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Digesting Slow Food Nation A few thoughts on an amazing event -- and a recipe for a delectably slow-cooked pasta sauce	Kurt Michael Friese	04 Sep 2008	Chef's Diary
Say cheese: a sample of Slow Food Nation's Taste Pavilion. Photo: Russ Walker It's going to take me more than just a few days to fully understand the effects and implications of the first Slow Food Nation, held in San Francisco over Labor Day weekend. The brain power on display was impressive enough: Wendell Berry, Vandana Shiva, Michael Pollan ...
Topics: advice, Chef's Diary, food, green living, recipe, Slow Food Nation (all these topics)

America's Top Sheaf On recycled vs. certified paper	Umbra Fisk	03 Sep 2008	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, Our office is trying to develop an environmental paper procurement policy, and we were wondering which component is most critical -- certification by the Forest Stewardship Council, or recycled content? If you could help us understand which is best to support, we would greatly appreciate it. Dan S. Denver, Colo. Dearest Dan, We need to pause and celebrate: 15 years ago, was it even possible for this questi ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, Forest Stewardship Council, green living, green products, recycling (all these topics)

Spokes People How to commute by bike		02 Sep 2008	From A to Green
Easy rider. Ever glance enviously at the cyclists whizzing past while you're stuck in traffic? Joining 'em is easy -- and it doesn't have to involve full-body spandex. The health benefits of biking to work are plenty, from helmet hair a svelte physique to breathing fewer air pollutants than those stuck in cars. Regular bikers live longer and are less likely to get depressed than non-bikers, boasts the Chelsea Green Guide on biking to work. And wit ...
Topics: advice, bikes, From A to Green, green living (all these topics)

Checkout Line: Like when hell freezes over, only the opposite Why freezer burn matters, and how to avoid it	Lou Bendrick	29 Aug 2008	Gristmill
In Checkout Line, Lou Bendrick cooks up answers to reader questions about how to green their food choices and other diet-related quandaries. Lettuce know what food worries keep you up at night. Dear Lou, What's the deal with freezer burn, that white discoloration that occurs when something is left in the freezer too long? What is it exactly and is there any problem with eating food that has freezer burn? Ross Conrad Dear Ross, Because I know you are a ...
Topics: advice, Checkout Line, food, green living (all these topics)

Assault and Battery On hybrid myths	Umbra Fisk	27 Aug 2008	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, Could you help me clear up a rumor about cars? I've heard that although hybrids reduce your carbon footprint because they use less gas, the process for mining the nickel in the hybrid batteries produces far more pollution than the process for regular car batteries. So are we really making a difference by buying hybrids? I personally decided to get a more fuel-efficient car and bought a used Honda Fit, which I love. Did I m ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, cars, fuel efficiency, green living, hybrids, Prius (all these topics)

Chips Ahoy! Crunch time for 10 health-food-store potato-chip brands	Tom Philpott	26 Aug 2008	The Bottom Line
Chip shot. Photo: Maria Falgoust As a cook, I gravitate toward fresh, whole ingredients. I prefer whole foods as an eater, too -- unless there's an open bag of potato chips nearby. My usual strategy is to avoid proximity to open bags of chips. But because of my lamentable chip-love, I couldn't resist this assignment: taste-testing health-food-store potato-chip brands. I figured finding green-ish c ...
Topics: advice, food, green living, green products, shopping, The Bottom Line (all these topics)

Van Hailin' On buying big cars	Umbra Fisk	25 Aug 2008	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I'm in need of a new car. I'd love to get a Prius, but I often need more passenger seats than the Prius has. What is the most environmentally friendly and responsible choice for a driver who needs a larger car? It seems like the bigger hybrids (i.e., the Toyota Highlander) are expensive and don't get very impressive gas mileage compared to the Prius. Are there any industry plans to make SUVs that get more miles per gallon? What ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, Big Auto, fuel efficiency, green living, hybrids, Prius (all these topics)

Baby Got Back-to-School A guide for greener back-to-school shopping	Holly Richmond	21 Aug 2008	Grist Feature
Back-to-school shopping doesn't have to be an exercise in conspicuously ungreen consumption. Eco-friendly school supplies made of recycled and organic materials are easier than ever to find. One great place to start shopping is TheGreenOffice.com. And the Center for Health, Environment, and Justice has a handy back-to-school shopping guide that helps you avoid products containing polyvinyl chloride ...
Topics: advice, consumerism, green living, green products, recycling, shopping (all these topics)

