Shades of Green Talk Radio

12/01/2023

Hola friends! The long awaited (by me) release of our ska album "Intergalactic Beach Party" is coming this Thursday, December 7th! We are unable to do a release show but would like to have a small record release (and listening) party to celebrate.

Would anyone have a place we could do that or suggestions on a location? We are thinking just about 20 people.

10/19/2020

This week on Shades of Green, we will be talking about the City of Austin's new green built permitting center at Highland. Lots of sustainability features.

Our guests will be Sandrine Hitchcock with Gensler, the architecture firm, Bob Salvatelli with Sustainable Water and Mark Leger with the Austin Energy Green Building Program.

Live broadcast will be at 1:00pm this Thursday at 91.7FM in Austin and streamed online at koop.org!

09/24/2020

Today on Shades of Green -- Streaming live at KOOP.org and on the FM dial at 91.7FM in Austin, TX --

"2020 Elections and the Environment"

We will be talking about upcoming elections with a powerhouse of 4 Texas environmental Directors. Today, we will talk with:

Luke Metzger - Executive Director at Environment Texas
Adrian Shelley - Director of Public Citizen's Texas Office
David Foster - Texas Director at Clean Water Action and
Bay Scoggin - State Director for Texas at Public Interest Research Group
Join us today for the conversation!

14 years of past shows can be found at www.shadesofgreenmedia.com!

This Week on Shades of Green! Posted on June 5, 2020 by Reed Posted in Uncategorized Leave a comment We are announcing shows on fairly short notice but continue to broadcast every Thursday at 1:00pm CST. Tune in from anywhere at koop.org. 13 years and running at Shades of Green!

07/16/2020

Listen today at 1:00PM. We talk with EcoRise about their sustainable school programming and how they are adapting to education during the pandemic.

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06/11/2020

Shades of Green will go live today at 1 PM on KOOP 91.7 FM on your dial, and you can stream it at koop.org. Our topic for today is the Texas Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program. Our guests are Charlene Heydinger, President of the Texas PACE Authority, and Bruce Elfant the Travis County Tax Assessor-Collector and Voter Registrar. We also discuss some of the issues surrounding voting in Travis County - particularly mail-in voting. Tune in at 1 PM live, or you can listen to the Podcast afterwards at Shadesofgreenmedia.com.

05/14/2020

Shades of Green goes live with a pre-recorded show today, May 14 at 1 PM streaming at www.koop.org. You can also listen to the podcast after the show at www.shadesofgreenmedia.com. Our guest is Jeffrey Jacoby, Deputy director of Texas Campaign for the Environment (TCE). Hosts John Hoffner, Amy Stansbury and Reed Sternberg discuss how TCE is adapting its canvassing campaigns around the COVID-19 crisis. Also, Jeffery Jacoby shares some of TCE's latest initiatives to ensure Texas does not relax its environmental regulations.

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04/30/2020

Solar Austin, a local non-profit has teamed up with Huston-Tillotson University to provide training and mentoring for minorities interested in entering the solar energy field. Despite the issues assoc

04/30/2020

Shades of Green goes live with a pre-recorded show today, April 30 at 1 PM streaming at www.koop.org. You can also listen to the podcast after the show at www.shadesofgreenmedia.com. We discuss the intersection of messaging around the Green New Deal, Earth Day Austin, and local Austin Sunrise Movement initiatives. Now more than ever we see the urgent state of affairs as our US government dismantles environmental protections. Guests: Janis Bookout with Earth Day Austin, Katie Horstman, the Austin Sunrise Movement, and Christopher Cook, author, journalist and green advocate. Tune in!

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04/23/2020

Today at 1 PM on Shades of Green we discuss the recently released "Austin Energy Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan."

Our guests:
Erika Bierschbach, Matt Weldon, Al Braden

Live streaming at www.koop.org
Listen on-demand: www.shadesofgreenmedia.com

04/17/2020

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04/16/2020

Tune in to Shades of Green at 1pm today, we are back on the air! Today's episode is about Solar Internships.
Solar Austin Huston-Tillotson University Austin Energy

04/02/2020

03/31/2020

Listen to our latest episode about the 2020 US Census! Our guests help break down why it's important and how it impacts all of us living in Austin.

https://soundcloud.com/johnhoffner/the-2020-us-census-and-its-impact-on-everyone-that-lives-in-austin-and-the-state-of-texas

Guests:
John Lawler - Census Program Manager for the City of Austin and Travis County

Maria Milner - Director of Equity and Inclusion, League of Women Voters

Sarah Ortiz Shields - Executive Director, Austin Tech Alliance

This Week on Shades of Green! Posted on July 10, 2011 by Reed Posted in Uncategorized Leave a comment March 19, 2020: Topic to be announced.

03/24/2020