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Podcast Archive: Mind Over Matters Sustainability Segments
The Sustainability Segment presents one-on-one interviews with inspiring leaders and grass roots activists on a variety of environmental, social, and economic issues affecting life and the future of our planet.

Sustainability Segments: Ethan and Sarita SchafferGuests Ethan and Sarita Schaffer, Co-Directors, GrowFood.org, speak with Diane Horn about their efforts to help recruit, train, and capitalize the next generation of sustainable farmers.
Sustainability Segments: Bruce Herbert and Larry DohrsGuests Bruce Herbert, President, and Larry Dohrs, Vice President, Newground Social Investment, speak with Diane Horn about shareholder advocacy and progress made during 2010 in creating positive change in publicly traded corporations.
Sustainability Segments: Steven HillGuest Steven Hill, Director, Political Reform Program, New America Foundation, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Europe's Promise: Why the European Way is the Best Hope in an Insecure Age."
Sustainability Segments: Bill McKibbenGuest Bill McKibben speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Eaarth: Making A Life on a Tough New Planet."
Sustainability Segments: Ted SturdevantGuest Ted Sturdevant, Director, Washington State Department of Ecology, speaks with Diane Horn about the need to reform regulation of toxic chemicals at the federal level and the Safe Chemicals Act of 2010.
Sustainability Segments: Ellen BrownGuest Ellen Brown speaks with Diane Horn about the growing movement for publicly owned banks.
Sustainability Segments: David GershonGuest David Gershon, founder and CEO, Empowerment Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about his book, "Social Change 2.0: A Blueprint for Reinventing Our World."
Sustainability Segments: Alex SteffenGuest Alex Steffen, Executive Editor of Worldchanging.com, speaks with Diane Horn about sustainable cities and how Seattle can move towards a more sustainable future.
Sustainability Segments: Jeremy RifkinGuest Jeremy Rifkin, President, Foundation on Economic Trends, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "The Empathic Civilization: The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis."
Sustainability Segments: Richard ConlinGuest Richard Conlin, President, Seattle City Council, speaks with Diane Horn about progress made on the City of Seattle's Local Food Action Initiative and the Year of Urban Agriculture.
Sustainability Segments: Erik AssadourianGuest Erik Assadourian, Senior Researcher, Worldwatch Institute, and Director, State of the World 2010, speaks with Diane Horn about the 2010 State of the World report titled "Transforming Cultures: From Consumerism to Sustainability."
Sustainability Segments: Elizabeth GrossmanGuest Elizabeth Grossman speaks with Diane Horn about her book "Chasing Molecules: Poisonous Products, Human Health, and the Promise of Green Chemistry."
Sustainability Segments: Jon RamerGuest Jon Ramer, Executive Director, Compassionate Action Network, speaks with Diane Horn about the Charter for Compassion.
Sustainability Segments: Lester BrownGuest Lester Brown, President, Earth Policy Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization."
Sustainability Segments: Teresa OpheimGuest Teresa Opheim, Executive Director, Practical Farmers of Iowa. speaks with Diane Horn about transitioning to more sustainable agriculture in the Midwest.
Sustainability Segments: Chris MorganGuest Chris Morgan, Executive Director of Wildlife Media and Co-Director of the Grizzly Bear Outreach Project, speaks with Diane Horn about the status of the world's bears and his film "BEARTREK."
Sustainability Segments: Irene KhanGuest Irene Khan, Secretary General, Amnesty International, speaks with Diane Horn about her book, "The Unheard Truth: Poverty and Human Rights."
Sustainability Segments: Erika Schreder and Heather TrimGuests Erika Schreder, Staff Scientist, Washington Toxics Coalition, and Heather Trim, Toxics Program Manager, People for Puget Sound, speak with Diane Horn about the report "Puget Sound Down the Drain: How Everyday Products are Polluting Puget Sound."
Sustainability Segments: Rowan JacobsenGuest Rowan Jacobsen speaks with Diane Horn about his book "The Living Shore: Rediscovering a Lost World."
