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Thomas is joined by Debbie Levin, CEO of the Environmental Media Association, to discuss the role of media in shaping sustainability consciousness and how to effectively communicate about environmental issues. Debbie shares the importance of being gracious and non-judgmental when sharing knowledge on how to live a healthy, clean, and sustainable life. She explains how her organization has successfully leveraged celebrities' platforms to spread awareness on crucial environmental issues and how the “Emma Green Seal” has influenced TV and movie productions to operate more sustainably. She and Thomas also explore the impact of the LA fires on both the entertainment industry and the larger climate change dialogue. This conversation covers a range of pressing environmental issues, but ultimately concludes on a note of hopefulness–that we all want our families and loved ones to be safe and healthy, and we can make a difference by starting from that common ground. Click here to watch the video version of this episode on YouTube:

Send me a Text Message about the show!Is talking about the environment controversial?  Nope.  And yet.....why does the worry wort inside my head always stop and ask "Uh oh-will this be seen as political"?  Luckily,  I have the fearless Debbie Levin as my guest today to quiet that pesky worry wort and lead me in a fantastic conversation about  sustainability and improving the environment.  For more than twenty years Debbie has been a powerhouse in Hollywood, and beyond, in persistently making important changes that has moved our culture towards protecting our environment.  Today's Guest:Debbie Levin is the CEO of the Environmental Media Association (EMA), where she has spent over two decades harnessing the power of entertainment to drive environmental change. Under her leadership, EMA has become a leading voice in sustainability within the entertainment industry, launching impactful initiatives like the EMA Green Seal for sustainable productions and EMA IMPACT, a forum uniting leaders in business, media, and advocacy. A passionate advocate and thought leader, Debbie is dedicated to using creative storytelling and industry partnerships to inspire global environmental action. Based in Los Angeles, she continues to champion sustainable practices across media and entertainment.For more information:https://www.green4ema.orgSupport the showKeep up with all things WeSTAT on any (or ALL) of the social feeds:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/westatpod/Threads: https://www.threads.net/@westatpodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/westatpod/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/westatpod/Twitter: https://x.com/WeSTATpodHave a topic or want to stay in touch via e-mail on all upcoming news?https://www.westatpod.com/Help monetarily support the podcast by subscribing to the show! This is an easy way to help keep the conversations going:https://www.buzzsprout.com/768062/supporters/new

Chris Palmer is an author, speaker, wildlife filmmaker, conservationist, educator, professor, and grandfather. He dedicated his professional career to conservation but now devotes his life to end-of-life activism. Bloomsbury will publish his 10th book, Achieving a Good Death: A Practical Guide to the End of Life, on October 1, 2024. He is a trained hospice volunteer and founded and runs an aging, death, and dying group for the Bethesda Metro Area Village. He serves as Vice Chair of the Board of Montgomery Hospice & Prince George's Hospice (MHI), is vice president of the Board of the Funeral Consumers Alliance of Maryland & Environs (FCAME), and serves on the Advisory Council for the Maryland Office of Cemetery Oversight (OCO). He also serves on the Boards of Final Exit Network, Hemlock Society of San Diego, and Funeral Consumers Alliance. He is on the Bethesda Metro Area Village Board and, until recently, was a Board member of the Green Burial Association of Maryland. Chris and his wife, Gail Shearer, created and funded the “Finishing Strong Award” with the Washington Area Village Exchange (WAVE) to encourage villages to hold more discussions about end-of-life issues. WAVE is the largest regional village organization in the nation. He frequently gives presentations and workshops to community groups on aging, death, and dying issues. Chris is also president of the MacGillivray Freeman Films Educational Foundation, which produces and funds IMAX films on science and conservation issues. MacGillivray Freeman Films is the world's largest and most successful producer of IMAX films. For over thirty-five years, he spearheaded the production of more than 300 hours of original programming for prime-time television and the IMAX film industry, which won him and his colleagues many awards, including two Emmys and an Oscar nomination. He has worked with Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Jane Fonda, Ted Turner, and many other celebrities. His IMAX films include Whales, Wolves, Dolphins, Bears, Coral Reef Adventure, and Grand Canyon Adventure. During his filmmaking career, he swam with dolphins and whales, came face-to-face with sharks and Kodiak bears, camped with wolf packs, and waded hip-deep through Everglade swamps. His books include Finding Meaning and Success: Living a Fulfilled and Productive Life, published by Rowman & Littlefield in 2021. Proceeds from all of Chris's books fund scholarships for American University students. Starting in 2004, Chris served on American University's full-time faculty as Distinguished Film Producer in Residence until his retirement in 2018. While at AU, he founded and directed the Center for Environmental Filmmaking at the School of Communication. He also created and taught a popular class called Design Your Life for Success. Chris and his wife, Gail, have lived in Bethesda, Maryland, for nearly 50 years and raised three daughters. They now have nine grandchildren. Chris was a stand-up comic for five years and has advanced degrees from London and Harvard. He has jumped out of helicopters, worked on an Israeli kibbutz, and was a high school boxing champion. Chris is currently learning to juggle, draw, dance, play tennis, and play the piano. He loves standing on his hands for exercise, keeps a daily gratitude journal, and has a 30-page personal mission statement. More information on Chris: Chris's filmmaking career began in 1983 when he founded National Audubon Society Productions, a nonprofit film company and part of the National Audubon Society, which he led as president and CEO for eleven years. In 1994, he founded National Wildlife Productions, a nonprofit multimedia company and part of the National Wildlife Federation, which he led as president and CEO for ten years. His first two published books were on wildlife filmmaking: Shooting in the Wild in 2010 and Confessions of a Wildlife Filmmaker in 2015. They were followed by Raise Your Kids to Succeed: What Every Parent Should Know in 2017 and Now What, Grad? Your Path to Success After College (First Edition in 2015 and the Second Edition in 2018). In 2019, he wrote College Teaching at its Best: Inspiring Students to be Enthusiastic, Lifelong Learners, and in 2021, he wrote Finding Meaning and Success: Living a Fulfilled and Productive Life. Rowman & Littlefield published his last five books. His next book, for Bloomsbury Publishing, is Achieving a Good Death. Bethesda Communications Group published Love, Dad in 2018, a 700-page book of his letters to his daughters, and Open Heart: When Open-Heart Surgery Becomes Your Best Option in 2021, a book co-written with his daughter Christina (a family doctor). Chris and Christina have written half a dozen books for children on health-related issues. Chris gives pro bono presentations and workshops on various topics, including how to live a meaningful and successful life, aging well, achieving a good death, living well to die well, medical aid-in-dying, decluttering and death cleaning, completing advance directives, writing memoirs, composing legacy letters and ethical wills, funeral planning, green ways of body disposition, and hospice care. In 2015, Chris spoke on wildlife filmmaking at TEDxAmericanUniversity. While teaching at AU, he was a stand-up comedian and performed regularly in DC comedy clubs for five years. In 2017, he founded and now directs a group on aging and dying well as part of the Bethesda Metro Area Village, where he serves as a Board member. Chris was honored with the Frank G. Wells Award from the Environmental Media Association and the Lifetime Achievement Award for Media at the 2009 International Wildlife Film Festival. In 2010, he was honored at the Green Globe Awards in Los Angeles with the Environmental Film Educator of the Decade award. In 2011, he received the IWFF Wildlife Hero of the Year Award for his “determined campaign to reform the wildlife filmmaking industry.” In 2012, he received the Ronald B. Tobias Award for Achievement in Science and Natural History Filmmaking Education. In addition, he received the 2014 University Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching at AU, the 2015 University Film and Video Association Teaching Award, and the 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Wildlife Film Festival. In his twenty years before becoming a film producer, Chris was an officer in the Royal Navy, an engineer, a business consultant, an energy analyst, an environmental activist, chief energy advisor to a senior U.S. senator, and a political appointee in the Environmental Protection Agency under President Jimmy Carter. Chris holds a B.S. with First Class Honors in Mechanical Engineering, an M.S. in Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture from University College London, and a master's in Public Administration from Harvard University. He was also a Kennedy Scholar and received a Harkness Fellowship. Born in Hong Kong, Chris grew up in England and immigrated to the United States in 1972. He is married to Gail Shearer and is the father of three grown daughters: Kimberly, Christina, and Jennifer. He and Gail have endowed a scholarship for environmental film students at AU to honor Chris's parents and encourage the next generation to save the planet. christopher.n.palmer@gmail.com www.ChrisPalmerOnline.com

