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The Tęte Offensive French eco-groups get face time with new president		22 May 2007	Daily Grist
The Tęte Offensive French eco-groups get face time with new president Nicolas Sarkozy is better known as a friend to big business than as a friend to the environment, but the newly elected French president is reaching out nonetheless. Yesterday, three days after taking office, he gathered representatives from nine green groups -- along with the head of the newly created ministry of sustainable development, Al ...
Topics: climate, environmental movement, France, news (all these topics)

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 ...
Topics: environmental movement, green living, messaging, shopping (all these topics)

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 ...
Topics: celebrity, politics, environmental movement, green living, environmental justice, Van Jones (all these topics)

Galapagos report: A wrap-up on our freshwater discussions Biz leaders and scientists brainstorm solutions to the freshwater crisis	Grist	17 May 2007	Gristmill
Mary Pearl is the president of Wildlife Trust, cofounder of its Consortium for Conservation Medicine, and an adjunct research scientist at Columbia University. She recently returned from a boat trip through the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador with scientists, conservationists, and business leaders, intended to forge partnerships and develop solutions to the global freshwater crisis. This is the third and final dispatch from her journey. See also her first and second dispatches. ...
Topics: business, environmental movement, Galapagos Islands, oceans, water conflicts, water pollution (all these topics)

A biblical view of climate change and the death of Jerry Falwell Quoting some scripture	Ken Ward	16 May 2007	Gristmill
It seems appropriate that we consider the death of Jerry Falwell in the spirit by which he lived -- on a "higher level ... the Biblical perspective" -- and take a peek into what the Bible has to say about climate change as well.Reverend Falwell retained an unshakable faith in Biblical inerrancy, while demonstrating a remarkably supple ability to revise his own interpretation of presumably self-evident, literal truths. Falwell applied the theology of Biblical one ...
Topics: climate, environmental movement, green living, religion and spirituality (all these topics)

Paul Hawken and Blessed Unrest What would you like to ask him?	David Roberts	15 May 2007	Gristmill
Tomorrow, I'm sitting down for a chat with Paul Hawken, author, entrepreneur, and environmental legend. We'll be discussing, among other things, his new book Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming. (If you're in Seattle tomorrow, you can see Hawken at a Grist-sponsored event at Town Hall.) If you've got questions you'd like me to ask Hawken, let me know in comments. In the meantime, here's the introductio ...
Topics: environmental movement, green living, politics, Seattle, shameless self-promotion (all these topics)

The alternative to fear is not lack of emotion How best to pitch the climate change message?	David Roberts	15 May 2007	Gristmill
Mike Hulme of the UK's Tyndall Centre says -- yet again -- that the language of "catastrophe" and "disaster" used by climate-change scientists and advocates is having the opposite of its intended effect: it's making people numb and apathetic. I more or less buy this -- I did, after all, write a five-part series arguing that fear is no friend of greens. But the conclusion Tim Haab draws from it is so spectacularly, diametrically wrong I can only sh ...
Topics: climate, environmental movement, green living, messaging, politics (all these topics)

'Working less, wanting less, spending less' Green the Pope way	David Roberts	15 May 2007	Gristmill
That's the Vatican's green vision.
Topics: environmental movement, green living, religion and spirituality (all these topics)

Bloomberg and the C40 Summit Bigtime mayors and Bill Clinton meet about climate change	David Roberts	14 May 2007	Gristmill
This C40 summit looks like a doozy. You could do worse than having Bill Clinton and Michael Bloomberg as your keynote speakers. If any Grist readers happen to be attending, get in touch. I'd love to hear how it goes. Speaking of Bloomberg, Worldchanging NYC has a whole series of posts on PlaNYC, Bloomberg's plan to green the Big Apple, if you want to really sink your teeth into it.
Topics: climate, environmental movement, Bill Clinton (all these topics)

