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• Sowing the seeds of love

  Ask Umbra’s video advice on making personal lubricant 3

  Posted 8 Feb 2010 11:58 PM

  Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Umbra shows you how to make your own eco-sexy lube with flaxseeds. Watch and love. Read More

• we audi know better

  The unheralded significance of the Audi ‘green police’ ad 38

  Posted 8 Feb 2010 1:16 AM By David Roberts

  The Audi ad during the Super Bowl seems at first blush to be yet another pot shot at greens meant to appeal to mooks. But scratch beneath the surface and there's something more -- and more interesting -- going on. Read More

• Get a heart on

  Ask Umbra’s pearls of wisdom on Valentine’s Day 3

  Posted 5 Feb 2010 12:00 AM By Umbra Fisk

  Umbra digs through the archives for her best advice on green romance. Read More

• (IS IT REALLY SO) SMART GROWTH?

  My whiz-bang light rail is your pain in the asphalt 4

  Posted 4 Feb 2010 11:14 AM By Jonathan Hiskes

  Seattle's new light rail chugs along at a modest speed and stops frequently; some find that annoying, but it's what local activists and environmental-justice advocates asked for. It's a reminder that low-carbon development in cities isn’t always equally beneficial to all communities. Read More

• Wiping out waste

  This mechanical goat turns TPS reports into toilet paper

  Posted 3 Feb 2010 11:41 AM By Ashley Braun

  Waste not, wipe more when your office gets its own White Goat recycler. Watch this video to see how the magic happens. Read More

• grow job

  The jobs are in the trees 3

  Posted 3 Feb 2010 10:54 AM By Glenn Hurowitz

  As Congress and the White House considering spending scarce dollars to jump-start employment, they'll need the biggest jobs bang for the buck. The biggest and least recognized jobs generator of all? Investing in forest restoration and sustainable management. Go figure. Read More

• Sweat the Small Stuff

  How personal actions can kick-start a sustainability revolution 33

  Posted 2 Feb 2010 4:24 PM By Cathryn Clarke Murray , Kai Chan

  The environmental movement is divided over the importance of small steps -- are they a critical starting point or a distraction from needed policy and institutional changes? A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, but will small changes add up to the kind of massive shift needed to bring us toward sustainability? Read More

• Edible Oscar

  Oscar smiles upon ‘Food, Inc.,’ stiffs ‘Mr. Fox’ 4

  Posted 2 Feb 2010 11:40 AM By Tom Philpott

  Food, Inc.'s Oscar nomination is worth celebrating, claims Tom Philpott--before arguing that the Academy stiffed his beloved Fantastic Mr. Fox. Read More

• dirty pop

  Ask Umbra’s video advice on making your own club soda 19

  Posted 2 Feb 2010 6:00 AM

  Our Queen of Pop, Umbra Fisk, shows you how to make a better bubbly beverage at home! Watch and learn. Read More

• Buddy, can you spare two dimes?

  Obama’s budget proposal serves up thin gruel for school lunch reform 23

  Posted 1 Feb 2010 7:14 PM By Tom Philpott

  For those hoping for meaningful school-lunch reform, Obama's proposed budget offered a cold slap of reality. The President's budget plan would increase lunch budgets by less than 20 cents per student per day--not even enough for an additional apple. Read More

• Tater tot chronicles

  A teacher’s blog takes a withering look at school lunches 3

  Posted 1 Feb 2010 10:08 AM By Tom Philpott

  An anonymous Illinois teacher calling herself "Mrs. Q" has been eating--and documenting--the lunches served in her school's cafeteria. Read More

• Sushi Savior

  A Seattle chef proves that traditional sushi and healthy oceans go hand-in-chopstick 7

  Posted 1 Feb 2010 12:01 AM By Darby Minow Smith

  Darby Minow Smith talks to sustainable sushi chef Hajime Sato about unagi, staying sustainable, and why we should all be freaking out just a little bit more right now. Read More

• Ask Umbra on sustainable manufacturing jobs, sexless fish, and matches 3

  Posted 31 Jan 2010 11:59 PM By Umbra Fisk

• The best green films at Sundance 3

  Posted 29 Jan 2010 1:30 PM By Donald Carr

• A Seussical retort to a “Green Coal” company claiming the Lorax name 1

  Posted 29 Jan 2010 12:58 PM By Ashley Braun

• Ask Umbra’s pearls of wisdom on apartment dwelling 1

  Posted 29 Jan 2010 12:00 AM By Umbra Fisk

• Michael Pollan sets Food Rules on Oprah 5

  Posted 28 Jan 2010 7:08 PM By Ashley Braun

• Smart meters save energy, water, and dollars 29

  Posted 28 Jan 2010 12:55 PM By Todd Woody

• Apple’s new iPad is deep green, but a planet saver? Nope. 6

  Posted 27 Jan 2010 11:14 PM By Matthew Wheeland

• SmartPlanet is not going green 1

  Posted 26 Jan 2010 9:44 PM By Jonathan Hiskes

• Would you trade a bigger house for more happiness? 11

  Posted 26 Jan 2010 2:43 PM By Ashley Braun

• [UPDATED] While the big cats cower, time to build robust food economies 22

  Posted 26 Jan 2010 8:13 AM By Tom Philpott

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