Posted on April 11th, 2011 by Kit Lyman
This past year has taken me places that I neither anticipated or prepared for. I have flown halfway around the world and back, found my passion and career path, auditioned and got a role in my very first play, finished my lifelong soccer career, and have start to come to terms with my childhood soon [...]
Posted on April 15th, 2010 by mikhail.grinwald
grassrootSound_ep_07 04_15_10 As Maija mentioned last week, food becomes an issue that operates on multiple levels: as economic, as political, as social and commercial. It’s really interesting to look at this break-down and begin to realize all the ways in which the foods we eat are implicated in almost every aspect of a sustainable economy [...]
Posted on April 10th, 2010 by mikhail.grinwald
grassrootSound_ep_06 04_10_10 The real test of a sustainable lifestyle is the registration of ecological sensitivity in everyday life, so while it’s great to outwardly campaign for environmentalism, it is equally important to utilize our most basic needs and habits to maximize our personal sustainable impacts. There is no need more basic than food, and I [...]
Posted on April 3rd, 2010 by mikhail.grinwald
grassrootSound_ep_05 04_03_10 Although Ithaca as a community seems to have a particularly strong interest in ecology, sustainability leaders and advocates are affecting change across the entire country. This week, I thought it would be a great opportunity to look beyond Ithaca and meet a sustainable entrepreneur from the midwest who’s helped found a unique business [...]
Posted on March 18th, 2010 by mikhail.grinwald
grassrootSound_ep_04 03_18_10 For this show I thought it would be appropriate to address the sustainability movement as a lifestyle movement, to realize that almost everything we do is implicated in environmental sustainability and social sustainability. Building a sustainably aware community is key to realizing, supporting and engaging sustainability. I’ll speak with Liz Walker, the co-founder [...]
Posted on March 16th, 2010 by mikhail.grinwald
Be sure to tune in to grassrootSound this week to learn about a comprehensive sustainable lifestyle at EcoVillage at Ithaca. links_ http://www.slopemedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/workshopsEcoVillageIthaca.pdf http://www.slopemedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/TREEVillage.pdf
Posted on March 11th, 2010 by mikhail.grinwald
grassrootSound_ep_03 03_11_10 This week on grassrootSound, I’ll speak with two CDL designers, Sarah Wilson and Thu Nguyen about the upcoming CDL Spring Fashion Show and their own sustainable collections. I’ll also interview Wendy Skinner, the founder of SewGreen, a non-profit that teaches sewing and design as self-reliant and sustainable skills, as well as Autumn Newell, [...]
Posted on March 10th, 2010 by mikhail.grinwald
Tune in tomorrow at 12PM to listen to grassrootSound. This week’s show will be focused on participating in sustainability through clothing, textile and responsible consumerism. For a list of clothing and resale and consignment shops in downtown Ithaca, follow the link below: http://www.slopemedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/grassrootsSound_ep_03_map.pdf
Posted on March 9th, 2010 by mikhail.grinwald
All episodes of grassrootSound are now available for download on the iTunes Music Store. Search grassrootSound under podcasts or follow the link below to download and subscribe to the show directly in iTunes. http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=360574109 Due to copyright issues, music featured on the show will not be podcasted to iTunes. The full hour-long episodes will be [...]
Posted on March 4th, 2010 by mikhail.grinwald
grassrootSound_ep_02 03_04_10 This week, I interviewed Meghan Murphy and Mark Wienand from the Ithaca Biodiesel Coop. We discuss the science, politics and infrastructures of the growing biofuel industry, and opportunities for students to get involved. Also some music and the Soundboard. music_ track_artist_album Class Of 73 Bells_Prefuse 73_Preparations & Interregnums Dead Ghost_Bark Bark Bark_Haunts Symphony [...]
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