A reminder to turn off our lights when we leave a room or leave home. We expanded this theme to talk about vampire or phantom energy sources - how to identify them and eliminate them. Saving energy is a BIG way to help support a healthier environment! Please check out our TikTok @official_greendivas ; of course follow us on instagram @TheGreenDivas ; FaceBook @GreenDivas ; and YouTube...
We talked about an organization called Transitioning to Green that helps people translate their skills and experience into a green career. Please check out our TikTok @official_greendivas ; of course follow us on instagram @TheGreenDivas ; FaceBook @GreenDivas ; and YouTube...
Happy St. Paddy's Day show! GD Lisa talked about green beer - no, not the dyed kind, but the sustainably brewed kind. The sleeping naked is green segment was all about recycled household paper products (TP & PT), and we did our first Gettin Local with the Green Divas segment on local sustainable food systems. Our feature interview was with our favorite green car dude, John Voelcker of greencarreports.com. A LOT of info . . . Please check out our TikTok @official_greendivas ; of course follow...
This sleeping naked is green segment features information on why we should buy recycled toilet paper and paper towels and consider alternatives for paper towels also. Please check out our TikTok @official_greendivas ; of course follow us on instagram @TheGreenDivas ; FaceBook @GreenDivas ; and YouTube...
Our first in a series sponsored by the Daily Record's Grassroots section highlighting information and resources for better local living that is featured in the Grassroots section and is of interest to communities anywhere and everywhere! Please check out our TikTok @official_greendivas ; of course follow us on instagram @TheGreenDivas ; FaceBook @GreenDivas ; and YouTube...
Gettin Local with the Green Divas: whever YOU are! We had a great time in the studio with Guest Green Diva Meghan Van Dyk, editor of the Daily Record's Grassroots section. We were kicking off our new weekly segment about being local whever you are. We talked about sustainability in education, pink slime and why we should give up bottled water. Please check out our TikTok @official_greendivas ; of course follow us on instagram @TheGreenDivas ; FaceBook @GreenDivas ; and YouTube...
In case you haven't gotten the memo, bottled water is a serious envirnomental nightmare. Please listen to this short segment and learn why. Please check out our TikTok @official_greendivas ; of course follow us on instagram @TheGreenDivas ; FaceBook @GreenDivas ; and YouTube...
GD Lisa was out this week, so we had a guest Green Diva, EcoKaren (aka Karen Lee) sitting in. We dished about a recent head-spinning, but cool green twitter party hosted by Practically Green. We also listened to a great pre-recorded interview GD Meg did with Jessica Alba about her new company the Honest Company. A great Sleeping Naked is Green segment about VOCs and how to avoid them in our homes. Please check out our TikTok @official_greendivas ; of course follow us on instagram @TheGreenDivas ...
We had Chris Murphy, of the Smart Little House store in Roseland, NJ call in for this segment. Chris is an expert on non-toxic homes, VOCs and offers some surprising (and disturbing) details to this topic. Please check out our TikTok @official_greendivas ; of course follow us on instagram @TheGreenDivas ; FaceBook @GreenDivas ; and YouTube...
A very green diva episode with a short Why Should We Care piece that GD Meg recorded earlier in the week with Jessica Alba. the Sleeping Naked is Green segment was all about recycling our sneakers. Our feature interview was with Rachel Kaplan, author of Urban Homesteading: Heirloom Skills for Sustainable Living. GREAT information and lots of it! Please check out our TikTok @official_greendivas ; of course follow us on instagram @TheGreenDivas ; FaceBook @GreenDivas ; and YouTube...
Some great ideas about how easy it is to recycle your sneakers and all the amazing ways they are being repurposed into new materials for playgrounds, basketball courts and tracks. Also, a couple of ideas for finding sustainably made sneakers. Please check out our TikTok @official_greendivas ; of course follow us on instagram @TheGreenDivas ; FaceBook @GreenDivas ; and YouTube...
A special show with too many headliners! For our Why Should We Care campaign, we talked to the beautiful Sarah Stavrou, and the ever-green wonderful Ed Begley, Jr. Both had such wonderful things to say. Then, as if that wasn't enough fun, we had a feature interview with the very busy EcoKaren about her work with EcoEtsy, GreenLivingIdeas.com her gig with Marth Stewart and some new fun for her team with Practically Green! Please check out our TikTok @official_greendivas ; of course follow us on i...
We were inspired by a February entry in the book that stated, "Write poetry in haiku form only." We couldn't exactly figure out why that was green, but we decided to find and share a couple of our favorite poems about nature. We read three of them in this short segment. Please check out our TikTok @official_greendivas ; of course follow us on instagram @TheGreenDivas ; FaceBook @GreenDivas ; and YouTube...
An exceptionally full show with the start of our Why Should We Care campaign. Three of our regular guests, John Voelcker, Kari Whitman and Cherie Corso all called in and talked about what they are passionate about when it comes to sustainability and why we should care AND what we can do about it! We also interviewed Dr. Dan Wharton, Senior Vice President of Conservation Science, Chicago Zoological Society, who has made some awesome observations about animal behavior in terms of relationships and...
This is always an interesting topic. But, we found so many wonderful resources to help make a healthy, green goodbye and leave this planet with a little less of a carbon footprint in the end. Please check out our TikTok @official_greendivas ; of course follow us on instagram @TheGreenDivas ; FaceBook @GreenDivas ; and YouTube...
