You can raise labor and environmental standards with an economy that is mostly locally owned. This podcasts discusses how the local ownership of the Green Bay Packers benefits the Green Bay community at large and how this can be translated into business in general.

February 6, 2007 - Whether it's cosmetics, computers, mattresses, or "rubber" ducks, there are shocking chemical surprises in many of the products we once presumed were safe. We speak with Dr. John Warner, Director of the Center for Green Chemistry at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell to learn about the strategies and opportunities for greening our chemical economy.

February 18, 2007 - University of San Francisco Ethics Professor David Batstone speaks about his research in writing "Not for Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade--and How We Can Fight It" and his launching of the Not for Sale campaign to help end human trafficking.

April 4, 2007 - In the current corporate annual meeting season, shareowners have stepped up demands on companies to seek alternatives to toxic materials in their products. A shareholder resolution at Apple calls on the company to set an accelerated timetable for ending the use of certain toxic materials. But why has the Board of Directors, which includes Al Gore, unanimously recommended against the resolution?

May 1, 2007 - Bottled drinking water is an $11 Billion per year US industry, and the withdrawal of water has been referred to as a "Blue gold rush." With impacts to local water supplies and quality of life looming, citizens groups are challenging the right of corporate water companies such as Nestle to withdraw drinking water from local supplies.

June 7, 2007 - Dean Foods' Horizon Organic Milk brand is under fire for its industrial farming model. Mark Kastel of the Cornucopia Institute and Steven Heim of Boston Common Asset Management speak about the shareowner engagement they've been conducting with the company, asking why Dean would want to endanger the reputation of its Horizon brand by sourcing milk from factory farms.

July 5, 2007 - Bill Baue and Francesca Rheannon discuss the benefits and shortcomings of biofuel as a solution to climate change. Francesca interviews Allan Kahane of Global Foods, which recently received one of the biggest biofuel-related investments from the Carlyle Group.

July 17, 2007 - Co-host Francesca Rheannon talks with Wood Turner, project director of Climate Counts.org, a project of Stonyfield Farms that rates companies' commitments and actions to reducing their greenhouse gas emissions.

July 31, 2007 - We visit with Andy Bichelbaum of the Yes Men. This two person team of corporate impersonators have passed for executives of Exxon, Halliburton, Dow Chemical and the WTO. We'll learn how they do what they do, and why.

August 16, 2007 - Renowned Futurist Hazel Henderson discusses her new book, Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy, and the paradigm shift from our current economy measured in Gross Domestic Product to a new, sustainable economy measured by such yardsticks as the Buddhist country of Bhutan's Gross National Happiness or Henderson's own "love economy."

September 5, 2007 - The conversation in this second show looks at the difference between finite games (such as climate change) and infinite games (such as sustainability), as well as looking at the open source websites Hawken has set up to profile organizations participating in the Blessed Unrest movement--WiserEarth.org and WiserBusiness.org.

July 14, 2007 - Nell Newman is building environmental awareness in a big way through her organic products book, "The Newman's Own Guide to a Good Life." In this interview Nell shares her simple approaches to an organic and environmentally friendly life.

This June 20th 2007 America the Green Podcast, two major issues are addresses. The first deals with the fact that research has shown over and over that even though the use of mercury in vaccines is linked to health issues "there have been no lawsuits over its use. The answer is that Congress acting on behalf of the big pharmaceutical companies have created a Vaccine Court where plaintiffs are not permitted to have paid legal representation. Who does that help?

July 18th 2007's ECO WAKE-UP CALL: A recent survey this spring polled 1047 travelers that said they're less likely to conserve water and electricity while away from home. Nearly 70% said they open a new mini-bottle of shampoo each time they shower at a hotel. 63% were more likely to leave the lights on at a hotel than at home. And three out of four think it's important to have their hotel linens changed each day. (Source: USA Today, Starwood Hotels and Resorts survey).

August 29, 2007 - Bill Baue and Francesca Rheannon speak with Paul Hawken about his new book, Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming.

August 23, 2007 - In today's show, Carolyn and Irv get all the dirt on diesel and it's a lot cleaner than you think. Their guest, Michael Roach, the founder of CleanAIR Systems, a technology-based corporation that manufactures emissions control systems with worldwide distribution. Their products are designed to control air pollution for vehicles such as construction equipment and buses, as well as for industrial generators and power plants.

September 19, 2007 - As a government contractor Lockheed Martin has traditionally defined corruption as fraud, waste, and abuse. How has this perception broadened with the definiton of waste?

July 9, 2007 - Join BearingPoint technologist and managing director Daryouche Behboudi in this podcast to explore the growing need to go green, starting with data centers.

