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Shut Your Mouth!

13 badass greens 17
Posted 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Think all greens are wimps and weenies? Think again.
The Cairo speech

Obama calls for cooperation on clean energy and green jobs in Mideast 0
Posted 4 weeks, 1 day ago
No one expected President Barack Obama’s speech in Cairo on Thursday to focus on climate change, and it didn’t. But in speaking of how the well-being of the United States and the Muslim world are linked, Obama argued that clean energy development can be a common goal.
Come sail away

Around the Americas mission raises sails—and awareness 0
Posted 1 month ago
The crew aboard the Ocean Watch aim to educate as they navigate 25,000 miles around North and South America.
Cooking the books

UPDATE: Washington State University reinstates freshman reading of ‘Omnivore’s Dilemma’ 40
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago
After unceremoniously nixing Michael Pollan's Omnivore's Dilemma as the freshman "common reading" book, Washington State University has reversed course; it will encourage the kids to read the Big Ag exposé after all.
Class, president

Obama addresses sustainability grads and others at Arizona State 1
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago
On Wednesday night, President Barack Obama gave a commencement address to graduates of Arizona State University, the first school in the nation to offer degrees from a dedicated sustainability program.
On what grounds

Stimulating coffee lectures in Seattle focus on sustainability 0
Posted 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Ever wonder exactly what goes into your morning coffee (aside from milk and sugar, of course)? A series of lectures this spring at the University of Washington attempts to answer just that question.
Framing the Question

Umbra advises on gardens and kids 2
Posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Which material is best for framing a preschool garden? Woodn't you like to know.
Enfant Terrible?

Umbra advises on population 35
Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Stop reproducing and save the planet? If only it were that simple.
Wish They All Could Be California Kids

New jobs program, school buses in the Golden State 0
Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Two news items of note from sunny Californ-i-a.
New site to teach students about green vehicle technology 4
Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago
14 Green Couples

Read about six couples who turned their eco-love into an eco-venture ... 15
Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Universities hold national teach-in on climate change 4
Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago
New kids’ book teaches about climate science without being scary 0
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
Junior Hints

Umbra on eco-actions for kids 12
Posted 6 months ago
NYT op-ed says mostly men will benefit from green jobs 8
Posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago
NYT op-ed says mostly men will benefit from green jobs 8
Posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Town hall again reveals just an anti-science, out-of-touch McCain 10
Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago
How to actually deliver green-collar jobs to those who need them 0
Posted 8 months, 4 weeks ago
Living and learning at Arizona State University’s School of Sustainability 2
Posted 9 months, 1 week ago
Learn, Baby, Learn

Colleges given green grades 0
Posted 9 months, 1 week ago