Living Green

Slow food, fast trains

Random Monday thoughts inspired by a throwaway line from Mark Bittman 5
Posted 3 weeks ago By Tom Philpott Perhaps feeling punchy because it's Monday, Tom Philpott jots down some random thoughts after reading an interview with home-cooking authority Mark Bittman.
Kids Learn the Darnedest Things

Ask Umbra on climate-skeptic teachers, low-flow toilets, and more 32
Posted 3 weeks ago By Umbra Fisk Umbra addresses crap of the educational and evacuational varieties, as well as helping a reader with New Year's resolutions and revealing another resource for greening your life.
More clunker debunkers

Cash for Clunkers brought us ... more clunkers! 29
Posted 3 weeks, 4 days ago By Jonathan Hiskes So how did Cash for Clunkers work out from an environmental standpoint? Don't ask. The most common deals swapped old pickup trucks for new pickup trucks that got only marginally better gas mileage.
Contest: Come up with a title for Joseph Romm’s book 0
Posted 4 weeks ago By Joseph Romm Joseph Romm and his publisher still haven’t come up with a title that works. The problem is that there are a great many books on climate and/or clean energy solutions coming out right now many with similar sounding titles.
Cross, you tease

It’s Getting Ha! in Here: Featuring David Cross 2
Posted 1 month ago Comic and author David Cross kicks off Grist's new comedy interview series, "It's Getting Ha! in Here"! Check out his riffs on laughter saving the environment, how his fans can help planet earth and, of course, farting.
Green Jobs Now

Weatherizing Portland 0
Posted 1 month ago By Andrea Buffa Clean Energy Works Portland is a groundbreaking new program that enables Portland residents to improve the energy efficiency of their homes and pay for the improvements over time through their utility bills.
Just Boo-Cause

Ask Umbra on Halloween treats and costumes 6
Posted 1 month ago By Umbra Fisk Looking for good eco-handouts for the holiday, or perhaps an inspired climate-themed costume? Umbra has a few tricks (and treats) up her sleeve.
Ah, the sweet smell of composting putrescents

Black (fly) magic 5
Posted 1 month ago By Erik Hoffner Black soldier fly larvae are all the rage in composting, and the star performer in a new kind of "ultimate vermicomposting" system.
Clip 'n' save

This Halloween, cut flesh for the climate 2
Posted 1 month ago Still stumped about how to decorate your place this Halloween? Use Grist's handy pumpkin-carving PDFs to make jack-o'-lanterns that will awe, amaze, and quite possibly confound your friends!
Climate walks

More Climate Action Day action from Umbra Fisk 0
Posted 1 month ago By Umbra Fisk Grist's Umbra Fisk talks International Climate Action Day with Peter Singer, Bat Man, Robert Swan and the climate-conscious denizens of New York.