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Saved By the Bellwether Some school fundraisers start hawking greener products		15 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 8:39 AM on 15 Jul 2008 Some school and nonprofit fundraisers recently have turned to greener options to generate needed cash. Instead of sending youngsters out into the community to hawk items of questionable greenness like candy, magazines, and virgin-forest wrapping paper, some schools have instead turned to greener wares such as fair-trade coffee, metal water bottles, hand-made soaps, and recycled-conten ...
Topics: business, education, green living, news (all these topics)

Wall*E	David Roberts	07 Jul 2008	Gristmill
I saw WallE the other day with my kids and I found it absolutely rapturous, particularly the first half-hour or so. I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up nominated for Best Picture. Not only is it a creative triumph, but it manages to convey 'lessons' (ugh) about 'environmental stewardship' (ugh) in a way that isn't didactic or overbearing. It's really something. I was going to try to write a profound post about it, but luckily Frank Rich takes on that task today, so ...
Topics: brilliance, education, green living, movies, video (all these topics)

Back in the Saddle A car-free mom gets her muscles -- and mind -- in shape for summer	Christine Gardner	11 Jun 2008	Grist Feature
I've started running a few times a week. Each morning, I grab the clothes I've set out the night before and finish getting dressed in the garage, because I don't want to wake my family. Then I go into my neighborhood and run, although running is a misnomer. Really, it's more of a jog -- and sometimes just a walk. These legs are made for parenting. These jog/walk sessions don' ...
Topics: advice, bikes, education, green living, parenting (all these topics)

Are we medicating and educating our solutions away?	JMG	02 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Best talk on education ever, from Sir Ken Robinson:
Topics: education, parenting, green living (all these topics)

The Old College Try U. of Washington to create big eco-college		15 May 2008	News
Posted at 4:36 PM on 15 May 2008 The University of Washington is planning to create the largest environmental college evah. The proposed College of the Environment would become the 5th-largest of U-Dub's 17 colleges, combining its current schools of forestry, fishery sciences, atmospheric sciences, earth and space sciences, marine affairs, and oceanography. "Certainly, higher education in general has a responsibility to tackle ...
Topics: education, green living, news, Washington (all these topics)

Strangers in the backyard Why save the planet if you don't know who lives here?	Miles Grant	23 Apr 2008	Gristmill
There were plenty of depressing numbers out there this Earth Day, from dwindling numbers of moose in Minnesota to ongoing honey bee decline. But to me, this takes the Prozac-frosted cake: a study found that while young people could identify a thousand corporate logos, they couldn't identify even a handful of plants and animals in their backyards. Will future generations care about protecting the planet if they can't even pick a starling out of a lineup? How can we ...
Topics: advertising, biodiversity, education, green living, messaging, parenting (all these topics)

Sharing is Glaring On energy-hog roommates	Umbra Fisk	21 Apr 2008	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, My roommate takes 45-minute showers, does 10 loads of laundry a day, and spends her days watching show after show on TV. What is a nice or subtle way to get her to "cool down" (she didn't like us secretly turning down the water heater)? Thanks, Tested Tom Belmont, Calif. Dearest Tom, Obviously the nice way is to courteously ask. We'll assume this was attempted and failed. Did you read my recent effort to ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, education, energy, energy at home, green living (all these topics)

School-lunch crunch Higher food prices mean crappier cafeteria fare for kids	Tom Philpott	16 Apr 2008	Gristmill
As food prices rise, who gets hit first and hardest? Clearly, urban dwellers in the global south, where people spend upwards of half of their incomes on food. According to the Wall Street Journal, here's the ever-growing list of nations that have experienced food-price riots:Rioting in response to soaring food prices recently has broken out in Egypt, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Senegal, and Ethiopia. In Pakistan and Thailand, army troops have been deployed to ...
Topics: agriculture, education, food, green living, health, parenting (all these topics)

Aspen Env't Forum: 'Soccer moms are the enemy of biological education' E.O. Wilson calls for kids to be set free outside, scripted activities be damned	Lisa Hymas	01 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Renowned biologist and naturalist E.O. Wilson regaled the crowd at last week's Aspen Environment Forum with his wit and wisdom during an on-stage interview. A choice segment: The worst thing you can do to a child, in my opinion, is take them on a hike through a botanical garden where there are the names of the trees on the side. Rachel Carson once said, so true, take the child to the seashore, turn her loose with a pail, and tell her to go explore the tidepools. D ...
Topics: education, green living, oceans, parenting, wilderness (all these topics)

