The Green Living Guy

Josie Moran was being awarded a Heart of Green award at Hearst Tower. I was able to get an interview with her prior to the event. We talked about the toxicity of regular cosmetics and the need to let people know about the products.

2009 awardee of the Heart of Green Awards emceed the night. Prior to the ceremonies, I was able to interview her. We talked about the false campaign of coal as a reliable safe energy source.

Coal has not helped our economy and we need real green jobs. Not clean coal, but solar, wind, geothermal, tidal.

Robin Wilson is a nationally known eco-friendly and healthy home interior designer focused on sustainable, reusable, recyclable and non-toxic options. Her style is classic with a modern touch, with a focus on unique textures, organic fibers, with background in LEED requirements due to her work on other projects. She has been regularly featured in news (CBS, ABC, PBS, NBC) and print as an expert on eco-friendly options for residential and commercial projects.

SunBlue Energy designs and installs Solar Energy Systems (Photovoltaic or PV) for both residences and businesses in Westchester County and the surrounding areas.

The Green Living Guy and Carl Vogel.

The Green Living Guy (Seth Leitman) was at the Go Green Expo. Bradford Rand helped me to interview Actor Matthew Modine from Full Metal Jacket and Pamela Lippe from the E Campaign and Earth Day NY.

Matthew has done over 36 films including his famous Full Metal Jacket appearance.

For twenty years, Ms. Lippe has served as executive director of Earth Day New York (EDNY), a 501(c) 3 non-profit educational organization, and more recently, was elected its President.

Since 1996, Earth Day New York has targeted a number of its educational campaigns to the real estate community including six well-received Lessons Learned publications distributed broadly throughout the industry. In addition, Ms. Lippe conceived and coordinated several Building the Sustainable Economy Conferences in New York City which helped initiate the first sustainability conference in Cuba in 1998. She lectures regularly at conferences and seminars both nationally and internationally.

Editor in Chief Dan Shapley talks with the Green Living Guy, Seth Leitmn about the history of The Daily Green. The Daily Green recently earned a min Best of the Web award for Best New Site, and has since grown into one of the most trusted sources on the Web for news and information about going green.

The Daily Green features daily news, tips, seasonal recipes and community photos. We have a host of bloggers and contributors, and our features cover a variety of topics, including gardening, nutrition and food safety; saving money and energy at home, in the car and everywhere else; the latest research about global warming and the health risks of chemicals and toxic toys; as well as unique topics you'll find nowhere else (like that architectural marvel, the shipping container home).

The Green Living Guy talks with one of the PR people from the Home Depot about their Eco Options certification program. It's so simple to go green, it's as simple as going to the Home Depot.

Summer Rayne Oakes graduated from Cornell University —an entomologist and environmental scientist by training. In 2000 in the midst of her studies, Oakes embarked on a journey of cause-related modeling and innovative sustainable design/development projects to push sustainability issues through fashion and media, a position which earned her the name of “The Eco-Model ” [1 ][2 ][3 ][4 ][5 ]. In addition to this, Summer Rayne is now a spokesperson, resident expert, and youngest Board of Advisors for Planet Green , Discovery Network’s new eco-lifestyle network that launched June 4, 2008 to 50 million households.

Taryn Hipwell, Phu Styles and Aysia Wright talk turkey about the Oscars going green.