While the climate change narrative has mostly focused on the concentration of CO2 and other greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere since the industrial revolution, we've ignored the essential role that the water cycle plays in regulating global temperatures. In this series I'll be speaking to an incredible list of scientists, farmers, and restorationists who are dedicated to reviving the precious waterways of the world. From the urban environment to the deep seas, our actions will determine whether or not we preserve our aquatic resources and all the life that depends on them for future generations.    In this first episode I got to speak with Enric Sala, a renowned ecologist making a clear case for why protecting nature is our best health insurance, and why it makes economic sense. Enric is the director of National Geographic's Pristine Seas project (which has succeeded in protecting more than 5 million sq km of ocean and created 22 marine reserves). Dr. Sala has received the Young Global Leader Award by the World Economic Forum, a Research Award from the Spanish Geographical Society, the Lowell Thomas Award from the Explorers Club, and a Hero Award from the Environmental Media Association. In his new book “The Nature of Nature: Why We Need the Wild,” he tells the story of his scientific awakening and his transition from academia to activism. More importantly, he shows the economic wisdom of making room for nature, even as the population becomes more urbanized, and how saving nature can save us all, by reversing conditions that led to the coronavirus pandemic and preventing other global catastrophes. In this interview we begin by unpacking the changes that have occurred in our oceans in the last few decades and how this is affecting people all over the world, even if you don't live anywhere near the sea.  Enric also offers a lot of hope that our oceans can recover if we act swiftly and give them the space and protection to regenerate.  I learned a lot from this talk and as I begin to learn more about how marine health is closely linked to terrestrial health, I would encourage those of you listening to examine how your own habits and lifestyle choices are connected to ocean health in ways that can be hard to see. 

This episode features a conversation with climate scholar and youth climate activist, Wawa Gatheru. It was recorded in July 2024.Wawa is the founder and Executive Director of Black Girl Environmentalist, an organization dedicated to empowering Black girls, women, and non-binary people across the climate sector.Wawa works to bring climate justice to the mainstream, and in addition to her work at Black Girl Environmentalist, is a popular climate content creator, focused on debunking climate nihilism, highlighting the unique contributions of Black environmental leaders, and equipping her audience with what they need to get involved in climate action.In 2019, Wawa was named the first Black person in history to receive the prestigious Rhodes, Truman and Udall scholarships for her environmental scholarship and activism.She has since become an inaugural member of the National Environmental Youth Advisory Council of the US EPA, the first federal youth-led advisory board in the US History. She is also a Public Voices Fellow on the Climate Crisis with The OpEd Project, in partnership with the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.Wawa sits on boards and advisory councils for EarthJustice, Climate Power, the Environmental Media Association, the National Parks Conservation Association, Good Energy, and Sound Future.And, for her work alongside other organizers and activists, Wawa has been recognized as a Forbes 30 under 30 recipient, an AfroTech Future 50, a 776 Fellow, Young Futurist by The Root, a Grist 50 FIXER, a Glamour College Woman of the Year, and named a Climate Creator to Watch by Pique Action and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.In January 2023, she even joined Billie Eilish and seven other climate activists on the cover of Vogue.Amongst other things, Wawa and I discussed the largely unsung leadership of African American women in environmental stewardship, the make-up and mechanics of inclusive and participatory movement building, and the need to amplify alternatives to the exclusionary narratives that dominate the climate space and beyond.Additional links:Visit the Black Girl Environmentalist websiteVisit Wawa's personal websiteRead the Vice piece that sent Wawa viralCheck out the digital Vogue cover with Billie EilishRead Wawa's Earth Day 2024 article in VogueFind insights on inclusivity over at the Green 2.0 websiteBattling Petrochemical Expansion in Cancer Alley with Rise St. JamesExplore The Vessel Project of LouisianaDiscover The Descendants Project

Cheers! Do NOT Curb Your Enthusiasm today as Phil & David welcome Phil's legendary buddy Ted Danson for a funny and inspiring conversation recorded live on June 5th at the Environmental Media Association's 2024 Impact Summit at Pendry West Hollywood. They discuss "Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson & Woody Harrelson (Sometimes)," the brand new podcast that officially starts on June 12th, as well as Ted's remarkable life in show business and the roots of his longtime passion for the environment. Follow Ted's podcast with his friend Woody here. Follow EMA here. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.

Help Save The Planet and perhaps even our Podcast by enjoying this very sustainable entertaining and informative Green Naked Lunch. Next week, Phil & David will welcome the iconic actor and longtime environmentalist Ted Danson in a conversation recorded June 5th at the Environmental Media Association's Impact Summit. Hear lovingly recycled highlights of previous Impact Summit talks with Ed Begley, Jr., Wolfgang Puck, Jane Fonda, Wendie Malick and Graham Nash. To find out more about the work of EMA go to https://www.green4ema.org. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.

Things get Hot and Hilarious In Los Angeles when the brilliant and beloved actress Wendie Malick ("Dream On," "Just Shoot Me!" and "Hot In Cleveland") joins Phil and David for a fun and free-flowing lunch full of great stories and big laughs. Phil and Wendie explore and celebrate their brief and little-seen screen marriage in the 2012 film "Jewtopia." David discusses the pleasure of getting to know and work with Wendie thanks to the Environmental Media Association. Wendie shares her amazing journey from growing up in Buffalo, New York, her time as a Wilhelmina fashion model, working for football legend turned Congressman Jack Kemp, and finally her fantastic and enduring acting career on stage and screen. All this PLUS a totally wild story about Hunter Thompson and call-in questions from Wendie's friend and co-star -- and former "Naked Lunch" guest -- Valerie Bertinelli, as well as EMA's CEO Debbie Levin. To learn more about the work of EMA, visit https://www.green4ema.org/. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.

Join Luz Cabrales and Desiree Zielinski as they chat with American Film Director, Playwright, and Environmental Activist Josh Fox.Josh Fox is an independent filmmaker and founder and artistic director of International WOW Company, a film and theater company working closely with actors and non actors from diverse cultural backgrounds, including activist communities in sustainable energy and design, creating work that addresses current national and global environmental, social and political crises.Josh Fox is best known as the Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning writer/director of GASLAND Parts I and II (HBO). He is internationally recognized as a spokesperson and leader on the issue of fracking and extreme energy development. In 2017, he was awarded his third Environmental Media Association award for Best Documentary for his latest film HOW TO LET GO OF THE WORLD AND LOVE ALL THE THINGS CLIMATE CAN'T CHANGE (HBO), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2016, toured the world theatrically and was released on HBO in June 2016. In 2017, he produced and co-directed and co-wrote AWAKE, A DREAM FROM STANDING ROCK (Netflix) with indigenous filmmakers Doug Good Feather and Myron Dewey, which premiered on Netflix and toured to hundreds of locations around the world.In 2018, Fox created THE TRUTH HAS CHANGED, a solo performance, book and film about misinformation, propaganda and psycho-graphic targeting aimed at manipulating our current media and political ecosystem.https://josh-fox.ghost.io

Phil and David enjoy a very fun and very green conversation with their funny and inspiring friend Ed Begley Jr., the great actor and environmentalist held live at the Environmental Media Association's 2023 EMA Impact Summit at The Pendry Hotel in West Hollywood. They discuss Begley's impressive and enduring career in Hollywood and how he has become the most beloved environmentalist in show business, then take questions from an audience that included other well known EMA board members Wendie Mallick, Francis Fisher and Lance Bass, as well as Ed's wife Rachelle and daughter Hayden. With great stories about Ed's Oscar-winning father Ed Begley Sr., his "St. Elsewhere" co-star Denzel Washington, Jack Nicholson, Christopher Guest and many more. All this and perhaps some breaking Spinal Tap news. Walk, run or ride your bicycle to listen to this entertaining yet educational episode about this beloved character who on "The Simpsons" joked about driving a go-cart powered by his own "sense of self-satisfaction."  Follow EMA at https://www.green4ema.org. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.    