Get the Hang Of It On communal clothes drying	Umbra Fisk	25 Feb 2008	Ask Umbra
Hello Umbra! I'm a college student working to make my school greener and would like to purchase a few relatively sturdy, high-volume clothes drying racks to place in our laundry rooms so that students have an alternative to using the electric dryers. I know these racks exist because I just got back from studying in Italy for the semester and saw them all over, but I haven't been able to find anything good in 45 minutes of se ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, education, energy at home, green living (all these topics)

Sermon on the Mounting How to green your love life	Amy Linn	05 Feb 2008	From A to Green
Skyrockets in flight ... but is it an eco-friendly delight? Photo: iStockphoto Ahhh, the bedroom: an oasis of pleasure, a place where terms like "emissions reduction" and "off-gassing" should never intrude. Not that environmentalism and sex don't mix. It's just that lying back and thinking about things like CO2 and carcinogens isn't exactly ... hot. So what's a passionate greenie to do? The answer ...
Topics: advice, education, green living, sex (all these topics)

Major Dilemma On choosing a college	Umbra Fisk	30 Jan 2008	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I am a high school junior this school year. I am currently researching what college to attend. One major decision in your school choice should be choosing a college that is strong in the field of your study. I am interested in college majors that will translate into green jobs. I know about jobs such as sustainable architecture as well as a few others but I was wondering if you could give a thorough list! Tim Olney, Ill. ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, education, green living (all these topics)

Ed Would Colleges graded on sustainability		25 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 4:12 PM on 25 Oct 2007 The Sustainable Endowment Institute has released its second College Sustainability Report Card, grading the environmentaliciousness of the 200 U.S. colleges with the largest endowments. Two-thirds of the schools received better grades this time around; the average overall grade was a C+, with six schools receiving an overall A- for their efforts. The colleges were graded on transportation, administration, climate and e ...
Topics: education, green living, news (all these topics)

Into the Wild On tossing food waste	Umbra Fisk	10 Oct 2007	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I am a college student. I eat a lot on the go. Not fast food or boxed meals, but when I leave my dorm I usually grab an apple, banana, or other fruit/veggie to eat as I walk to my destination. I don't compost, instead I just throw the banana peel or apple core into the bushes. I like the thought that maybe one day my apple core will become an apple, or that my banana peel will help nourish that piece of ground/animals in t ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, education, food, green living, waste (all these topics)

Cookin' It Old School Time to reinvest in the school-lunch program	Tom Philpott	27 Sep 2007	Victual Reality
At private schools across the country, good cafeteria food is becoming as de rigueur as French classes taught by native speakers, Associated Press reports. Schoolyard vegetable gardens bloom, tended by future Ivy Leaguers under the watch of "sustainability coordinators." In the kitchen, trained cooks transform that bounty into food worthy of enjoying, not merely enduring. Unfortunately ...
Topics: education, food, green living, parenting, special series, Victual Reality (all these topics)

From Treehugger to Kidhugger Reflections on protecting your offspring without losing your sanity	Amy Linn	17 Sep 2007	Grist Feature
Kidhuggers. It's a gag-me kind of word, too precious to be catchy. And it certainly won't ever replace the slur-cum-badge-of-honor for enviros -- treehuggers. But maybe it should. Illustration: Keri Rosebraugh The green movement has never been about people with an overfondness for bark and flora. Instead, it's based on a natural protectiveness, an urge to defend all the vulner ...
Topics: education, green living, health, parenting (all these topics)

Brood Awakenings A Grist special series on parenting and health		17 Sep 2007	Grist Feature
Got kids? Got thoughts on kids? Come on over to our parenting blog to chat. Among environmentalists, a common rallying cry is to protect the planet "for our grandchildren." It's a lovely sentiment, and a powerful notion -- that the choices you make today affect generations yet to come. But what about the generation spattering spaghetti sauce on your walls right now? In this special series, Grist turns its fo ...
Topics: education, green living, health, parenting, special series (all these topics)