Sustainability Segments: Colin BeavanGuest Colin Beavan speaks with Diane Horn about the No Impact Project and his book "No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet and the Discoveries He Makes About Himself and Our Way of Life in the Process."
Sustainability Segments: Alfredo Quarto and Anne MosnessGuests Alfredo Quarto, Executive Director, Mangrove Action Project, and Anne Mosness, Go Wild Campaign, speak with Diane Horn about ocean protection and the October 3 Blue Festival.
Sustainability Segments: Cecile AndrewsGuest Cecile Andrews speaks with Diane Horn about her book, co-edited with Wanda Urbanska, "Less is More: Embracing Simplicity for a Healthy Planet, a Caring Economy, and Lasting Happiness."
Sustainability Segments: David Mas MasumotoGuest David Mas Masumoto speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Wisdom of the Last Farmer: Harvesting Legacies from the Land."
Sustainability Segments: Nalini NadkarniGuest Nalini Nadkarni, a Member of the Faculty in the Environmental Studies Program at Evergreen State College, speaks with Diane Horn about the ecological importance of forest canopies.
Sustainability Segments: Rob DietzGuest Rob Dietz, Executive Director, Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy, speaks with Diane Horn about the problems with economic growth and the benefits of a steady state economy.
Sustainability Segments: Patrick MazzaGuest Patrick Mazza, Research Director, Climate Solutions, speaks with Diane Horn about the New Energy Solutions project--the convergence of smart power grids, green intelligent buildings, and plug-in electric vehicles.
Sustainability Segments: Les LeopoldGuest Les Leopold speaks with Diane Horn about his book "The Looting of America: How Wall Street's Game of Fantasy Finance Destroyed Our Jobs, Pensions, and Prosperity, and What We Can Do About It."
Sustainability Segments: Bruce Herbert and Larry Dohrs 2009Guests Bruce Herbert, President, and Larry Dohrs, Vice President, Newground Social Investment, speak with Diane Horn about shareholder advocacy and progress made during the 2009 proxy season in creating positive change in publicly traded corporations.
Sustainability Segments: Lynda MapesGuest Lynda Mapes speaks with Diane Horn about her book Breaking Ground: The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and the Unearthing of Tse-whit-zen Village.
Sustainability Segments: Dave ReidGuest Dave Reid, Sail Transport Company, speaks with Diane Horn about petroleum-free delivery of local organic produce in the Puget Sound area.
Sustainability Segment: Robert GlennonGuest Robert Glennon, Morris K. Udall Professor of Law and Public Policy, Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Unquenchable: America's Water Crisis and What to Do About It."
Sustainability Segments: Woody TaschGuest Woody Tasch, Chairman, Investors' Circle, and Chairman and President, Slow Money, speaks with Diane Horn about his book, "Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money: Investing as if Food Farms, and Fertility Mattered."
Sustainability Segments: John de GraafGuest John de Graaf, author, filmmaker, and Executive Director of the Take Back your Time Campaign, speaks with Diane Horn about the importance of vacation time for health, environmental protection, and productivity, and the need for a paid vacation law.
Sustainability Segments: Jill SteinGuest Jill Stein, MD, Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility, speaks with Diane Horn about the report "Environmental Threats to Healthy Aging."
Sustainability Segments: Peter SingerGuest Peter Singer, Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics, Princeton University, speaks with Diane Horn about his most recent book, "The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty."
Sustainability Segments: Vicki RobinGuest Vicki Robin speaks with Diane Horn about her book, "Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence", coauthored with Joe Dominguez and Monique Tilford.
Sustainability Segments: David KortenGuest David Korten speaks with Diane Horn about his most recent book "Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth".
Sustainability Segments: Lew DalyGuest Lew Daly, Senior Fellow, Demos, speaks with Diane Horn about his book, coauthored with Gar Alperovitz, titled "Unjust Deserts: How the Rich Are Taking Our Common Inheritance and Why We Should Take It Back."
Sustainability Segment: Mark JacobsonGuest Mark Jacobson, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of the Atmosphere/Energy Program, Stanford University, speaks with Diane Horn about his recent article "Review of solutions to global warming, air pollution, and energy security."
