Tamra Lotz talks about what sustainability means to her and the people she works with at Mumm Napa winery in Rutherford, California. Tamra was born and raised in Napa, and brings with her a passion for sparkling wines and the valley she calls home. She completed her degree in Viticulture and Enology at University of California Davis, and after interning at Mumm Napa, was fortunate enough to be able to spend a year abroad, working and learning about wine. Tamra works together with Ludovic Dervin in all aspects of winemaking at Mumm Napa.

Tamra was interviewed by Ruth Ann Barrett of EarthSayers.tv, voices of sustainability, in September of 2013.

Take a journey with Director Jerome Osentowski, Commissioner Jill Ryan, and Environmental Policy Planner Adam Palmer through the luscious forest garden at the Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute in Basalt, Colorado located at a cool 7,200 ft. in the Rockies. Jerome, a 40-year permaculture specialist living in a sustainable active and passive solar home will discuss permaculture design, forest gardens, edible landscaping, subterranean heating and cooling systems (SHCS)/climate batteries, soil building, nitrogen fixers, leveraging thermal mass, and much more. Published on Nov 13, 2013

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The neighborhood called Love Canal in Niagara Falls, New York, was neither the first nor the worst toxic waste dump, but it became a national story in the late 1970s thanks to the organizing efforts of Lois Gibbs, who fought to protect Love Canal's children, including her own, from the 20,000 tons of toxic waste in the ground.

This is an excerpt from American Masters: Fierce Green Fire, airing April 22 at 9 pm on PBS. Learn more at www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters. Published on Apr 2, 2014

A 90-minute version of the film is currently available via Netflix and iTunes and on DVD from First Run Features.
 

A Chipotle original series that explores the outrageously twisted world of industrial agriculture. Premieres Feb. 17 on Hulu. Published on Jan 26, 2014

Dow Chemical, the same company that brought us Dursban, Napalm, and Agent Orange, is now in the food business and is pushing for an unprecedented government approval: genetically engineered (GE) versions of corn and soybeans that are designed to survive repeated dousing with 2,4-D, half of the highly toxic chemical mixture Agent Orange. Do you trust Dow Chemical with your food?

Find out more about Dow Chemical's sordid history and what you can do to stop their new genetically engineered "Agent Orange" crops at http://www.dow-watch.org

Steve Russell, VP Plastics Department, of ACC Plastics notes we all agree that plastics should be used wisely to begin with, reduced when possible, and recycled when finished. Goodwill among all the "sides" to this issue gives him confidence we will succeed.

In this video, Stephen Watson and Isabel Hoffmann show how far TellSpec has progressed in just 3 months since the beginning of the Indiegogo crowd-funding campaign on Oct 2013. In terms of size, usability, portability, user interface and input for the scanner and the app. Published on Dec 31, 2013

Will climate change drastically reduce our food production, or will it change what we produce?

This question from Twitter was posed to Goddard Space Flight Center's Molly Brown as part of NASA's Ask A Climate Scientist campaign, #askclimate

For more about the connection between climate variability and food production, go here: http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/c...

"A Billion Stuffed, A Billion Starved." Talk by Eric Holt-Gimenez, Executive Director of Food First - Institute for Food and Development Policy given August 2, 2013 at the Justice Begins With Seeds 2013 International Conference at Seattle First Presbyterian Church in Seattle, WA. Published on Aug 18, 2013 by  TalkingStickTV