Living Green

Climate walks

More Climate Action Day action from Umbra Fisk 0
Posted 2 weeks 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.
Simple lifestyle tweaks key in climate change fight 47
Posted 2 weeks, 1 day ago By Agence France-Presse The United States could cut greenhouse gas emissions by the equivalent of France's total annual emissions by getting Americans to make simple lifestyle changes, like regularly maintaining their cars or insulating their attics.
Flash in the Pan

Ask Umbra on canned and frozen foods 23
Posted 2 weeks, 1 day ago By Umbra Fisk With winter making the selection of fresh produce dwindle, a reader wonders which is the better eco-option: frozen foods, or canned? Umbra digs into the question.
It Could Be Verse

Climate-news poem: Protest edition 1
Posted 2 weeks, 4 days ago By Katharine Wroth On the International Day of Climate Action, get out and tell the world that there's no rhyme or reason to allowing runaway climate change.
EMA, meet Uma

Happy birthday, EMA Awards ... and you other groups, too 0
Posted 2 weeks, 5 days ago By Katharine Wroth This weekend marks the twentieth annual Environmental Media Association awards -- see who else is celebrating a milestone this year, and vote for which party you'd attend.
the rhymes they are a-changin'

Eve of Destruction (New Millennium) 5
Posted 2 weeks, 5 days ago By Ken Ward As a rallying cry for this weekend's Day of Climate Action, veteran activist Ken Ward rewrote a classic tune -- see him perform it with partner Andrée Zaleska here.
Nothing like a good profit motive to accelerate public policy

Performance anxiety 0
Posted 2 weeks, 6 days ago By TerryTamminen It’s not just the ads showing a baby-boomer couple sitting in matching bathtubs on a beach at sunset where you can find performance anxiety these days. Try looking in the hardware aisle and at the gas station.
Interns saving the world

Climate Corps interns save Fortune 500 firms $54 million 4
Posted 2 weeks, 6 days ago By Todd Woody MBA students from the Environmental Defense Fund's Climate Corps identified energy efficiency measures that will save an estimated $54 million at Dell, eBay and 20 other Fortune 500 companies.
Can't you Hear me noggin

Ask Umbra on bike helmets 12
Posted 2 weeks, 6 days ago By Umbra Fisk When a cyclist wonders about the impact of her discarded helmets on the planet, Umbra suggests that she shift gears.
Sustainabull

Ask Umbra on writer’s block 0
Posted 3 weeks, 1 day ago By Umbra Fisk A newly minted intern at a consulting firm has been asked to write about sustainability, but is feeling a bit tongue-tied. Umbra guides him through.