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Holly Richmond is a Seattle-based freelance writer and editor, and was previously Grist's editorial intern and marketing assistant.


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  • Bleeding hearts

    An eco-friendly Valentine's Day guide for the bitter and alone 2

    Posted 9 months ago
    I so hate you right now

    If the only thing you're more tired of than Valentine's Day is all those tips for how to green your Valentine's Day, take heart. You can hate on Hallmark and smug couples while still showing your mad hot love for the Earth. Here's our guide to celebrating Singles Awareness Day in eco-style.

    1. Get back in black. Wear your broken heart on your sleeve with the only appropriate color for this day. To rock the greenest dreary duds, buy secondhand. Better yet, loot the… Read More

  • Magic Schoolbus for the climate

    New kids' book teaches about climate science without being scary 0

    Posted 9 months, 2 weeks ago

    climate book Ms. Frizzle is nowhere in sight, but this kids' book about climate science is doing just fine. How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate: Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming, by Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch, has netted a slew of awards, including being deemed one of the best middle-grade science books of the year by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

    The book, which features Braasch's photography, encourages kids to observe their surroundings and participate in climate science research -- without drenching them in doom.… Read More

  • Signs, wheeled and delivered

    Sierra Club delivers 'Coal is not the answer' slogans to ACCCE 3

    Posted 9 months, 2 weeks ago

    Is clean coal as oxymoronic (and just plain moronic) as healthy cigarettes? Natalie of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network thinks so. She and others irked by the ubiquitous misinformation of the clean-coal lobby joined the Sierra Club to deliver more than 5,000 anti-coal slogans to the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity. The Sierra Club's contest for catchy coal smack-downs resulted in the top 10 slogans, including "Coal: Party like it's 1899!" and "Coal: It will take your breath away." The slogans are being featured on a digital billboard-on-wheels, alongside pictures from the Tennessee coal ash spill.

    Watch the… Read More

  • Sundance with me

    The green films on show this year at Sundance 4

    Posted 9 months, 3 weeks ago

    It's a reel good time in Park City, Utah: The 10-day Sundance Film Festival kicked off there on Jan. 14, and five of the 32 documentaries have environmental themes. An additional 50 eco-related films were submitted but didn't make the cut -- more greenish submissions than in the past two years combined, said a Sundance programmer. It's no wonder that budding eco-filmmakers clamor to get in, as An Inconvenient Truth and Who Killed the Electric Car? got their starts at Sundance.

    Here's a rundown of this year's greenish offerings:

     

    The Cove
    Photo:… Read More

  • Dial L for lame

    Greenish phone from Motorola underwhelms 0

    Posted 10 months ago

    Motorola RenewIt's not as cool as talking into a tin can, but thanks to Motorola, soon you can talk into recycled water bottles. Or at least a phone partially made of them. The Moto W233 Renew, which was unveiled in Vegas last week at the Consumer Electronics Show, features a faint lime hue and the delicate, lingering scent of greenwashing.

    In case you'd like a side of token eco gestures with your heavy metals, Motorola invested in carbon offsets and printed the important advertising messages instructions on 100 percent postconsumer recycled paper. The… Read More

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