antarctica have been holding vast amounts of water as frozen ice and helping us to maintain very steady sea levels around our coast. And that's allowed us to build infrastructure, build mega cities, right on the coast where many of our world's mega cities sit. Now….we're raising our air temperatures …and that's adding more water to our oceans, which is arriving at shores around the world… disrupting the infrastructure we built…(and) caus(ing) health and other problems.” Dr. Twila Moon on Electric Ladies Podcast We hear abou...2021-11-3024 min

Electric Ladies PodcastFood Design For Nutrition & Sustainability - Dr. Lara Ramdin, Dole Sunshine Foods”Think about food design as a system. We are innovating at the product end, but we’re also trying to innovate ….to get food that would be otherwise be wasted back into the food supply chain…(including through) canned (and frozen) fruit and vegetables, which are really good accessible nutrition,” especially in the face of climate change. Dr. Lara Ramdin on Electric Ladies Podcast As we commemorate Thanksgiving in the U.S., and do so on the heels of the huge UN climate conference COP26 when businesses and governments pledged “urgent action and investment” to shift to sustainable fa...2021-11-2355 min

Electric Ladies PodcastA Circular Economy for Plastic – Emily Tipaldo, U.S. Plastics Pact“We struggle to keep the plastics that we have in the economy and reuse them...because we are in a linear economy where all the way upstream, there are lots of subsidies on a national and international level to subsidize the extraction of oil and gas, which are the base materials…to produce the plastics….We also have the wrong economic incentives in place…. all the way downstream to not necessarily do the right thing for the environment or for our continued material use.” Emily Tipaldo on Electric Ladies Podcast This week we commemorate America Recycles Day, so we thou...2021-11-1646 min

Electric Ladies PodcastClimate-Economic Leadership Models - Sandrine Dixson, Club of Rome“What I think is really interesting is how do we get PPPs out there, public private partnerships, where we bring in also the investment community from the beginning, so that we can truly shift the capital where it needs to go in order to reduce our impact.” That’s from Sandrine Dixson, Co-President of the Club of Rome.” Sandrine Dixson on Electric Ladies Podcast Covid demonstrated how to get things done for all of us a lot faster: create partnerships. Co-opetition between competitors. Partnering with nations. Pooling resources, whether transporting patients to hospitals with space for them, or fundi...2021-11-1024 min

Electric Ladies PodcastIs GFANZ The GPS To Net Zero? - Gillian Tett, Financial Times Editor-at-Large“The GFANZ is potentially very interesting, because what they've done is say, we've got 450 institutions from around the world that have 130 trillion (dollars) worth of assets, all of whom are going to commit to try and decarbonize the world's economy and to get supposedly to net zero by 2050.” Gillian Tett on Electric Ladies Podcast The thing about addressing climate change is that it requires every aspect of the economy to pivot to net zero. That’s the challenge the big UN climate conference known as COP26 is tackling head on this week. To do so, we need to “fo...2021-11-0820 min

Electric Ladies PodcastHelping Communities Recycle More - Keefe Harrison, The Recycling Partnership“We felt like we needed a solution, and that solution had to be a public-private connection. We needed companies who were creating the products to be at the forefront of creating the solution and we needed to to bring together the 9,000 local governments who run recycling programs and build a system solution that is also hyper local..” Keefe Harrison on Electric Ladies Podcast The conversation around climate change and the race to save our planet must include the impact that is our current recycling programs, or the inefficiency therein. Connecting the local efforts and accessibility with the l...2021-11-0137 min

Electric Ladies PodcastPortable Clean Energy Storage? - Connie Stacey, Growing Greener Innovations“Energy storage kind of cuts across multiple sectors…vehicles, that’s a big one…and quite frankly, to move ahead with a lot of the smart cities initiatives, we have to look at centralizing storage in order to maintain the current grid, because the grid can’t handle increased load…So storage really runs the gambit in touching our lives in many, many different ways.” Connie Stacey on Electric Ladies Podcast We can’t transition to clean energy without addressing energy storage. It’s the hub into which all energy sources must connect. But most storage options on...2021-10-2632 min

Electric Ladies PodcastThe Energy Industry Does ESG – Katie Pavlovsky, Deloitte Energy, Resources & Industrials“We did see that the industry accelerated its energy transition and many of the companies, during the height of the pandemic, were announcing their zero goals… and announced production cuts going forward over the next decade through automation and looking for opportunities to do this, and the pandemic was certainly an accelerator.” Katie Pavolvsky, Deloitte Energy on Electric Ladies Podcast Energy consumption and prices plummeted during the pandemic, which was a wake-up call to the oil and gas sector. With the big UN Climate Conference known as COP26 coming up in days, the huge spotlight on ESG invest...2021-10-1939 min