Guest Green Dude Paul Miller was sitting in for GD Scotty again this week. We had fun talking about going local, eco-friendly snow and ice removal (even though we haven't had much snow and ice this year, so far . . . ), and our interview with Carol Westinghouse of Informed Green Solutions. Carol is all about cleaning and greening our indoor air quality, especially for schools and other public and commercial buildings. Please check out our TikTok @official_greendivas ; of course follow us on inst...
Some suprising and practical ideas for keeping snow removal and de-icing environmentally friendly. Please check out our TikTok @official_greendivas ; of course follow us on instagram @TheGreenDivas ; FaceBook @GreenDivas ; and YouTube...
If you dry clean your clothes, please listen and learn about the toxins you may be exposing yourself to and alternatives for healthier dry cleaning. Please check out our TikTok @official_greendivas ; of course follow us on instagram @TheGreenDivas ; FaceBook @GreenDivas ; and YouTube...
We packed an amazing variety of information into this episode! An all green diva crew managed to talk about renewable energy in our sleeping naked is green segment. We did several product reviews including green diva stuff, green baby stuff and even a green dude product! Then we learned a lot about sustainable fishing and how we can become more aware and support sustainable fisheries through the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification and labeling program. Please check out our TikTok @off...
We jam in a lot of reasons why we should consider buying green energy and some good resources for how to buy renewable energy. Please check out our TikTok @official_greendivas ; of course follow us on instagram @TheGreenDivas ; FaceBook @GreenDivas ; and YouTube...
With our guest Green Dude, Paul Miller, Coordinator for the Morristown Office of Sustainability, we got caught up on all the wonderful things coming up for our region, including the upcoming Earth Day Experience. Our Sleeping Naked is Green segment was all about plastic and how and why we need to reduce, reuse and recycle it. We talked to Ben, architect/sustainable farmer/chef and all around amazing green guy and just had good green fun. Please check out our TikTok @official_greendivas ; of cour...
As we found out when we participated in Rodale's Plastic-Free February last year, it is impossible to completely eliminate plastic from our lives. However, we also have gained increasing awareness about ways we can reduce our use of new plastic and be much smarter about how we use and re-use the necessary plastic. Please check out our TikTok @official_greendivas ; of course follow us on instagram @TheGreenDivas ; FaceBook @GreenDivas ; and YouTube...
This was a fun one inspired by Sleeping Naked is Green (the book by Vanessa Farquharsen) and the Green Divas Sleeping Naked is Green segment. Learn why it is important to consider organic cotton ANYTHING! Please check out our TikTok @official_greendivas ; of course follow us on instagram @TheGreenDivas ; FaceBook @GreenDivas ; and YouTube...
We devoted half the show to our favorite green car dude/expert, John Voelcker, Sr. Editor with High Gear Media and GreenCarReports.com. On the heels of the Detroit Auto Show, he had some interesting insights into the new US car line-up and the latest in green car technology. Our Sleeping Naked is Green segment was on Green Real Estate and what that actually means. Please check out our TikTok @official_greendivas ; of course follow us on instagram @TheGreenDivas ; FaceBook @GreenDivas ; and YouTu...
There are now specific certifications and green designations for real estate professionals. We found out there are green mortgage companies and green certified homes too! Please check out our TikTok @official_greendivas ; of course follow us on instagram @TheGreenDivas ; FaceBook @GreenDivas ; and YouTube...
Especially after the holidays, there is a ton (actually, many tons) of electronic waste being discarded in favor of new e-toys. Listen for a couple of ideas about how to properly dispose of eWaste. Please check out our TikTok @official_greendivas ; of course follow us on instagram @TheGreenDivas ; FaceBook @GreenDivas ; and YouTube...
Fun to be back in the studio with the whole crew plus some extra quiet green dudes . . . Our feature interview was with author Debra Duneier, who wrote EcoChi: Designing the Human Experience. We talked about decluttering and houseplants as just two ways to create a healthier indoor environment. Green Diva Lisa talked about some strategies for keeping on track with any New Year's resolutions. Our Sleeping Naked is Green segment was all about fair trade and why we need to consider this when buying...
We expanded Ms. Farqurharsen's entry about drinking only fair trade tea into talking about fair trade products in general and why we should consider fair trade for tea, coffee, sugar, bananas, handmade crafts and a myriad of other surprising products that are made in developing countries by small producers. Please check out our TikTok @official_greendivas ; of course follow us on instagram @TheGreenDivas ; FaceBook @GreenDivas ; and YouTube...
A lively episode featuring an interview with Jeff Yeager, author of the Ultimate Cheapskate about being green and frugal this holiday season. Also a lot more about last-minute, sustsainable, creative and easy holiday gift and decorating ideas. Sleeping Naked is Green segment was all about buying in bulk - why should we and how to do it. Please check out our TikTok @official_greendivas ; of course follow us on instagram @TheGreenDivas ; FaceBook @GreenDivas ; and YouTube...
This was a great opportunity to explore why buying in bulk can be a very green idea. Please check out our TikTok @official_greendivas ; of course follow us on instagram @TheGreenDivas ; FaceBook @GreenDivas ; and YouTube...
