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Indiana Greens and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Harrison Ford on living green |
Sarah van Schagen |
16 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Can we live green and live well? Harrison Ford says living well is living green: |
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| Topics: celebrity, green living, interview, video (all these topics) |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: climate, funnies, green living, interview, media, movies (all these topics) |
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Good Home Cooking
How author Betsy Block convinced her finicky family to mend their dietary ways |
Roz Cummins |
03 Jul 2008 |
'Tis the Season |
| In her new book The Dinner Diaries: Raising Whole Wheat Kids in a White Bread World, Betsy Block writes compellingly about trying to feed one's family and oneself in a nutritious, sustainable, economical, and harmonious way -- and dealing with various likes and dislikes within the family dining unit. Betsy Block Photo: Andrew Pockrose I imagine reviewers will liken the expe ... |
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| Topics: books, food, green living, interview, parenting, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics) |
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Macaws and Effect
An interview with author Bruce Barcott |
Michelle Nijhuis |
02 Jul 2008 |
Grist Feature |
| Bruce Barcott. In his new non-fiction book Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw, environmental journalist Bruce Barcott follows Sharon Matola -- a former Air Force survival specialist and circus-tiger trainer turned zookeeper -- as she fights the construction of a hydropower dam in her adopted country of Belize, and attempts to save the nesting site of the country's last scarlet macaws. During her years of ba ... |
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| Topics: Belize, books, grassroots activism, green living, interview, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Let's Talk About You and Me
An interview with Bonk author Mary Roach |
Michelle Nijhuis |
01 Jul 2008 |
Grist Feature |
| Photo: cybertoad Ah, sex. Source of carnal bliss, domestic harmony, cute infants ... and global population problems. (Oh, environmentalists are such killjoys.) Overpopulation aside for the moment, sex is fundamental to humanity, and to the rest of the natural world -- and besides, it's a dang fascinating subject, as Mary Roach found out while researching her new book Bonk: The Curious Coupling of ... |
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| Topics: books, green living, interview, scientific research, sex (all these topics) |
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James and the Giant Breach
An interview with author James Howard Kunstler |
Michelle Nijhuis |
30 Jun 2008 |
Grist Feature |
| James Howard Kunstler. Photo: from the documentary Subdivided Author and social critic James Howard Kunstler, known for predicting our post-peak-oil future in nonfiction works such as The Long Emergency, has also brought his forecasts to life through fiction. His newest novel, World Made By Hand, describes the near future in a small town in upstate New York -- not unlike the place Kunstler ... |
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| Topics: books, climate, green living, interview (all these topics) |
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Shop, Girl
Can your pocketbook save the planet? The author of Big Green Purse says yes |
Sarah van Schagen |
20 Jun 2008 |
Grist Feature |
| Diane MacEachern. Mary Poppins may have had a giant carpetbag from which she could pull coat racks and potted plants. But author Diane MacEachern has something even better: A big, green purse that, she says, carries the power to influence the marketplace to "create a cleaner, greener world." The concept behind MacEachern's book Big Green Purse is built on the fact ... |
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| Topics: books, green living, interview, shopping (all these topics) |
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Brown is the New Green
Food Network star Alton Brown adds a pinch of sustainability to the pot |
Roz Cummins |
19 Jun 2008 |
'Tis the Season |
| Alton Brown: Boy meets salmon. Photo: Studio Chambers The Portola Café and Restaurant, the fine-dining venue within the Monterey Bay Aquarium, is an airy, light-filled space surrounded by windows on three sides. The soothing, understated interior showcases a breathtaking view of Monterey Bay, where one can watch otters wrap themselves in kelp while cormorants swim and dive ne ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, food, green living, interview, oceans, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics) |
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He's Got the Remedy
Jason Mraz sings the praises of a simpler life |
Sarah van Schagen |
23 May 2008 |