Electric Ladies PodcastHow Companies Do ESG - Kristen Sullivan, Deloitte Sustainability & Supply Chain Compliance Services“Companies are really recognizing that this concept of greenwashing, and these bold ambitious assertions that they can’t back up, that’s no longer, that’s not transparency. That is risk, and that exposing an organization to very concrete reputational and other risks….I think it’s all about transparency driving trust, but it has to be credible, it has to be authentic and it has to be meaningful.” Kristen Sullivan, Deloitte Sustainability Compliance on Electric Ladies Podcast A new report from the Journal Nature Climate Change reports that 85% of the world’s population is negatively affec...2021-10-1239 min

Electric Ladies PodcastWhat is 'Risk'? - Michele Wucker, Author, "You Are What You Risk: The New Science & Art of Navigating an Uncertain World'“Your risk fingerprint is… a combination of genetic,… your innate personality… It also interacts with other things, your experiences….And lots of social influences, whether it's within your organization or your country, your culture, your peer group, within your family, and all of those things come together. And they pretty much tell you what it is that you care about, what you value, what you're ready to risk losing or not.” Michele Wucker on Electric Ladies Podcast As Congress debates President Biden’s infrastructure bills to get them into law, the fundamental question at the core of each Me...2021-10-0556 min

Electric Ladies PodcastInfrastructure, Jobs & Climate Change - Anne Kelly, Ceres Government Relations“This is very much a jobs plan….It deals with four interwoven challenges…The first is the post-pandemic reality, the second is the economic downturn, the third is the climate crisis, and the fourth is inequality and racial equity… The general theme is that the road to economic recovery is through climate action..” Anne Kelly, Ceres.org on Electric Ladies Podcast Hurricane Ida was a different kind of wake-up call, because it showed the increased severity of extreme weather events in the age of climate change, and how even big cities like New York and inland are...2021-09-0837 min

Electric Ladies PodcastEarth’s Data Speaks - Olivia Martin, USAFacts.orgEarth’s Data Speaks - Olivia Martin, USAFacts.org “Really use the information…We hope that it helps you develop opinions… (that help you) vote, contact your representatives…We really hope that this report among others will empower…people and as voters to, to use the data, to hold their government accountable.” Olivia Martin, USAFacts on Electric Ladies Podcast What is the Earth saying this year? We see lots of reports from various sources, but the ones that government officials and business leaders tend to rely on are from government sources, whether those s...2021-08-3132 min

Electric Ladies Podcast101st Anniversary Of Women Voting - Lori Harrison-Kahan, Author of Book on Women's Suffrage"#MeToo as an idea isn’t new....(W)omen journalists (have been) shedding light on the obstacles, indignities, and violence women face in the workplace....(since) the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when a significant cohort of women entered the newspaper industry." Lori Harrison-Kahan in an OpEd on CNN.com August 18th is the 101st anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which ratified women’s right to vote. What most people do not know, is that the fight for women’s voting rights was also the beginning of what we now call the #MeToo movement. As we see yet...2021-08-2033 min

Electric Ladies PodcastWomen's Voting Rights - Women Journalists Give Bird's Eye View at The NewseumWomen did not have the right to vote when the U.S. was founded; that's a fact many still do not know. With voting rights under siege again today, listen to the group of prominent women journalists and an historian talk about the women journalists behind the scenes using their stories, influence and access to help the 19th Amendment, which acknowledged women have the right to vote, ratified 101 years ago. Panelists include: Anna Palmer, then of Politico and now Founder of Punchbowl Media, Shawna Thomas then managing editor of Vice News Tonight and now Executive...2021-07-1600 min

Electric Ladies PodcastJoan's Career Advice on Cherice Taylor's "Time Matters" ShowListen to Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson interviewed by Cherice Taylor on career advice. Cherice Taylor's show is targeted to students, but the advice we share is relevant to any career levels. One topic we talk about is how to stay focused on your own goals, in an era when we are bombarded by distractions - from social media to emails to texts to traditional media and the people in our lives. You might also want to listen to Joan's goal-setting process as well, which is here: http://greenconnectionsradio.com/goal-setting-session-joan-michelsons-ground-breaking-process/ Please...2021-07-0922 min

Electric Ladies PodcastWomen Innovating Sustainability - Joan Michelson on JJ Walsh PodcastSustainability is an international challenge and therefore so are the challenges to innovate to meet sustainability goals. Women play an important role in innovating, especially for sustainable solutions, because women have always had to find "another way" to address business, policy and societal challenges. Listen to Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson on the "Seeking Sustainability Live" podcast from Japan, with Joy Jarman-Walsh (aka "JJ") on the ways women do so. Send us your ideas too! @Joanmichelson Watch for our new podcast name and website launching soon! Sign up for our newsletter to b...2021-06-261h 05

