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  • How a simple renovation turned into the "Big Dig" of rehabs

    Home Economics of the JP Green House, Part 1 0

    Posted 7 hours, 51 minutes ago From an initial budget of $25,000 to a revised estimate of $200,000, the JP Green House has taken on Big Dig proportions -- but the new reality will mean a smarter eco-model in the end.
  • The Wind Kids: How high school students helped bring a wind farm to Milford, Utah 0

    Posted 3 days, 2 hours ago
  • The night I slept with Jim Hansen 13

    Posted 1 week, 2 days ago College students in Massachusetts got tired of letting climate worries keep them up all night. Now they're sleeping soundly -- in the middle of Boston Common.
  • Columbia suspends evironmental journalism program 0

    Posted 1 month ago
  • Infrared, Schminfrared

    4.5 things I learned at my energy audit 8

    Posted 1 month ago I finally took the plunge after years of blithely telling Grist readers to "get an energy audit" -- so what was it like?
  • A Non-Starter?

    Ask Umbra on anti-idling campaigns 15

    Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago A Girl Scout troop wants to start an anti-idling campaign, but they're not sure how to combat nervous grown-ups who think turning a car on and off will cause damage. Umbra, floored, gives them fuel for their cause.
  • TRAY CHIC

    Ask Umbra’s video advice on making lunch matter 0

    Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago 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.
  • Ask Umbra’s video advice on making lunch matter 8

    Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
  • Straight from the Resource's mouth

    Ask Umbra on giving advice 0

    Posted 2 months ago

    With school in session, a teacher wants to turn his students into eco-advice givers, but he's not sure where to start. Umbra goes all meta on his ass.

  • The toxic assault on our children

    Can we protect kids from the toxic trappings of modern life? 1

    Posted 2 months ago

    Philip and Alice Shabecoff's Poisoned Profits: The Toxic Assault on Our Children casts environmental contamination in the context of kids, connecting the dots between the toxification of the young and a slew of once rare, now devastatingly commonplace childhood diseases.

  • Dispatch from the virtual front lines of parenting

    The fight to save childhood 8

    Posted 2 months, 1 week ago

    What happens when sustainability and internet addiction collide? At the JP Green House, an experiment in unplugging commences along with the new school year.

  • Walking the Chalk

    Going back to school? Here’s a green cheat sheet 2

    Posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago

    Whether you're making your first big-kid move to Kindergarten or hitting campus for your senior year, there are all sorts of ways to make yours an eco-education, from non-toxic school supplies to the classes you take.

  • Ask Umbra’s video advice on greening your campus 3

    Posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago
  • Around a rising sea

    Expedition to link students in support of climate action 1

    Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago

    Atlantic Rising is an educational expedition around the Atlantic rim tracing the 1-meter contour line -- the Atlantic coastline as it will look in 100 years if sea levels rise as predicted.

  • why illinois, why?

    Middle school teacher responds on real energy education for kids 0

    Posted 3 months ago

    The state of Illinois helps coal companies pitch their message to kids. A middle school science teacher offers a tip for better education.

  • Green Colleges Make Green

    Colleges without rocking enviro programs are failed businesses 5

    Posted 3 months ago

    Even if you didn't care one little tiny bit about climate or environment, as an undergraduate institution you'd create a killer Enviornmental Studies program with a climate focus simply to recruit students and make money as an business.

  • Getting schooled

    Top 20 green colleges 14

    Posted 3 months ago

    Sierra magazine has just released its third annual list of what it calls "the most eco-enlightened U.S. colleges," and the University of Colorado at Boulder comes in tops.  Find out what other schools made the list.

  • Going Topless

    Ask Umbra on buying a convertible 6

    Posted 4 months, 1 week ago

    A college-bound student with muy generous parents wonders which convertible car she should buy. Umbra, somewhat agog at the question, manages to uncover an answer.

  • Readin', writin', 'n' (global) warmin'

    New group inspires teens to combat climate change 5

    Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago

    The Alliance for Climate Education aims to educate teenagers about climate change in a way that's hip, engaging, and might actually inspire them to action.

  • Shut Your Mouth!

    13 badass greens 17

    Posted 5 months, 1 week ago

    Think all greens are wimps and weenies? Think again.

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