Living Green

is it too late?

A video interview with Bill Moyers 2
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago Renowned journalist Bill Moyers on what it takes to change direction in America, whether it's too late to act on climate, and what he thinks of climate skeptics.
The assumption of inconvenience 0
Posted 2 months ago By Ryan Avent Early this week, I noticed a number of my favorite bloggers linking to a Elisabeth Rosenthal essay at Environment 360, on the mysterious greenness of European nations. The average American, as it happens, produces about twice as much carbon dioxide each year as your typical resident of Western Europe.
TRAY CHIC

Ask Umbra’s video advice on making lunch matter 0
Posted 2 months ago By Umbra Fisk Common wisdom tells us there’s no free lunch. But you can have a guilt-free lunch, thanks to Umbra Fisk’s recipe for midday munchers everywhere. You won’t have to swallow your pride -- you can eat well, save money, and help this juicy planet we call home.
No, Impact, Man

No Impact Man talks about making an impact 3
Posted 2 months ago By Jonathan Hiskes A conversation with Colin Beavan on life after the No Impact year and why everyone should be nicer to him.
I will SurvivaBall!

SurvivaBall: Your individual climate-change adaptation strategy 3
Posted 2 months, 1 week ago By Emily Gertz The world's most upstanding corporate citizens, like Halliburton, Monsanto, and ExxonMobil, take climate change seriously. It's a serious opportunity for profit. That's why, in addition to spending millions to perpetuate the energy, environmental, and subsidy policies that sustain their ongoing operations, they've created this "gated community for one" -- the SurvivaBall.
It Could Be Verse

Climate-news poem: Tck, tck, tck edition 0
Posted 2 months, 1 week ago By Katharine Wroth Oh climate week, with all your earnest stars and flash mobbery and noncommittal world leaders! We hardly knew ye.
A Djimon in the rough

Actor Djimon Hounsou wants to show the human costs of climate change 1
Posted 2 months, 1 week ago By Emily Gertz Actor Djimon Hounsou is just as snacky in real life as he was on the big screen in Blood Diamond, The Island, and Gladiator. Better yet, he's also a climate activist and humanitarian. As a global ambassador for the aid and development group Oxfam, Hounsou has traveled in sub-Saharan Africa and seen the direct links between climate change and human suffering.
Plastics, the Silent Obesogens

Can plastics make us fat? 8
Posted 2 months, 1 week ago By Tom Laskawy Despite rampant skepticism, the data continue to pour in -- chemicals in some of the most common plastics and household products, things that surround us every minute of the day, are major culprits in the obesity epidemic.
Hitting the Green Carpet

Umbra reports from the Age of Stupid premiere 0
Posted 2 months, 1 week ago By Umbra Fisk Umbra Fisk talks with Heather Graham, Moby, Gillian Anderson, and others at the premiere of the year's hottest climate film.
Youth activism guy talks about the youth, the activism

MTV-approved advice on reaching those who aren’t paying attention 0
Posted 2 months, 1 week ago By Jonathan Hiskes
Pete Griffin talks about directing youth campaigns for Energy Action Coalition and the lessons he brings from MTV’s do-gooder division.