Electric Ladies PodcastTap Your Own Innovator's DNA - Joan Michelson's Webinar to Lead Up for WomenDo you enjoy your own company? Really. Do you? Many of us have been spending a lot of time alone lately due to the pandemic (unless of course, you have kids living at home, in which case you probably wish you had more time alone). We can see being alone as miserable and waste the time complaining and binge-ing, or we can see being alone as the gift of quiet time, as an opportunity to enjoy and appreciate our own company. Psychotherapist Dr. Stephanie Dowrick, in her best-selling book “Intimacy and Solitude,” calls it “welcoming time wi...2021-06-1952 min

Electric Ladies PodcastGoal-Setting Session! - Joan Michelson's Ground-Breaking ProcessGoal-setting is a year-long and life-long process. No matter your age, status, or career industry, if you're human being, you have goals, things you want to accomplish in your life. Here is a podcast of a process that I presented in a goal-setting workshop earlier this year. I cover both career and personal goals - approaching it holistically, since it's all important to your happiness and feeling of success. Please have a listen and let me know your thoughts on Twitter @joanmichelson and if you want a coaching session to develop your own goals, click...2021-06-1126 min

Electric Ladies PodcastJoan's Career Tips - Joan Interviewed on Carlette Christmas's "On Point TV"“…You have to know when to you have to know an opportunity when it's in front of you and you have to have the courage to take that opportunity…” That's a quote from GCR Host Joan Michelson on On Point Talk with Carlette Christmas. This week we air an episode that was previously only available on our youtube page - Joan Michelson as a guest on another podcast, On Point Talk with Carlette Christmas. Here are some key points discussed: • Joan's career path through corporate journalism to working with Chrysler heading up the Communicat...2021-05-2433 min

Electric Ladies PodcastFlipping Tables, Joan As Guest - GCR Host Joan Michelson on All In Podcast“Sometimes I find that the assumption that you’re making is what’s keeping you from seeing other possibilities.” That's a quote from GCR Host Joan Michelson on the All In podcast with Daniel Giordano recently In this episode, we turn the tables on our host, Joan Michelson, and air a recent interview of her on another podcast, All In with Daniel Giordano. Here are some of the key topics Daniel says she talks about: Joan’s key area of focus when it comes to clients (mid-career women in STEM-related fields) and why she chose that...2021-05-1400 min

Electric Ladies PodcastWomen's Advance Includes Men - Brooke Kroeger, Author, "Suffragents" & NYU Professor“The reason their (men’s) participation in that last decade (before ratification of the 19th Amendment) was so important, was because they had the means and the will to help the movement financially and politically.” Brooke Kroeger on Green Connections Radio podcast As we commemorate Women's History Month in this tumultuous year, just as President Joe Biden chose Kamala Harris as his VP, it's important to remember the pivotal role men have played in women's advances over time. Listen to Brooke Kroeger, author of "The Suffragents" about the men who supported ratification of the 19...2021-03-0555 min

Electric Ladies PodcastGiving A Great Speech – Tricia Brouk, Former TEDxLincolnCenter Producer, Speaker Coach, Film Producer“It’s our responsibility when we take the stage to understand that we’re going to affect people, we’re going to make change….And if you pull back in any way, you are missing that opportunity to…change that one life.” Tricia Brouk on Green Connections Radio As President-Elect Joe Biden prepares to give his inaugural address after being sworn is as the 46th President of the United States, let’s listen again to one of the most renowned speaking coaches on how to give a great speech. It’s a skill that is crucial to career success toda...2021-01-1542 min

Electric Ladies Podcast"Ecosystem of Social Good" - Rachel Hutchisson, Blackbaud"This idea of 'voice and choice' is, ask me what I think and then listen to what I have to say and then give me a choice as to how I can participate. Don't forget that I'm an individual...That's a really big trend." Rachel Hutchisson on Green Connections Radio Connecting with our colleagues and employees is harder than ever – and more important – during this crisis. The holidays are usually when we have company or organization parties and gatherings that would bring us together, but we can’t do that this year. Plus, as an organization, we want to...2020-12-1848 min

Electric Ladies PodcastWoman With The Most Patents – Lisa DeLuca, IBM“All great ideas stem from a really good problem. There’s problems all around us….The really good problems are the ones you’re hearing about consistently….and hearing those problems and starting to think about, ‘how can I solve this in a way that nobody else has thought of before?’ or, we can take it a step further. That’s where the great ideas come from.” Lisa DeLuca on Green Connections Radio podcast We hear about people coming up with great new businesses or products or technologies all the time, but we don’t often find out how t...2020-12-1131 min

Electric Ladies PodcastResponsible Investing - Julie Fox Gorte, PaxWorld Investments"Companies that perform better on ESG criteria tend to do better financially in the long term." Julie Fox Gorte on Green Connections Radio How do the bolder positions on social and environmental issues that many companies are taking affect their financial performance? A lot, it turns out, if.... Patsy Doerr, Global Head of Corporate Responsibility, Sustainability and Inclusion at Thomson Reuters and Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson have a candid, engaging conversation about the impact of this level of transparency on the bottom line, and why all those ESG metrics matter. 2020-12-0813 min