In this episode, we delve into the extensive career of actor and film producer, Jeremy Piven. Known for his award-winning role as Ari Gold in the HBO series Entourage, Piven was born in New York City in 1965. Throughout his career, he's won three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and several other nominations for Best Supporting Actor. We explore Piven's vast body of work, including films like Serendipity, Old School, and Scary Movie 3. In addition to acting, Piven has also worked as a producer and philanthropist, with involvement in organizations such as the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the Environmental Media Association. As we examine the character of Ari Gold, we discuss Piven's captivating portrayal of the brash Hollywood agent and how his influence still resonates in pop culture today. Behind the scenes, Piven has also lent his voice to animated movies, including Cars and The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!Moreover, Piven's television career extends beyond Entourage, with roles in The Larry Sanders Show, Ellen, and accompanying guest appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien's show. From his early beginnings in Chicago to his current work, we highlight various aspects of an actor that has become a beloved fixture on the screen. Throughout the episode, we feature clips from interviews and award show speeches by Piven himself, giving listeners a firsthand look at his personality and passion for his craft. Join us on a journey through the career of one of television's most talented actors and personalities, Jeremy Piven. Find More Info on TMDB:https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12799-jeremy-piven

On this episode of our podcast, we take a deep dive into the award-winning career of actor Jeremy Piven. From his early beginnings in Chicago to his breakout role as Ari Gold in the hit HBO series Entourage, Piven has become a beloved fixture in television and film. We start by exploring Piven's impressive list of accolades, including three Emmy awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. With nominations spanning from 2005 to 2008, it's clear that Piven's talent and presence onscreen was consistently recognized by his peers in the entertainment industry. But Piven's success didn't come overnight. We delve into his extensive television career, which includes his role as Jerry on the critically acclaimed The Larry Sanders Show and guest appearances on popular shows such as Ellen and Seinfeld. We also discuss Piven's foray into film, with standout performances in movies like Say Anything and Old School. Of course, no discussion of Piven would be complete without talking about his iconic role as Ari Gold on Entourage. We examine what made his portrayal of the brash Hollywood agent so captivating for viewers, and how his character's influence still resonates in pop culture today. But Piven's career isn't just limited to acting. We explore his work as a producer and philanthropist, with involvement in organizations such as the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the Environmental Media Association. Throughout the episode, we feature clips from interviews and award show speeches by Piven himself, giving listeners a firsthand look at his personality and passion for his craft. So tune in and join us on this journey through the career of one of television's most talented actors and personalities, the incomparable Jeremy Piven. Find More Info on Television Academy:https://www.emmys.com/bios/jeremy-piven

In this episode, we talk to one of our favorite guests of 2022 Jay Jasinski from the Environmental Media Association (EMA) about green storytelling in sitcoms (like the Simpsons!), EMA's famous Green Seal and activist board, Jay's journey to join the EMA, and the future of sustainability in Hollywood. Rhea and Jay also discuss the importance of people with diverse interests and talents, such as graphic design or marketing, in the environmental movement because now more than ever environmental information needs to be translated so that the masses understand it.

Alan Fuerstman is Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Montage International, a luxury hospitality management company encompassing Montage Hotels & Resorts, Pendry Hotels & Resorts, Montage Residences, and Pendry Residences. Before founding Montage in 2002, Alan was the opening vice president of hotel operations at Bellagio in Las Vegas. He served as president and managing director of The Phoenician in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he also oversaw The St. Regis Aspen and The St. Regis Houston. Alan currently serves on the Board of Directors for the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA), the Board of Directors for Environmental Media Association's Corporate Sustainability Board, Board of Trustees Emeritus for Gettysburg College, and the Northern Arizona University School of Hotel and Restaurant Management Advisory Board.   Alan joins me on the podcast to discuss how his long experience in the luxury hospitality industry and his time working in different hotel departments gave him a broad perspective on building a forward-thinking company culture that makes a hotel really successful. He shares when he decided to indulge his entrepreneurial spirit and build a brand around his first hotel and why naming the brand was such a struggle! Alan also shares the importance of learning how to lead and the importance of developing the tools to inspire others how to do a great job.   “I think the lesson is you never know who it is you're talking to, and what the potential or possibility is.” - Alan Fuerstman   “I had an entrepreneurial spirit that drove me to want to create something new, but first, I had to develop the skill set to be successful.” - Alan Fuerstman   “As you grow and mature as a leader it becomes less about how you individually interact with a guest, and more about how you motivate others.” - Alan Fuerstman   This Week on The Wow Factor: Lessons learned from Alan's first job as a hotel doorman Why Alan pivoted away from Political Science towards the hospitality industry How a chance meeting led to a tremendous career opportunity for Alan Alan's experience of working for Marriott for nearly 20 years What resort development involves and when Alan moved into that niche Why Alan felt he wanted to found his own luxury hospitality brand Entrepreneurs and mentors that Alan has looked up to throughout his career How Alan raised the capital for his first hotel, who his first investor was, and how they made the deal How Alan models the culture he wants to prioritize in his organization, and why the value-driven aspect of his company is their North Star and the aspiration of what we want to be What Alan enjoys about working with his son on the Pendry Hotels brand   Alan Fuerstman's Words of Wisdom: The essence of Montage is to enrich lives — whether it's enriching the lives of our associates, enriching the lives of our guests that stay with us, or enriching the lives of the communities in which we operate. As leaders, we have a huge responsibility and innumerable opportunities to influence and enrich lives in the way we behave and the things that we do.   Connect with Alan Fuerstman: Montage Hotels Website Pendry Hotels Website Montage Hotels on Instagram Pendry Hotels on Instagram   Connect with The WOW Factor: I Like Giving: The Transforming Power of a Generous Life by Brad Formsma Words of Wisdom Website Brad Formsma on LinkedIn Brad Formsma on Instagram Brad Formsma on Facebook Brad Formsma on Twitter    

