Sustainability In Your Ear

This week, the Earth911.com team talks about the latest in solar panel technology and the latest Nordic exercise craze, Plogging. It combines jogging and picking up litter. We'll also discuss cutting our travel carbon footprints through the reducing plastic use on airline flights and look ahead to a June race across the Pacific. The all-woman crew of Ripple Effect will try to break the human-powered best time for crossing the Pacific Ocean, straight though the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This week’s interview is with physicist Peter Fiekowsky, founder of the Health Climate Alliance. Peter and his team have a plan to return global atmospheric carbon dioxide levels to 300 parts per million, the same environment our grandparents enjoyed – and they plan to do it in the next 22 years. And, as always, we’ll be answering questions from Earthlings!

The Earth911 gang will look into the future of plastic-eating bacteria, what eco-conscious travelers should be looking for when considering visits to wildlife experience, and whether a family-owned business is more environmentally friendly than a public company. We also check out the five greenest U.S. cities to visit this year, according to RewardExpert.comOur interview this week will dig into the future of dirt with Brian Scott, CEO of PittMoss, a recycled paper soil replacement product available now. Brian’s team won Shark Tank funding a couple years ago and is dedicated to reducing the mining of peat for garden use. PittMoss is expanding to build plants close to regional sources of recycled paper.And, as always, we’ll respond to questions from Earthlings, the smartest readers in the world.

Join Evelyn Lopez and Mitch Ratcliffe to talk recycling and Earth-friendly living. This week, Earth911.com writer Lisa Beres joins the conversation to talk no-stick cookware that is healthy and safe for the environment. Learn how to recycle the backing peeled off stickers and what to do you can and can't do when recycling styrofoam cups, as well as how Amazon's new shipping envelopes are a step in the right direction. We also take a tour of an eco-village and learn what it takes to make the move from new residents.

This week's theme is the Circular Economy, Evelyn Lopez and the Earth911 team talk recycling swords, pet food packaging, and old deck stain and cleaners. You'll hear about Art From Scrap, a project of Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Explore Ecology that makes upcycling a citywide activity. We explore the introduction of lab-grown meat, which writer Vic Bondi described as "savory" but not exacly like meat, as well as the relaxation products that are environmentally friendly. Mitch Ratcliffe interviews John Atcheson, cofounder and CEO of Stuffstr, an app that will let you track what you buy at a retailer and resell it later at the touch of a button.

Join the Earth911.com team for this week's conversation about sustainability and recycling! In the news: California mandates solar in new homes; The recycling mystery left by Lance Armstrong, silicone bracelets; Nine flowers that protect the environment, and; The hot new Earthling sporting, Earthing -- it's an alternative to fishing that will change the way you look at lakes and wetlands.We talk with CSRHub.com Cofounder & CEO Cynthia Figge about the growing wave of sustainability and social responsibility information that investors and consumers can use to make decisions that support the Earth. Full environmental lifecycle transparency is coming.And, of course, questions from Earthlings! This week, we talk automotive oil and fluids recycling and the difference between single-use and rechargeable batteries when it's time to recycle. Join the Earthling conversation.

This week, the Earth911.com team explains how you can help save the Monarch Butterfly, cut your energy use and lower the power bill, and recirculate your old running shoes. We talk with artist Aviva Rahmani, whose "Blued Trees Symphony" started a national movement to block pipeline development with natural art installations in wetlands and forests using Copyright law. Also, Reader Questions about recycling railroad ties, flooring and carpet, and those pesky plastic shopping bags.

Join the Earth911 gang to talk about Earth-conscious buying decisions, learn how to recycle ice cream containers, lower your carbon footprint when getting around town, and our interview with PATHWater, which just launched a bottled water that comes in a reusable aluminum bottle to fight plastics pollution. Also, this week's reader recycling questions!

In this episode, Evelyn Lopez, Trey Granger, and Mitch Ratcliffe explore the recycling of rigid plastics and the impact of China's decision to stop important U.S. waste. We all cover the most sustainable options in clothes hangers, as well as which retailers use Earth-friendly hangers. Blended Burgers promise to save water and reduce carbon load in addition to tasting good. Reader recycling questions answered!

This week, host Evelyn Lopez and Mitch Ratcliffe, publisher of Earth911.com, are joined by writers Sarah Lozanova and Trey Granger to discuss this week's news stories and recycling questions. What do you do with 200 gallons of kerosene if you live in Georgia, where no fuels recycling service is available?