Electric Ladies PodcastWomen in Tech - Brenda D Wilkerson, Anita Borg CEOThe biggest hurdle for women in tech "Is the same underpinnings of many of the other challenges we face in our society: fear and power…Computer science was…created by the women…to do the things these women were doing. And that was thought to be clerical, until all of a sudden the power of it was recognized by the men and that’s when that power shift occurred.” Brenda Darden Wilkerson on Green Connections Radio podcast Women in technology fields – and STEM fields more broadly – face a variety of challenges, but they also have a lot of oppor...2020-12-0456 min

Electric Ladies PodcastEco-Friendly Masks - Jennifer Lee, United We Mask“100% of the materials used in our back to school (mask-making) kits were …from deadstock (discarded) materials…to provide a sustainable mask alternative for kids in need to that they ….can keep their communities safe." Jennifer Lee on Green Connections Radio As we all adapt to the temporary normal of having to wear a mask to protect ourselves and others from the Covid-19 pandemic, Jennifer Lee came up with a creative eco-friendly way to make mask-wearing fun for kids and give masks to people of all ages in need. Building this nonprofit is Jennifer’s side hustle; her...2020-11-2029 min

Electric Ladies PodcastPlanet Word Museum - Ann Friedman, Founder, CEO, Creator"You learn the techniques that make a song or a speech or that ad really effective and persuasive.." Ann Friedman on Green Connections Radio We are experiencing every day how powerful words are, ours and other people's. From the 2020 election to social media, to the protests for equality and climate change, to advertisements and music. Now, there's a brand new interactive museum in Washington, DC about language and how it's effective and persuasive. They describe it as "where language comes to life" Listen to this enlightening conversation with Ann Friedman, Founder, CEO & Creator of Planet W...2020-11-1328 min

Electric Ladies PodcastFlint Residents Wins Water Funding! - Lee-Anne Walters, Flint Water Crisis Organizer"It worked really well with everyone concentrating on their area of strength." Lee-Anne Walters on Green Connections Radio What would you do if your water came out of the tap brown? As we congratulate Flint, Michigan residents for winning a big settlement recently for the lead contamination of their water supply, finally, after years of fighting for it, listen to the courageous and tenacious Lee-Anne Walters, one of the main community organizers, explain to Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson how she brought the community together to fight for clean water – and collected the scientific sup...2020-09-0415 min

Electric Ladies Podcast100 Years of Women Voting - Lori Harrison-Kahan, Author of Book on Suffrage Journalist Miriam MichelsonAs we commemorate the centennial of the 19th Amendment, which confirmed women have the right to vote, here is a glimpse into an untold part of the story. It’s about a rare female journalist in the then male-dominated field of journalism who used her platform to keep the movement in the headlines. She also wrote fiction that is considered source material for "Wonder Woman" comics. That journalist is Miriam Michelson, who also happens to be GCR host Joan Michelson’s great-great aunt. Listen to professor Lori Harrison-Kahan of Boston College also share stories about how the @MeTo...2020-08-2132 min

Electric Ladies PodcastIs Biden A "Suffragent"? - Brooke Kroeger, Author of "The Suffragents," about men supporting women's right to vote in 1920“The reason their (men’s) participation in that last decade (before ratification of the 19th Amendment) was so important, was because they had the means and the will to help the movement financially and politically.” Brooke Kroeger on Green Connections Radio podcast During the fight for women’s right to vote over 100 years ago, male supporters were crucial. Male lawmakers ultimately had to vote to give women that right in 36 states, by ratifying the 19th Amendment in 1920, and women leveraged their financial and political power. Listen to NYU journalism professor Brooke Kroeger – author of “The Suffragents...2020-08-1455 min

Electric Ladies PodcastCan You Measure Kindness? – Erin Michelson, Summery and Kind Quiz“Values by and large don’t really change…What changes is your behavior around your values.” Erin Michelson on Green Connections Radio podcast Can we measure kindness? Take our Green Connections Kind Quiz and listen to this fascinating interview with Erin Michelson, CEO and Founder of Summery, a data analytics company focused on measuring employee kindness and social values, on Green Connections Radio podcast with host Joan Michelson to find out how they do it. They developed the Kind Quiz to do just that. (Note: We think Erin and Joan are distant cousins.) You’ll h...2020-06-2228 min

Electric Ladies PodcastThe Economic Crisis’ Impact on Women – Heather Long, Washington Post Senior Economic Reporter“Women are being hit disproportionately hard, because they hold disproportionately more of the jobs being shutdown and (still) have the lion’s share of family responsibilities….The industries hit hard by this crisis are healthcare, social care, education, restaurants, cleaning services, personal care and clothing stores, and the front lines of them are dominated by women.” Joan Michelson’s Forbes Blog The pandemic-induced economic crisis is rippling through the economy, stealing jobs from industries across the board that are dominated by women, as I wrote a couple of months ago in Forbes. To find out the economi...2020-05-2931 min

