Living the Green Life

Living the Green Life with Sarah Jane Compton and Lindsay Toland. This episode is all about composting and features an interview with Alexis Wilcox who runs Duck Truck Composting (ducktruckcomposting.com). Living the Green Life can be heard on WPKN on the second Saturday of every month from 9 to 10 a.m.

Living the Green Life -- 2016

Living the Green Life -- Episode One

Living the Green Life with Lindsay Toland and Sarah Jane Compton. In this episode, Lindsay and Sarah Jane talk about how to plan large events and keep them sustainable. They focus on a common large event, a wedding, with special guest Kate Harrison, author of The Green Bride Guide. Living the Green Life can be heard on WPKN on the second Saturday of every month from 9 to 10 a.m.

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Living the Green Life, Episode Two, June 2016

Living the Green Life with Lindsay Toland and Sarah Jane Compton. In this episode, Lindsay and Sarah Jane talk about upscaling, giving a discarded object a new life using creativity and a little work. Their guest was Cheryl Baldwin, Board Chair and founding member of EcoWorks in New Haven.. EcoWorks is a creative re-use center that collects cast-off items and makes them available to teachers, studens, or artists. Living the Green Life can be heard on WPKN on the second Saturday of every month from 9 to 10 a.m.

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Living the Green Life -- July 2016 -- Cheryl Baldwin of New Haven's EcoWorks

This episode of Living the Green Life focuses on energy and sustainability in and around the home. Being broadcast in October, the show is mindful of the coming home heating season. The special guest is James Ball,  James Darius Ball is the Regional Manager for MaGrann Associates in Washington D.C. He works with local  clients and partners to expand the market for energy efficient and green housing. James is graduate of Yale's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.

One of the sources mentioned in the show is www.energizect.com

Living the Green Life, Episode Six, October 2016

The holidays are a stressful and expensive time of the year. This show talks about how to make  celebrations more sustainable, simpler, and healthier. To help listeners relieve a little bit of that stress, this month's show concluded with a guided meditation.

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LTGL November 2016 -- Hosts: Lindsay Crum and Sarah Jane Compton -- Holidays and Stress

Green Life Gurus Lindsay Crum and Sarah Jane Compton bring an end-of-the-summer show on food preservation with special guest, fermentation expert, Ann Mione. They discuss the science behind food preservation and how to put away a wide variety of foods, with techniques such as pickling, drying, smoking and fermentation.

LTGL August 2016 -- Hosts: Lindsay Crum and Sarah Jane Compton -- Food preservation

This January 2017 show presented sustainable alternatives to personal care and beauty products. They talked about natural alternatives to chemical laden products (in today's world even containing "nano-particles"). Green-life gurus Lindsay Crum and Sarah Jane Compton also spoke with Connecticut-based natural product developerJessica Balaban of J & J Apothecary.

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LTGL January 2017 -- Hosts: Lindsay Crum and Sarah Jane Compton -- Personal care products

More Americans than ever have animal companions in their homes, and people are spending more money than ever on their food, upkeep, toys, and other pet products. This month's guest is Elaine Spinato of Friends of the New Haven Animal Shelter.

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LTGL December 2016 -- Hosts: Lindsay Crum and Sarah Jane Compton -- Caring for pets sustainably

This month's episode is all about beverages, from water to milk to beer. The special guest is Craig Sklar, owner of the Beer Collective in New Haven.

Living the Green Life is on the first Saturday of every month at 9 am and hosted by Hosts: Lindsay Crum and Sarah Jane Compton.

Living the Green Life -- May 2017 -- All about beverages

Americans waste an enormous amount of food every year, and much of it ends up in landfills. This episode's guest was Luc Dang, of Phood LLC. While Phood works with large commercial kitchens to cut food waste, the show contains tips for the average home consumer to use as well.

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Living the Green Life -- February 2018 -- Food Waste with Luc Dang (Phood LLC)

Hosts Sarah Jane Compton & Lindsay Crum discuss sustainability in the world of fashion. Special guest is Deb Johnson, the founder and executive director of the Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator at Brooklyn's Pratt Institute.

Sustainable Fashion with guest Deb Johnson, Exec. Director Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator

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