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From Iowa to I Owe Ya
What's on our radar this week |
Sarah van Schagen, Katharine Wroth |
16 Jun 2006 |
The Grist List |
| By Sarah van Schagen and Katharine Wroth 16 Jun 2006 Sometimes a basin is just a basin Personally, we don't see anything unusual about the shape of this Des Moines, Iowa, water detention basin. Nope, not a thing. But apparently, some locals have started saying it looks like -- well, you know. That's bollocks! Photo: Polk County Assessor's Office. Photo: AP/Paul Sakuma. It's not that easy being red Say you've got a campaign to win -- would a lime-green eco-bus get you th ... |
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From Inconvenient to Indiana
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Sarah van Schagen, David Roberts |
09 Jun 2006 |
The Grist List |
| By Sarah van Schagen and David Roberts 09 Jun 2006 Don't hate the narrata, hate the game Much to the surprise of playa hataz, An Inconvenient Truth -- starring the allegedly "stiff" Al Gore -- is doing gangbuster box office, boasting the industry's highest per-screen average. This is driving certain parties nuts, leading to incoherent screeds and comparisons of Gore to both Goebbels and Hitler. Schadenfreude, friends. Live it. I'm mockin' it! At a recen ... |
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From Trust Fundies to Travel Finds
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Sarah van Schagen, David Roberts |
02 Jun 2006 |
The Grist List |
| By Sarah van Schagen and David Roberts 02 Jun 2006 Snow job College Republican chapters across the country have begun hosting "Global Cooling Day" events to debunk the myths deny the facts about global warming. There are kiddie pools, sand, girls in bikinis, even free snow cones. Ah, rich white kids -- never funnier than when they're mocking the disease and death awaiting the global poor. Wocka wocka! Photo courtesy of College Republican National Co ... |
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From Dems to Diva
What's on our radar this week |
Sarah van Schagen, Katharine Wroth |
26 May 2006 |
The Grist List |
| By Sarah van Schagen and Katharine Wroth 26 May 2006 It's just a jump to the left Welcome to Grist List's time-warp edition! This week, Al Gore and both Clintons made noise about global warming and energy policy. For a sec we thought we'd been transported to 1996, but then we realized: a decade ago, they weren't saying a damn thing. Photo: AP/Denis Paquin. Photo: Media & Policy Center Foundation. And then a step to the right In a nod to the beginning of time, a new book ... |
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From Bare Ass to Bono
What's on our radar this week |
David Roberts, Sarah van Schagen |
19 May 2006 |
The Grist List |
| By David Roberts and Sarah van Schagen 19 May 2006 Look at the set of issues on that chick! At a boring heads-of-state summit, a bikini-sporting beauty queen crashed a photo shoot, protesting a pulp mill planned for Uruguay. "It was one of the best things that has happened at this summit," said Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. He added, "I didn't see anything about pulp, I was just looking at her." Is, like, cashmere fur? After being pelted and prod ... |
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From Flush to Flesh
What's on our radar this week |
Sarah van Schagen, Katharine Wroth |
12 May 2006 |
The Grist List |
| By Sarah van Schagen and Katharine Wroth 12 May 2006 Mellowed yellow Politico-Brits are rushing to expose their eco-cred -- allowing personal tidbits to trickle into the media. London mayor Ken Livingstone says he's "let it mellow" for 15 months, while the Conservative Potty Party chair eschews the toilet entirely, suggesting that his fellow citizens pee on their compost instead. Talk about a government leak. Photo: J.M. Griffin. Now this is tasteful If we thoug ... |
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From Beauty to Burgers
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Sarah van Schagen, David Roberts |
05 May 2006 |
The Grist List |
| By Sarah van Schagen and David Roberts 05 May 2006 Miss environmentality The newly crowned Miss Rhode Island has taped up her boobies, Vaselined her teeth, and strutted her stuff in a swimsuit and heels -- all in the service of fighting global warming. The tiara'd staffer for the Harvard Green Campus Initiative says it's all part of her plan to push the issue in front of millions of viewers at the Miss America pageant in 2007. Bring on the slumber party! Photo: Judith Po ... |
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From Bo to 'Boards
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Sarah van Schagen, Katharine Wroth |
28 Apr 2006 |
The Grist List |
| By Sarah van Schagen and Katharine Wroth 28 Apr 2006 Bo, you do know diddly In honor of Global Love Day (serious!), we're spreadin' the love this week. And where better to start than with Bo Derek? The notorious "10" was just named U.S. special envoy on wildlife trafficking. Which we're sure is unrelated to her wild times with Bush's new chief of staff. Photo: Steve Granitz/WireImage.com Photo: tribewanted. Tribe, tribe again We love daydreaming about escaping to ... |
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From Hip-Hop to Hybrid
What's on our radar this week |
David Roberts, Sarah van Schagen |
21 Apr 2006 |
The Grist List |