Electric Ladies PodcastFunding for Women Entrepreneurs Is A Bigger Challenge & a Bigger Return“Men are presumed to be capable and to have done their homework…questioned about potential… Women…(hear) challenging questions , like ‘Why are you qualified?’…(Yet), women-owned businesses return on average 63% higher rates of return than male-only founded teams.” Shelly Porges on Green Connections Radio podcast Studies show that women often leave their full-time jobs to start a business, especially if their job is uncomfortable, inflexible and they feel stagnated. Studies also show women-owned business have, on average, higher rates of return. Yet, women entrepreneurs receive only a fraction of what male-founded companies do. To address this iss...2020-02-2838 min

Electric Ladies PodcastAdvancing Women in STEM – Telle Whitney, Diversity Expert, Fmr CEO, Anita Borg Institute for Women in Technology“The companies that have really made a commitment to creating change, they look at the ways promotions are decided, because often it’s very ad hoc….and consciously or unconsciously, the managers, who are primarily men, just don’t see the characteristics (in women) that they believe you need in order to advance.” Telle Whitney on Green Connections Radio Pursuing a career in STEM requires investing many years in education and dedication, so why do women leave these fields so often? How can we attract, retain and promote more women in STEM into leadership instead? Listen...2020-02-0732 min

Electric Ladies PodcastTED Talk Speaker Tips – Tricia Brouk, Former TEDxLincolnSquare Producer, Speaker Coach, Film Producer“It’s our responsibility when we take the stage to understand that we’re going to affect people, we’re going to make change….And if you pull back in any way, you are missing that opportunity to…change that one life.” Tricia Brouk on Green Connections Radio Being able to speak in public is crucial to career success in today’s world where the media is everywhere, cameras are everywhere, and you can end up on social media without knowing it. Being a public speaker who moves people in a positive way can be a powerful career...2020-01-3142 min

Electric Ladies PodcastFunctional Office Politics – Jennifer Wisdom, Psychologist, Author & Coach"You are not crazy. So, if you’re talking to someone who makes you feel crazy, that’s probably something with that other person. If you’re working with someone who make you feel like you’re not good enough, there’s something else going on." Jennifer Wisdom on Green Connections Radio We all have office politics to deal with, even if you own your company or work remotely. If you work with other people, office politics are there on some level. It’s how people deal with each other. Listen to psychologist, author and coach Jennifer Wisdom expla...2020-01-1737 min

Electric Ladies PodcastSea-Level Rise “Detective” – Andrea Dutton, MacArthur "Genius" Winner 2019"A lot of these times we see these problems as having binary solutions, it’s either we stay and defend…or we just pick up and leave, but there’s a lot of space in between." Andrea Dutton on Green Connections Radio Geologist Dr. Andrea Dutton was awarded the coveted MacArthur “Genius” award recently for her work in finding an innovative way to predict sea-level rise and identify the options for managing it. Listen to her explain her innovative approach – and how that approach might be used in other context too – to Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson in t...2020-01-1036 min

Electric Ladies PodcastWhy Place Matters - Stacy Jupiter, MacArthur "Genius" Winner 2019"Help local people think about what they can do to have access to the natural resources they need for very important things like clean water, food, and cultural practices...(which are) incredibly important." Stacy Jupiter on Green Connections Radio As world leaders and climate leaders, scientists and activists gather at the UN’s COP25 conference in Madrid, Spain to address solutions to the climate crisis, Dr. Stacy Jupiter has a novel perspective on what communities need to address in those climate resilience plans – and she just won a MacArthur “Genius” award for it. Listen to Stacy ex...2019-12-1332 min

Electric Ladies PodcastDecision Making In 7 Steps – Nardia Haigh, “Scenario Planning” Author “Scenario planning…is really about trying to think, what could the future look like? And, how can we adapt and prepare for whatever the future might hold? You do that by identifying what are the underlying drivers? What’s going to shape the future one way or the other?” Nardia Haigh on Green Connections Radio The only thing certain is uncertainty – in our careers, our businesses, in preparing your community for the impact of climate change, or in our personal lives. So, how do we possibly prepare? Dr. Nardia Haigh sugges...2019-11-1543 min

Electric Ladies PodcastHow to Get More Women STEM Leaders – Heather Metcalf, Assn. of Women in Science“These women have had networks and support structures and other kinds of community support that helped them get there in spite of an uphill battle….For men, the narrative is that they made it on their own. We downplay the role that mentorship played in (men's) making their way into a leadership role.” Heather Metcalf on Green Connections Radio “Research has repeatedly demonstrated that diverse teams, especially in leadership, outperform homogenous teams in innovation, research quality, decision-making, and complex thinking and bolster their organization’s financial success,” according to the new research from the Association of Women in S...2019-10-1930 min

