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Me, reviewing
A review of Tom Friedman's Hot, Flat, and Crowded |
David Roberts |
23 Sep 2008 |
Gristmill |
| I have a book review in the latest issue of the American Prospect, covering three books: Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution -- and How It Can Renew America, by Thomas L. Friedman Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 438 pages, $27.95 Earth: The Sequel: The Race To Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming, by Fred Krupp and Miriam Horn, W.W. Norton, 279 pages, $24.95 Coming Clean: Breaking America's Addiction To Oil and Coal, by Michael Brune, S ... |
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| Topics: environmental movement, Environmental Defense Fund, shameless self-promotion, green living, books (all these topics) |
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Street arts
Artists and environmentalists team up to create vibrant cityscapes |
Sarah van Schagen |
18 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The Olympic Sculpture Park. Photo: Jeff Wilcox. 'Cities are what's going to get us out of this mess ... and what makes cities livable is art.' That was the take-home message, summarized by Cascade Land Conservancy President Gene Duvernoy, following a discussion Thursday on art and the environment at the Seattle Art Museum's Olympic Sculpture Park. Built on nine acres of restored urban green space, the Olympic Sculpture Park was a fitting backdrop for a di ... |
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| Topics: art, environmental movement, green living, green space, placemaking, public lands, Seattle (all these topics) |
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Climate change no gangsta's paradise for this rapper
Coolio to educate students about global warming |
Sarah van Schagen |
14 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Grammy-award-winning rapper Coolio is on a fantastic voyage ... to spread the word about climate change to historically black colleges and universities across the country. As an official spokesdude for the Environmental Justice and Climate Change campaign (a partnership with Gore's 'we' campaign), he'll aim to engage students in the climate justice debate and educate them on why global warming is no gangsta's paradise. |
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| Topics: celebrity, environmental movement, green living, music (all these topics) |
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Take a Page Out of My Book
Seven green leaders reveal their favorite reads |
Michelle Nijhuis |
03 Jul 2008 |
Grist Feature |
| Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bad books bite. Photo: margolove Which books and magazines are tempting today's environmental movers and shakers to keep the CFLs burning late into the night? Grist asked seven movement leaders for their recommended reads. (Been burning the night oil yourself? Add your own favorite reads in the comments section below.) Van Jones. Van Jones Founding pre ... |
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| Topics: books, environmental movement, green living (all these topics) |
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Kyra's Path
Reflecting on his daughter's future, a father says the green movement must diversify |
Marcelo Bonta |
10 Jun 2008 |
Grist Feature |
| The face of America is changing -- is the environmental movement ready to face change too? "Kyra, do you know this is yours?" I ask, looking down at the skinny little girl with big, curly, dark brown locks. Her hair to body proportion resembles Thing One and Thing Two from Dr. Seuss' Cat in the Hat. "What do you mean?" A furrowed face of mostly che ... |
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| Topics: advice, environmental justice, environmental movement, green living, parenting (all these topics) |
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Flock Together
New climate campaign aimed at U.S. consumers |
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05 Jun 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 3:30 PM on 05 Jun 2008 A European campaign to raise consumer awareness of climate change has made its U.S. debut. The Together campaign -- not to be confused with the similarly named-and-agendaed "we" campaign -- was initiated by the nonprofit Climate Group and kicked off in the U.S. by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon. Var ... |
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| Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, climate, consumerism, environmental movement, green living, messaging, news (all these topics) |
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Pollan envy
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David Roberts |
22 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| For people involved in the TV business, I imagine watching The Wire -- David Simon's novelistic depiction of big-city dysfunction on HBO -- generates mixed feelings. On one hand: Damn that's good. On the other: Damn. That's really good. It makes what once seemed excellent appear merely adequate; what was once adequate now worthless. It has transcended its medium and made those still laboring within its received limitations seem ... diminished. That's how I feel when ... |
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| Topics: climate, environmental movement, green living, TV (all these topics) |
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Who exposes the exposer?