My conversation with Debbie Levin was one of my favorite conversations this year. Some notes from our conversation: Debbie went to USC film school and wanted to be a film critic. She did celebrity interviews that she got just by calling them. These included George Segal, Richard Dreyfuss and Henry “the Fonz” Winkler. The Environmental Media Association, which Debbie has spent her career with was started by Norman Lear and Alan Horn. Debbie's good friend is Wendie Malick who starred on Just Shoot Me! I mentioned Ed Begley Jr. who was on a documentary about the EV1, Who Killed the Electric Car. Debbie told a story about Ed riding his bicycle to the Oscars. Debbie convinced Wendie Malick to get David Spade to host the 10thanniversary of the EMA awards ceremony with her. Debbie helped build the brand around the EMA by recruiting Amy Smart to help out (She later set Amy up with her future husband.) Debbie mentioned not knowing what a Step and Repeat is…in case you don't either. So I told Debbie I don't love the paper straw but that I had used a straw made of pasta which we both agreed was genius. So now I know where you can get them. Debbie can be reached at the Environmental Media Association and at green4ema at the socials including Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Gina McCarthy, White House's first National Climate Advisor, joins Linda & Drew At Home to deliver a healthy dose of optimism that we all need as we collectively take on climate challenges. She shares stories about her home and family life growing up, and how being a mother and grandmother has influenced her passion to make the world better. We also talk about how we can all bridge policy with everyday action!ResourcesConnect with Gina: https://twitter.com/Gina_McCarthyThis fun, hopeful and informative conversation is part of At Home x EMA Talks series. EMA Talks is a program at the intersection of arts and sciences, bringing together entertainers, experts, scientists, doctors and innovators for in-depth conversations dedicated to making the planet a better place for everyone. Environmental Media Association (EMA)EMA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a unified voice for the planet through storytelling, entertainment and education. We believe that we can change hearts and inspire action through the stories we tell. https://www.green4ema.org/http://instagram.com/green4emahttps://www.facebook.com/green4ema/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSAOWwR6xw3NAC00JW88uKg This episode was co-produced in collaboration with Harvard Chan C-CHANGE's Reel Science program. About Harvard Chan C-CHANGEThe Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health ( Harvard Chan C-CHANGE ) translates innovative research from faculty and students across the Chan School of Public Health to inform actions that improve public health today and create a more just, sustainable, and healthy future for all. Harvard Chan C-CHANGE's mission is to increase public awareness of the health impacts of climate change and use science to make it personal, actionable, and urgent.https://www.instagram.com/harvardcchange/https://www.facebook.com/HarvardCCHANGEhttps://twitter.com/HarvardCCHANGEhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHuLRLPnAH7CGDFyLcqLTzQ Resources:Climate Optimist Newsletter----------Text 310-496-8667 with your questions for #AtHomePodcast !If you've enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe, rate and share with a friend! Thank you for being a part of the At Home community! Connect with Linda & Drew: instagram.com/athomeinstagram.com/imlindorkinstagram.com/mrdrewscott#AtHomePodcastTHEME SONG BY: Victoria Shawwww.instagram.com/VictoriaShawMusic Chad Carlsonwww.instagram.com/ChadCarlsonMusic MUSIC COMPOSED AND PRODUCED BY:Rick Russohttps://www.instagram.com/rickrussomusicSpecial thanks to all our At Home homies: PRODUCERS:Brandon AngelenoHanna PhanPOST AUDIO ENGINEER:Chris CobainDIGITAL PRODUCER:Cortney EwonusWEBSITE:Wesley FriendSERIES PHOTOGRAPHER: Dennys Ilicwww.instagram.com/dennydennSponsored by:ADT: It's important to have not just a beautiful home -- but a smart and safer home.https://www.adt.com/AtHomePrivacy Policy and California Privacy Notice.

Ocean advocates and explorers, Ashlan and Philippe Cousteau, join Linda and Drew At Home to give them a crash course in ocean health and the health of us humans! The Cousteau’s have dedicated their lives to sharing how the ocean affects our everyday lives. By spreading ocean literacy and hands-on programs through their nonprofit, EarthEcho International, and telling their incredible travel stories, they inspire us all to see how resilient nature can be. Get ready to be schooled on ways we can kelp our ocean flourish! FOLLOW ASHLAN:https://www.instagram.com/ashlancousteau/ https://twitter.com/ashlancousteau https://www.facebook.com/ashlancousteau/ FOLLOW PHILIPPE:https://www.instagram.com/pcousteau/ https://twitter.com/pcousteau/ https://www.facebook.com/pcousteau/ https://www.instagram.com/earthecho/ https://www.youtube.com/c/ashlanphilippecousteau/ Order and read Oceans for Dummies here!Environmental Media Association (EMA)EMA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a unified voice for the planet through storytelling, entertainment and education. We believe that we can change hearts and inspire action through the stories we tell. https://www.green4ema.org/http://instagram.com/green4emahttps://www.facebook.com/green4ema/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSAOWwR6xw3NAC00JW88uKgOne Tree PlantedOne Tree Planted is a nonprofit organization focused on global reforestation. They make it easy to plant trees. $1 plants 1 tree! Read all about why trees matter here: https://onetreeplanted.org/pages/about-us Text 310-496-8667 with your questions for #AtHomePodcast !If you’ve enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe, rate and share with a friend! Thank you for being a part of the At Home community! Connect with Linda & Drew: instagram.com/athomeinstagram.com/imlindorkinstagram.com/mrdrewscott#AtHomePodcastTheme Song by: Victoria Shawwww.instagram.com/VictoriaShawMusic Chad Carlsonwww.instagram.com/ChadCarlsonMusic Music composed and produced by: Rick Russohttps://www.instagram.com/rickrussomusicSeries Photographer: Dennys Ilicwww.instagram.com/dennydenn Special thanks to all our At Home homies: Brandon Angeleno, Annalee Belle, Hanna Phan, Cortney Ewonus, Wes Friend, Chris Cobain, Nicole Schachter!Sponsored by:ADT: It’s important to have not just a beautiful home -- but a smart and safer home.https://www.adt.com/AtHome

Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks shares the birth of ECOS the brand that her father created 54 years ago while being an aspiring chemist and having an interest in protecting humans from chemicals on our planet back in the ’60s by creating safer cleaning products from his garage. Kelly shares the importance of diversity and empowering women in the workplace. In addition, Kelly shares 51% of our population is comprised of women, and how it’s important that more than 50% of ECOS executives are comprised of women.  Kelly is one of the very few women with a diverse background being Greek and African American to run a National cleaning products company.  ECOS is celebrating the 51st anniversary of Earth Day the theme this year for 2021 is Restore - Restoration - now 200 Countries celebrate Earth Day and over 1 billion people celebrate Earth Day. ECOS website in the link below shows you how to read labels and what to avoid. Some topics we cover: As of April 1st ECOS announced they are a “climate positive” manufacturer and partnering up with Green for All Skin issues, eczema, baby skin health, inflammatory responses how our bodies are fighting these toxins.   Leading a company that is environmentally responsible, socially responsible, and focused on environmental justice. So many GREAT insights in our conversation, here are two quick tips for you! Step one, do not buy cleaning products that do not list ingredients. Step two, ingredients that come from nature. We go over and break down simple terms for all to understand the importance of being greener in your everyday lifestyle and we break down the psychological reasons why it’s so important for you and your loved ones. “Committed to creating the cleanest and greenest products in the market place bc we believe everyone has the right to have a healthy home and we all have the right to a healthy shared planet” - Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks, President and CEO of ECOS “Cleaning products are critical to your long-term health.  They’re critical to planetary health but they're critical to your health and your families health and you have complete control.” - Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks, President and CEO of ECOS As President and CEO, Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks leads the strategy and production of environmentally friendly cleaning products at ECOS. She oversees four geographically diverse facilities across the U.S. as well as a European manufacturing platform. She has been widely recognized for her highly effective leadership at ECOS and her influential voice in the green movement, corporate social responsibility, and sustainable manufacturing. Vlahakis-Hanks has led ECOS to become a Climate Positive company and the first company in the world to achieve the sustainability trifecta of carbon neutrality, water neutrality, and TRUE Platinum Zero Waste certification. Her sustainable business practices have made ECOS a model for green business in the U.S. ECOS is a primary manufacturer that has received many awards for its innovations in safer green chemistry, including the U.S. EPA’s Safer Choice Partner of the Year four times. As an African American woman and the daughter of a Greek immigrant, Vlahakis-Hanks has made environmental and social justice a cornerstone of ECOS’s mission. She actively promotes a corporate culture of diversity and empowerment, ensuring that over 50% of her C-Suite and top executives are women. She supports a green economy by creating sustainable manufacturing jobs across the U.S. and offering strong employee benefits and a living minimum wage of $17 per hour, one of the highest in the industry. She also offers financial incentives to employees who make sustainable living choices such as purchasing a low-emissions vehicle or solar panels. Vlahakis-Hanks received her undergraduate degree at UCLA and an MBA at Chapman University Argyros School of Business and Economics. She has been featured on CNN, CBS News, ABC News, FOX News, NBC News, Bloomberg and Marketwatch and in publications such as Fortune, Entrepreneur and the Los Angeles Times. She has received many awards for her sustainable leadership, including Entrepreneur Magazine’s 100 Powerful Women in 2020 and Conscious Company’s World-Changing Women in Conscious Business Award. She is an active member of several boards, including the Environmental Media Association and the Chapman University Board of Governors, where she serves on the Diversity Task Force. She is active in industry councils and public policy advocacy, including the American Sustainable Business Council and the Companies for Safer Chemicals coalition, working to promote higher standards for consumer products to protect human health and the environment. She is also a member of YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization) and Abundance 360, Peter Diamandis’ select community of executives and entrepreneurs using exponential technologies to transform their businesses. Vlahakis-Hanks resides in southern California with her husband, teenage daughter, and rescue dog Mina.   Check out ECOS new website at www.ECOS.com and subscribe today to keep you in the loop and on top of mind on how you can keep creating healthier choices for your beautiful life. 500 chemicals to never put into your products, check out the NASTIES list here.   https://www.ecos.com/the-nasties/   Thrive Global article on Kelly  https://thriveglobal.com/stories/diverse-leadership-empowering-women-with-kelly-vlahakis-hanks/ Dream Corps Green for All https://www.thedreamcorps.org/our-programs/green-for-all/   Follow Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks https://www.instagram.com/kellyfromecos/ https://www.instagram.com/ECOScleans/ https://www.instagram.com/ecosgreece/   Follow Kyriaki Pick up my Poetry Book http://www.aloversfairytale.com A gift for you! A Lover’s Fairytale Spoken Word Music Video Playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EfPtI9MniE&list=PLQSdVfHrFOMY6B5rH-XQ6FLgUggAc2MD4&index=7   https://www.chonacas.com/ https://www.instagram.com/chonacas/  

