The Meaning of Green

Dr. Vivian Thomson

The podcast about solving environmental problems.

  1. May 31

    S7 Episode 2: All Politics Is Local

    Trash as pollution and commerce, the US's mega-landfills, the EU vs. the US in trash management, local stories, and Fresh Kills

    31 min

  2. Apr 30

    S7 Episode 1: Harry Potter and the Jante Law

    Trash management, a meatball predicament, learning from the Danes, and a Labrador mix named Harry Potter

    29 min

  3. Feb 4

    S6 Bonus Episode: Thus Always to Tyrants

    John Gaventa and Gabe Schwartzman on their provocative new book about power and a post-coal future in Appalachia, and Kathy Selvage, a coal miner's daughter and anti-coal activist, on exploitation by coal companies and The Nature Conservancy

    33 min

  4. Jan 4

    S6 Episode 10: Scotland the Brave

    Green-minded Scots demand a say in wind farm expansions, the UK's aggressive climate change program, Ralph Nader and Al Gore, and a dog theft law

    31 min

  5. 12/02/2025

    S6 Episode 9: Greed, Groupthink, and Carbon Inequality

    A new exposé called Profit vs. Progress, how the wealthy dump on the rest of us and what to do about it, and Democracy in America

    32 min

  6. 11/01/2025

    S6 Episode 8: Trash and Power

    Of manatees and Mata Hari, happiness vs. stuff, George Carlin, Mt. Trashmore in Miami, reducing waste in Canada, the US, and the EU, and a controversial trash incinerator

    31 min

  7. 09/28/2025

    S6 Episode 7: Damming and Undamming

    The Klamath River undammed, a dam proposal likened to flooding the Sistine Chapel, fighting to preserve the forests that feed the Panama Canal, and Brazil's energy transition

    31 min

  8. 08/31/2025

    S6 Episode 6: Weapons of the Weak

    Trembitas, community-based conservation in Ukraine, Europe's magnificent beech forests, and why we should care about biodiversity

    30 min
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The podcast about solving environmental problems.

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  • Creator
    Dr. Vivian Thomson
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    80
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © All rights reserved
  • Show Website
    The Meaning of Green