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Ray Jimenez, Ph.D. of Vignettes Learning is our guest this week as we explore how sustainability in the eLearning space can help transform this industry and others.
 
Dr. Jimenez has been in the learning industry for over 25 years. He is an international consultant and author on e-Learning systems and instructional development. Dr. Jimenez worked Top Fortune 500 companies and medium size organizations - including Cisco, Microsoft, Boeing, Countrywide Home Loans, Dollar Tree Stores and others.

Shane Snipes discusses sustainability issues with two documentary filmmakers and a New Orleans film studio. We will answer how can a film have an impact on the future, a community, and make difference in the world?
At the top of the hour is One Lucky Elephant's Director Lisa Leeman and Producer Cristina Colissimo. Where does an elephant go after a life in the circus? Sixteen years have passed since circus producer David Balding adopted Flora, the orphaned baby African elephant he lovingly raised as part of his family and made the star of his show. We'll talk about the making of this film and how it changed their ways of thinking.
At half past, Taggart Siegel speaks with us about the making of Queen of The Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us? This film is an in-depth investigation to discover the causes and solutions behind Colony Collapse Disorder; a phenomenon where honeybees vanish from their hives, never to return. Queen of The Sun follows the voices and visions of underrepresented beekeepers, philosophers, and scientists around the world, all struggling for the survival of the bees.
Starting at the 60 min mark, we will have the Director of Sustainability, Diane Wheeler, of the LEED Silver Second Line Studiosin New Orleans talking about the first certified sustainable production space in the USA. To reach Silver LEED status, there are hundreds of materials, operations, and grounds requirements. Listen in as we explore what green filmmaking really means.

John E. Ikerd, Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri Columbia, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources. Join is for this hour long conversation with one of the unsung heroes of the sustainability movement. This prolific writer, speaker and teacher sits down with Shane to explore our shared future. As Ikerd says, "We are at a critical time in agriculture and cannot go on like this. If [rural] towns are really lucky they can get a prison. If you cannot get that, maybe a landfill. and if all else fails, a CAFO. This model of rural economic development will not work.

It is also a time of great possibilities, we are going through a period of great transformation. we are moving out of the industrial era and into something fundamentally different. The big question is the one of sustainability. We have gone though decades of extraction, and its gone. so how do we meet the needs of the present without diminishing the needs of the future?

There is a growing realization that when you use up the productivity of nature and of people you realize that there is no place to get anything anymore. The financial crisis, the gulf. we cannot continue to extract and exploit. Going through the transition we must rethink every aspect of our lives and when we are done our lives will be fundamentally changed."

Scott McDougall and Shane sit down and discuss the topic of greenwashing in companies. As the President and Chief Executive Officer of TerraChoice, Scott McDougall ensures that clients – genuine environmental leaders - get the expert advice and innovative solutions they need to grow their businesses. With Scott at the helm, TerraChoice has built a global reputation and a strong consulting portfolio that includes clients such as Drax Power, WWF-Canada, Yellow Pages Group, Georgia-Pacific, Avmor, AIR MILES My Planet, Oxibrite, Earthcycle Packaging, and many others ranging from Fortune 100 companies to great green start-ups.

WWF’s Managing Director of Forests- Kerry Cesareo; VP of Media Relations for the Forest Products Association of Canada- Isabelle Des Chênes and President of US Division of Forest Stewardship Council- Corey Brinkema, and unversity expert call-ins. We're bringing together representatives from the timber industry, associations who manage the certification, understanding greenwashing, representatives from the global organizations involved in forest issues. Detailed bios of guests on our website. See you there! >>> Email your questions before or during the show to info@sustainable1000.com. Tweet questions @vannShane or post questions on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/sustainable1000