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Stuck on you Activist attempts to glue himself to Gordon Brown	Joseph Romm	23 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Yes, even stranger than the skater crashing though the ice (though not as funny, notwithstanding the well-known dry British wit): During these turbulent economic times, Gordon Brown is keen for the country to stick by him. However, this probably wasn't quite what he had in mind. Dan Glass, of the climate change pressure group Plane Stupid today tried to superglue himself to the Prime Minister at a Downing Street reception. Yes, that is the name of the gr ...
Topics: air travel, climate, funnies, grassroots activism, politics, United Kingdom (all these topics)

Sierra Club head honcho Carl Pope on Colbert	David Roberts	22 Jul 2008	Gristmill

Topics: funnies, Sierra Club, video (all these topics)

Dancing	David Roberts	14 Jul 2008	Gristmill
In Salzburg, one person made -- and several people subsequently reiterated -- the point that all this work and struggle on behalf of future generations should be undertaken in a spirit of joy. It's the human capacity to transcend circumstances, to love and laugh and be goofy together no matter how oppressive the context, no matter how irrational it may seem, that makes it all worth doing. And with that maudlin intro, I give you a video that makes the point much more ef ...
Topics: funnies, green living, video (all these topics)

We're investing so much in alternative fuels, sometimes we almost forget to pump oil! The Onion on alternative fuels	David Roberts	11 Jul 2008	Gristmill
The Onion: still funny.
Topics: funnies (all these topics)

Reel Funny An interview with climate mockumentary filmmaker Randy Olson	Erik Hoffner	10 Jul 2008	Grist Feature
Randy Olson became a filmmaker after fifteen years as a marine biologist, so the perspective he brings to the craft is rooted in science -- but blended with his own irreverent humor. His hilarious new film on global warming is a perfect example. Randy Olson. After quitting his university job in 1993, Olson went to film school and teamed up with one of his heroes, renowned marine ecologist Jeremy J ...
Topics: climate, funnies, green living, interview, media, movies (all these topics)

Happy 4th!	David Roberts	04 Jul 2008	Gristmill
It's almost over.
Topics: funnies, George Bush, holiday, politics, video (all these topics)

Green Onion	Holly Richmond	30 Jun 2008	Gristmill
The Onion's green issue is out, and it's a doozy -- from eco-junkies recycling ('If you come across an old needle lying around, by all means, use it'), to crediting Working Assets' long-distance with the planet's survival, to an opinion piece by a smokestack ('Soon, my tummy starts to feel full. And when I feel like I can't hold any more, out pop the wonderful clouds!'). They even get in a poke at Steven Johnson! Priceless.
Topics: green living, websites, funnies (all these topics)

Jon Stewart on EPA and email	David Roberts	27 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Nobody but Stewart could do this justice:
Topics: brilliance, dumbassery, funnies, George Bush, politics, US EPA, video (all these topics)

Mad Max meets Wall Street ... on ice Colbert on the Arctic	David Roberts	11 Jun 2008	Gristmill

Topics: Arctic, energy, funnies, oil, polar bears, United Nations (all these topics)

Maybe there's hope after all	David Roberts	11 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Unicorns!
Topics: biodiversity, funnies, green living (all these topics)

Sizzle this summer New mockumentary on climate science, dialogue, and societal change is opening soon	Erik Hoffner	09 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Filmmaker Randy Olson has just completed Sizzle: A Global Warming Comedy, a hilarious new mockumentary thickly peopled with real life climate scientists, activists, skeptics, and a rollicking plot-line that could bring a lot more people into the global warming tent. I found it refreshing and a good follow-up to the Gore movie, because it's not so much about the scientists or the celebrities telling us why we should care. Instead, it's fun, watchable, and about real peop ...
Topics: climate, funnies, green living, movies (all these topics)

Notable quotable Bushism will endure	David Roberts	06 Jun 2008	Gristmill
'There has occasionally been voiced the misimpression that a future administration will take a significantly different attitude towards climate than this administration.' -- deputy national security adviser Dan Price
Topics: climate, funnies, national security, politics, quotables (all these topics)

