Environment - Going Green

 June 17, 2009
Interview with Jordana Gustafson, Editor of
www.sustainlane.com
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Mike Carruthers:
In order to save money on air-conditioning, many people believe it's best to keep a room at the same temperature all the time rather than turn the A/C up and down.

Jordana Gustafson:
And this is actually not true - the energy that's used to re-cool a space is always going to be less than or equal to the amount of energy used to keep it at a consistent lower temperature.

June 9, 2009
Interview with Amy Stewart, author of Wicked Plants

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Mike Carruthers:
We think of plants as being fairly benign but there are some mean, nasty and dangerous plants - for instance oleander.

Amy Stewart:
Oleanders grow all over the southern part of the United States and it is really a highly, highly toxic shrub that will make you very sick. It will make you very weak and can kill you quite quickly.

April 28, 2009
Interview with Diane MacEachern, author of Big Green Purse: Use Your Spending Power to Create a Cleaner, Greener World

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Mike Carruthers:
If you want to be green and protect the environment one thing you can do is…

Diane MacEachern:
Buy products that are in concentrated form - and this is particularly easy to do with cleaning products like laundry detergent.

January 2, 2009
Interview with Linda C. Cobb author of Talking Dirty With the Queen of Clean: Second Edition

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Mike Carruthers:
You can save money and be good to the environment by using some alternative cleaning products around the house. For example...

Linda C. Cobb:
Use Tang breakfast drink to clean your toilet. It's much safer for a home that has children and pets.

Linda Cobb