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Random and wiggy video of the day
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David Roberts |
16 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: China, education, India, innovation, population, progress, video (all these topics) |
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Saved By the Bellwether
Some school fundraisers start hawking greener products |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: business, education, green living, news (all these topics) |
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Wall*E
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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 ... |
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| Topics: brilliance, education, green living, movies, video (all these topics) |
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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' ... |
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| Topics: advice, bikes, education, green living, parenting (all these topics) |
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A new part of the No Duh curriculum
Peer-reviewed study finds that right-wing think tanks have stymied environmental progress |
David Roberts |
09 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| To file under 'academic demonstration of what we already knew,' here's an abstract from a new paper in the journal Environmental Politics: Environmental scepticism denies the seriousness of environmental problems, and self-professed 'sceptics' claim to be unbiased analysts combating 'junk science.' This study quantitatively analyses 141 English-language environmentally sceptical books published between 1972 and 2005. We find that over 92 per cent of these books, mos ... |
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| Topics: books, climate, climate change skepticism, education, messaging (all these topics) |
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Out With the Red Pen, in With the Green
House passes bill to green up schools |
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05 Jun 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 4:47 PM on 05 Jun 2008 The House of Representatives has passed a bill that would put more than $20 billion over the next five years toward improving energy efficiency in schools. Democrats say the modestly named 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act would save school districts billions in energy costs. In addition, said Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller (D-Calif.) ... |
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| Topics: education, energy efficiency, legislation, news, politics, US House of Representatives (all these topics) |
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Are we medicating and educating our solutions away?
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JMG |
02 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Best talk on education ever, from Sir Ken Robinson: |
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| Topics: education, green living, parenting (all these topics) |
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Climate and service
Obama's commencement speech calls for service to the country, planet on climate front |
Kate Sheppard |
27 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| David beat me to a post on Barack Obama's commencement speech at Wesleyan on Sunday. The part about climate change and clean energy was good, but what I found most encouraging was at the beginning, when climate change was cited, along with hunger, war, and economic strife, as an area where our personal lives and the life of the nation should be aligned: [Y]ou are about to enter a world that makes it easy to get caught up in the notion that there are actually two dif ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, climate, education, Muckraker, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Call to service
Obama calls for clean energy activists in commencement speech |
David Roberts |
27 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| From Barack Obama's commencement speech at Wesleyan University, 25 May 2008 (he was standing in for Ted Kennedy): At a time when our ice caps are melting and our oceans are rising, we need you to help lead a green revolution. We still have time to avoid the catastrophic consequences of climate change if we get serious about investing in renewable sources of energy, and if we get a generation of volunteers to work on renewable energy projects, and teach folks about ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, climate, climate change mitigation, education, politics, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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The Old College Try
U. of Washington to create big eco-college |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: education, green living, news, Washington (all these topics) |
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Celebrating Earth Day with Tom Friedman
An interview with The 'Stache pre-pie-in-the-face |
Nathan Wyeth |
28 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Yes, Tom Friedman came to Brown University on Earth Day to unveil his new book and got hit by a pie. But he cleaned himself up, came back with a joke about surviving Beirut and Jerusalem but running into trouble in Providence, and went on to deliver a stem-winder of an address for an op-ed columnist essentially outlining his latest book. I found The World Is Flat to be a good window into business models in the 21st century. His new offering, Hot, Flat, and Crowded ... |
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| Topics: books, education, energy, environmental movement, local food, messaging, oil (all these topics) |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: advertising, biodiversity, education, green living, messaging, parenting (all these topics) |
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Why survivalists make me want to die
More than peak oil or financial crash, I fear angry men armed to the teeth |
Tom Philpott |
23 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| 'I urge readers to use less than lethal means when safe and practicable, but at times there is not a satisfactory substitute for well-aimed lead going down range at high velocity.' -- James Rawles, SurvivalBlog With oil and food prices reaching all-time highs and food riots breaking out in the global south, a bit of good old-fashioned end-is-nighism is creeping into our popular culture. It hit me when I read a report in The New York Sun -- the one I blogged abo ... |
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| Topics: education, food, gardening, local food, websites (all these topics) |
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Remake a Living: Environmental management careers
College grads hit the green job market -- here's what they'll find |
Kevin Doyle |
22 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Photo: fluffbreat Another Earth Day has come around, and that means college graduations are just a few weeks away. Soon-to-be alumni throughout the nation are dusting off résumés, poring over job listings, and then moving back into their old bedrooms at home "for a little while." I predict a progression of messages from dear old Dad. (Welcome back. Clean the garage. Don't get too comfortable. Get a job already.) With so many aspiring eco-job-seekers ente ... |
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| Topics: economy, education, business, green jobs (all these topics) |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, education, energy, energy at home, green living (all these topics) |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, education, food, green living, health, parenting (all these topics) |
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Is Our Textbooks Misleading?