Chip on NOW PBS interviews them some Grist	David Roberts	14 May 2007	Gristmill
Here's Grist Supreme Leader Chip Giller on PBS' Now:
Topics: politics, environmental movement, shameless self-promotion, green living (all these topics)

'Eco-terrorism': the latest	David Roberts	12 May 2007	Gristmill
This is some scary sh*t.
Topics: eco-terrorism, environmental movement, national security, politics (all these topics)

Laboratories of democracy Oh, Canada	John McGrath	11 May 2007	Gristmill
So, it's an interesting time to be an environmentalist in Canada. On one hand, we have a federal government whose green policies were described as 'a complete and total fraud ... designed to mislead the Canadian people' by no less than the Goreacle himself. In this case, however, one of the sometimes-maddening aspects of Canadian politics is of some benefit. You see, natural resources (including all energy sources) are matters of provincial jurisdiction in Canad ...
Topics: Canada, energy, environmental movement, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

Save the charismatic megafauna! What's true in one area is often true in another	JMG	10 May 2007	Gristmill
Nicholas Kristof has a great piece in today's NYT (behind the damn paywall) about why it's so hard to galvanize attention onto mass suffering. It could be quickly converted into a piece explaining why pictures of cute polar bears -- especially cute baby polar bears -- work so much better at getting people to pay attention to environmental problems than anything that actually shows their real scope. Hmmm, I'm going to have to stop talking about the problems inherent in jet ...
Topics: environmental movement, green living, messaging (all these topics)

Newt Gingrich's 'green conservatism' It's not an alternative, it's a subset	David Roberts	10 May 2007	Gristmill
Newt Gingrich has a new book out called A Contract with the Earth, which purports to outline a "green conservatism." For a summary, you can check out this brief op-ed in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. I approached it with an open mind -- eagerly, even. There's nothing I would like more than for a vibrant green conservatism to join the debate over the best way to accomplish green goals. That would be an enormous step forward from the current situation. ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, environmental movement, messaging, Newt Gingrich, politics (all these topics)

Thursday is link day So much goodness you could waste a day	David Roberts	10 May 2007	Gristmill
Every since my Brooklyn vacation, I've been behind and struggling to catch up. You know what that means ... a link dump! Enjoy. In the course of joining the wonkosphere's call for a carbon tax, Fareed Zakaria comes very close to repeating my slogan: Understanding the causes and cures of global warming is actually very simple. One word: coal. Coal is the cheapest and dirtiest source of energy around and is being used in the world's fastest-growing countries. If ...
Topics: climate, environmental movement, politics (all these topics)

My continuing quest for total domination of obscure niche media	David Roberts	09 May 2007	Gristmill
I forgot to mention that I was on EarthBeat radio the other day, which according to John Passacantando "does for environmental coverage on the airwaves what Grist Magazine does for the environment in the cyber world." And I think he means that's a good thing! Anyway, you can go here to download the show. I start jibber-jabbering about global warming and risk perception around minute 38.
Topics: climate, environmental movement, green living, shameless self-promotion (all these topics)

Suzuki edits the Sun	David Roberts	09 May 2007	Gristmill
Famed Canadian eco-hero David Suzuki was handed the reins to guest edit an entire edition of the Toronto Vancouver (!) Sun on Sat. May 5. 'What I would love to do is put a green slant in every area,' he added, explaining he thinks the mainstream media do not do enough to highlight how the environment is connected to all areas of the news. 'You may get [stories] about floods in Bangladesh, drought in Ethiopia and forest fires in northern Alberta, and they are a ...
Topics: David Suzuki, environmental movement, green living, heroes, innovation (all these topics)