Notable quotable Global warming is no Mickey Mouse	David Roberts	31 May 2008	Gristmill
'Really, who cares about Mickey Mouse ... But if we can't get global warming right? An easy question as fundamental as global warming? Then we're really fucked.' -- Creative Commons founder, intellectual property rights theorist, and political reform advocate Laurence Lessig
Topics: climate, funnies, quotables (all these topics)

Spam I Am Junk emails go green		28 May 2008	News
Posted at 4:02 PM on 28 May 2008 You know the spam: the Nigerian oil minister has an outrageous sum of money and desperately needs a foreigner's help to take it off his hands. But the times are changing -- junk email has gone green! A New York Times blogger reports receiving an email asking for investment in a Renewable Energy Technology System. "Everyday, every month, every years, and infinite, every climate change and this RETS is always a stable energy,&qu ...
Topics: energy, funnies, news, renewable energy, tech (all these topics)

Zap a lobbyist	David Roberts	28 May 2008	Gristmill
A lobbyist and a lie detector.
Topics: climate, funnies, lobbying, lying liars, politics, websites (all these topics)

The power of wind Wind energy ad wins Cannes award	David Roberts	24 May 2008	Gristmill
I think I've posted this before, but a quick search didn't turn it up. Anyway, this video, an ad for Epuron energy company created by the Nordpol+Hamburg agency, won the 'Golden Lion' in Cannes. Check it out:
Topics: advertising, energy, funnies, Germany, wind power (all these topics)

The Onion on GM tomatoes	Tom Philpott	22 May 2008	Gristmill
From The Onion: PASADENA, CA--Geneticists at the California Institute of Technology announced Monday that they have developed a tomato with a 31 percent larger price tag than a typical specimen of the vine-ripened fruit. 'By utilizing an exciting new breakthrough in gene-splicing technology, we've been able to manipulate this new tomato with recombinant DNA in such a manner as to make it nearly as pricey as a similarly sized tangelo,' said Dr. Lee Nolan, who headed u ...
Topics: agriculture, food, funnies, GMOs (all these topics)

Daily Show on green McCain	David Roberts	17 May 2008	Gristmill
A man on emission:
Topics: climate, funnies, John McCain, politics (all these topics)

Colbert on gas prices and oil profits	David Roberts	09 May 2008	Gristmill
(thanks LL!)
Topics: TV, funnies, green living, oil, energy, Big Oil, messaging, gas prices (all these topics)

Yo Mama This Mother's Day, send a Grist e-card		08 May 2008	Grist Feature
You never call, you never write -- but on Mother's Day, the least you could do is send a Grist e-card. Show your mother -- or the other beloved mothers in your life -- that you care. Simply click send, enter your info, and voila! Sincere sentiments, straight to the inbox. Uh, we mean straight to the heart. Send \| Enlarge Send \| Enlarge
Topics: funnies, green living, holiday, parenting (all these topics)

Kunstler meets Colbert	David Roberts	03 May 2008	Gristmill
Painful:
Topics: books, energy, funnies, green living, oil, oil and gas drilling, TV (all these topics)

Colbert on ethanol and the energy war	David Roberts	29 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: cellulosic ethanol, climate, energy, ethanol, funnies, oil, TV (all these topics)

Jay Leno Earth Day videos	David Roberts	24 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Because I'm a video hu-a and will basically embed anything anybody sends me, I give you this from NBC:
Topics: climate, energy at home, funnies, green living, holiday, politics, TV (all these topics)

F*ck the Earth Day	David Roberts	23 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Warning: video below contains naughty words. Cover your ears.
Topics: climate, climate change adaptation, funnies, green living, holiday (all these topics)

Quit recycling Celebrate Earth Day by ditching annoying green clich�s	Ashley Braun	22 Apr 2008	Gristmill
I'm all about the three R's that have been the standby of every Earth Day since 1970: reduce, reuse, recycle. Got it. Even so, this Earth Day, I'm beseeching the world to do the unthinkable: stop recycling ... those annoying green clich�s, that is. I think it's gee-golly-swell that environmental issues have started gaining such mainstream momentum recently, but if I read, see, or hear another overly trite use of 'It is/is not easy being green!' or 'An Inconvenient X, ...
Topics: funnies, green living, holiday, messaging, recycling (all these topics)

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