Student charges that textbook downplays climate change |
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09 Apr 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 2:36 PM on 09 Apr 2008 "[S]cience doesn't know whether we are experiencing a dangerous level of global warming or how bad the greenhouse effect is, if it exists at all," says a random climate skeptic the widely used 2005 version of Advanced Placement high school textbook American Government. The text, written by two prominent conservatives, goes on to imply that the cause of climate change is ... |
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| Topics: books, climate, climate change skepticism, education, news (all these topics) |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: education, green living, oceans, parenting, wilderness (all these topics) |
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Face It: No coal
Students create body paint images for anti-coal contest |
Edward Mazria |
10 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Emily Bibler. Photo: Architecture 2030. Architecture and design students across the country were challenged by Architecture 2030, Metropolis Magazine, the USGBC and the AIAStudents to face it, literally. Students competed to produce the best body- and face-paint image that conveyed a "no coal" message. Emily Bibler of Ohio Iowa State won the Face Color Award, Jackie Fabella of Cal Poly Pomona won the Face B+W Award, and Miles Courtney of Pra ... |
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| Topics: art, coal, education, energy (all these topics) |
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U. of North Carolina students say no to Smithfield pork
Pushing for 'fair food' on campus in the land of hog factories |
Tom Philpott |
08 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Last year, a bunch of students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill got tired of the industrial dreck served up in the cafeteria. They discovered that the landscape around them was producing some amazing, chemical-free meat and produce and set about figuring out how to get some in school dining halls. Photo: iStockphoto Led by seniors Sally Lee and David Hamilton, they declared themselves FLO Food (FLO = fair, local, organic), and began negot ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, campus activism, education, food, industrial ag, local food, North Carolina, organic food, sustainable ag (all these topics) |
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Like calves to the slaughter
The beef recall shows yet again that the USDA doesn't protect schoolchildren |
Guest author |
26 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This is a guest column by frequent Gristmill contributors Ann Cooper and Kate Adamick. Cooper serves as director of nutrition services for the Berkeley Unified School District and is author of Lunch Lessons: Changing the Way America Feeds its Children. Adamick is a New York-based food systems consultant specializing in school food reform and the director of The Orfalea Fund's Cool Food Initiative in Santa Barbara, Calif. ----- The USDA recently took action to for ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, education, food, health (all these topics) |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, education, energy at home, green living (all these topics) |
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Seeking ideas for good green listening
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Erik Hoffner |
20 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| For my personal benefit, and I begrudgingly suppose for the benefit of others, too, I hereby disrupt your happy Gristmillery to ask for your most highly recommended, can't-live-without podcasts (besides Grist's, of course) on the topic of anything green, anything local ag, or anything activism-related. Do leave any suggestions in the comments section, with links, pretty please. |
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| Topics: education (all these topics) |
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Monsanto U.
Public-university researchers get cash for studying GMOs -- and the shaft for studying organic ag |
Guest author |
20 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The following is a guest essay by Nancy Scola, a Brooklyn-based writer. Her essay, which first appeared on Alternet, is a lucid, detailed look at what has become of public-university agriculture research in an age of budget austerity. ----- I've startled a bug scientist. 'Yeah, now I'm nervous,' said Mike Hoffmann, a Cornell University entomologist and crop specialist who spends his days with cucumber beetles and small wasps. But he's also in charge of keeping the ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, education, food, GMOs, industrial ag, organic food, scientific research (all these topics) |
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Meat Wagon: Don't have a (downer) cow, man
Despite biggest meat recall ever, 37 million pounds of suspect meat made it to schools. |
Tom Philpott |
18 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| In Meat Wagon, we round up the latest outrages from the meat industry.In the last edition of Meat Wagon, we mentioned the scandal at an industrial-scale slaughterhouse in California, where workers had been caught on videotape torturing severely sick ("downer") cows. Horrifically enough, the workers were abusing the enfeebled animals in an attempt to get them stagger to slaughter -- where their flesh would be mixed with that of other cows, and sent to market. M ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, animal welfare, education, food, health, industrial ag (all these topics) |
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