Why do we respond to bozos? Churchill, not Chamberlain	Ken Ward	07 May 2007	Gristmill
Why are we letting pro-fossil fuel bozos hijack the only forum that environmentalists and climate-change activists have for wrestling with the daunting task of transforming America? I posted a few practical suggestions in response to David's question, 'Should we be rebutting the skeptics?' I'm going to restate one proposal -- to adopt a Craigslist-type policy allowing Grist readers to flag inappropriate posts. Gristmill is a forum for conversation and debate between ...
Topics: Al Gore, climate, climate change mitigation, climate change skepticism, climate science, environmental movement, politics (all these topics)

Robert Wright at TED	David Roberts	07 May 2007	Gristmill
I love Robert Wright's thinking and his work, particularly NonZero. It's not explicitly green, so I won't get into it -- here's a good rundown -- but I will encourage everyone to watch this short talk Wright gave at TED last year:
Topics: environmental movement, green living, messaging, politics (all these topics)

What to do now?: Conclusions and recommendations A little something to take home with you	Ken Ward	07 May 2007	Gristmill
((brightlines_include)) It is within the capacity of U.S. environmentalists to refocus our energies on a tougher, more realistic climate agenda. We have the necessary resources, skills (in alumni as well as current staff and leadership), political power, and principles of action. The things we lack -- a national structure, institutional support services, strategic planning, a dedicated environmentalist core -- could be put in place if it were a priority. Cost, it mus ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate change mitigation, environmental movement, politics (all these topics)

Time's 100 most influential people Plus some other folks	Sarah van Schagen	07 May 2007	Gristmill
Last week, Time magazine announced this year's Time 100, a list of the most influential people in the world. A handful of greenies made the list, including Al Gore, Leonardo DiCaprio, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and even "light greenie" John Mayer.That list was chosen by a group of well-informed Time editors and other experts, but maybe more interesting is the magazine's Alt Time 100.This list probably has more names you recognize (w ...
Topics: celebrity, environmental movement, green living, Prius (all these topics)

Two kinds of environmentalism Technoscientific and ... not	David Roberts	03 May 2007	Gristmill
I've been musing a bit on two different sorts of environmentalism, and I've recently come across two good exemplars. First, in Orion, Curtis White argues that environmentalists are involved in a futile enterprise as long as they fight from within the system -- as long as they use technoscientific, rationalist, bureaucratic language to fight problems that technoscientific, rationalist bureaucracies have wrought. We shouldn't blame big bad corporations. We are the pr ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, environmental movement, green living, politics (all these topics)

Grassroots good Paul Hawken on the remaking of the world	Erik Hoffner	03 May 2007	Gristmill
Paul Hawken's new book Blessed Unrest is a much-needed analysis of the movement that's poised to change the world as we know it. It's a must read, (excerpted here in Orion magazine) even if you're not a self-described grassroots activist. In it, he states that 'the movement to restore people and planet is now composed of over one million organizations' working toward ecological sustainability and social justice. Maybe two million. And that: By conventional definition ...
Topics: environmental movement, grassroots activism, green living, politics (all these topics)

Chait on the netroots	David Roberts	01 May 2007	Gristmill
Jon Chait has an expansive new piece in The New Republic about the rise of the 'netroots' -- i.e., the partisan, activist liberal blogosphere. I have my quibbles with some parts, particularly in the second half, but overall it's a far more comprehensive, fair, and respectful look at the netroots than you'll find anywhere else in the mainstream media. I don't consider Gristmill part of the netroots, in that its allegiances, to the extent it has any, are to environmenta ...
Topics: environmental movement, green living, websites (all these topics)

It does to this one Is the starfish story really just bunk?	JMG	01 May 2007	Gristmill
The estimable biodiversivist wrote, in another thread, that 'What we do as individuals is insignificant compared to changes in carbon neutral energy generation and transportation infrastructure.' Which is both true and not true, I think. It reminds me of the story about the little tyke throwing starfish stranded on the beach back into the water, and being told by the parent that it didn't matter, leading the child to say, 'It does to this one.' Cute story, all chicken-soup ...
Topics: ecological footprint, environmental movement, green living, messaging (all these topics)

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