219 GreenConnect

Host Kathy Sipple of 219 GreenConnect speaks with Donna Stuckert from the Recycling and Waste Reduction District of Porter County, organizers of the 8th Annual Northwest Indiana Earth Day to be held Saturday, April 20th 9am-4pm at the Porter County Expo Center in Valparaiso.

Host Kathy Sipple speaks with Kassie Meeks, about Ujjayi Pranayma breathing (sometimes called ocean breath), a  balancing and calming breath technique. This style of breathing keeps the vital life force, prana, circulating throughout the body rather than escaping from it.

Kassie Meeks is owner of Yoga Suka Shala in Valparaiso, where she provides group and private yoga and QiGong instruction. Kassie also provides individualized coaching on creativity, well-being, and all-around-living-your best-life to clients worldwide.

Host Kathy Sipple speaks with Oriana Tiell from www.NeighborhoodFruit.com about their twist on urban foraging.

Neighborhood Fruit is a service that helps people find and share the fruits, nuts and vegetables growing within their communities. The site features interactive maps of backyard bounty and abundance growing on public land.

Search no more - Neighborhood Fruit is your one-stop-shop for your urban harvest needs!

Share the fruit from your yard. Add a tree on public land to the map. Find abundance in your neighborhood. Learn more about unusual fruit. Find Fruit, the iPhone app companion to the site, lets you take your search mobile.

Host Kathy Sipple speaks with Rich Ferlazzo from the Valparaiso Shrimp Company, a wholesale and retail supplier of high quality fresh salt water shrimp. Kathy met Rich a few weeks ago at Sawgrass Marketplace in Chesterton where he makes his shrimp available for sale. 

Their facility is one of 9 privately owned indoor re-circulation salt water systems in the United Sates and the only operational clear water system. The shrimp are raised on a high protein diet with no hormones, chemicals or antibiotics.

Host Kathy Sipple speaks with Neil Davey from Figure Eight Brewery in Valparaiso about the brewery's recent expansion and their part in the local food web.

Join guest host, Emily Russell, of Russell Health & Wellness for a discussion with board certified pediatrician, Biljana Uzelac, MD, about healthy eating and how it directly affects your health.    Dr. Uzelac will share her passion for organic cooking and provide tips to help you create a healthy lifestyle for your family.  Learn how good nutrition can help prevent disease in your children and your family.

219 GreenConnect host Kathy Sipple speaks with A Greener Indiana's Founder, Eric Stallsmith, live from the Quiet Sports Expo in Indianapolis.

Human-powered quiet sports are among the fastest-growing outdoor recreational activities.  Activities like, hiking, paddling, mountain biking, rock-climbing and fly fishing leave a small ecological footprint, but are as hard-core as the enthusiasts who practice them.  

The Quiet Sports and Outdoor Living Pavilion is the only event of its kind in the central U.S., and boasts nearly 100 exhibitors and unique features and attractions you won’t find in any other single location.  Need a dose of how-to?  Daily seminars are on tap from interesting experts who have been there and done that – from climbing Kilimanjaro to floating Southern Indiana’s Sugar Creek.

Eric and his wife also operate Indiana Outfitters, Indiana's premier outdoor information website. It is a rich resource for planning trips to Indiana's State Parks, complete with outfitter information, maps, weather, current river and lake levels and tirp reports.

This show is a rebroadcast of an August 8, 2011 Socially Speaking show.

Co-hosts Tracy Traut & Kathy Sipple speak with Lauren Riga, Assistant Director at Environment, Law & Economics Institute, and an instructor for Valparaiso University's new graduate level Sustainability Certificate.

Sustainability is the new buzzword, rapidly replacing "green." Find out what it means to businesses, consumers and our planet.

Host Kathy Sipple speaks with photographer Pete Doherty owner of Doherty Images, LLC.   Pete specializes in Chicago lakefront and Indiana Dunes photography. He enjoys sharing Northwest Indiana's natural beauty through his photographs.    Pete's work has been exhibited at South Shore Arts in Munster, Gallery One in Chesterton, Galaxy Arts in Munster, Towle Theatre in Hammond, as well as in many area hospitals, libraries and retail establishments.

This show is a rebroadcast from an August 15, 2011 interview. Socially Speaking hosts, Tracy Traut and Kathy Sipple, speak with Mark Zaranski of East Wind Acupuncture in Chesterton.

Learn why Traditional Chinese Medicine is a natural and healthy alternative.