The Sustainable Living Show March 22, 2010

On today’s Sustainable Living program our first guest was a member of the Gulf Coast Conservancy, an environmental advocacy group located in Pasco County.  Presently, they’re fighting a development on some of Florida’s last remaining natural coastline, called Southwest Harbor Towne.  This item will be voted on by the Pasco County Commission this coming Tuesday, March 23, 2010.  Next up, we were honored to have Randy Hayes, founder of the Rainforest Action Network joining the program by phone from California. Randy has an extensive Bio, including being an officer at the World Future Council, heading up Oakland Green Cities initiatives, and attending the last UN Climate Change meeting in Copenhagen.  He’s also an advocate for Feed-in Tariffs, and helped the city of Gainesville FL adopt the first feed-in tariff in the United States.  Randy is headed back to Florida this weekend, March 26-28 to attend the Florida Alliance for Renewable Energy in Orlando.

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Check out all of the great Sustainable Living Shows on WMNF 88.5FM archives by pressing the button below.  Here is a sample of some of the sustainable subjects since November 2009:

Debbie and Tiffypop hosted the show for International Women’s Day last Monday, March 8, 2010, with lots of help from the Women’s Show  (every Saturday at 10:00AM) host, Mary Glenney, running the board for us.  Deb talked about the trials and tribulations of living in a farm-based intentional community, and Tiffany shared valuable information about reusable feminine products that she makes.  She also told us about the sustainable side of the Womyn’s Fest that takes place every fall in Michigan.  Pam, the ‘goat lady’ Lunn (of the Dancing Goat) was a guest by phone and she added a humorous side to women in farming.

December 14, 2009 – Jon played a taped interview with Lisa Carlson, author of the book Caring for the Dead, with information about green burials and many subjects that the powers-that-be would rather we not know about.  Greg David was a guest by phone.  He is an alternative fuel and syngas expert that really got us all thinking about safer and more efficient ways to get rid of some of our waste products.

December 28, 2009 – Jon urged past guests and listener supporters to call or email some sustainable moment they had during 2009.

January 12, 2010 – Co-author of the book Two Million Cars – driving toward sustainability, Deborah Gordon, talked about alternative fuels and transportation systems and how to save our planet for future generations.

February 8, 2010 – Jon’s guests  Ann Paul, Tampa Bay Regional Coordinator for Audubon of Florida and Troy Springer, President of the Suncoast Native Plant Society chapter of Florida Native Plant Society hosted a lively call-in discussion on bird houses, estuaries and native plants versus exotic invasive plants.

February 22, 2010 – Guests included Karen Kress, of Tampa Downtown Partnership and Julie Bond, with the Center for Urban Transportation Research at the University of South Florida, returning for an annual show on local transportation, and new guests from the Tampa Bike Co-op.

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