Mainstream journalism on green issues tends to bash do-gooders and give the PTB a pass |
David Roberts |
10 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The formula is pretty simple: Green is hot right now in U.S. culture, particularly among influencers. Anything that's hot attracts advertising dollars. Media wants to attract those dollars, so it runs green content. (See here for a look at how this is playing out in TV.) However, content that involves complicated or controversial issues of public policy, or that points a finger of blame at corporations or corporatism, or that challenges the assumptions and behavior ... |
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| Topics: environmental movement, green living (all these topics) |
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Fighting Fire Retardants with Fire
An interview with Mary Brune, founder of Making Our Milk Safe |
Amy Linn |
19 Sep 2007 |
Grist Feature |
| Editor's note: Last year, Grist introduced readers to MOMS as the activist group was targeting Target's sales of PVC. In this interview, we catch up with co-founder Mary Brune to find out about the group's latest campaign. OK, so David slew Goliath. He never had half the battle facing Mary Brune and her fellow mothers in their crusade against the $500 billion-plus chemical ind ... |
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| Topics: environmental movement, grassroots activism, green living, health, parenting, special series (all these topics) |
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'The privatization of responsibility'
Alex Steffen on individual action in context |
David Roberts |
13 Sep 2007 |
Gristmill |
| The perennial debate over the value of voluntary individual action -- recently revived by Tidwell's piece and the sociologists' response -- reminded me that some of the best, or least my favorite, writing on the subject comes from Worldchanging's Alex Steffen. Like this: And here's the essential break between lite green and bright green thinking: the reality is that the changes we must make are systemic changes. They involve large-scale transformations in the ways ... |
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| Topics: consumerism, environmental movement, green living (all these topics) |
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The power of voluntary actions
Social scientists respond to Mike Tidwell |
David Roberts |
11 Sep 2007 |
Gristmill |
| The following is a guest essay in response to Mike Tidwell's recent piece on Grist, "Consider using the N-word less." It is signed by a collection of social scientists, mostly psychologists. Their names are listed at the bottom. ---- We agree that institutional and policy changes are needed in addition to personal behavior changes, and that some pro-environmental behaviors being promoted aren't the ones that have the most impact. Unfortunately, Tidwe ... |
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| Topics: environmental movement, green living, politics (all these topics) |
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The green gold rush
All the PR is starting to sound the same |
David Roberts |
07 Sep 2007 |
Gristmill |
| As everyone with a pulse knows at this point, green is hot. Everybody wants a piece of it. You can't swing a dead cat without hitting a new green website. Consequently, your trusty blog author is bombarded with roughly five kerjillion press releases a day. And that's a conservative estimate. What's more, the PR releases are starting to sound more and more alike. Let me excerpt two I got just in the last day. One begins: Hi David, Have you noticed that going gr ... |
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| Topics: environmental movement, green living (all these topics) |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: education, environmental movement, green living, placemaking (all these topics) |
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E.O. Wilson on Bill Moyers Journal
The great biologist offers thoughts both hopeful and harrowing |
Maywa Montenegro |
11 Jul 2007 |
Gristmill |
| In a great interview with Bill Moyers, Wilson talks about his new Encyclopedia of Life project, and what it will take to spark a new green revolution. 'We desperately need leadership,' he says. |
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| Topics: environmental movement, green living (all these topics) |
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Live Earth party demographics
Where were younger people at Live Earth house parties? |
Michael Tobis |
09 Jul 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Pretty much everyone in attendance at two Austin Live Earth house parties was a boomer. Is grassroots activism still unhip among young people? I was a bit nervous about attending a Live Earth event. At 52, I thought I'd be at least twice the age of most of the people I'd encounter. I needn't have worried. I attended two Live Earth house parties in Austin, Texas, and saw nobody under 30 except the kids of one of the hosts. I looked for online pictures of other ... |
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| Topics: environmental movement, green living, music (all these topics) |
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On the Shoulders of Giants
A Grist correspondent sweats her way through Live Earth |
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07 Jul 2007 |
Dispatches |
| Emily Gertz reports on environmental issues from her home base in Brooklyn, N.Y. She has written for Grist, BushGreenwatch, The Bear Deluxe, and other independent publications. She contributes to Worldchanging.com, and recently launched OneAtlantic.net: Environmental News & Views for the Atlantic Coast. Saturday, 07 Jul 2007 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. With Live Earth over, Al Gore, Kevin Wall, and their no-doubt- ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, environmental movement, green living, music (all these topics) |
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E.O. Wilson on Bill Moyers Journal this week
Check it out |
Kate Sheppard |
05 Jul 2007 |
Gristmill |
| On Friday, Bill Moyers profiles E.O. Wilson on the latest edition of 'Bill Moyers Journal.' (The show is his new spot on PBS that started airing in late April, and happens to have the same name as his old show that stopped running in 1981.) Moyers talks to Wilson about subjects ranging from his work cataloging every living creature on earth to religion to his vision for facing climate change. Check out a preview: The show also includes an update on the work of th ... |
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| Topics: biodiversity, environmental justice, environmental movement, green living, messaging, religion and spirituality, TV (all these topics) |
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If a website pats itself on the back in the forest and there's nobody there to hear it, does it make a sound?