Sustainability Segments: K.C. GoldenGuest K.C. Golden, Policy Director, Climate Solutions, speaks with Diane Horn about current efforts to fight global warming.
Sustainability Segments: Kathy FletcherGuest Kathy Fletcher, Founder and Executive Director, People for Puget Sound, speaks with Diane Horn about the Puget Sound Partnership "Action Agenda," a strategy for cleaning up, restoring, and protecting Puget Sound by 2020.
Sustainability Segments: Amanda RipleyGuest Amanda Ripley speaks with Diane Horn about her book "The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes and Why."
Sustainability Segments: Janine BenyusGuest Janine Benyus, author of "Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature," speaks with Diane Horn about biomimicry and the Nature's 100 Best Technologies project.
Sustainability Segments: Rowan JacobsenGuest Rowan Jacobsen speaks with Diane Horn about hisĀ  book "Fruitless Fall: The Collapse of the Honey Bee and the Coming Agricultural Crisis".
Sustainability Segments: Dan KoeppelGuest Dan Koeppel speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Banana: The Fate of the Fruit that Changed the World".
Sustainability Segments: Pam Burton and Meg GluckmanGuests Pam Burton, President, Solar Washington, and Meg Gluckman, Acting Solar Cities Coordinator, Seattle City Light, speak with Diane Horn about the status of solar energy in the Seattle area and the 2008 Solar Tour.
Sustainability Segments: Jenny Heins and Vic OppermanGuests Jenny Heins and Vic Opperman of Sustainable Ballard, a nonprofit organization in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood developing a grassroots vision of sustainability, speak with Diane Horn about the accomplishments of Sustainable Ballard, SCALLOPS (Sustainable Communities All Around Puget Sound), and the 2008 Festival.
Sustainability Segments: Peter NortonGuest Peter Norton, Assistant Professor, Department of Science, Technology, and Society, University of Virginia, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City."
Sustainability Segments: Elizabeth GrayGuest Elizabeth Gray, Director of Conservation Science, Nature Conservancy of Washington, speaks with Diane Horn about the environmental footprint of biofuels and recommends principles for developing environmentally sound biofuels.
Sustainability Segment: Dave ChameidesGuest Dave Chameides speaks with Diane Horn about his project "365 Days of Trash."
Sustainability Segment: Robert EngelmanGuest Robert Engelman, Vice President for Programs, Worldwatch Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "More: Population, Nature, and What Women Want."
Sustainability Segment: Paul StametsPaul Stamets, founder of Fungi Perfecti, speaks with Diane Horn about how mushrooms can help save the world.
Sustainability Segment: Michael Mayer and Darcy NonemacherGuests Michael Mayer, Legal Director and Director of the Water for Washington Campaign, Washington Environmental Council, and Darcy Nonemacher, Associate Director for Washington Water Policy, American Rivers, speaks with Diane Horn about the recent report "Before the Wells Run Dry: Water Solutions for Washington."
Sustainability Segment: Bruce Herbert and Larry DohrsGuests Bruce Herbert, President, and Larry Dohrs, Vice President, Newground Social Investment, speak with Diane Horn about shareholder advocacy and progress made in creating positive change in publicly traded corporations during the 2008 proxy season.
Sustainability Segment: Taras GrescoeGuest Taras Grescoe speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood."
Sustainability Segment: Richard ConlinGuest Richard Conlin, President of the Seattle City Council, speaks with Diane Horn about the City of Seattle's Local Food Action Initiative.
Sustainability Segment: Alfredo Quarto and Eli PenberthyGuests Alfredo Quarto, Executive Director, and Eli Penberthy, Campaign Coordinator of the Mangrove Action Project, speak with Diane Horn about The High Cost of Cheap Shrimp--a consumer awareness campaign on the dangers of imported farmed shrimp.
Sustainability Segment: Charles HalpernGuest Charles Halpern, founder of the Center for Law and Social Policy and board chair of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, speaks with Diane Horn about his book, "Making Waves and Riding the Currents: Activism and the Practice of Wisdom."