Grist Feature |
| Jason Mraz is strumming up support for sustainability. Jason Mraz may still be the geek in the pink, but these days, the pop-rock-rhymer is hoping to distance himself from his cigarette-puffin', girl-chasin' past and move toward a simpler, more sustainable life. Since returning from his Mr. A-Z tour two years ago, Mraz has focused his attention on greener, non-music-related pastures. Last year ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, green living, interview, music (all these topics) |
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Lipstick Bungle
An interview with Stacy Malkan, co-founder of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics |
Katharine Wroth |
02 May 2008 |
Grist Feature |
| Stacy Malkan. Beauty, they say, is only skin deep. But given the load of toxic chemicals in everyday products like shampoo, deodorant, and makeup, that superficial truth is still cause for concern. With increasing frequency, studies point to hidden dangers in the medicine cabinet: things like lead in lipstick, phthalates in baby lotions, aluminum in deodorant. While the am ... |
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| Topics: consumerism, grassroots activism, green living, health, interview, shopping, toxics (all these topics) |
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All the World's a Shag
Catching up with our favorite European eco-porn activists |
Katharine Wroth |
28 Mar 2008 |
Grist Feature |
| Ellingsen (left), Johansson (second from right), and friends at their "Wild Climax Refuge" in Costa Rica. Courtesy FFF Nearly four years ago, Lissa Harris wrote a titillating Grist profile of two European activists who were, as she put it, "raising cash to save the rainforest, one money shot at a time." That story, "Norwegian Wood," became one of Grist's a ... |
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| Topics: deforestation, grassroots activism, green living, interview, rainforests, sex (all these topics) |
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Fighting Dirty
An interview with the founders of Method green home-care products |
Sarah van Schagen |
14 Mar 2008 |
Grist Feature |
| After spending a few minutes with Adam Lowry and Eric Ryan, I began to wonder if they weren't part of a modern-day adaptation of The Odd Couple. The 30-something founders of the Method line of home-care products, friends since high school, are about as different as two business partners could be. Eric Ryan and Adam Lowry. Lowry (Method's "chief greens keeper") is tall and l ... |
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| Topics: art, business, consumerism, green cleaning, green living, green products, innovation, interview (all these topics) |
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Bruce Almighty
An interview with green designer and TV personality John Bruce |
Sarah van Schagen |
29 Feb 2008 |
Grist Feature |
| John Bruce is living in a material world. But he's no cone-chested pop star -- he's a green designer. A green designer who, during the course of an hour-long conversation, speaks excitedly about various eco-building materials, professing his love for natural clay plaster and calling sunflower-seed-based particle board "super beautiful." He even credits his love of such materia ... |
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| Topics: green building, green living, green products, interview, TV (all these topics) |
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The Bitch Is Back
An interview with Rory Freedman, coauthor of vegan manifesto Skinny Bitch |
Sarah van Schagen |
25 Jan 2008 |
Grist Feature |
| It would be impossible to make it through an entire lunch with Rory Freedman without realizing this simple truth: The bitch loves food. Excuse my language -- or actually, don't. Freedman wouldn't say it any other way. Rory Freedman (left), with coauthor Kim Barnouin. Photo: Tim VanOrden After all, she and former model Kim Barnouin are coauthors of the New York Times bes ... |
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| Topics: books, food, green living, interview, vegetarianism and veganism (all these topics) |
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Cutting a Rug
Robert Peoples, carpet recycler, answers readers' questions |
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27 Jul 2007 |
InterActivist |
| What comes from a carpet when it is broken down for recycling? What is done with the recycled materials? Are there waste products left over? If there are, what is done with them? -- Carla Yamauchi, Tucson, Ariz. Robert Peoples, executive director of the Carpet America Recovery Effort Carpet is a highly engineered and complex product. It is built to last, and that is what makes it so challenging to recycle. Toda ... |
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| Topics: business, green living, InterActivist, interview, recycling (all these topics) |
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Wanna Shag?