Grist in NYT |
Kate Sheppard |
04 Jul 2007 |
Gristmill |
| How did we neglect to shamelessly self-promote mention that Grist honcho Chuck Gilla got some props in Sunday's New York Times? |
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| Topics: environmental movement, green living, messaging, shameless self-promotion (all these topics) |
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Innovative ideas for a new West
An annual conference for perennial inspiration |
Erik Hoffner |
25 Jun 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Westerners are known for their pluck and willingness to solve problems with grit and imagination. Combating climate change, developing renewable energy, promoting rural economies and local agriculture, strengthening communities, and ensuring equitable access to transit ... these are all pieces of a Western manifesto put forward by the Sopris Foundation's great annual conference, this year in Missoula from July 13-15. Elected officials, planners, ranchers and farmers, ... |
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| Topics: environmental movement, green living, placemaking (all these topics) |
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Greens and hunters
Two great tastes? |
David Roberts |
19 Jun 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Christina Larson has the latest on the flowering cooperation between greens and the hook & bullet crowd. This bit is funny:Hunters are predominantly male. Yet the folks who've been most successful in reaching out and forging partnerships haven't been green dudes, talking man to man -- but rather the enviro ladies. A few possible explanations present themselves.Hm ... |
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| Topics: environmental movement, green living, sex (all these topics) |
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Doom and gloom blowback
Start with CFLs, and let the lightbulb go on |
Erik Hoffner |
01 Jun 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Today's post on how gloom and doom messaging backfires -- on Katya Andresen's excellent nonprofit marketing blog -- backs up David Roberts' posts on fear-based messaging being bad for green issues here and here. It's more important to empower people than scare them, Andresen says. Grist keeps a good balance in this regard. I think she's right on the money: Go negative with caution. You must give people the feeling that they have the power to help, not the feeling ... |
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| Topics: environmental movement, green living (all these topics) |
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Kunstler nails it
Taking on the belief that technotoys will allow the status quo to continue |
JMG |
28 May 2007 |
Gristmill |
| James Howard Kunstler, dyspeptic critic and peak oil Paul Revere, nails the people whose approach to the twin calamities of global heating and peak oil is to spend all their time trying to cobble together the McGyver solution that saves the day, rather than trying to adapt to the new, low-energy imperative. My belief is that the more time we spend trying to find the McGuyvers, the more likely we are to respond poorly when we find that no amount of McGuyvers are going to allow us ... |
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| Topics: climate, environmental movement, green living, politics (all these topics) |
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Social networking goes green ... sorta
LinkedIn, a social network for professionals, is introduced today |
Daniel Bachhuber |
24 May 2007 |
Gristmill |
| From Mashable.com: Nonprofit organizations will be able to use LinkedIn as a platform for involving the LinkedIn community with their causes, leveraging the 11 million users that are present within the online community. Provided with this new feature are free badges to be placed on profiles, and registered nonprofits free job listings in order to find new members to join their teams. British rockstar James Blunt is already using LinkedIn to raise over $23,000 for ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, environmental movement, grassroots activism, green living, websites (all these topics) |
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Face your bag
The paper vs. plastic question must die |
Clark Williams-Derry |
21 May 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Ok, I'm whining. But the obsession with paper vs. plastic shopping bags just plain bugs me. As The Oregonian's Michael Milstein correctly points out: both paper and plastic have their pros and cons. Plastic has some surprising environmental advantages (more here), but also some unexpected drawbacks, including gumming up recycling equipment -- which makes it hard to figure out which option is actually worse in practice. But quite clearly, reusing bags you alr ... |
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| Topics: environmental movement, green living, messaging, shopping (all these topics) |
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Vanity Fair: The unbearable whiteness of green
Where are low-income and minority greens in the media? |
Van Jones |
20 May 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Once again this year, the spring season brought a flood of green-themed magazines to super-market checkout stands and airport news racks all across the country. And once again, the faces of non-white and non-affluent Americans were almost entirely missing. Our new environmental movement is rapidly gaining visibility and momentum. That is very good news. Life-or-death ecological issues finally are starting to get the attention they so urgently deserve. And we can all ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, environmental justice, environmental movement, green living, politics, Van Jones (all these topics) |
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