Custom jeans, specifically made on-demand to fit your body?! Sneakers made out of leftover grape peels from wine?! Erik Bang, Innovation Lead at H&M Foundation joins Linda and Drew to discuss all of the exciting innovations underway in the fashion industry and how, as consumers, we can take part in planet-positive movements. This fun, hopeful and informative conversation is part of At Home x EMA Talks series. EMA Talks is a program at the intersection of arts and sciences, bringing together entertainers, experts, scientists, doctors and innovators for in-depth conversations dedicated to making the planet a better place for everyone. Pssst… it’s Linda and Drew’s birthdays this month! Help make their birthday wish come true and join in on planting 10,000 trees! https://forest-fundraiser.raisely.com/athomeConnect with H&M Foundation H&M Foundation is a non-profit global foundation with a mission to drive positive change for people and planet.https://hmfoundation.com/about/what-we-do/https://www.instagram.com/hmfoundation/Global Change Awards https://globalchangeaward.comResourcesEnvironmental Media Association (EMA)EMA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a unified voice for the planet through storytelling, entertainment and education. We believe that we can change hearts and inspire action through the stories we tell. https://www.green4ema.org/http://instagram.com/green4emahttps://www.facebook.com/green4ema/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSAOWwR6xw3NAC00JW88uKgOne Tree PlantedOne Tree Planted is a nonprofit organization focused on global reforestation. They make it easy to plant trees. $1 plants 1 tree! Read all about why trees matter here: https://onetreeplanted.org/pages/about-us Question of the week: What are some cool sustainable materials you’ve discovered? Text 310-496-8667 with your questions for #AtHomePodcast !If you’ve enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe, rate and share with a friend! Connect with Linda & Drew: instagram.com/athomeinstagram.com/imlindorkinstagram.com/mrdrewscott#AtHomePodcastThank you for being a part of the At Home community! Theme Song by: Victoria Shawwww.instagram.com/VictoriaShawMusic Chad Carlsonwww.instagram.com/ChadCarlsonMusic Music composed and produced by: Rick Russohttps://www.instagram.com/rickrussomusicSeries Photographer: Dennys Ilicwww.instagram.com/dennydenn Special thanks to all our At Home homies: Brandon Angeleno, Annalee Belle, Hanna Phan, Cortney Ewonus, Wes Friend, Chris Cobain, Nicole Schachter!Thank you to our sponsor, ADT: It’s important to have not just a beautiful home -- but a smart and safer home.

