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JANUARY 25, 2007

Have you ever thought about starting a green cafe? Well, Chris Waters of the Nomad Cafe in Oakland not only thought about it, he made it happen. What makes the Nomad Cafe a green and sustainable cafe ? What makes the Nomad Cafe a green and sustainable cafe ? It was a lot of fun, and I earned a lot of money.

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AUGUST 29, 2010

She is also co-host of the radio show, The Queens of Green on Green 960 , which you can also be downloaded as a podcast. I just *loved* this book, and also enjoy Temra's show, so I was super excited to interview her for the Big Vision Podcast. Overall, was there a theme among the stories of the women that you interviewed?

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MAY 21, 2006

Last Thursday I went to hear Majora Carter from Sustainable South Bronx , Paul Hawken , author of Natural Capitalism and The Ecology of Commerce , Van Jones from the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights , Geralina Fortier from People's Grocery , and Bruce Cox of the Alliance for West Oakland Development speak at the first Solutions Salon.

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JANUARY 24, 2007

Reem Rahim is the Co-founder and Vice President of Marketing of the Oakland-based green business Numi Tea. Obviously, I'm a big fan (: Below is a transcript from my interview with Reem from the Big Vision Podcast. Britt: Oakland needs more businesses like Numi. Why did you decide to have your business in Oakland?

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MARCH 9, 2007

The three Bay Area municipalities, along with Oakland and San Francisco (who haven't placed their orders yet) have all signed-on to be part of Plug-In Bay Area, an initiative to put more plug-in hybrid vehicles on the road. Below is a transcript from the interview, which you can also listen to on the Big Vision Podcast.

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APRIL 24, 2007

Paul Rice, the founding president and CEO of the Oakland based nonprofit, TransFair USA , answers these questions and others in an interview for the Big Vision Podcast. That means to go to high school you need bus money, you need uniform money, you need book money. What is Starbucks relationship with Fair Trade?

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JANUARY 30, 2009

Jennifer is a certified coach, artist and yogini based in Oakland, California. Below is the edited transcript from my Big Vision Podcast interview with Jennifer Lee from January 22, 2009. I would imagine these days a lot of people's fears are particularly revolving around money. What advice are you giving to people about that?

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