Robert Peoples, carpet recycler, answers Grist's questions |
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23 Jul 2007 |
InterActivist |
| Robert Peoples. What work do you do? I run a nonprofit called the Carpet America Recovery Effort, or CARE. I serve as the executive director. I am also the director of sustainability for the Carpet and Rug Institute. Finally, I manage an environmental engineering and consulting company in Florida. I am a Ph.D. chemist by training. The reason I share this is to establish the idea that I try to deal in facts and inf ... |
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| Topics: business, green living, InterActivist, interview, recycling (all these topics) |
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Diamond Off the Cuff
Mike D of the Beastie Boys drops science on green tours, politics, and Live Earth |
Sarah van Schagen |
06 Jul 2007 |
Arts and Minds |
| The Beastie Boys are (L to R) MCA, Adrock, and Mike D. Photo: Jennifer Hall "I'm recording [this interview] so I can send the tapes to Jerry Lewis; he archives all of my interviews," Beastie Boy Mike D deadpanned at the other end of the phone line. "In addition to being an all-around comedian and famous in France, he's very much a stickler for rec ... |
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| Topics: green living, interview, music (all these topics) |
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Good, Clean Fun
Susan Griffin-Black, purveyor of organic bath and body care products, answers readers' questions |
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08 Jun 2007 |
InterActivist |
| I am a bit disconcerted that EO still contains parabens in many of its products. Does EO intend to phase out parabens? -- Laura Kiesel, Washington, D.C. Susan Griffin-Black of organic body care company EO. All EO products are paraben-free and have been since April 2006. However, while we stopped formulating and manufacturing products with parabens, some retailers and di ... |
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| Topics: green living, green products, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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Captain EO
Susan Griffin-Black, purveyor of organic bath and body care products, answers Grist's questions |
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04 Jun 2007 |
InterActivist |
| Susan Griffin-Black. What work do you do? I am the co-CEO and co-founder of EO. I am also affiliated with Youth for Environmental Sanity, Pachamama Alliance, Marin Organic, the Organic Trade Association's Personal Care Task Force, and Campaign for Safe Cosmetics. How does it relate to the environment? EO is a certified organic, family-owned and -operated manufacturer of bath and ... |
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| Topics: green living, green products, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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Plumb and Plumber
Ed Del Grande, master plumber and how-to expert, answers readers' questions |
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25 May 2007 |
InterActivist |
| Wouldn't a composting toilet save even more water? What are their disadvantages as compared to the low-flush toilets you advocate? -- Jessica McNamara, Tonasket, Wash. Ed Del Grande, master plumber and how-to expert. Composting toilet systems are the ultimate water-saving toilets -- that's the good news. The disadvantage is that because it's a composting toilet "system," you nee ... |
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| Topics: green living, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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Plumber's Cracks
Ed Del Grande, master plumber and how-to expert, answers Grist's questions |
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21 May 2007 |
InterActivist |
| Ed Del Grande. What work do you do? I am a home-improvement TV host, master plumber, columnist, author, and how-to expert for Kohler Co. In my work for Kohler, I travel across the country to green building shows, consumer events, and industry trade shows to demonstrate new high-efficiency toilets that use less water without sacrificing quality or performance. My main title as of late -- though ... |
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| Topics: green living, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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Designs on You
Eric Henry, sustainable T-shirt maker extraordinaire, answers readers' questions |
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18 May 2007 |
InterActivist |
| What dyes do you use? What is the process the clothing goes through to become 100 percent sustainable? Does your company pollute at all through any of the processing? -- Brent Giacchetti, Minneapolis, Minn. Eric Henry, president of T-shirt maker T.S. Designs. Excellent question. To answer your last question directly: yes, we pollute. We use energy created by a coal-fired power plant; we ... |
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| Topics: fashion, green living, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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The Giving Tee
Eric Henry, sustainable T-shirt maker extraordinaire, answers Grist's questions |
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14 May 2007 |
InterActivist |
| Eric Henry. What work do you do? I am the president of T.S. Designs. How does it relate to the environment? We provide the highest-quality, most-sustainable printed T-shirts on the market. We define that as being made of organic cotton or other sustainable fibers, manufactured in the U.S., and printed and dyed with our environmentally friendly REHANCE process. We also want to be an example ... |
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| Topics: fashion, green living, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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Simply Tracey
Tracey Smith, advocate for simple living, answers readers' questions |
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27 Apr 2007 |
InterActivist |
| The best way I found to "downshift" my life was to get rid of my car and bike, walk, and use public transit more. How can we convince others that driving less -- not greenwashed cars -- is the best solution? -- Lisa Phillips, Chicago, Ill. Tracey Smith, advocate for simple living. What a refreshing question, and put forward with personal, positive experience too -- well done to you for mak ... |
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| Topics: green living, InterActivist, interview, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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Cloves to Home
Alisa Smith and James MacKinnon chew the fat on their 100-mile diet |
Kate Sheppard |
24 Apr 2007 |
Main Dish |
| Two years ago, Alisa Smith and James MacKinnon set out to see if it was still possible, in these hyper-globalized times, to live off food grown in your own 'hood. The pair made a pact to dine on dishes culled from within a 100-mile radius of their Vancouver, B.C., home for an entire year. Their personal experiment quickly evolved into a movement, and now Smith, a freelance journalist w ... |
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| Topics: books, food, green living, interview, local food, Vancouver (all these topics) |
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