Electric Ladies PodcastThe Enthusiasm Gap Between Men & Women – Kristin Haffert, Mine The Gap“You have to take a long-term view, which means you may need to invest more up front in order to give people the flexibility or better benefits, and the returns we know we get with a more diverse workforce are greater innovation, we get an improved bottom line.” Kristin Haffert on Green Connections Radio One of the ways that many employee survey tools fall short, is that they don’t measure how your workforce feels about specific aspects of their workplace, and even specific policies. Enter Kristin Haffert and her company Mine the Gap’s ne...2019-10-1137 min

Electric Ladies PodcastWomen Journalists Trailblazing for Women's Right to Vote - Newseum Event on the 19th Amendment Centennial with Top Political ReportersWe did it! In case you missed it, the event Joan Michelson and Green Connections Media produced and moderated last week at the Newseum celebrating 100 years of women voting – the centennial of the 19th Amendment – was a big hit! Thank you to the Newseum for being fabulous hosts and to Politico’s Women Rule initiative for supporting us! Thanks to the fascinating and engaging panelists, Anna Palmer of Politico, Shawna Thomas of Vice News and Lori Harrison-Kahan, author of “The Superwoman and Other Writings by Miriam Michelson” about the suffrage journalist who helped bring the 19th Amendme...2019-07-061h 19

Electric Ladies Podcast100 Years of Women Voting - Lori Harrison-Kahan, Author of Book on Female Suffrage Journalist Miriam MichelsonAAs we commemorate the centennial of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, here is a glimpse into an untold part of the story: a woman journalist who supported the cause by using her work to keep the movement in the headlines: Miriam Michelson, She also happens to be my great-great aunt. Listen to professor Lori Harrison-Kahan share stories about how Miriam used her platforms and broke the rules as a woman in this then-non-traditional field. These are stories from her brand new book about Miriam Michelson, "The Superwoman and Other Writings of...2019-06-1432 min

Electric Ladies Podcast"Love & Bananas" - Rescuing Elephants with Actress, Director Ashley BellYou'll never look at your friends' photos of riding an elephant the same way again after watching Ashley Bell’s documentary, "Love and Bananas." It’s the story of rescuing Asian elephants from the cruelty they endure to be housed in zoos and “entertainment” in circuses, as well as rides. Ashley calls the film “an action adventure story,” yet it’s so much more. It’s also a love story between the elephants being rescued and Lek Chaillert, the renowned conservationist/rescuer who was Bell’s guide on the adventure.. Listen to Ashley tell the story of how she ca...2019-05-2421 min

Electric Ladies PodcastDominance Drives Culture – Laura Liswood, Council of Women World Leaders“There is some sense that women lead differently than men, but it’s hard to parse out if it’s because of gender differences or because women have historically been in the non-dominant group and men have been in the dominant group.” Laura Liswood on Green Connections Radio Cultural dynamics drive the ability to innovate, hirings and promotions, whether it invests in sustainability and responsibility, and, well, how an organization functions across the board. Culture itself is driven by the dominant values of the leadership, and is reflected in its policies, says Laura Liswood, Secretary General of the Counc...2019-03-3147 min

Electric Ladies PodcastBefore You Holiday Shop – w Michelle Singletary, Washington Post Personal Finance Expert“It’s how you think about the money thing” that drives your spending and saving habits. Money. We need it, struggle to manage it and don’t know who to listen to for advice. Everyone seems to be telling us what to do – “On sale, Buy now!” “Save for retirement!” “Low interest rate!” What’s a money-smart person to do? We went to one of the masters of personal finance to find out: Michelle Singletary, personal finance columnist for the Washington Post and author of several books on the topic. Grab a pen and paper, or...2018-11-2037 min

Electric Ladies PodcastHoliday - Year-End Finances – w Michelle Singletary, Washington Post Personal Finance Expert“It’s how you think about the money thing” that drives your spending and saving habits. Money. We need it, struggle to manage it and don’t know who to listen to for advice. Everyone seems to be telling us what to do – “On sale, Buy now!” “Save for retirement!” “Low interest rate!” What’s a money-smart person to do? Green Connections Radio went to one of the masters of personal finance to find out: Michelle Singletary, personal finance columnist for the Washington Post and author of several books on the topic. Grab a pen and paper, or tablet – or however you take notes...2017-12-1537 min

Electric Ladies PodcastCongress & Clean Energy - Lynn Abramson, Clean Energy Business NetworkCongress is back in session and about to negotiate the draconian cuts to environmental, clean energy and climate change-related government funding -- and having to do so on the heels of the direct experience of the impact of climate change through the ferocity of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. The very programs they are looking to cut are those that are helping us manage these storms with the fewest deaths and injuries and least loss of property. These storms should demonstrate in stark terms the need to maintain these programs and even increase funding. In light...2017-09-1233 min

