02-08-22 Environmental Law: Protecting Our Natural Resources Guests: Marisa Desautel, Esq., Principal, Desautel Law, and Clarice Parsons, Mediator, MWI Environmental lawyers and mediators assist clients in navigating complex regulations and meeting compliance...

 01-03-22 Exploring Green Career Pathways Guest Audra Lavoie, Career Education Specialist, University of Rhode Island Life is a journey, and all along our career pathways, we are constantly asking ourselves a lot of questions: “Do I enjoy my work?” “Am I using my...

12-06-21 Wild Mushrooms: Mycology, Foraging, Cooking and Remediation Guests: Ryan Bouchard and Emily Schmidt, Co-Founders, Mushroom Hunting Foundation As children, we were cautioned about mushrooms, because some of them are poisonous to eat. Most of us avoided them...

11-01-21 Blue Mind: Loving Our Blue Planet Guests: John Marsland, founder and President of the Blackstone River Watershed Council, and Dr. Wallace J. Nichols, marine biologist and author of Blue Mind The term “blue mind” describes the mildly meditative state we fall...

10-04-21 Food Waste Recycling Guests James Corwin and Chris Ratcliffe, Co-Directors of the RI Schools Recycling Club In July, Rhode Island approved a legislative bill titled School Waste Recycling and Refuse Disposal. The legislation requires all K-12 and vocational...

09-06-21 Pesticide Free Parks, Lawns & Gardens in Providence Guests: Emily Koo, Sustainability Strategy Manager in the City of Providence's Office of Sustainability and Lee Ann Freitas, Director of the Roger Williams Park Botanical Center When we apply pesticides,...

08-23-21 Environmentally-Safe Technology Part 2 Guest: Cecelia (Cece) Doucette, MTPW, BA, Director, Massachusetts Safe Technology Planet Earth is a great big electromagnetic field, and it has what is known as a “natural frequency," called the Schumann Resonance, which...

08-02-21 Environmentally-Safe Technology Part 1 Guest: Cecelia (Cece) Doucette, MTPW, BA, Director, Massachusetts Safe Technology How safe are cell phones and wireless laptops? And, how prudent is the next generation of wireless technology, known as 5G? The three main...

07-05-21 Non-toxic Personal Care Choices for Clean Water Guest Beth Newberry, Diamond Ambassador, Pure Haven Wearing sunscreen or bug repellent is a daily part of many people’s skincare routines, especially during the summer months. Few people stop to think about how...

 06-07-21 Designing Biomaterials for a Circular Economy with guests Megan Valanidas, Principal Designer, Altimeter Group and Callie Clayton, Designer and Former Material Design Researcher, Modern Meadow How does one go about designing materials and products that are...

05-03-21 Technology and Nature: Guest Greg Nemes, Founder and Director of Tanager How much of our children's time today is screen time? How has the pandemic amplified screen time habits? How does technology effect cognitive and social-emotional development? What...

04-05-21 Difference Makers: Cultivating Climate Literate Students Guest: Jeanine Silversmith, Executive Director of the Rhode Island Environmental Education Association (RIEEA) A survey conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that nearly half of American...

03-02-21 Great Streets: Safe, Walkable, Bikable, Equitable and Sociable Guest Martina Haggerty, Special Projects Director at the City of Providence Department of Planning and Development The City of Providence's Great Streets initiative is an established framework for...

02-01-21 Creative Activism: Art for Environmental Advocacy Guest Melissa Guillet, Founder of 15 Minute Field Trips™ The Law of Inspired Action states the premise that if we take action toward an intended goal, such as increasing people's appreciation of and...

01-04-21 Redefining Wildlife and Conservation Outreach Guest: Mary Gannon, Wildlife Outreach Coordinator for the Division of Fish and Wildlife In claiming land and water resources for our own use, humanity has engendered the fragmentation of grassland, forest and...

12-07-20 Offsetting Schools' Paper Usage, One Tree At a Time Guests: Lizzy Elsner and Sethu Odayappan, Co-founders, Tree-Plenish Tree planting is a natural solution to mitigating climate change. Cities, constructed vast areas of hard impermeable surfaces, have given...

11-02-20 Environmental Action During the Pandemic and How to Maintain Momentum Guests: Eric Magers, Sara Spellman, Ashley Desrosiers, Seaside Sustainability Located in Gloucester, MA, Seaside Sustainability provides project-based learning, meaningful internships for...

10-05-20 Leaving a Greener Legacy: Choices for Natural Burial Guest Ann Porto, Psy.D.  Volunteer Board Member, Funeral Consumers Alliance With people becoming more environmentally and economically conscious in their everyday life purchasing decisions, such as food and...

 09-07-20 Virtual Environmental Learning Guest Lauren Parmelee, Senior Director of Education at the Audubon Society of Rhode Island. When social distancing restrictions were introduced and schools were closed in response to COVID-19, environmental education...

08-03-20 What is Geoengineering? Awareness and Understanding with guests Rachael McIntosh and Susan Clarke Geoengineering as the intentional manipulation of the environment, involving nuclear, biological, chemical, electromagnetic, and/or other physical-agent...