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• Ask Umbra’s video advice on grilling 1

  Posted 21 hours, 38 minutes ago by Umbra Fisk

  Umbra cooks up juicy tips to make this summer’s cookouts the greenest yet Read More

• It Could Be Verse

  Climate-news poem: Breath-catching edition 0

  Posted 23 hours, 4 minutes ago by Katharine Wroth

  After last week's Congressional frenzy, we take a moment to reflect on the climate vote and its fallout. Next week: no ACES, we promise! Read More

• How about... "prosumer"?

  Stop calling Americans “consumers” 5

  Posted 2 days, 22 hours ago by Joseph Romm

  James Kunstler says we should stop calling Americans "consumers." It pigeonholes all Americans and also becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Read More

• Size does matter

  Starbucks brews global green-building plan, renovates Seattle shop 1

  Posted 2 days, 21 hours ago by Sarah van Schagen

  Stroll into the newly renovated Starbucks coffeehouse in Seattle's University Village and the décor may feel more familiar than you'd expect. It's part of an effort to create a shared sense of community while reducing impact on the planet -- all by sourcing materials locally. Read More

• Tuning in

  Rothbury Music Festival rocks sustainability mission 1

  Posted 3 days, 21 hours ago by Sarah van Schagen

  Organizers of the Rothbury Music Festival being held this weekend in Michigan consider it to be "a party with a purpose." And that purpose -- as evidenced by their greening initiatives and educational events -- is sustainability. Read More

• It Could Be Verse

  Climate-news poem: OMG They’re Voting! edition 1

  Posted 1 week ago by Katharine Wroth

  You've maybe noticed a certain theme on Grist lately. Call it what you will -- Waxman-Markey, ACES, The Crucialest Legislation This Country Has Seen In Recent Memory or Maybe Ever -- it's a critical battle in the climate fight. Right? Read More

• He was a lover, not a fighter

  A reading from the book of Jackson 3

  Posted 1 week ago by Katharine Wroth

  The "King of Pop" is dead, and with him the sort of global influence only a very few can muster. Take a look at the green messages underlying some of his classic songs. Read More

• The Grist List: From Poo to Potato

  A loo that turns poo into fuel, and more 0

  Posted 1 week ago by Sarah van Schagen

  Meet the LooWatt: a waterless eco-commode made from poop that turns your #1 and #2 into CH4. It's the diaper genie of the sustainability set. Read More

• Bone of Contention

  Ask Umbra on meating your needs 9

  Posted 1 week, 2 days ago by Umbra Fisk

  Should a vegetarian faced with reduced-price (and about-to-be-thrown-out) meat give in to the way of flesh, just to prevent needless slaughter? Umbra chews over the question. Read More

• Would you like frogs with that?

  Frogs in the forest: the new canaries in the coal mine 4

  Posted 1 week, 2 days ago by Ashley Braun

  Today Grist devoured frogs for lunch -- well, not exactly. We sat down with conservation biologist Dr. Kerry Kriger of the newly minted nonprofit Save the Frogs! on his stop in Seattle during a country-wide speaking tour. As one of the lone voices raising the alarm for amphibians, Kriger dished about the worst disease ever to hit wildlife, why it's such a big deal that one-third of amphibians are threatened with extinction, and just how many people actually… Read More

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