TGIF, for sure… This post-accidental electric shock therapy week has been one of ups and downs, for sure.
Note to readers: when the doctors say rest, usually they mean it. Hopefully that is what we all have in store for the weekend ahead.
Shannon Fitzgerald O’Shea is a global communications and advocacy leader who is passionate about storytelling with authenticity and purpose and who believes in the power of communications to build trust and move minds.
SPRING has arrived! And that means, gardening. And gardening means clearing out last year’s brush and the vines that overtook my yard in 2024 when I temporarily lost interest in gardening.
This week we are centering a topic that hasn’t happened on the show before: green buildings! Ben Evans is federal legislative director at the U.S. Green Building Council, helping lead the council’s advocacy work in Washington promoting green buildings and sustainable communities.
It’s the eve of the Ides of March and St. Patrick’s Day is on Monday. I’m not sure what all this means except the greening of the Chicago River reminds me of the time in college that my roommate and I talked a bartender into giving us a pitcher of beer in exchange for our bottle of green food coloring, which they then poured into everyone’s beers for the evening.
This month is definitely in like a lion… wild winds, crazy rain, warm one day, cold the next… we spring foward this weekend so more daylight is coming. Change is in the air.
This week, we were in conversation with Professor Leaf Van Boven, whose research is quite illuminating and underscores what we have known for some time: when Republicans support climate and environmental policy, not only does that policy have a better chance of passage, it’s more durable.
Hello, Friday. Hello, last day of February.
I plan to get into my backyard this week and do some clearing out. The daffodils are poking up and early spring blooms are ready to be uncovered. Hope you get outside this weekend, too.
Welcome to episode 3 of the EcoRight Speaks, featuring Ari Matusiak, co-founder, president and CEO of Rewiring America. He is also the founder and co-chair of Power Forward Communities, a national coalition awarded $2 billion from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to decarbonize and reinvest in American households. He was founding partner of, and is currently a senior advisor to, PVG, a fast-growing consulting firm committed to driving climate solutions that also deliver real economic value at scale.
Happy Friday! At the time of writing, I’m looking out my window at the foggy sky. There is something about low hanging fog that makes me feel peaceful. I’m leaning into the peace for now. And hope you are, too.
Today’s guest comes to us via a listener request. Journalist Mike Conley is the co-author (with Tim Maloney) of the book Earth is a Nuclear Planet.
Hey, the cupid tells me that today is a special day. Will you be our EcoRight valentine? Send a shout out (think of it as a love letter) to a lawmaker doing good things on climate change and/or to a member of your community whom you admire.