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Has GM overdesigned the Volt? Is a 40-mile all-electric range too much?	Joseph Romm	01 Oct 2008	Gristmill
I have an article in today's Guardian online, 'Is the Chevy Volt just hype?' I argue that the key to the near-term success for plug-ins in this country is government incentives and mandates, which in turn will critically depend on the outcome of the presidential election. But that should not be a surprise, since no country in the world has achieved significant market penetration of an alternative-fuel vehicle without major government incentives and mandates. I noted ...
Topics: economy, green living, tax incentives, electric vehicles, cars, gas prices (all these topics)

Attention Catholics	David Roberts	01 Oct 2008	Gristmill
1. The pope is infallible. 2. The pope just had solar panels installed on the Vatican roof. 3. You must have solar panels installed on your house or you will go to hell. QED
Topics: green living, solar voltaic power, Religion and Spirituality, Vatican City (all these topics)

Pedal Power to the People! Umbra Fisk on commuting by bike		30 Sep 2008	Umbra Video
"Ask Umbra" is the first video series produced by Grist TV. Look for new video tips for greening your life from Umbra every other week starting Sept. 30. Grist's green living advice columnist offered up a taste of her video series last month with a sneak preview on which plastics to avoid. Watch it here. And check out the Umbra video trailer.
Topics: Ask Umbra, bikes, green living, health, video (all these topics)

The case for country Why I ditched D.C. and moved to rural Nebraska	Steph Larsen	30 Sep 2008	Gristmill
'You're moving where?! Why?!' Steph Larsen on the road in North and South Dakota Photo: ruralaffairs. This response was by far the most common among acquaintances when I told them excitedly that I was leaving my Washington, D.C. job directing the policy program at Community Food Security Coalition to be an organizer in rural Nebraska at the Center for Rural Affairs. Not that I blame them entirely; while I did grow up in Wisconsin, and I am not afraid of ...
Topics: politics, green living, Nebraska, placemaking (all these topics)

ReGeneration Roadtrip: Earthships ahoy! Living off-grid in a reclaimed gravel pit	Sarah van Schagen	30 Sep 2008	Gristmill
As sustainably minded folk, we tend to curse the environmental disruption that occurs when new roads are built through beautiful wilderness areas. But for a number of residents living just north of Taos, New Mexico, it was the creation of a nearby highway that actually helped pave the way for their unique community. That's because their homes are actually built in a reclaimed gravel pit -- taking land that was cast off as worthless and turning it ...
Topics: off-grid, green building, green living, New Mexico, ReGeneration Roadtrip, video (all these topics)

Apply Yourself How to find a green job		30 Sep 2008	From A to Green
Tune in to greener occupational pastures. You love the idea of making the world a cleaner, greener place. Wouldn't you also love to get paid for it? You just might be in luck: Green jobs are growing at an impressive clip. In fact, the very definition of a green job has changed dramatically. Once the purview of foresters, farmers, and environmental-science professors (and, yes, the occasional website editor), green jobs now exist in all sorts of ...
Topics: advice, business, From A to Green, green living (all these topics)

ReGeneration Roadtrip: For them, the bell tolls Bridging architecture and ecology at Arcosanti	Sarah van Schagen	29 Sep 2008	Gristmill
To get to Arcosanti, you must drive 70 miles north of Phoenix -- one of the fastest growing (read: sprawling) areas of the country, through gorgeous saguaro-covered desert hills to a 2.5 mile dirt road in the middle of the Arizona wilderness. At the end of that road, youll find what has been called one of this centurys most important urban habitat experiments. Yes, urban. The not-yet-fully realized vision of architect/urban designer/dreamer Paolo Soleri ...
Topics: green living, green building, Arizona, ReGeneration Roadtrip, placemaking, video (all these topics)

ReGeneration Roadtrip: Degrees of sustainability Living and learning at Arizona State University's School of Sustainability	Sarah van Schagen	29 Sep 2008	Gristmill
This is a guest post by my travel partner, Todd Dwyer, head blogger for Dell's ReGeneration.org, where this post originally appeared. ----- The folks at Arizona State University's Global Institute of Sustainability really rolled out the red green carpet for Sarah and me when we met them on a hot Friday afternoon. Through conversations with the school's key players and highly personalized tours of their facilities and features, they walked us through ev ...
Topics: Arizona, video, green living, LEED, green building, education, ReGeneration Roadtrip (all these topics)