“Everyone has the right to a healthy home.” – Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks This week on the Gooder Podcast I had the pleasure of talking with Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks, the President and CEO at ECOS. We discuss the innovations in ECOS and how they ensure sustainability in the company. We also learn about the trends that have come up in the natural cleaning industry, accelerated due to the pandemic. Along the way we learn the story of the transformation of a family legacy into a category champion and hear about an innovative leader who advocates for corporate social responsibility and sustainable manufacturing. In this episode we learn: - About the family history and legacy of ECOS.  - How far green science has evolved and its impact on product efficacy in home cleaning and personal care. - Reasons why consumers resist switching from traditional industrial cleaners to more people/planet/pet friendly cleaning products. - About product innovation and trends in the natural cleaning industry. - The behind-the-scenes efforts of developing one of the most disruptive environmentally friendly supply chains and its net-positive impact for consumers pocketbooks. - How Kelly’s commitment to diversity, inclusion and love inspires a brand that continues to break all the rules on its way to saving the planet. About Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks: As President and CEO, Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks, leads the strategy and production environmentally friendly cleaning products at ECOS. She oversees four geographically diverse facilities across the U.S. as well as a European Manufacturing platform. She has been widely recognized for her highly effective movement, corporate social responsibility, and sustainable manufacturing. Vlahakis-Hanks has led ECOS to become a Climate Positive company and the first company in the world to achieve the sustainability trifecta of carbon neutrality, water neutrality, and TRUE Platinum Zero Waste certification. Her sustainable business   practice has made ECOS a model for green business in the U.S. ECOS is a primary manufacture that has received many awards for its innovations in safer green chemistry, including the U.S. EPA’s Safer Choice Partner of the Year four times. As an African American woman and the daughter of a Greek immigrant, Vlahakis-Hanks has made environmental and social justice a cornerstone of ECOS’s mission. She actively promotes a corporate culture of diversity and empowerment, ensuring that over 50% of her C-Suite and top executives are women. She supports a green economy by creating sustainable manufacturing jobs across the U.S. and offering strong employee benefits and a living minimum wage of $17 per hour, one of the highest in the industry.  She also offers financial incentives to employees who make sustainable living choices such as purchasing a low-emissions vehicle or solar panels. Vlahakis-Hanks received her undergraduate degree at UCLA and an MBA at Chapman University Argyros School of Business and Economics. She has been featured on CNN, CBS News, FOX News, NBC News, Bloomberg and Marketwatch and in publications such as Fortune, Entrepreneur and the Los Angeles Times. She has received many awards for her sustainable leadership, including Entrepreneur Magazine’s 100 Powerful Women in 2020 and Conscious Company’s World-Changing Women in Conscious Business Award. She is an active member of several boards, including the Environmental Media Association and the Chapman University Board of Governors, where she serves on the Diversity Task Force. She is active in industry councils and public policy advocacy, including the American Sustainable Business Council and the Companies for Safer Chemicals coalition, working to promote higher standards for consumer products to protect human health and the environment.  She is also a member of YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization) and Abundance 360, Peter Diamandis’ select community of executives and entrepreneurs using exponential technologies to transform their businesses. Vlahakis-Hanks resides in southern California with her husband, teenage daughter and rescue dog Mina. Guests Social Media Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellyvlahakishanks/   Twitter: https://twitter.com/kvlahakis?lang=en Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kellyfromecos/?hl=en Website: https://www.ecos.com     Show Resources: ECOS’ One-Step Disinfectant - Fragrance Free. ECOSNEXT™ Liquidless Laundry Detergent - Free & Clear. The University of California, Los Angeles is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA traces its early origins back to 1882 as the southern branch of the California State Normal School. Brown + Dutch was founded in 1996 when Alyson Dutch and her chocolate Labrador Rocky Brown found themselves starting a PR agency, quite by accident.  Walmart Inc. is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores from the United States, headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas. The company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962 and incorporated on October 31, 1969.    Sam's West, Inc. is an American chain of membership-only retail warehouse clubs owned and operated by Walmart Inc., founded in 1983 and named after Walmart founder Sam Walton.  Costco Wholesale Corporation is an American multinational corporation which operates a chain of membership-only big-box retail stores. As of 2020, Costco was the fifth largest retailer in the world, and the world's largest retailer of choice and prime beef, organic foods, rotisserie chicken, and wine as of 2016.  TerraCycle is a private U.S. recycling business headquartered in Trenton, New Jersey. It primarily runs a volunteer-based recycling platform to collect non-recyclable pre-consumer and post-consumer waste on behalf of corporate donors or municipalities to turn it into raw material to be used in new products.  Whole Foods Market, Inc. is an American multinational supermarket chain headquartered in Austin, Texas, which sells products free from hydrogenated fats and artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives. A USDA Certified Organic grocer in the United States, the chain is popularly known for its organic selections. The Environmental Protection Agency is an independent executive agency of the United States federal government tasked with environmental protection matters. President Richard Nixon proposed the establishment of EPA on July 9, 1970; it began operation on December 2, 1970, after Nixon signed an executive order. Safer Choice helps consumers, businesses, and purchasers find products that perform and contain ingredients that are safer for human health and the environment. Green For All is an organization whose stated goal is to build a green economy while simultaneously lifting citizens out of poverty. It is a DC-based group that brings unions and environmentalists together to push for anti-poverty measures and a clean-energy economy. The Environmental Media Awards have been awarded by the Environmental Media Association since 1991 to the best television episode or film with an environmental message. YPO is a global leadership community of chief executives with approximately 29,000 members in more than 130 countries, according to the organization's 2019 YPO international fact sheet. Women's History Month is an annual declared month that highlights the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. Daniel Pink’s Master Class: Teaches Sales and Persuasion. Kellogg Garden has operated as a family-owned and operated company. Established in 1925, they have remained a stable, steadfast family business guided by the core values of their founder, H. Clay Kellogg: integrity, innovation, loyalty, experience, commitment, and generosity. Beyond Green is a Certified B Corp making positive change easier by inspiring everyone to create a sustainable world. Rivian is an American automaker and automotive technology company founded in 2009. The company develops vehicles, products and services related to sustainable transportation. Publix was founded in 1930 in Winter Haven, Florida, by George W. Jenkins. Their mission is to be the premier quality food retailer in the world. Episode Sponsor - Retail Voodoo: A creative marketing firm specializing in growing, fixing and reinventing brands in the food, beverage, wellness and fitness industry. If your natural brand is in need of positioning, package design or marketing activation, we’re here to help. 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THE Lance Bass joins Linda and Drew at home to share his story of how he went from growing up in a small town in Mississippi where even the concept of recycling was foreign, to becoming an green-activist and co-chair of the Environmental Media Association (EMA). He also talks about how somewhere in between all that, he becomes part of one of the greatest boy bands of all time, NSYNC, AND gets certified by both NASA and the Russian Space Program after several months of intense cosmonaut training. This fun, hopeful and informative conversation is part of At Home x EMA Talks series. EMA Talks is at the intersection of arts and sciences, bringing together entertainers, experts, scientists, doctors and innovators for in-depth conversations dedicated to making the planet a better place for everyone. It’s also Linda and Drew’s birthdays this month! Help make their birthday wish come true and join in on planting 10,000 trees! https://forest-fundraiser.raisely.com/athomeConnect with Lance: https://www.instagram.com/lancebass/http://www.facebook.com/lancebassofficialhttp://www.twitter.com/lancebassResourcesEnvironmental Media Association (EMA)EMA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a unified voice for the planet through storytelling, entertainment and education. We believe that we can change hearts and inspire action through the stories we tell. https://www.green4ema.org/http://instagram.com/green4emahttps://www.facebook.com/green4ema/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSAOWwR6xw3NAC00JW88uKgOne Tree PlantedOne Tree Planted is a nonprofit organization focused on global reforestation. They make it easy to plant trees. $1 plants 1 tree! Read all about why trees matter here: https://onetreeplanted.org/pages/about-us Question of the week: What makes you hopeful? (Also, Lance Bass said he was looking for a good eco-friendly, commercial-grade cleaner. Anyone know of one??)Here’s a good list for the home https://www.thegoodtrade.com/features/natural-eco-friendly-cleaning-products-for-the-conscious-homeLet us know! Text 310-496-8667 with your questions for #AtHomePodcast !If you’ve enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe, rate and share with a friend! Connect with Linda & Drew: instagram.com/athomeinstagram.com/imlindorkinstagram.com/mrdrewscott#AtHomePodcastThank you for being a part of the At Home community! Theme Song by: Victoria Shawwww.instagram.com/VictoriaShawMusic Chad Carlsonwww.instagram.com/ChadCarlsonMusic Music composed and produced by: Rick Russohttps://www.instagram.com/rickrussomusicSeries Photographer: Dennys Ilicwww.instagram.com/dennydenn Special thanks to all our At Home homies: Brandon Angeleno, Annalee Belle, Hanna Phan, Cortney Ewonus, Wes Friend, Chris Cobain, Nicole Schachter!Thank you to our sponsor, ADT: It’s important to have not just a beautiful home -- but a smart and safer home. https://www.adt.com/AtHome

Tandem Pictures is a leader in conceiving and implementing eco-sustainable filmmaking practices in the indie film space, with all of their productions following Environmental Media Association standards and the Producers Guild’s Green Best Practices. They’re also an advocate for how these practices – from using hybrid vehicles on set, to having the sound and camera teams use rechargeable batteries, to composting and using metal straws – can and should be adopted industry-wide. Female owned and operated, it is Tandem’s mission is to bring female talent and narratives to the forefront. They embrace female-centric storytelling, and pride themselves on the fact that the casts and crews of their films are composed of underserved and underrepresented minority groups, LGBTQIA, and women. tandempictures.com ABOUT TANDEM PICTURES Since 2010, TANDEM PICTURES has elevated and given a platform to misrepresented and underrepresented ideas. We are filmmakers, driven by justice and representation for both people and the planet. We strive to not only tell stories, but to share learnings with the industry in order to grow positive filming practices across our community.  Past films include acclaimed festival films THE SURROGATE, BLOODSTRIPE, THE EYES OF MY MOTHER, THE SLEEPWALKER, WILDLIKE, GHOST TEAM and more.  tandempictures.com