Electric Ladies PodcastSummer Eco-Travel - Geoff Bolan, Sustainable Travel Inc.Before you set off on your next summer vacation, you'll want to hear Geodd Bolan's tips for reducing the environmental impact of your journey. So, listen to this enlightening conversation between Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson and Geoff Bolan, CEO of Sustainable Travel International. This originally aired during a past Christmas week, so you might have missed it. You’ll discover: Tips for careers in sustainable travel How Millennials are spending their travel dollars. Travel trends How to identify sustainable travel options. Who sustainable travelers are and what they look for. To le...2017-07-0723 min

Electric Ladies PodcastStates Innovating Energy – Catherine Williams, Massachusetts Clean Energy CenterWith the Trump administration cutting energy innovation and climate change initiatives, and saying that the states can pick up the slack, it’s a good time to re-air our enlightening episode with a woman on the front lines of a state leading the way: Catherine Williams of the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MCEC). From solar energy development to the advancement of CleanTech, the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center has been one of the first U.S. state agencies to focus strictly on clean energy investment. Listen to Catherine explain to Green Connections host Joan Michelson how the...2017-06-1610 min

Electric Ladies Podcast“Broad Influence” - Ashley Milne-Tyte, “Marketplace” on NPRHappy International Women’s Day! We’ve taken the proverbial three steps forward and two steps back recently, when it comes to women’s advancement. Women have made great strides in the private sector, including being CEO of four top Fortune 500 STEM-related companies: Ginny Rometty at IBM, Mary Barra at General Motors, Marillyn Hewson at Lockheed Martin, and Ursula Burns at Xerox. Yet, most women are still stuck in middle management quicksand and looking for answers on how to advance their careers. It’s about managing our choices big and small, and managing moments, time and prior...2017-03-0728 min

Electric Ladies PodcastMovies, Environment – Marilyn Weiner, Screenscope Inc.“Find another way.” We all know the power of movies to move us. EMMY-winning documentary filmmaker – and co-executive producer of the masterful documentary “Dispatches From the Gulf” about the scientific impact of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill – Marilyn Weiner talks with Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson about the ups and downs of using filmmaking to spread the environmental message, and this kind of career. This masterful documentary on the Gulf oil spill, released recently with 50 individual shorts, tells the story of how a large group of scientists who never knew each other before collaborated...2017-02-2832 min

Electric Ladies PodcastMovies Made Sustainably – Emellie O’Brien, Earth AngelThink about your favorite movies this Oscar season… Now think about what it took to produce it: energy for lighting, water and food for the crew, paper for the scripts, wood and other materials for the sets, cars and vans to transport people, maybe cars and buildings that get blown up…. All of that produces a lot of waste and uses a lot of energy and water, and puts CO2 into the air. Listen to host Joan Michelson’s fascinating conversation with Emellie O’Brien, Founder and President of Earth Angel, an award-winning company focused on reducing the carb...2017-02-2437 min

Electric Ladies PodcastEnergy Storage – Dr. Kimberly McGrath, Maxwell Technologies“Energy storage enables us to have energy and power when and where we need it.” The linchpin in the new energy revolution is storage – to “enable us to have energy and power when and where we need it,” as Dr. McGrath put it. It’s a time of rapid innovation in energy and storage, though, and the systems that rely on them, such as utilities and electric vehicles, as well as the electric grid. Listen to Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson’s conversation with Dr. Kimberly McGrath of Maxwell Technologies take us from where storage is toda...2017-02-1732 min

Electric Ladies PodcastClimate & Women – Osprey Orielle Lake, WECAN InternationalWomen around the globe are most affected by climate change, according to Osprey Orielle Lake, the Founder of the Women’s Environmental and Climate Action Network International (WECAN), for a number of reasons. Hear why and about the novel trainings that WECAN is providing to women across the globe from joining the Women’s March in D.C. to conducting detailed trainings in Third World countries most at risk from climate change, to United Nations conferences. WECAN is teaching these women concrete steps they can take to protect their communities and families, as well as how...2017-01-3121 min

Electric Ladies PodcastProfitable Social Value – w Cheryl Kiser, Author & Ctr for Social Innovation at Babson CollegeHow do you create social value and make money at the same time? Whether you’re a big company or a small one, or a non-profit, listen to Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson’s probing conversation with Cheryl Kiser, head of the Lewis Center for Social Innovation at Babson College and co-author of the new book, “Creating Social Value: A Guide for Leaders and Change Makers.” You’ll discover: the companies that are putting their money and resources where social values are what it takes to be successful doing so the kind of impact you...2017-01-1015 min

