This Week in Sustainability Podcast

By Felicia Etzkorn

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On TWIST, This Week in Sustainability, we discuss the green pros and cons of the entire range of consumer products and everything in them, to help you choose the right stuff to buy and recycle. We’ll discuss: Appliances, Batteries, Buildings, Carpet, Cleaning Products, Clothing, Computers, Disinfectants, Food, Flame Retardants, Fuels, Medicine, Packaging, Paint, Pesticides, Plastic, Personal Care products, Phones, Photovoltaics, and maybe even tilt at Windmills. We'd love to have your suggestions for topics or guests: twist.sustainability@gmail.com! Hosted by Felicia Etzkorn, Professor of Chemistry at Virginia Tech (https://chem.vt.edu/people/faculty/teaching-and-research/fetzkorn.html) and author of Green Chemistry: Principles and Case Studies, with co-host Jamie Ferguson, Professor of Chemistry at Emory & Henry College (https://www.ehc.edu/live/profiles/341-jamie-ferguson). Music was created and performed by Wendy Godley.

Episode Date
21 Big Plastic
Aug 31, 2026
20 Fight Sulfites
Feb 02, 2026
19 Ain’t No Paint Like Linseed
Jan 07, 2026
18 Toothy Truth
Oct 28, 2025
17: Remodeling Materials
Jul 26, 2021
16: PFAS Sass
Jun 07, 2021
15: News Roundup: Blues, Catalytic Converters, and Fracking
Apr 30, 2021
14: Chemical Alt-Rock
Mar 01, 2021
13: Next Seven Generations
Feb 13, 2021
12: With the Weight of Lead
Jan 25, 2021
11 Farming is Elemental
Jan 12, 2021
10: Fertilizer Out of Thin Air
Dec 19, 2020
9: Bury, Recycle, or Compost?
Dec 15, 2020
8: Firing Flame Retardants
Nov 29, 2020
7: Charging Ahead with Batteries
Nov 14, 2020
6: Chill with Refrigerants
Nov 04, 2020
5: Sunny Vitamin D3
Oct 31, 2020
4: Shoe News - New Shoes
Oct 24, 2020
3: Hot Windows & Cool Roofs
Oct 20, 2020
2: Disinfectants-Keeping it Clean and Green!
Oct 09, 2020
1: Sustainable Clothing
Oct 03, 2020