Today’s guest hails from Mississippi and is the quintessential illustration of a highly successful and driven jack-of-all-trades: singer, writer, host, actor, producer, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and cosmonaut. Beyond his fame as a member of the phenomenally successful group *NSYNC, where the group sold an impressive 80 million-plus records worldwide, he has since made himself a household name. With countless career highlights in music including multiple Grammy nominations, two diamond RIAA awards, MTV Video Music Awards, American Music Awards, People’s Choice Awards to name just a few. Other career highlights include: being the youngest person ever inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame, starring as Corny Collins in the Broadway hit, “Hairspray,” publishing his best-selling memoir, “Out of Sync,” making it to the finals on ABC’s hit show, “Dancing with the Stars,” and most recently producing a documentary, “The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story,” which debuted at the SXSW film festival in March 2019. On his podcast, ‘The Daily Popcast with Lance Bass’ he breaks down the biggest stories in Hollywood each day. The show takes a journalistic approach to entertainment with unprecedented access to the biggest names in the industry. Philanthropically, he remains active in various charitable organizations. In addition to being on the Board of Trustees for onePULSE, he also serves as an executive board director of the Environmental Media Association and has been serving on the board for nearly a decade. In being with the EMA, he has helped educate both children and adults on environmental issues. He’s the national youth spokesperson for World Space Week and is a certified cosmonaut. He is a strong advocate for animals and supports numerous causes and charities like The Trevor Project, Thirst Project, HRC, Vanderpump Dog Foundation, and St. Jude’s hospital. And The Writer Is...Lance Bass!This episode is sponsored by Bandzoogle.Art: Michael Richey White See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to the first episode in a brand new series focusing on waterway regeneration. In the last few years of hosting this show it's become vividly clear to me just how important and yet overlooked an issue that the health of our water cycles are.  While the climate change narrative has mostly focused on the concentration of CO2 and other greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere since the industrial revolution, we've ignored the essential role that the water cycle plays in regulating global temperatures. In this series I'll be speaking to an incredible list of scientists, farmers, and restorationists who are dedicated to reviving the precious waterways of the world. From the urban environment to the deep seas, our actions will determine whether or not we preserve our aquatic resources and all the life that depends on them for future generations.  In this first episode I got to speak with Enric Sala, a renowned ecologist making a clear case for why protecting nature is our best health insurance, and why it makes economic sense. Enric is the director of National Geographic's Pristine Seas project (which has succeeded in protecting more than 5 million sq km of ocean and created 22 marine reserves). Dr. Sala has received the Young Global Leader Award by the World Economic Forum, a Research Award from the Spanish Geographical Society, the Lowell Thomas Award from the Explorers Club, and a Hero Award from the Environmental Media Association. In his new book “The Nature of Nature: Why We Need the Wild,” he tells the story of his scientific awakening and his transition from academia to activism. More importantly, he shows the economic wisdom of making room for nature, even as the population becomes more urbanized, and how saving nature can save us all, by reversing conditions that led to the coronavirus pandemic and preventing other global catastrophes. In this interview we begin by unpacking the changes that have occurred in our oceans in the last few decades and how this is affecting people all over the world, even if you don't live anywhere near the sea.  Enric also offers a lot of hope that our oceans can recover if we act swiftly and give them the space and protection to regenerate.  I learned a lot from this talk and as I begin to learn more about how marine health is closely linked to terrestrial health, I would encourage those of you listening to examine how your own habits and lifestyle choices are connected to ocean health in ways that can be hard to see.  Resources: Get the book The Nature of Nature https://www.nationalgeographic.org/projects/pristine-seas/

Debbie Levin is the CEO of the Environmental Media Association, also known as EMA, which is a nonprofit organization that aims to provide a unified voice for our planet through entertainment, storytelling, and education. In this podcast episode, Debbie sheds light on how she was able to help build excitement and hype around hybrid cars at a time when people had skepticism and little interest in them; the power of engaging talent from the entertainment industry to serve as role models—with their vast influence on popular culture; and more.   Featured music: This is Us by Girl Pow-R Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/237 Weekly solutions-based news: www.greendreamer.com  Support the show: www.greendreamer.com/support  Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Everyone needs to be little bit more informed these days about cleaning products so on this Wellness Wednesday, we decided that it's time to be a little bit more educated!Lance brings on CEO of the Environmental Media Association, Debbie Levin, and CEO and President of ECOS, Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks, to talk all things cleaning products and ways to continue helping the environment in this crazy time. We are here to teach y'all, peanuts! Our Sponsors are the best!HYDROW.COM use code POPROW at checkoutHELIX.COM/POPMYBILLIE.COM/LANCEFOURSIGMATIC.COM/LANCE

My guest this week is no stranger to the red carpet. Ashlan Gorse Cousteau was a red carpet reporter for "Entertainment Tonight" and E! Network before leaving it all behind to pursue her passion for conservation and story telling. If her last name sounds familiar it's because she's married to Philippe Cousteau, grandson of famous explorer and conservationist Jacques Cousteau. Together they have formed a passionate partnership around using the power of entertainment to raise awareness of conservation issues. Species renderings from 'Drop in the Ocean'   Ashlan and her husband Philippe are producers and narrators of a new Virtual Reality ocean exploration experience "Drop in the Ocean" that premiered at Tribeca Immersive in 2019. Ashlan Gorse Cousteau and her husband Philippe Cousteau hosting "Caribbean Pirate Treasure" on Travel Channel. Recently, she was also the co-star of Travel Channel’s award-winning series, "Caribbean Pirate Treasure" for three seasons.  Her documentary, "Nuclear Sharks", for Discovery Channel’s Shark Week 2016 premiered as the #1 rated show across all cable programming. She also traveled to Antarctica to be a headlining speaker at Ted xScottBase.  She has served as host for the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity and was selected by former Vice-President Al Gore to be the opening anchor for 24Hours of Reality. She is a voice for environmental issues on Capitol Hill through events, and briefings and serves on the National Council of WWF, and the advisory boards of Ocean Unite and the Environmental Media Association. And she also a new mom to her "Baby Fish" who is already being groomed for world travel. She and her husband hope to take their daughter with them when they go on adventures around the world, truly incorporating motherhood into her world. If you'd like to see where she's headed next, when the current health crisis is over, follower her on Instagram. I have no doubt you will also see her pop up on red carpets again, sharing her own stories rather than interviewing other people about theirs.

As President and CEO of ECOS, Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks leads the strategy and production of environmentally friendly cleaning products, including the ECOS, Baby ECOS, ECOSPetsand ECOSPROproduct lines. She has been internationally recognized for her highly effective leadership and influential voice in the green movement and in corporate social responsibility. Vlahakis-Hanks oversees four sustainable manufacturing facilities across the U.S. and a global sales team. She has implemented sustainable practices that have made ECOS a model for green American business. Under her leadership, ECOSbecame the first company to achieve the“trifecta” of sustainable manufacturing: carbon neutrality, water neutrality and TRUE Zero Waste Platinum certification. As a primary manufacturer, ECOShas received many awards for its innovations in safer green chemistry, including the U.S. EPA’s Safer Choice Partner of the Year. ECOSmakes its plant-powered products using 100% renewable energy and has reduced its waste by over 98% by working closely with its suppliers to avoid waste and extensively recycling and reusing materials. Under Vlahakis-Hanks’ leadership, ECOSinstituted one of the strongest employee benefits programs in the industry, offering its employees a wide variety of benefits such as medical insurance, paid sick and family leave, disability coverage and onsite wellness programs. The company also offers financial incentives to employees who make sustainable living choices such as purchasing alow-emissions vehicle or solar panels. To help support working families, Vlahakis-Hanks implemented a “living wage” policy in 2014 that raised the company’s minimum wage to $17 per hour, one of the highest in the industry. She actively promotes a corporate culture of diversity and empowerment, and more than 50%of her C-Suite and top executives are women. A graduate of UCLA and the Chapman University Argyros School of Business and Economics, Vlahakis-Hanks has been featured on CNN, ABC News, FOX News, NBC News, Bloomberg and Marketwatch and in the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register. She has received many awards for her sustainable leadership, including Global Green’s Corporate Environmental Leadership Award and Green Building & Design’s Women in Sustainability Leadership Award. She was named one of Conscious Company’sWorld-Changing Women in Conscious Business and Orange CoastMagazine’s Remarkable Women. She is an active member of several boards, including the Environmental Media Association. By lending her voice to industry councils and policy advocacy, Vlahakis-Hanks works to promote higher standards for product manufacturing that protect consumer health and the environment. Vlahakis-Hanks has dedicated herself to the pursuit of green chemistry innovation, environmental protection and social advocacy. Vlahakis-Hanks resides in southern California with her husband, teenage daughter and rescue dog Mina.