Dope on a Soap On Method cleansers	Umbra Fisk	20 Aug 2008	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I've noticed lately that Method cleaning products are now being sold in a number of different retail outlets, whereas before they were only sold in Target. This shouldn't seem too weird in our every-store-sells-the-same-thing world, but seeing these products on the shelves in Whole Foods got me wondering more about them. You see, I went looking for some trusty Bon Ami cleaner the other day and found it gone from the shelves ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, consumerism, green cleaning, green products, health, shopping, toxics (all these topics)

Rot 'n' Roll How to start composting		19 Aug 2008	From A to Green
Dig in to get the dirt on composting. Composting is a lot like sex. It's a healthy, natural process involving fertility, tumbling around, and -- when it's going right -- steaminess. On top of that, some people call it dirty. It's not our fault we're squeamish. Most Americans are praised from an early age for taking out the garbage -- not hoarding it and keeping scraps of it in our kitchens. Toss in the false mythology that composting is complic ...
Topics: advice, ecological footprint, food, From A to Green, gardening, green living (all these topics)

Podiatribe On toxins in your body	Umbra Fisk	18 Aug 2008	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I saw an infomercial late at night about these foot pads that you wear to sleep and they will "remove toxins from your body." I didn't know who else to ask, so you win that lottery. Do we actually have that many toxins in our body? And does wearing silly pads on our feet really pull them out so we can easily throw these toxins in the trash? I think you should do an experiment and let me know if I'm missing the boat ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, Environmental Working Group, health, mercury, shopping, toxics (all these topics)

Checkout Line: School of fish Amid collapsing fisheries and factory-farmed salmon, how to choose sustainable seafood	Lou Bendrick	14 Aug 2008	Gristmill
In Checkout Line, Lou Bendrick cooks up answers to reader questions about how to green their food choices and other diet-related quandaries. Lettuce know what food worries keep you up at night. Hello Grist, The food worry that keeps me up at night is how best to buy fish. Should I buy 'wild caught,' with the world's fishing fleets using giant nets that scoop up all sorts of sea wildlife in one fell swoop, drowning the fish they wanted to collect along with many va ...
Topics: advice, aquaculture, Checkout Line, fishing, food (all these topics)

Seal the Deal On eco-conversions	Umbra Fisk	13 Aug 2008	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, In all sorts of corporate environmental reports, you see claims that compare apples to oranges -- "By reducing our emissions by X pounds this year, we've saved the equivalent of 17 gazillion trees." Or "If every person in the U.S. bought our eco-friendly product, we could save all the baby harp seals." OK, perhaps I exaggerate a little bit. But where do people come up with these eco-unit conversions? I'm ...
Topics: advice, Arctic, Ask Umbra, business, carbon offsets, endangered species, greenhouse-gas emissions, wildlife (all these topics)

Scents and Sensibility Making a stink about green(ish) deodorants	Kate Sheppard	12 Aug 2008	The Bottom Line
Choosing a deodorant can be the pits. Upon moving to Washington, D.C., about a year ago, I quickly realized two things: Our Nation's Capitol was built on a swamp and The Hill is called that for a reason. So biking -- my chief form of transit in the city -- can be quite the damp, smelly affair. After arriving at more than a few congressional hearings smelling certifiably ripe, I realized my hippie stick ...
Topics: advice, green living, green products, health, shopping, The Bottom Line, toxics (all these topics)

Last Swill and Testament On diet soda	Umbra Fisk	11 Aug 2008	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, My name's Jon and I'm a diet pop addict. My diet right now is 70-80 percent local, organic, or both, but I just can't help myself when it comes to getting my fix. I drink several 20-ouncers a day of diet and just can't seem to stop. Is my habit hurting the earth? Common sense says that water from my stainless steel canteen is a whole lot better than chemicals from a plastic bottle, but my addict brain is grasping at stra ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, ecological footprint, food, health, water conflicts (all these topics)

Poll: Green jobs What green careers do you want to learn more about?	Kevin Doyle	08 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Last week, I answered a reader question about wind power jobs. I'm interested to know what other careers you'd like me to investigate. Take this handy poll (below the fold) to help pick my future column topics!
Topics: advice, business, green jobs (all these topics)

The Ton Also Rises On calculating CO2 weight	Umbra Fisk	06 Aug 2008	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I know CO2 is a gas as other greenhouse gases are, and gases are sometimes lighter than air. So I'm wondering: how can gases be weighed in tons? That's a hell of a lot of gas to weigh even one ton, let alone the millions of tons that are reported to be causing climate change. (No, I'm not Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe in disguise.) James N. Oklahoma City, Okla. Dearest James, Science. It is confusing. Oh, for the Da ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, climate, climate science, green living, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

