9.30.11: Brent Baker, CEO of Tri-State Biodiesel, gives a primer on what are biofuels, as well as a breakdown on when and why you should use this alternative fuel in your car –or tractor, truck, or any diesel-engined machinery–to reduce the pollutants that come out of your tailpipe.

Would you put leftover cooking grease from restaurants into your beloved car? Listen and decide.

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9.22.11: Veteran travel reporter Lisa Selin Davis breaks down the difference between terms like eco-tourism, green travel and responsible travel and offers tips on spending and expending less to keep your carbon footprint as small as possible when you get away.

We learn that the best option might just be a new friend’s extra bedroom.

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9.9.11: How or why does one decide to work in an industry structured around environmentally sustainable practices? How or why does one decide to pursue particular work, not matter the industry? In our on-going series exploring green collar jobs, we talk to Ellen Gilman, director of business development at Clipper Windpower, about what she does, why she does it, and how the job chose her rather than the other way around.

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8.22.11: In the latest installment of our Ask the Expert series, we turn to author, journalist and world traveler Lisa Selin Davis. She gives a quick guide on how to bike right out of town and into the mountains for a weekend getaway. She also gives tips on using public transport to nearby locales if you don’t want to start your biking adventure from your doorstep.

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7.28.11: As the debt-ceiling budget battle closes in on a deadline this Tuesday, the issues of taxes and budget cuts dicate the terms of the debate.

NNR producer Ben Pomeroy discusses ethanol subsidies, as well as tax credits for petroleum corporations, with Walter Wendland, ethanol producer and president of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association, and Andrew Schenkel, Mother Nature Network politics blogger. Find out what is being slashed and what is sacrosanct.

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