Plate Tectonics On shifting to vegetarianism	Umbra Fisk	29 Sep 2008	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I recently became a vegetarian for environmental reasons. Everyone says I should start eating soy products and tofu. But doesn't soy come from evil industrial farms in Iowa? I thought the idea was to increase biodiversity, not just eat the same thing 20 different ways. Also, can I keep eating eggs and milk? Ben T. New Hampshire Dearest Ben, Why are people so dang bossy about food? There's a vein of "food as ...
Topics: advice, agriculture, Ask Umbra, food, green living, greenhouse-gas emissions, vegetarianism and veganism (all these topics)

Ask Umbra on GristTV Umbra's video archives		29 Sep 2008	Umbra Video
Pedal Power to the People! Umbra Fisk on commuting by bike � � Plast-ick! Umbra goes to video with tips on plastics Umbra to the Rescue! Watch a trailer for Umbra's upcoming video series �
Topics: Ask Umbra, green living, video (all these topics)

Iceland gives hydrogen the cold shoulder Electric vehicles crowd out hydrogen brethren at sustainable driving conference	Joseph Romm	27 Sep 2008	Gristmill
The following post is by Earl Killian, guest blogger at Climate Progress. ----- Iceland has long been touted as a hydrogen economy pioneer. So it is quite shocking that electric vehicles -- both plug-in hybrids and pure battery electric cars -- crowded out hydrogen at a recent Reykjav�k conference. Iceland is blessed with abudant hydro-electric opportunities, and currently generates 6.5 TWh (Terawatt hours, which is equal to a million megawatt hours) per year, ...
Topics: hydrogen, geothermal power, electric vehicles, cars, green living (all these topics)

Friday music blogging: Jenny Lewis A nine-minute country-fried epic from every indie boy's biggest crush	David Roberts	26 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Jenny Lewis came to indie fame as the singer for Rilo Kiley; since then, her profile has all but eclipsed theirs. (I'd bet their latest album, Under the Blacklight, is their last.) Her 2006 solo debut album Rabbit Fur Coat had critics all in a tizzy and, if I'm not mistaken, sold better than any Rilo Kiley album. I suspect her new album, Acid ...
Topics: green living, music (all these topics)

From Vengeance to Volt What's on our radar this week	Sarah K. Burkhalter, Holly Richmond	26 Sep 2008	The Grist List
By Sarah K. Burkhalter and Holly Richmond 26 Sep 2008 � Photo: Jon Furniss/WireImage.com That's why she hated Skinner Scully wanted to believe Armani would leave Fox Mulder alone after the designer promised to stop using fur -- but with his fall collection, the truth is out there. � Rabbit and go If we were eco-bunnies that needed a name, we'd be Isis Silvertower and Kate Wetthighs. Oh, not that kind of bunny? � Less bounce for the ounce Who's hit hardest by rising gas pri ...
Topics: green living, Grist List, lists (all these topics)

ReGeneration Roadtrip: Verde in Vegas Hitting the Vegas strip to see the world's largest LEED certified building	Sarah van Schagen	26 Sep 2008	Gristmill
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas ... except when it comes to spreading the news about exciting green ventures. To do that, Todd and I hit The Strip (official work business, I swear!) to visit the world's largest LEED certified building: the brand-new Palazzo Resort-Hotel. Situated next to the Venetian, amongst all the flashiness of Sin City, the Palazzo Hotel-Resort is 50 stories of luxurious and classic elegance -- built to LEED silver standard ...
Topics: LEED, green building, green living, ReGeneration Roadtrip, holiday, Nevada, video (all these topics)

That's My Bag, Baby Reusable shopping bags not so green if you don't use 'em		26 Sep 2008	News
Posted at 11:08 AM on 26 Sep 2008 These days, you can't swing a dead cabbage without hitting a reusable bag. The darlings of the environmental movement (totes, not cabbages) are increasingly being provided free or cheap to green-minded consumers. And they serve a good purpose: four or five reusable bags, used at least once a week, can replace the use of 520 plastic bags each year. But if not used for their intended purp ...
Topics: consumerism, green living, green products, news, shopping (all these topics)

Bar None Clif Bar's husband-and-wife CEO team talk about staying independent in a Big Organic world	Bonnie Azab Powell	25 Sep 2008	Grist Feature
Kit Crawford and Gary Erickson. Photo: Bart Nagel Walk into Clif Bar's Berkeley headquarters, and you might think you've entered greenie-nonprofit world: multiple recycling stations, cruiser bikes kept for employees' lunchtime use, and a fridge that serves as a pickup point for a local farm's community-supported agriculture program. Vending machines peddle Amy's O ...
Topics: business, food, green living, green products, greenish companies, organic food, shopping (all these topics)

