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Guests:
 Jess Eiynck is here to talk to us about Socially Responsible Investing (SRI). SRI is basically aligning your investment strategy with your personal beliefs and values. Through company screening, you can choose to invest your money in companies that you can believe in! SRI also advocates shareholder participation. By voicing your eco-values to the companies you are invested in, you can let them know how important your eco-values are to your investing. Whether you want to invest your money in companies striving to manufacture alternative energies, companies who do not pollute the environment or companies where employees are treated with respect, Socially Responsible Investing can help you achieve these goals!
 Sam Haislet is the owner of Sam's Wine Shop in Downtown Minneapolis. His deep knowledge of everything wine made for a great interview on what makes wine organic and his favorite local wineries.
Green Tips and Info
Green Tip #745: MAKE YOUR OWN CEREAL! If you are thinking of making your own cereal, try out this great recipe.
You will need the following ingredients:
- Seven cups of cooking oats
- One cup of wheat germ
- One cup of wheat bran
- Half a cup of brown sugar
- Half a cup of vegetable oil
- Half a cup of honey
- Half a cup of water
- One tablespoon of vanilla extract
- One teaspoon of salt
- One cup of dates
- One cup of pecans
Follow these steps to make the cereal:
Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F Mix oats, wheat germ and wheat bran together in a bowl. Mix in vanilla. In another bowl, mix together oil, honey, water and brown sugar. Stir the two mixtures together in the large bowl. Stir until everything is evenly moist and put it into a large baking dish. bake for 45 minutes in the oven, stirring every 15 minutes. Mix in dates and pecans. Cook for another 15 minutes Let cool after removing from oven.
Green Tip #961 – Green Roses for your Valentine
About $200 million worth of roses sold in the U.S. are grown out of the country, mostly in Central and Latin America, where toxic pesticides are common and protective equipment for workers is scarce. Here are some resources where you can find some green roses for your honey.
VeriFlora Certified - Veriflora requires farmers to use as little chemicals and as many organic farming practices as possible and to farm the land in ways that enhance biodiversity (for instance, implementing buffer zones near waterways and using native cover plants). The certification also protects against illegal child labor and requires meeting local minimum wage laws.
OrganicStyle.com is the most comprehensive resource for VeriFlora-certified bouquets.
Fair Trade Certified - Fair Trade certification puts more stress on worker rights, ensuring that growers are not only paid a fair wage but that ten percent of their profits are re-invested back into the community. Growers are also trained to handle agrochemicals safely and to reduce the need for hazardous chemicals with organic farming practices.
1800Flowers.com sells a variety of Fair Trade Certified bouquets
Certified Organic - As with organic food, certified-organic flowers are grown without synthetic, petroleum-based pesticides or fertilizers. Although the certification doesn't have any fair-wage protections, you're more likely to find certified organic flowers grown in the U.S., which cuts down on their carbon footprint (most VeriFlora and Fair Trade Certified flowers are grown in South America).
California Organic Flowers www.californiaorganicflowers.com And Diamond Organics www.diamondorganics.com
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