Schoolhouse Walks Municipalities try to encourage students to walk to school		11 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 4:21 PM on 11 Sep 2007 Cities across the U.S. are turning their attention not only to green education, but to how students get to school. Forty years ago, half of all students walked or bicycled to the schoolhouse. Today, that number has dropped to 15 percent, while 60 percent of youths are toted in a car. The shift, brought on by fears of traffic hazards and stranger danger, has contributed to increases in o ...
Topics: education, green living, health, news, parenting (all these topics)

Teach Your Children Well Schools across the U.S. go green		11 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 10:10 AM on 11 Sep 2007 Perhaps in an attempt to prepare students for an eco-college experience, many elementary, middle, and high schools are getting in on the green-building trend. Sixty schools across the U.S. have been certified by the U.S. Green Building Council, and 360 more are waiting to have applications approved; in 2000, only four schools applied for certification. The new generation of educational edifices boasts fea ...
Topics: education, green building, green living, news (all these topics)

The perfect dorm College residence halls trending toward green ... and not-so-green	Sarah van Schagen	30 Aug 2007	Gristmill
I'm excited about this new trend toward green dorm design and decor, such as the Green Campus Program in California wherein new students can tour a dorm room pimped out with, for example, "hemp towels, organic cotton sheets, a reusable elephant grass shopping basket, and bed frames made of recycled train tracks." But I'm bummed that it's basically negated by another "trend" in college dorms these days: deluxe consumerism of the not-so-eco kin ...
Topics: education, green living, placemaking, shopping (all these topics)

Is Our Children Greening? Students and colleges starting to go green		24 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Is Our Children Greening? Students and colleges starting to go green It's school time again, and you know what that means: pencils, books, teachers' dirty looks, and ambitious eco-minded students. Thanks to the influence of today's yoots -- a generation accustomed to sorting their trash and hyper-aware of global warming -- schools across the country are greening up education. California's Green Campus Program ...
Topics: education, green living, news, United States (all these topics)

WWF's Conservation Island A virtual world	Sarah van Schagen	17 Aug 2007	Gristmill
I scream, you scream, we all scream for an orangutan selling ice cream. On WWF's virtual island in online world Second Life. From the press release: On Conservation Island, if residents "buy" an ice-cream from Mr Tangee, the orangutan who runs the ice-cream van, they will have the chance to learn that plantations to provide the soy and palm oil found in an array of everyday products, from ice-cream to cosmetics and chocolate bars, already cover ...
Topics: education, green living, tech, websites, wildlife, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics)

Vehicle of change The Big Green Bus rides again	Sarah van Schagen	10 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Witness the Big Green Bus. Hard to miss, even amid the glaring sun and smog at Bonnaroo. I happened upon the crew of Dartmouth students at the festival last year and got just a few minutes to chat with them. This year, I sought them out on the festival grounds and then met up with them again when they rolled into Seattle last weekend.During their 12,000-mile trek this summer, the Big Green Busriders are stopping at various events and landmarks ranging from a Doobie ...
Topics: biofuels, education, energy, green living, innovation, placemaking, tech (all these topics)

Bright green principles All 21 of them, from Worldchanging	David Roberts	13 Jul 2007	Gristmill
A while back, Worldchanging did a great series of posts on the core principles of a bright green future. I kept meaning to link to it. Now I finally am! Here they are: Principle 1: The Backstory Principle 2: Ecological Footprints and One Planet Thinking Principle 3: Cradle to Cradle and Closing the Loop Principle 4: Life Cycle Analysis, Embodied Energy and Virtual Water Principle 5: Ecosystem Services and Ecological Economics Principle 6: Transp ...
Topics: education, environmental movement, green living, placemaking (all these topics)

Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Gameboys New U.S. coalition hopes to get vid-kids back outside		20 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Gameboys New U.S. coalition hopes to get vid-kids back outside More than 50 business leaders, politicians, and activists have formed a national partnership to get America's kids the hell outside. Inspired by recent concerns that too much fun with video games, computers, and TV can lead to obesity and depression, the National Forum on Children and Nature is launching a $20 ...
Topics: education, green living, news, parenting (all these topics)

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