Register Your Beliefs How to green your grocery list		05 Aug 2008	From A to Green
Make your list and check it twice. Lately, the world news has been filled with stories of hungry people struggling to feed themselves as food prices rise dramatically. Even in the U.S. and other wealthy countries, where the situation is not as dire, people have been altering their eating and spending habits to adjust to the higher bills. It can be hard to focus on eating greener when the very staples you need cost more than usu ...
Topics: advice, consumerism, food, From A to Green, green living, shopping (all these topics)

Route of All Evil On driving versus flying, again	Umbra Fisk	04 Aug 2008	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, Your recent answer to the plane/train question prompts me to ask something that has always bothered me but that my little old brain can't figure out on my own. I know that planes are worse than other forms of transportation, but the plane is going to fly whether I'm on it or not. So I always wonder if it's really better for me to drive to Chicago in my car than it would be to grab an empty seat on a plane tha ...
Topics: advice, air travel, Ask Umbra, cars, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

Remake a Living: The jobs, my friend, are blowin' in the wind Wind power industry hiring in huge numbers	Kevin Doyle	30 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Dear Kevin,I've heard lots of hype about wind power jobs, but I don't know what kind of jobs we're talking about. Can you describe a few? Thanks for your help. (I love Grist.)Amy K.St. LouisDear Amy,Grist loves you back. Your letter goes straight to the top.The hype is very real. Reliable correspondents from the American Wind Energy Association's massive June conference in Texas report that everyone was talking about a shortage of trained and experienced people. I believ ...
Topics: advice, business, green jobs, wind power (all these topics)

Swat Team A buzzworthy review of DEET-free bug repellents	Sarah van Schagen	29 Jul 2008	The Bottom Line
Itchin' to scratch that itch. They say the ants go marching one by one. That may be so. But the flying, nibbling critters -- the mosquitoes, the gnats, and the flies -- come in swarms. How to keep them at bay? Unfortunately, many of the insect repellents on the shelves today contain the chemical DEET. Developed by the U.S. Army for use in jungle warfare during World War II, DEET is considered a moderat ...
Topics: advice, green living, green products, health, shopping, The Bottom Line, toxics (all these topics)

Three Wheels Good On adult tricycles	Umbra Fisk	28 Jul 2008	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I want to reduce my carbon footprint. I already take a commuter train to work, but the station is down a steep hill from my house, so I drive the first mile or so in the morning and back up the hill at night. The train station has lock-ups for cycles and I'm interested in that -- but I have a disability that affects my whole right side, arm, foot, leg. I'm not able to stay balanced on a conventional two-wheeled bike but h ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, bikes, green living, green products (all these topics)

If By Clean You Mean Filthy On clean coal	Umbra Fisk	23 Jul 2008	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I noticed that several of the presidential primary debates were sponsored by clean coal. This was announced during breaks and several commercials aired. I have since seen several more commercials and online advertisements. Is clean coal an oxymoron? Is this a PR stunt or are there any real environmental benefits to clean coal that rival solar and wind? See www.americaspower.org. Andrew S. Brookline, Mass. Dearest An ...
Topics: advice, air pollution, Ask Umbra, climate, green living, greenwashing, mercury, shenanigans, toxics (all these topics)

Checkout Line: Farmers market etiquette How to ask hard questions of the people who grow your food	Lou Bendrick	23 Jul 2008	Gristmill
In Checkout Line, Lou Bendrick cooks up answers to reader questions about how to green their food choices and other diet-related quandaries. Lettuce know what food worries keep you up at night. What to do when it's not so spelled out for you? Photo: Jennifer Dickert Dear Checkout Line, Any suggestions on how to ask local farmers (or the person selling the goods at the farmers' market who might not be the actual grower) if the produce was treated with Sev ...
Topics: advice, Checkout Line, farmers markets, food, local food, organic food (all these topics)

Rot and Sold On storing produce	Umbra Fisk	21 Jul 2008	Ask Umbra
Hi Umbra, Quick question: What is the best way to store vegetables in the refrigerator? I have a small crisper drawer and lots of vegetables from the CSA box. I don't want to use plastic bags but unfortunately they work well. Any suggestions? Thanks! Kati N. Washington, D.C. Dearest Kati, Did you say CSA box? You mean, you subscribed to a Community Supported Agriculture farm and are receiving weekly boxes of delicious, fresh, local vege ...
Topics: advice, agriculture, Ask Umbra, food, green living (all these topics)

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