| By David Roberts and Sarah van Schagen 21 Apr 2006 Photo: Gary Gershoff/WireImage.com The Ghostface of Earth Day present Want to celebrate Earth Day, but don't wanna roll wit dem punk-ass bitchez? Stop by NYC's Green Apple Music and Arts Festival and catch a set by Ghostface Killah, who shared these words of wisdom about the importance of conscientious environmental stewardship: "I don't know nothing about that." Word, Killah. Illy Eliot Want to celebrate Ear ... |
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From Bikes to Butte
What's on our radar this week |
David Roberts, Sarah van Schagen |
14 Apr 2006 |
The Grist List |
| By David Roberts and Sarah van Schagen 14 Apr 2006 Blessed are the two-wheelers What would Jesus drive? Please. Jesus would bike, bro! To vouchsafe this essential spiritual truth, New York City cyclists are gathering in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on Earth Day to have their rides blessed and sprinkled with holy water, while they ring their bells and angels get their wings helmets. Photo: bicycleshows.us Photo: Tom Chudleigh. Yub nub! When the energy shortages hit ... |
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From Thandie to Tahoe
What's on our radar this week |
David Roberts, Sarah van Schagen |
07 Apr 2006 |
The Grist List |
| By David Roberts and Sarah van Schagen 07 Apr 2006 Photo: John Sciulli/WireImage.com Newton's first law of vandalism On a scale of one to WTF, we rate this a solid WTF: Greenpeace activist leaves anti-SUV sticker on random land yacht; random land yacht turns out to belong to B-list movie star Thandie Newton; Newton takes anti-SUV message to heart, buys Prius, writes impassioned letter to fellow celebs urging them to do same. What a crazy world. All is vanity Yes, we rea ... |
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From Pam to Pitt
What's on our radar this week |
David Roberts, Sarah van Schagen |
31 Mar 2006 |
The Grist List |
| By David Roberts and Sarah van Schagen 31 Mar 2006 We particularly look forward to the melons appetizer Everyone from brawny Texas firefighters to glitzy Hollywood celebs is going veggie, which just goes to show tofu's power to bring not only indigestion, but peace to the world. Maybe the fellows from Engine 2 should stop by the latest chichi bistro and eat from Pam's menu. If you know what we mean. Photo: Jeff Vespa/WireImage.com Click to enlarge. Image: venganza.org Clic ... |
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From Rodents to Rainforests
What's on our radar this week |
David Roberts, Sarah van Schagen |
24 Mar 2006 |
The Grist List |
| By David Roberts and Sarah van Schagen 24 Mar 2006 Photo: iStockphoto. I'd put my acorns in those cheeks Squirrel sex is hot. So hot, in fact, that Canadian researchers are studying the relationship between global warming and the mating habits of flying squirrels -- small rodents that glide from bush to bush. And to think the government's decision to fund this research was questioned. Nuts, we tell you. Nuts. Tax on, tax off In a move rumored to be backed by the b ... |
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From Portman to Polo
What's on our radar this week |
David Roberts, Sarah van Schagen |
17 Mar 2006 |
The Grist List |
| By David Roberts and Sarah van Schagen 17 Mar 2006 It's better than Mickey Mouse Club Just when you think Natalie Portman can't get any cuter without doing irreparable harm to the space-time continuum -- she's immune to bad hair days, we tell you! -- it turns out she used to perform in the World Patrol Kids, which rocked such adorably memorable kiddy tunes as "Recycle It!" That's her, dancing in the back, so perky you could just eat her. Mardi gracias Ah, sprin ... |
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From Clubbin' to Clubbing
What's on our radar this week |
David Roberts, Sarah van Schagen |
10 Mar 2006 |
The Grist List |
| By David Roberts and Sarah van Schagen 10 Mar 2006 Hellooo Kitty Looking for a bar where you can "strip down and drink in your undies" and save the earth? Say konnichiwa to Japan's green sex clubs. Featuring recycled goods ranging from kink-wear and candles to an S&M rabbit, the clean-energy cathouses also serve organic food and beer. Domo arigato, indeed. Photo: iStockphoto. Photo: iStockphoto. Speaking of getting spanked by the Japanese U.S. automake ... |
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From Principles to Principals
What's on our radar this week |
David Roberts, Sarah van Schagen |
03 Mar 2006 |
The Grist List |
| By David Roberts and Sarah van Schagen 03 Mar 2006 Photo: FUH2.com A first: Rock musicians refuse Hummers All the cool bands, from heavyweights Smashing Pumpkins and Talking Heads to up-and-coming indie darlings Trans Am, The Thermals, and Four Tet, have given the official H2 salute to big-money offers from Hummer to license their music for commercials. Said Thermals singer Hutch Harris, "It's just so evil." Word. It's like Hansel and Gretel, but gross ... |
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From Willie to Waste
What's on our radar this week |
David Roberts, Sarah van Schagen |
24 Feb 2006 |
The Grist List |
| By David Roberts and Sarah van Schagen 24 Feb 2006 Can you hot box in that thing? Willie Nelson's on the road again ... in a limited-edition "Willie's Willys" pickup, which will run on pure BioWillie, natch. Just 500 of the re-created 1941 Willys hot rods were made -- and one can be yours for the low, low price of $97,000. Willie's BioWillie-run Willie's Willys would appreciate you refraining from willy jokes. Thanks. Photo: Serious Wheels. Photo: iStockphoto. ... |