Sustainability Segment: Brian FaganGuest Brian Fagan, emeritus professor of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, speaks with Diane Horn about his book, "The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations."
Sustainability Segment: Tom GeigerGuest Tom Geiger, Outreach Director, Washington Environmental Council, speaks with Diane Horn about environmental legislation passed in the 2008 Washington State Legislative Session.
Sustainability Segment: Ted SchettlerGuest Ted Schettler, Science Director, Science and Environmental Health Network, speaks with Diane Horn about the implications for human health of adding fluoride to municipal water systems.
Sustainability Segment: David WilcoveGuest David Wilcove, professor of ecology, evolutionary biology, and public affairs, Princeton University, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "No Way Home: The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations."
Sustainability Segment: David Batker and Katherine DaviesGuests David Batker, Founder and Executive Director, Earth Economics, and Katherine Davies, Director and Faculty Member, Center for Creative Change, Antioch University Seattle, speak with Diane Horn about applying ecological economics to the Puget Sound region.
Sustainability Segment: Warren KarlenzigGuest Warren Karlenzig, Chief Strategy Officer, SustainLane, speaks with Diane Horn about his book, "How Green is Your City?," which ranks the largest 50 U.S. cities for sustainability.
Sustainability Segment: Steven GilbertGuest Steven Gilbert, Director, Institute of Neurotoxicology and Neurological Disorders, speaks with Diane Horn about the health hazards of lead and steps we can take as a society and as individuals to reduce lead exposure.
Sustainability Segment: Kevin MarshGuest Kevin Marsh, Assistant Professor of U.S. History and Environmental History, Idaho State University, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Drawing Lines in the Forest: Creating Wilderness Areas in the Pacific Northwest."
Sustainability Segment: Richard ConlinGuest Seattle City Councilmember Richard Conlin, Chair of the Council's Environment, Emergency Management, and Utilities Committee, speaks with Diane Horn about Seattle's Zero Waste Strategy.
Sustainability Segment: Susan GleasonGuest Susan Gleason, Media and Outreach Manager, YES Magazine, speaks with Diane Horn about the 2007 US Social Forum.
Sustainability Segment: Jonathan MooneyGuest Jonathan Mooney, president of Project Eye-to-Eye, a nonprofit mentoring and advocacy organization for students with learning disabilities, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal."
Sustainability Segment: Paul HawkenGuest Paul Hawken speaks with Dian Horn about his book "Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming."
Sustainability Segment: Coll ThrushGuest Coll Thrush, Assistant Professor of History, University of British Columbia, speaks with Diane Horn about his book, "Native Seattle: Histories from the Crossing-Over Place."
Sustainability Segment: John PucherGuest John Pucher, Professor, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University, speaks with Diane Horn about what we can do to promote bicycling and walking as modes of transportation.
Sustainability Segment: George MonbiotGuest George Monbiot, columnist and author, speaks with Diane Horn about his book, "Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning."
Sustainability Segment: Bill McKibbenGuest Bill McKibben speaks with Diane Horn about his book, "Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future."
Sustainability Segment: Edward MazriaGuest architect Edward Mazria, founder of Architecture 2030, speaks with Diane Horn about the 2030 Challenge to achieve a dramatic reduction in the greenhouse gas emissions of buildings by changing the way they are designed and constructed.
Sustainability Segment: Sherry BoschertSherry Boschert, cofounder and President of the San Francisco Electric Vehicle Association, speaks with Diane Horn about Boschert's book "Plug-in Hybrids: The Cars That WIll Recharge America."
Sustainability Segment: K.C. GoldenK.C. Golden, Policy Director, Climate Solutions, and Diane Horn evaluate our current efforts to fight global warming.
Sustainability Segment: Larry NussbaumGuest Larry Nussbaum, Program Director, Stewardship Partners, speaks with Diane Horn about the Salmon-Safe farm certification and eco-label program.
Sustainability Segment: Alex SteffanGuest Alex Steffen, Co-founder and Executive Editor of Worldchanging.com, speaks with Diane Horn about ways to create a future which is sustainable, dynamic, prosperous, and fair, and about the book he edited, "Worldchanging: A User's Guide to the 21st Century."
