Anita talks about some of the challenges she faced when putting Robbie in daycare for the first time, and some of the positive notes.
A few weeks back we planned to air our initial interview with Crystal Murphy the week after our Expanding Your Mind (Part 1) episode. Unfortunately, the audio files were somehow deleted and we frantically put together the discombobulated You Are What You Eat episode.
Well, Crystal was kind enough to record with us again, but somehow, Joe took the discombobulating from episode 4 with him into the interview. So, things are a bit odd at his end, but Crystal does a fantastic job of making Joe's randomness sound coherent. Thanks Crystal!
Door to Door Organics delivers fresh organic produce and groceries throughout Colorado, Michigan, and the East Coast. This week, we were thankful to have the companies new president, Chad Arnold join us for an interview.
Living in the mountains of California, Chad learned an appreciation for fresh food, which eventually lead to his participation in a local CSA. He worked at Yosemite National Institutes (now NatureBridge) initially as an intern, and eventually as an executive director. In 2005 Chad moved to Boulder to pursue his MBA at the Leeds School of Business. Since then, he has been a business consultant and C-level executive to small- and high-growth companies in the fields of solar energy, biofuels, manufacturing, battery materials and web technology. He's is an active board member of the Thorne Ecological Institute and is excited to be a part of Door to Door Organics where, in his own words, his "job is to help Door to Door Organics grow stronger as well as bigger."
This week on the Glocal Family Podcast, Joe and Anita talk about places you can go to expand your mind. The basic idea is that all of us are limited to what we've experienced, but by stepping out with humility and encountering new things, we can see the good, the bad, and the ugly, not only in our own culture, but it others. In the process, we can take the best from each world and put ourselves in a position to live a glocal life.
Along the way we talk to Cliff and Stephanie from gspn.tv, rave about listener Ed Ross, and offer thoughts on how to keep track of all your brilliant ideas.
This week, Joe and Anita finally get back to the second part of their expanding your mind series (click here for part 1). They have an interesting interview with Crystal from Couch Surfing, one where's Joe's brain must have been couch surfing at the time of recording, they talk about books religion, and politics, and they encourage you to get social on the Glocal Family website. All that and more, this week, on the Glocal Family Podcast.
In this week's interview we talk with Cliff and Stephanie from Family from the Heart and
There's a developing movement in the United States today concerning the food industry. Books are filling shelves on the value of fresh foods and breaking away from the mass production model. Organic produce is showing up in all kinds of stores, including Walmart. There's also two new movies out on the subject, Food, Inc. and FRESH. So, what does the Glocal Family think of all this, plus an interview with Door to Door Organics.
This week Joe and Anita talk about something better than recycling ... reusing! That's right, we explore how get the most benefit out of existing resources, before we ship them off to become something else.
Along the way we talk about why reusing beats recycling, have an interview with Zwaggle founder Adam Levy, and share a few of the ways we reuse in our home, including the introduction of a tip that makes use of all those tiny bits of crayon.
But this isn't all about us, rather, we realize that you, our listeners, have lots of reusing ideas to share, and we want to encourage you to do so in the comments section on this post, with best comment receiving a prize from Milkshake music.
Beth began her writing career in second grade when she won her first writing contest with her essay entitled "If I Were President, Bubblegum Would Be Free and Taxes Would Go Up (So Teachers Could Get More Money)."
Clearly not destined for a career in politics, Beth has focused her talents on creative writing, education, and curricula development.
Beth's achievements and experiences include eight years as a Kindergarten and First Grade Teacher, being nominated for the Kohl- McCormick Foundation's Excellence in Education Award, and participating in numerous national conferences on fostering number sense and literacy development.
Beth has developed books and games for several companies including: LeapFrog Toys, Chronicle Books, and Piggy Toes Press.
Beth lives in Chicago with her son.
This episode, I talk about implementing a recycling program at my office.
Given some of the issues with the previous design, Joe recently decided to do a visual upgrade. In the process, he added a few features to make the site a bit more community oriented. Here Joe takes you on a tour of the site. Enjoy!
A few days ago Joe was standing in the shower shaving when he realize how much water was being wasted in the process ... a moment that prompted him to wonder about other patterns in his life.
Welcome to the first episode of the Glocal Family Podcast! In our initial episode we give you an introduction to the format of the show, link you to a site to scrap phone book delivery, let you know why we have a song, tip, and recipe of the week, and flesh out two of our convictions ("Others Over Self" and "Think Globally, Act Locally") through an interview with Earth Day Founder John McConnell and a discussion on scrapping old cars for fuel efficient ones.
Welcome to the first episode of the Glocal Family Podcast! In our initial episode we give you an introduction to the format of the show, link you to a site to scrap phone book delivery, let you know why we have a song, tip, and recipe of the week, and flesh out two of our convictions ("Others Over Self" and "Think Globally, Act Locally") through an interview with Earth Day Founder John McConnell and a discussion on scrapping old cars for fuel efficient ones.
This week on the Glocal Family Podcast we offer some of the reasons people should live glocally, that is, live lives that serve the greater good. Along the way we have conversation with Vicky and Jen from vickyandjen.com, we talk about a contest on Twitter Moms, and we pass on info about a great homemade bread mix and how to make homemade diaper wipes.
So, did we miss any reasons to be glocal? Share your thoughts in the comments below!
Zwaggle is a national network (sorry non-US folk) of parents who have come together to share ... well, at least that's how it started out, because if you visit the site now, you'll find that there are plenty of non-parenting items exchanging hands through zoints, the sites official currency.
In this interview, Joe sits down with Zwaggle founder Adam Levy and talks about the site, how it came about, and how you can maximize resources through Zwaggle.
If you want to join Zwaggle, please send an email to the Glocal Family and we'll send you an invite, in the process we'll receive referral zoints that will get sent on to charity here in Denver.