Give 'Em a Hand Wal-Mart will slice use of plastic bags		25 Sep 2008	News
Posted at 12:10 PM on 25 Sep 2008 Wal-Mart aims to cut plastic-bag waste in its global operations by an average 33 percent over the next five years, the retail behemoth announced Thursday at the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative. And if you ever doubted that Wal-Mart is big, consider this: The move is expected to eliminate some 9 billion plastic bags each year, equating to more than 135 million pounds of trash by 2013. Wal-Mar ...
Topics: business, green living, greening biz operations, greenish companies, news, progress, shopping, Wal-Mart, waste (all these topics)

ReGeneration Roadtrip: Driving the future Tesla's motoring toward sustainability one sports car at a time	Sarah van Schagen	25 Sep 2008	Gristmill
If you wanna talk about moving toward a greener future, surely the sexiest way to do that is in a Tesla Roadster. This car goes 0-60 mph in 3.9 seconds -- faster than a Ferrari -- without guzzling a single drop of oil. All you need is about three hours plugged into the wall, and you're fully charged and ready to impress. Tesla has already delivered about 50 of the cars to eager buyers -- including familiar faces like Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Cloo ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, green living, ReGeneration Roadtrip, video (all these topics)

Swimming Lessons Learned Swimming in chlorinated pools linked to childhood asthma, study says		25 Sep 2008	News
Posted at 6:41 AM on 25 Sep 2008 Kids who swim regularly in outdoor chlorinated pools are up to five times more likely to develop asthma than youngsters who have never been in a chlorinated pool, according to a new study by Belgian researchers in the European Respiratory Journal. The same research team found a few years ago that kids who swim regularly in indoor chlorinated pools also experience an inc ...
Topics: green living, news, parenting, scientific research, toxics (all these topics)

Green Is the New Red-Handed Solar-panel thievery taking off in U.S.		24 Sep 2008	News
Posted at 4:57 PM on 24 Sep 2008 Solar-panel thievery, long a problem in Europe, has been gaining popularity recently in the United States courtesy of high energy prices, rising demand for solar, lax security measures to protect panels, and solar's sexy chic. (After all, you don't see anyone running off with your energy efficiency do you?) While no official statistics exist, solar panel burglary appears to be heaviest in Califo ...
Topics: energy, green living, news, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

Don't Have a Cow On small steps with big impacts	Umbra Fisk	24 Sep 2008	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, This year my family is not in the position to make any major CO2-reducing changes. We will not be purchasing a new car, a smaller house, or more efficient appliances. And honestly, with two small children living in a suburb, public transportation is not a realistic option. Still, we'd like to reduce our carbon footprint and help the environment. Would you be able to point out other meaningful, smaller changes ...
Topics: advice, air travel, Ask Umbra, carbon offsets, ecological footprint, green living, greenhouse-gas emissions, vegetarianism and veganism (all these topics)

ReGeneration Roadtrip: Google juice A quick stop at Google HQ	Sarah van Schagen	24 Sep 2008	Gristmill
During our travels in the Bay Area, Todd and I ended up near Mountain View and took the opportunity to make a quick stop at Google HQ. We were hoping for a tour and maybe a lunch at their super-sustainable cafeteria, but apparently the place is closed to the public so all we ended up with was a free bottle of juice. Well, that and a quick little video of the parking lot -- which is actually a lot more exciting than it sounds. The parking lot is covered wit ...
Topics: video, electric vehicles, solar voltaic power, green living, ReGeneration Roadtrip (all these topics)

It's no Portland Oregon's capital far behind its bigger sister	JMG	24 Sep 2008	Gristmill
From LoveSalem: So we were talking about keeping chickens as part of a scheme for implementing the "Food Not Lawns" ideal (Victory Gardening for The New Reality). Someone thought you could keep hens but not roosters. Someone else thought you couldn't keep either. It all led to an inquiry to the powers that be, who replied ... Read the rest if you dare.
Topics: Oregon, food, placemaking, green living (all these topics)

Learn, Baby, Learn Colleges given green grades		24 Sep 2008	News
Posted at 12:35 PM on 24 Sep 2008 How green is your alma mater? Check out the 2009 College Sustainability Report Card, which grades 300 U.S. and Canadian schools on their green practices. The colleges are evaluated in areas including climate and energy, food and recycling, green building, student involvement, and transportation. Many pass those categories with flying colors, but in areas "like shareholder engagement and endowment transparency . ...
Topics: education, green living, lists, news (all these topics)

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 ...
Topics: environmental movement, Environmental Defense Fund, shameless self-promotion, green living, books (all these topics)

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