Green Inside & Out is available to present on many topics
This presentation addresses the growing awareness of organic food benefits and draws attention to the chemicals present in clothing. It highlights "The Green Wardrobe Guide," which educates about eco-friendly fabrics such as organic cotton, hemp, bamboo, and tencel.
The talk explores extending eco-fashion to housewares and body products and offers guidance on finding sustainable fashion choices. It underscores the interconnectedness of clothing, the environment, and fabric production.
Attendees will uncover startling facts about everyday clothing, discover sustainable and unsustainable producers, and gain inspiration from industry innovations.
Want to go green but don’t know where to start? Learn ways to reduce harmful toxins in our homes and businesses, and make the best choices regarding: plastics that may leach hormone-disrupting chemicals, body care products, cleaners and dry cleaners, pesticides and alternatives, chemicals in household items, lowering your diet’s carbon footprint, and where to find greener, safer products.
Learn the four main ways we can reduce the impact of our food choices on the planet. Become empowered by knowing why choosing organic, plant based, GMO-free and local foods really does make a difference to your health and our world. Covers an overview of world hunger, and issues impacting our food production and consumption, including factory farming of animals, genetic engineering, bee colony collapse disorder, the definition of "organic," and levels of food waste.
This presentation will answer your questions about the essential steps and products for maintaining your lawn without synthetic chemicals, and why an organic approach differs from chemical-based lawn care.
Hear a menu of steps you can take to minimize reduce your environmental impact. Learn ways to reduce waste (including plastics, food and clothing waste), be more energy efficient, lower your diet’s carbon footprint, reduce use of toxins, green up your yard, and even have an eco-friendly funeral. Includes show and tell of sustainable products so you can see what to look for.
Beth Fiteni's experience as a guest speaker includes:
- New York State Association of Conservation Commissions – Conference on the Environment
- Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby – Breast Cancer Forum
- Go Green Expo – New York City & Philadelphia
- Molloy College – Keynote at Annual High Tea for Alumni & Annual Business Women's Luncheon
Community partners & presentations since 2006:
- ACT “Green Up” Conference- Moderator of panel
- Aquebogue Old Steeple Church
- Asics, Farmingdale
- Bahai personal home meeting, Roslyn
- Body & Soul Yoga and Fitness Center
- Book Revue
- Boys & Girls Club in Locust Valley
- Brookville Gardening Club
- Central Synagogue of Nassau County, Rockville Center
- Cinema Arts Centre Climate Change
- Clean Energy Leadership Task Force
- CUNY Earth Day forum
- CUNY LaGuardia College
- Cure of Ars Church, Mothers Group
- Dowling College - Environmental Science class & Sociology class
- Dowling Youth Forum - led group of 15 high school students
- Drexel University
- Earthsave LI
- Earthsave Riverhead
- Economic Opportunity Council
- Eileen Fisher - East Hampton, Long Island
- Ethical Humanist Society, part of Step it Up
- Ethical Humanist Society Youth Group Event
- Friends of the Bay, Oyster Bay
- Global Warming Summit, Farmingdale University
- Greener Country store
- Hampton Bays Library
- Harding Avenue Elementary School PTA, Lindenhurst
- Hauppauge Industrial Association (HIA) Annual Energy & Environmental Conference
- Huntington Chamber of Commerce
- Huntington Town Hall, Women’s Advisory Council
- John Jermain Memorial Library, Sag Harbor Library
- League of Women Voters East Hampton
- Legislator Jeff Toback in Nassau County - 3 presentations
- LI Progressive Coalition (LIPC) “Progressive Fair”
- LIPC Huntington Chapter
- LIRACHE (Long Island Regional Advisory Council on Higher Education) forum for college & university facility managers on How to Green Your School
- Long Beach School District health fair
- Manhasset Breast Cancer Coalition
- Medford Civic Association
- Middle Country Library, business networking group
- Molloy Annual Women’s Business Luncheon, Keynote Address
- Molloy Environmental Law Class
- Molloy Institute for Lifelong Learning (MILL)
- Molloy Sustainable Business Class
- Mothers Center webinar on toxins
- Nassau Community College
- Nassau Council of Chambers
- Nassau Hiking & Outdoor Club
- Neighborhood Network staff briefings
- North Fork Environmental Council - Fall Fair
- North Shore Towers Community, Floral Park, NY
- NYIT pathways for Women project on Green jobs
- Pronto - Bay Shore, NY
- Queen of the Rosary Convent
- Rogers Memorial Library
- Roslyn Library, Retired Business group
- Roundtable for the Common Good, St. Rose of Lima Church
- Seatuck environmental organization
- Seatuck Nature Center
- Shelter Island Library
- Sierra Club at Copiague Library
- Sierra Club, Long Island Chapter
- Sr. Mary Pat Faculty Advancement workshop at Molloy
- St. Joseph’s religion and ecology class
- Stony Brook University - Jack Finkenberg’s Environmental Science class
- Stony Brook University - Environmental Issues class
- Suffolk Affordable Housing Coalition
- Suffolk Green Party
- Teaching Green Institute, Molloy College
- Unitarian Congregation at Shelter Rock, Manhasset
- US Green Building Council local chapter meeting
- Vegan Extravaganza, Sisters of St. Joseph
- Vegan Living Program, Molloy
- Wantagh Lions Club
- Westhampton Library
- Wheatley HS Science class, Old Westbury
- Wheatley School, Westbury NY
- Wyandanch Church – Soup dinner for 100 kids, workshop in Spanish!
- Wyandanch School - 3 classes of 2nd and 3rd graders – on environmental careers