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From Hilton to Honey
What's on our radar this week |
David Roberts, Sarah van Schagen |
17 Feb 2006 |
The Grist List |
| By David Roberts and Sarah van Schagen 17 Feb 2006 Plaster of Paris Paris Hilton got covered in white powder, and no, she wasn't partying with Kate Moss. Instead, the famous-for-being-famous socialite was walking next to fashionista Julien Macdonald, whose fur-heavy designs aroused the ire of PETA. So they pelted him with flour, hoping he'd "rise to the occasion." Dude, you got antique'd. Elle in a handbasket Take a ream of recycled paper, cover it with toxic i ... |
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From Dreams to Desert
What's on our radar this week |
David Roberts, Sarah van Schagen |
10 Feb 2006 |
The Grist List |
| By David Roberts and Sarah van Schagen 10 Feb 2006 Girls. Crushing cars. We had a dream: Automobiles, being recycled. But first being crushed, slowly, by heavy machinery. All the while surrounded by skeezy dancing girls in bikinis. Well, we bring good news, brothers and sisters. The dream is real. The dream is real. Photo: Aachen Auto/Keith Bragg. Photo: iStockphoto. Redressage in a bottle A lovelorn sailor places his message in a bottle and casts it to sea, in search o ... |
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From Bobby to Breeders
What's on our radar this week |
David Roberts, Sarah van Schagen |
03 Feb 2006 |
The Grist List |
| By David Roberts and Sarah van Schagen 03 Feb 2006 Do these pants make my opposition to wind farms look fat? Seeking to battle charges of out-of-touch, upper-class elitism, Kennedy scion Robert F. has taken up ... modeling? Yup, he and his fam are featured in a new fashion campaign by sportswear maker GANT (in exchange for a "six-figure" partnership with RFK's Waterkeeper Alliance). Tres chic, Bob, tres chic. Photo: GANT. Photo: Ford. Can you tell me how to d ... |
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From Pee Pee to Po-Po
What's on our radar this week |
David Roberts, Sarah van Schagen |
27 Jan 2006 |
The Grist List |
| By David Roberts and Sarah van Schagen 27 Jan 2006 Photo: Ellen Jong. Visualize world pees If you're a fan of answering nature's call, in nature, urine luck. Pees on Earth is a collection of photos by Ellen Jong, who documented herself poppin' squats all over the world. She hopes the book has a trickle-down effect, inspiring others to be one with their environs. Is this what they mean when they call ecotourism the buzzword of the year? The sum of Al's fears Al Gore -- r ... |
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From Fill-Ups to Free Parking
What's on our radar this week |
David Roberts, Sarah van Schagen |
20 Jan 2006 |
The Grist List |
| By David Roberts and Sarah van Schagen 20 Jan 2006 Photo: fuelchallenge.com. In other news, vegans to eat 30 cows in 30 days Leaving London this week, a pair of drivers set off on a trip around the world, pledging to use fewer than 50 tanks of gas, hoping to "show people that in these hard environmental times they can save fuel." By driving 14 hours a day. For 70 days. No wonder Shell is sponsoring them. You give analog a bad name Still hanging on to t ... |
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From Slings to Scouts
What's on our radar this week |
David Roberts, Sarah van Schagen |
13 Jan 2006 |
The Grist List |
| By David Roberts and Sarah van Schagen 13 Jan 2006 Green pickle sling Putting a whole new spin on the wet T-shirt contest, Low Tee makes tight-fitting men's swimsuits out of recycled vintage tees. Buy an existing banana hammock or send in an old favorite shirt to be converted -- not too old, mind you; see-through isn't a pleasant Speedo look. Photo: Rex Bonomelli. Click to enlarge. (Pardon the pun.) Photos: iStockphoto. It's all about the lo' Still much cooler than whe ... |
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New Year's Resolutions 2006
What's on our radar this week |
Sarah van Schagen, David Roberts |
06 Jan 2006 |
The Grist List |
| By Sarah van Schagen and David Roberts 06 Jan 2006 Stop drooling over concept cars we'll never own That is, as soon as we're done gawking at this stackable, shareable, electric two-seater dreamt up by MIT's Smart Cities team. It's inspired by corralled shopping-carts, powered by four "wheel robots" with 360-degree movement, and fully customizable. Drool. Photo: Franco Vairani. Be as eco-conscious as Britney Spears K-Fed up with news about Britney Spears' ... |
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The Twelve Days of Gristmahanukwanzakah
What's on our radar this week |
Sarah van Schagen, Katharine Wroth |
16 Dec 2005 |
The Grist List |
| By Sarah van Schagen and Katharine Wroth 16 Dec 2005 On the first day ... ... the Grist staff gave to me: the notion that Kwanzaa, Christmas, and Hanukkah are eco-holidays. Kwanzaa ("first fruits" in Swahili) has its roots in African harvest festivals. Christmas involves serious tree-hugging (thank the pagans for that). And Hanukkah celebrates squeezing every last drop from a tiny bit of oil. Photos: iStockphoto. On the second day ... ... the ... |
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