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Ask Umbra’s Bee Hugs 3
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
Ask Umbra’s video advice on bees, honey, and hugs 5
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
Are you with Don Blankenship or against him?

We are all from Wise County 2
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
Want to get really angry about health care and global warming? Not the ginned-up rage of the Obama-was-really-born-in-Kenya crowd, but an anger that fires you up to take action in the name of justice? Anger like the rage felt by so many white Northerners and Southerners in 1963 when they saw Birmingham's fire hoses turned on patriotic African-Americans, a rage so profound that they too joined the civil rights revolution?

Well I invite you, in a brief audio and video tour, to bear witness to what's happening in Wise County, Virginia.
Bill McKibben talks climate on Colbert Report 1
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
Bill McKibben took a turn on The Colbert Report Monday night to talk climate change and spread the word about the International Day of Climate Action on Oct. 24.
From Miley to Marvin

JoBros, Miley Cyrus send on eco-message, and more 1
Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Miley Cyrus, the JoBros, and other Disney tweensters want you to "send it on" -- your love for the earth, that is.
Acid Trip

“Acid Test” documentary on ocean acidification premieres tonight 6
Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Sigourney Weaver narrates this short film by the NRDC that explores the growing threat of ocean acidification, a problem scientists are just beginning to understand.
Listen up

A new sound, a new economy 0
Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago
People often ask what the environment has to do with poverty and why communities of color are getting so active in the fight against climate change. Earlier this week, Green For All released a video that gets to the heart of the matter.
The Grist List: From Heath to Health

Heath Ledger harpoons whaling, and more 3
Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago
He's no joker: Before his death, Heath Ledger created a grim music video about whaling for Modest Mouse.
Fired up

Audio slideshow: Facing climate change—and wildfire 1
Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Photographer/writer duo Benjamin Drummond and Sara Joy Steele have traveled to the Arctic and back to record the impacts of climate change. And while they realize we are facing a global problem, they've found that every community has a local story. Through their multimedia project "Facing Climate Change," they aim to tell those stories via striking images, frank interviews, and alarming facts.
Three minutes in a Tesla 1
Posted 4 months ago
On EV street

Tesla speeds past financial troubles, opens retail stores across country 11
Posted 4 months ago
Tesla Motors has rebounded from recent financial troubles and is starting to launch retail stores across the country. This weekend, they opened the doors of their Seattle showroom -- and their all-electric Roadsters.
Ask Umbra’s video advice on beating the heat 8
Posted 4 months ago
cream pies, always funny

Steven Chu and cap-and-snooze on the Daily Show 4
Posted 4 months, 1 week ago
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart delivered a twofer last night with a bit of cap-and-trade commentary followed by an interview with Dr. Nobel McGenius, Energy Secretary Steven Chu.
Ask Umbra’s video advice on saving money (and water) in the toilet 12
Posted 4 months, 1 week ago
The Grist List: From Baywatch to Bridge

Pamela Anderson grows her eco-assets, and more 6
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago By Ashley Braun, Sarah van Schagen
Pamela Anderson has transformed from Baywatch babe to eco-entrepreneur.
socially acceptable

10 ways to support charity through social media 0
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Trying to be a good person in a down economy can be tricky. What can you do for your favorite social causes in addition to donating? Max Gladwell presents ten ways to throw more weight behind nonprofits through the magic of social media.
The opposite of progress is ...

Americans United praises Congress for passing ACES 0
Posted 5 months ago
A new ad from Americans United for Change pats Congress onthe back for passing the Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill. Uh, er, could someone send them a Civics textbook? Only the House has acted; the Senate fight has barely begun.
Ask Umbra’s video advice on sunscreen 2
Posted 5 months ago
And they call the other Buffett a parrothead

Warren Buffett repeats GOP talking points on energy plan 1
Posted 5 months ago
Billionaire Warren Buffett keeps saying cap and trade will hurt consumers, especially the poor. Report after report concludes he's wrong.
Green jobs, green future: Van Jones takes your questions 0
Posted 5 months ago