The Environmental Media Association’s CEO Debbie Levin is here to talk about tips and tricks you can learn toward living a healthier and more sustainable lifestyle. Learn some common mistakes people make when thinking they’re doing good and how better to reduce our carbon footprint Thanks to this episode's sponsors! Brooklinen - Get 10% off your first purcahse and free shipping with code LADIES at brooklinen.com. Rothy's - Find your new favorite flats at rothys.com/ladies . Third Love - Get 15% off your first purchase at thirdlove.com/ladies.

Mary Buffett is a best-selling author, international speaker, entrepreneur, political and environmental activist. Ms. Buffett’s first book Buffettology, co-written with David Clark in 1997, was an immediate New York Times and Business Week best-seller. Since that time, all seven of Ms. Buffett’s books have been best-sellers. Ms. Buffett appears regularly on television as one of the top finance experts in America including CNN Business News, CNBC’s Squawk Box, Power Lunch with Bill Griffith, Bloomberg News, Fox Business News, MSNBC’s Headliners and Legends and BBC News. She has appeared around the world as a principal speaker at some of the world’s most prestigious organizations including recent appearances with Laura Bush, Colin Powell and other prominent achievers filling arenas around the country as part of the Get Motivated seminar series. Ms. Buffett has worked successfully in a wide range of businesses including extensive work as a consultant to a number of Fortune 500 companies including AOL Time Warner, as an executive at Columbia Records and as co-founder or her own music and editorial post-production companies, Independent Sound and Superior Assembly, working with many of the music industry’s biggest stars. She has also taught Business and Finance at several California State Universities, including UCLA. She is on the advisory board of The Luncheon Society, is a founder and board member of The America China Bridge, and is active with the Environmental Media Association. Mary is the proud mother of three successful children and lives in California.

What up p cast!!!! Just talkin about my new FAV organization the Environmental Media Association, why Amazon’s return policy is just delightful, and why Gary Vaynerchuk’s interview with Scooter Braun brought me to tears! In a good way :)) here is the link to the interview....Watch what happens at 55:38...Appreciate you and have an AWESOME day!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skJnyTRyzQ0&fbclid=IwAR3OM_SQrmM_niurBAZpnGCQuD-jxLZzrP1tvpV3CzEPm3vzuaMD7VUHHpA

Today on the show, this must be Pop... Shop Podcast -- because our special guest is none other than Lance Bass! We hopped on the phone with Lance to talk all about his decade-plus working with the Environmental Media Association, timed to Earth Day this past Sunday (more on that below), and, of course, we had to chat all about the renewed *NSYNC mania too. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

In this special we report we chat with Debbie Levin, the President of the Environmental Media Association. The EMA has worked with Hollywood's elite to advocate  & drive action on climate change initiatives. The EMA has worked with stars like Jaden Smith,  Shailene Woodley, Rosario Dawson, Van Jones and so many others. We chat with Debbie about her start in environmental activism, the connection between environmental issues and the entertainment industry, and how  specifically President Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Accords is a setback for the United States and more importantly what we, particularly millennials can do to create a better future for our environment. Plus did we get a scoop on a future Captain Planet movie? Tune in to find out.

Can 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 their surprising results. Are others following suit? For more on this, listen to Joan's interview with Debbie Levin from the Environmental Media Association, which awards and trains the industry on these strategies. Thank you for subscribing to Green Connections Radio on iTunes and giving us a rating and review. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Debbie Levin personally converted Hollywood’s television and movie productions into a greener way of doing business – and awards them when they do, as founder of the Environmental Media Awards. Awardees include Gwyneth Paltrow, 21st Century Fox, “Steve Jobs” the movie, and even “Star Wars.” In this brief interview at an Environmental Media Association gala, Levin tells Green Connections host Joan Michelson about what it takes to get the studios on the environmental bandwagon, and which are still lagging. You can factor that into your next movie ticket choice.  Thanks for subscribing to Green Connections Radio on iTunes and for leaving us a rating and review. Send us YOUR questions on our Facebook page and on Twitter @joanmichelson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conserving and protecting our oceans and coasts requires grassroots advocacy and full engagement in the political process. While the lists of challenges facing our oceans is long, the potential solutions are relatively well-known. However, securing the strong policy changes needed to achieve these solutions requires leadership and support from elected officials. Building this political will requires a strategic effort among ocean lovers, ocean conservation groups, and elected officials. At a recent panel discussion in Los Angeles hosted by the Environmental Media Association, experts in ocean policy, advocacy, and grassroots organizing addressed how political hardball can save our oceans and coasts. Their collective conclusion was that only by fully participating in the political process can we achieve lasting victories to secure the health of our oceans. Listen to the full discussion featuring: Salud Carbajal Angela Howe, Esq., Dr. David Wilmot, Ph.D., and moderated by Ashlan Cousteau.

The Hollywood Actor and Environmentalist Proves How Living Green Is Good For You and Your Wallet What do George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio and Ed Begley Jr. have in common? These Hollywood actors can add the title Environmental Activist to their résumé. Although green is their shared motto, while Clooney purchases Versace dresses for his lady and DiCaprio snags Los Angeles Laker tickets for his on-again/off-again girlfriend, Begley buys his wife hemp thongs. Begley, 61, said, "It's tough trying to be organic and a hip person." But fear not, Begley is one of the hippest folks in the green world. So hip, he was invited to speak at the President's Speaker Series, hosted by Cal State Monterey Bay (CSUMB), about the green life he leads, in which people can "live simply, so others can simply live." The World Theater and President of CSUMB treat students and the public to view well known speakers throughout the year. The President's Speaker Series is free of charge to all who attend. To kick off this round, Begley was selected as the first speaker. "Arguably, he's one of the first people in popular culture that has embraced a green lifestyle and engaged it," said Chas Croslin, World Theater Box Office Analyst. The fact that Begley is a popular individual with plenty of movies under his belt is an "additional benefit of reaching out to people that may or may not be familiar with the aspects of a green lifestyle," said Croslin. Both the director of the World Theater, Joe Cardinalli, and the Operations Manager, Phil Esparza, worked in combination to invite Begley to the Series. Esparza has known Begley for over 30 years. He said Begley is a "genuine human being, even if he is in Hollywood." Esparza adds, Begley is "very knowledgeable and is a great spokesperson." In addition to Begley's work on several TV series such as "Arrested Development," "Veronica Mars," and "Six Feet Under," Emmy nominated actor Begley utilizes his energy elsewhere. Having served on environmental boards like The Environmental Media Association and The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, Begley continues to work with other organizations like Friends of The Earth and has been green since the 1970s. It all began during Begley's childhood, while he grew up in smoggy Los Angeles. "I just got fed up with it after the 50s and 60s, being in that horrible choking smog, it hurt my lungs so badly," recalls Begley. Among the smog as an impact, Begley's father, a man who lived through the Great Depression, was also a strong influence. As Begley was raised, he remembered his father "saving every bit of tin foil, every bit of string, turning off the lights and water." When Earth Day began in 1970, Begley's father passed. However, Begley said he "did all the activities in the 1970s much to honor him [his father]." In his 20s, Begley felt "poised and ready" to tackle environmental issues because "it seemed like the right thing to do." His work as an actor in the past and present poses difficulties. "It's a real challenge to work in an industry that was so very wasteful and indeed celebrated waste and excess." To address this issue, Begley takes action himself by not only talking the talk but walking the walk and driving the drive. He drives a beige Toyota Prius. Begley aims to implement environmental messages in movies and television programs. Begley believes, "You get people's attention if you're doing it yourself." The actor engages in composting, recycling, and riding a bike in the morning to power his toaster, not to mention these activities are indeed done by himself. He notes, "If you do this stuff, never tell people what you're going to do, tell them what you've done."