Hi Everyone,

As the Holiday Season approaches, and our struggle with the pandemic continues, there is no question that this holiday season is looking very different from years past. Usually we are all so busy, that finding time to clean out our closets or jewelry boxes is just one more project that we can’t find the time for. This year, since we are stuck home anyway, it is a great opportunity to go through your closets and jewelry boxes and donate what you are not using or wearing to someone that can make use of it. So many people are being challenged on so many levels, that anything we can do to help lift the burden, is appreciated. As we all know, many organizations have toy drives during the holiday season, but there is no collection for gifts for older children. Our jewelry collection is meant to fill that void. Please polish it up and put it in a gift box or zip-lock bag before dropping it off at the iEat Green Homestead. We will see to it that it gets into the right hands. Thank you!

Kendra Pierre-Lewis, Author of Green Washed, Why We Can’t Buy Our Way to a Green Planet, Joins Bhavani on PRN!

My guest this week is Kendra Pierre-Louis. Kendra is a journalist who splits her time between New York City and Somerville, Massachusetts. Her writing, which includes the book “Green Washed: Why We Can’t Buy Our Way to a Green Planet,” focuses on science with an emphasis on the relationship between humans and our environment. She is a senior climate reporter with the Gimlet/Spotify podcast, How to Save a Planet. Previously she was a climate reporter with The New York Times and a staff writer for Popular Science (PopSci) where she wrote about science, the environment, and, occasionally, mayonnaise. In addition, her writing has appeared in FiveThirtyEight, The Washington Post, Newsweek, Modern Farmer, and Slate.

Kendra has an S.M (M.S) in Science Writing from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), an M.A. in Sustainable Development with a focus on Policy Analysis and Advocacy from the SIT Graduate Institute, and a B.A. in Economics from Cornell University. She’s appeared on C-SPAN, and Cheddar, as well as several radio shows including WNYC’s The Takeaway.

Kendra occasionally hangs out with astronauts, and seriously loves the arctic. When she’s not achieving dramatic feats like living in France without eating butter, Kendra can often be found on Twitter railing against mayo. You can join her newsletter to stay up to date on her latest writings.

My radio show, iEat Green with Bhavani on the Progressive Radio Network is live, every Thursday, from 10-11 am, EST.  To tune in to the live show, just navigate to PRN.fm and listen in! Or, if you prefer, listen on the phone by calling 712-775-6850.

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Bhavani

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