Electric Ladies PodcastSustainable Travel: w Geoff Bolan, CEO of Sustainable Travel International“Sustainable travelers spend more and stay longer,” Geoff Bolan on Green Connections Radio. If you’re a travel and tourism leader – or a traveler who has sustainable values – listen to this enlightening conversation between Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson and Geoff Bolan, CEO of Sustainable Travel International. You’ll discover: Who sustainable travelers are and what they look for. How Millennials are spending their travel dollars. Travel trends How to identify sustainable travel options. Tips for careers in sustainable travel To learn more about Green Connections Radio and/or Joan Michelson, go to www.green...2016-12-3023 min

Electric Ladies PodcastElectric Bikes! - w Amber Wason of RiideLove urban living but fed up with traffic? So were Amber Wason and her co-founder Jeff Stefanis. Instead of just complaining, they got to work and developed a cool new electric bike, launched a campaign to fund it on Kickstarter and then.... cleverly made a deal with Kevin Cole to sell their bikes in his stores. How? Listen to Amber's story in her eye-opening conversation with Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson from the Clean Tech Open Southeast Regional Innovation Summit. You'll learn how: They came...2016-11-0113 min

Electric Ladies PodcastFilm Production Goes Green - w John Corser & Jackie JarvisCan you see it? You probably can’t tell from watching the latest movie or TV show, but behind the scenes, some film and TV productions are actively reducing their carbon footprint. It's an inherently wasteful industry. So, how do they do it? Listen to Green Connections Radio Host Joan Michelson's conversation with film and TV producers John Corser and Kathy Jarvis, talk about how they “green” their productions – and how the casts and crews react. How can these very wasteful industries generate less waste? Listen here to find out and some surprising strategies -- and thei...2016-10-1408 min

Electric Ladies Podcast"We are All Accountable" - w Lauren Leader-ChiveeTo innovate, we need new ideas, new perspectives, new solutions. To get these new ideas, we need differing points of view at the table. differing experiences and perspectives. To get these differing points of view, we need a diverse set of people at the table. Yet, senior leadership remains stubbornly white-male dominated, as the 2016 Fortune 500 reveals. Only 4% of these CEOs are women. The 2016 Fortune 50 Most Powerful Women list is revealing in many ways - industries women are breaking through it, and patterns still holding. Listen to Lauren Leader-Chivee, former...2016-10-1137 min

Electric Ladies PodcastAchieving Ambitious Sustainability Goals - with Dell CRO Trisa ThompsonDell Computers is one of the Fortune 500 leaders in integrating sustainability across the company. How? Why did the company go private (rather than stay a publicly-traded company)? How do you change behavior to achieve their ambitious goals? Listen to GCR host Joan Michelson’s short conversation with Dell’s Chief Responsibility Officer, Trisa Thompson, to find out. This segment is also available on video on www.greenconnectionsradio.com. It was recorded when Joan anchored the livestream of the Greenbiz Verge San Francisco conference, called “Sidebar,” with Mo Al-Shawaf of Sustainability (an organization in Washingt...2016-09-0600 min

Electric Ladies PodcastTransforming Wind Turbines – Interview with Jennifer Baird“Wind and solar are crushing fossil fuels,” according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance on April 6, 2016. How is this happening? Transformative innovation. One of the transformational leaders is Jennifer Baird, CEO of Accio Energy who Green Connections host Joan Michelson spoke with in this fascinating interview from the ARPA-E Innovation Summit. Their innovative, blade-free wind technology was awarded $4.5 million by ARPA-E in November 2015. And, it’s less expensive. Listen and be inspired to think differently as Joan talks with Baird about it – and about leading transformation. Thanks for subscribing to Green Connections on iTunes and for leaving u...2016-05-2113 min

Electric Ladies PodcastDragon Lady Has More Influence – Liz Weber, Leadership Coach“Dragon Lady” leadership coach Liz Weber tells host Joan Michelson in this fascinating conversation how she earned the name “The Dragon Lady” – and the pivotal breakthrough that came with it – that can help you achieve more faster. Liz and Joan reveal behaviors and strategies that can help leaders and change agents of any level across industries move up and become stronger leaders -- and where they get in their own way (especially women). Discover blocks you might have to progress without realizing it. Listen now, and subscribe on iTunes. This interview was conducted, appropriately...2015-08-0618 min

Electric Ladies PodcastFord Motor Co Sustainability Guru Carol KordichYou may really be sitting on plastic bottles in your car, and there may be potatoes and other veggies in your car too, and I don’t mean in your grocery bag. Carol Kordich, head of Global Sustainable Fabric Strategies and Development at Ford Motor Company explains to Green Connections host Joan Michelson how significant parts of several Ford cars and trucks are made from sustainable materials. That includes seat fabric made in part from the REPREVE material that turns plastic water bottles into car seats. Listen to Carol and Joan talk about ho...2015-07-1512 min