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The owner of New York’s first solar-powered restaurant and the Wal-Mart’s director of sustainability join us to discuss the unique challenges and opportunities they face in staying green and afloat as well as setting examples for businesses and consumers.
Some businesses go green by having bicycle-operated blenders. Others do it by redefining what “acceptable packaging” is for an entire category of retail products. We talk with Sean Meenan, owner of New York’s first solar-powered restaurant, Habana Outpost, along with Candace Taylor, director of sustainability for the world’s largest retailer, Wal-Mart. They share with us the unique challenges and opportunities they each face ? as a small business and an enormous one ? in staying green, staying afloat, and setting an example for businesses and consumers.