October 17, 2007 - In part one of this two-part interview, British journalist George Monbiot discusses his new book, Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning, with CWR co-hosts Bill Baue and Francesca Rheannon.

September 19, 2007 - Allen White and Marjorie Kelly discuss the upcoming Summit on the Future of the Corporation that the organization they founded, Corporation 2020, is hosting in Boston on November 13 and 14, 2007. The Summit gathers thought leaders from business, civil society, labor, government, and academia to discuss and plan new corporate structures designed for social, environmental, and financial sustainability.

September 19, 2007 - Steve Rochlin says many companies are starting to tackle corruption, though they face obstacles such as the free rider problem and variations in the cultural acceptability of corruption. 

October 3, 2007 - Emily Kawano, executive director of the Center for Popular Economics in Amherst, Massachusetts, discusses the launch of the US Solidarity Economy Network coming out of the US Social Forum in Atlanta in June 2007.

October 10, 2007 - Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich discusses the transformation of business, democracy and everyday life.

November 7, 2007 - Peter Senge and Joe Laur of the Society for Organizational Learning (SoL) discuss how corporations need to transform, the central theme of the Summit on the Future of the Corporation on November 13 and 14 in Boston that SoL is co-sponsoring along with Corporation 20/20.

November 21, 2007 - Corporate Watchdog Radio co-hosts Bill Baue and Francesca Rheannon speak with Auden Schendler, who heads the sustainability program at Aspen Skiing Company and has stirred up a heap of controversy as the subject of a recent BusinessWeek cover story entitled "Little Green Lies."

In South Florida, researchers are working to harness the power of one of the ocean's most energy-dense currents — the Gulf Stream.

In part one of this two-part interview, Corporate Watchdog Radio co-hosts Francesca Rheannon and Bill Baue speak with Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder, co-authors of the new book, The Clean Tech Revolution: The Next Big Growth and Investment Opportunity.

How can CSR influence business initiatives and the value of CSR efforts be measured? Managers from Chiquita, Motorola, and the World Bank share lessons and resources at Stanford's Socially and Environmentally Responsible Supply Chains Conference.

Lawrence Jackson, former Wal-Mart president and CEO for Global Procurement, asked his Stanford audience to consider whether pushing for social and environmental responsibility in business is a racially and economically segregated movement.

Now, more than ever, nonprofit leaders need to know how to maximize their social impact. Heather McLeod Grant shares some of the groundbreaking research explored in her co-authored book Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits.

Muhammad Yunus started a movement that has lifted millions from poverty. When he formed the Grameen Bank in 1983 and started giving out micro-loans, Yunus bridged the divide between business and society.

Many nonprofits want to expand their size and funding base to bring their mission to more people. In this interview William Foster shares findings from the Bridgespan Group's groundbreaking research on what it takes to be in the big leagues.

Larry Brilliant, executive director of Google.org, asks whether we should be optimistic or pessimistic about the future of humanity.

The annual World Social Forum is the centerpiece of an international process focused on finding an alternative path for globalization based on peace, sustainability, and solidarity.

Hannah Jones, Nike's vice president for corporate responsibility looks at the future of corporate responsibility as the focus shifts upstream.

The electronics industry is on the forefront of the movement to improve socially and environmentally responsible performance across manufacturing and supply chains.

In Britain, something is happening that hasn't happened for 100 years. More people are becoming incredibly wealthy, not only through inheritance, but also because of their own hard work.

Roger Martin, Martin Fisher, Mindy Lubber, Taddy Blecher, and Roshaneh Zafar wrap up the 2007 Skoll World Forum conference with inspiring final thoughts about how to take innovative ideas for social change to that tipping point where they can create large-scale lasting positive effects.

How do you communicate with suppliers on environmental innovation? As part of the Socially and Environmentally Responsible Supply Chains conference, executives from an HMO, a government agency, and an entrepreneurial company share successes in greening the supply chains.

In this opening keynote of the Socially and Environmentally Responsible Supply Chains Conference, Willard (Dub) Hay explores what's making Starbucks new Coffee and Farmer Equity (C.A.F.E.) Practices successful.

Winnipeg, Canada, February 27, 2007: When self-employed multimedia creator Dan Tombs was contacted by a Canadian charity about volunteering via the Internet, he did not realize the rewards and ease of helping from home -- a way of volunteering he had not known about.

Bill McKibben speaks with CWR co-hosts Bill Baue and Francesca Rheannon about his new book, Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. He discusses localism as an answer to the problems created by globalism. In other words, the "durable" economies of farmers markets, distributed energy, and community radio to replace the unsustainable premise of perpetual growth that capitalism promises, but has led to climate change and peak oil