Talking Trash: A Green Tips Podcast

Kerry Aden from the Regional Water Providers Consortium joins Peggy La Point to talk about water conservation, including easy ways you can keep your yard healthy without wasting water and tips to use less water in your home. 

Episode 65 features Tom Szaky, CEO and founder of TerraCycle, parent company of Loop 

Episode 64 features Jenica Barrett, Zero Waste Educator

Episode 63 features Sherrie Villmark, Program Director at Community Energy Project

Episode 62 features Liz Zavodsky, Executive Director of EcoChallenge.Org

Episode 61 features Cameron Starr, Senior Customer Service Strategy Manager with Energy Trust of Oregon

Episode 60 features Lake Thelen, Education Specialist at Metro

Episode 59 features Amanda Watson, Senior Policy Advisor for Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and talking about the city's Draft Climate Emergency Declaration

Episode 58 features Nadine Appenbrink and Rebecca Rottman co-founders of Utility Refill Pop-Up.

Episode 57 features Briar Schoon, Sustainability Manager for Portland Community College.

Episode 56 features Elsa Clements, Senior Compliance Specialist and Dana Bannister, Partner Services Representative at KEEN Footwear, and they both lead KEEN’s Green Team.

Episode 55 features Sarah Heinicke, Lloyd EcoDistrict Executive Director.

Episode 54 features Vinod Singh, Outreach Manager at Far West Recycling.

Episode 53 features Pam Peck, Resource Conservation and Recycling Manager at Metro.

Episode 52 features Tess Beistel, co-founder of Cracked Pots and Kelly Caldwell, volunteer coordinator at Cracked Pots and ReClaim It

Season 2, Episode 1 features Jason Skipton, Executive Director at Growing Gardens

Episode 50 features Nick Isbister, Chief Recycling Officer at Innovative Recycling Group and  Sustainability Advisor with the City of Gresham

Episode 49 features Kristin Leichner, Conference Chair and Gregg Hayward Education Chair from the Association of Oregon Recyclers (AOR). 

Episode 48 features Dylan de Thomas, VP of Industry Collaboration for the Recycling Partnership.

Episode 46 features Wing Grabowski, Sustainable Communities Coordinator with the City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability

Episode 45 features Ivy Chuang, founder and fuse and Blendily

Episode 44 features Lori Gates, Roberta Sommer and Cecelia Warner, members of Westside Master Recyclers.

Episode 43 features Jami Haaning and Kristin Connor, two of the co-founders and steering committee members of the Corporate Sustainability Collaborative.

Episode 42 features Kymm Nelsen, co-founder and co-chair of Conscious Capitalism Portland

Episode 41 features Morgan Gary, owner and founder of Spin Laundry Lounge

Episode 40 features Bethany Shetterly Thomas, originator of Earth Day Oregon.

Episode 39 features Sam Baraso, Program Manager for the Portland Clean Energy Fund with the City of Portland’s Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, and Hannah Holloway, Senior Policy Analyst with the Urban League of Portland

Episode 38 features Jackie Kirouac Fram , Executive Director at The Rebuilding Center

Episode 37 features David Macek, Executive Director at EcoChallenge DOT org and Liz Zavodsky, Director of Organizational Development at EcoChallenge DOT org

Episode 36 features David Allaway, Policy Analyst at the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)

Episode 35 features Nicole Bassett, co-founder of the Renewal Workshop.

Episode 34 features Kim Smith, Sociology Instructor at Portland Community College and the Programs Coordinator for the Greater Portland Sustainability Education Network or GPSEN

Episode 33 features Corey Omey, Solar Oregon Board President and Joe Wachunas, staff member at Solar Oregon.

Episode 32 features Betty Shelley, Founder of Reduce Your Waste Project.

Episode 31 features Patrick Morgan, Recycling Specialist at Metro's Recycling Information Hotline.

Episode 30 features Amy Higgs, Executive Director of the EcoSchool Network.

Episode 29 features Alex Bertolucci, Green Business Advisor at Washington County Solid Waste and Recycling

Episode 28 features Terra Heilman, Repair Clark County Program Coordinator.

Episode 27 features Laura Kutner Tokarski, Founder and Executive Director of Trash for Peace.

Episode 26 features Shari Sirkin, Executive Director of Friends of Family Farmers.

Episode 25 features Christopher Regis, owner of Green Century Electronics, a metal and e-waste recycler.

Episode 24 features Shelley Searle from the Regional Water Providers Consortium.

Episode 23 features Erica Dunn, Director of Design at Green Hammer, a design build firm based in Portland.

Episode 22 features Peter Glover, Director at SCRAP, a creative reuse non-profit in downtown Portland.

Episode 21 features Chloe Lepeltier, Content Creator and Community Organizer in the Portland area’s Zero Waste Community.  

Episode 20 features Sam Pardue, CEO and founder of Indow Window.

Episode 19 features Tracy Oseran, Founder and Executive Director of Urban Gleaners.

Episode 18 features Roger Ebbage, Coordinator for the Lane Community College Energy and Water programs.  

Episode 17 features Julia Person, Sustainability Manager at Widmer Brothers Brewery. Widmer Brothers co-founded the Oregon Brewshed Alliance which advocates for the protection of forests and watersheds. The 4th Annual Brewshed Brewfest on May 15th will benefit their mission.