Last week, when I wrote about the recently renovated, fun and sustainable Francis Ford Coppola Winery, I learned about a new trend. The Coppola Winery boasts two electric car charging stations. And as they pointed out, they are not the only wineries promoting green driving : several other California Wineries have also begun to cater to the electric car crowd, installing their own charging stations. Here is a run down…
Not just a place for fun, the winery is also squarely committed to sustainability. Along with everything else, visitors to the Winery Park will “discover a place dedicated to responsible, harmonious stewardship of the land.”
Our favorite green car dude/expert, John Voelcker, Sr. Editor High Gear Media and GreenCarReports.com spent half the show with us, which still wasn’t enough time! He was reporting on the latest news from Detroit relevant to greener car technology and we were surprised to hear that one of the breakout introductions
What does it mean to drive greener? In honor of our featured guest, John Voelcker, Sr. Editor of GreenCarReports.com, we did a poll on our facebook page this week about what folks thought was the greenest type of car available now: Electric, Hybrid, Biodiesel, or High-Mileage/Fuel-Efficient Gas Cars? Take the poll here, then listen to the show and get John’s take on it
Our Guest Green Diva Co-Host, Regan Caton, talked about her new job with a local biodielsel company. Green Dude Scotty started an ongoing dialog about world population and the many implications on growth. World population is estimated to be over 9 billion by 2050!
And our featured guest, David Anderson, founder and publisher of Important Media (a network of amazing green and socially conscious living blogs, including this one!) to talk about how we are finding and sharing information on sustainable living.
Way too much to cover in one hour during this Earth Day celebration week! Of course, we like to think that every day is Earth Day, but thanks to the mainstream commercialization of this emerging holiday, it has become quite a media bonanza!