Sustainability Segment: Peter BarnesGuest Peter Barnes, cofounder and former president of Working Assets Long Distance, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Capitalism 3.0: A Guide to Reclaiming the Commons."
Sustainability Segment: Lynn McMullenGuest Lynn McMullen, National Campaign Director for The Peace Alliance, speaks with Diane Horn about the citizen lobbying effort to establish a cabinet level U.S. Department of Peace.
Sustainability Segment: Shay SalomonGuest Shay Salomon, co-founder of the Small House Society, speaks with Diane Horn about Salomon's book "Little House on a Small Planet."
Sustainability Segment: Jenny KurtzweilGuest Jenny Kurtzweil speaks with Diane Horn about Kurtzweil's book "Fields that Dream: A Journey to the Roots of our Food."
Sustainability Segment: Jill BamburgGuest Jill Bamburg, Dean, MBA Program, Bainbridge Graduate Institute, an institution offering programs focused on sustainable business, speaks with Diane Horn about Bamburg's book "Getting to Scale: Growing Your Business Without Selling Out."
Sustainability Segment: Cecile AndrewsGuest Cecile Andrews, founder of the Voluntary Simplicity Study Circles movement and founder and coordinator of the Phinney Ecovillage, speaks with Diane Horn about Andrews most recent book "Slow is Beautiful: New Visions of Community, Leisure, and Joie de Vivre."
Sustainability Segment: Terry TamminenGuest Terry Tamminen, former head of the California EPA, speaks with Diane Horn about Tamminen's book "Lives per Gallon: The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction."
Sustainability Segment: Samuel FromartzGuest Samuel Fromartz, freelance business journalist, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Organic, Inc.: Natural Foods and How They Grew."
Sustainability Segment: David HelvargGuest David Helvarg, President of the Blue Frontier Campaign, and author of "50 Ways to Save the Ocean" and "The Blue Frontier: Dispatches from America's Ocean Wilderness" speaks with Diane Horn about ocean protection.
Jay BolusGuest Jay Bolus Executive Vice President, Benchmarking and Certification, MBDC, speaks with Diane Horn about how cradle to cradle design principles can be used to create ecoeffective products that enhance both society and the natural environment.
Sustainability Segment: Sarah WesterveltGuest Sarah Westervelt, Toxics Research Analyst, Basil Action Network, speaks with DIane Horn about "The Digital Dump: Exporting Re-use and Abuse to Africa."
Sustainability Segment: John de GraafGuest John de Graaf, Independent television Producer, speaks with Diane Hornabout his most recent documentary film, "Buyer Be Fair: The Promise of Product Certification", co-produced with Hana Jindrova.
Sustainability Segment: John HatchGuest John Hatch, founder and Director of Research, FINCAInternational, speaks with Diane Horn about how village banking and other forms of microfinance are helping the poor worldwide.
Sustainability Segment: Dr. Donald ShoupGuest Dr. Donald Shoup, Professor of Urban Planning, University of California at Los Angeles, speaks with Diane Horn about the high cost of free parking and proposes some new policies to solve our parking problems.
Sustainability Segment: David KortenGuest David Korten speaks with Diane Horn about his new book "The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community."
Sustainability Segment: Bruce Herbert and Larry DohrsGuests Bruce Herbert, President, and Larry Dohrs, Vice President, Newground Social Investment, speak with Diane Horn about shareholder advocacy and progress made during the 2006 proxy season in creating positive change in publicly traded corporations.
Sustainability Segment: Frederick vom SaalGuest Dr. Frederick vom Saal, Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, speaks with Diane Horn about the human health risks posed by the polycarbonate plastic used in many consumer goods and what we can do to make healthier choices for ourselves and for our children.
Sustainability Segment: Bruce HerbertGuests Bruce Herbert, President, and Larry Dohrs, Vice President, Newground Social Investment, speak with Diane Horn about shareholder advocacy and progress made during the 2007 proxy season in creating positive change in publicly traded corporations.