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Truth or falsetto
Inconvenient Truth gives an encore -- as an opera |
Sarah van Schagen |
29 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Climate change ain't over 'til the fat Albert sings ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, green living, heroes (all these topics) |
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A fool and his money
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David Roberts |
29 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| I'm guessing these people just want attention, so I'll give them a little: Conservative grassroots group Grassfire.org wants people to waste as much energy as possible on June 12 by 'hosting a barbecue, going for a drive, watching television, leaving a few lights on, or even smoking a few cigars.' But only a little. |
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| Topics: dumbassery, energy, green living, holiday, websites (all these topics) |
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Metro Effectual
City residents emit less CO2, study says |
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29 May 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 6:58 AM on 29 May 2008 Residents of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the United States emit less carbon dioxide pollution per capita than the U.S. average, according to a new study. The Brookings Institution analyzed data on household and transportation energy use and found that the average U.S. resident was responsible for about 2.87 tons of carbon pollution a year, but that residents of the U.S.'s 100 largest metro areas ... |
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| Topics: green living, news, placemaking, United States, urban planning (all these topics) |
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Heating heaven
Early appearances of climate change in popular literature |
Erik Hoffner |
28 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Last week, I picked up a copy of the newly reissued 1971 Ursula Le Guin classic The Lathe of Heaven, which takes place in dystopic, post-collapse Portland, Ore., circa 2002 or so. It's typical brilliance from Le Guin, of whom I can't read enough, but I was interested to see that the novel begins by describing Mt. Hood devoid of snow due to the greenhouse effect. The climate is entirely different from that of the 1960s, with blue skies a thing of the past and rainfall pa ... |
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| Topics: books, climate, climate change impacts, green living, Portland (all these topics) |
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Recount
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David Roberts |
28 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| I watched Recount last night, and my god, it is a gut punch. |
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| Topics: green living, movies, politics, shenanigans (all these topics) |
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Michigan WIC whacks organic
Evidently, women, infants, and children in need don't deserve organic |
Tom Philpott |
28 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The Women, Infants, and Children program provides food aid to 'low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to age five who are found to be at nutritional risk,' according to the USDA website. The federal government funds the program through grants to states, which then decide how to allocate the cash. Evidently, in Michigan -- a state undergoing severe economic strain -- some bureaucrats have bought into ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, food, green living, health, Michigan, organic food, parenting, shopping (all these topics) |
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Confirmed it through the grapevine
Brangelina drink to life on an organic vineyard |
Sarah van Schagen |
27 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Back in August, we hinted at the possibility that Brad and Ange were looking to sample some eco-friendly wineries. But now we've heard official word (through the grapevine) that they've chosen a lovely organic variety in the south of France. The Jolie-Pitts have purchased Château Miraval, a 1,000-acre property featuring two swimming pools, two gyms, 20 fountains, a lake, a moat, and a lush organic vineyard. The $60 million estate also includes 35 bedrooms -- ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, food, France, gossip, green living, organic food (all these topics) |
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Miles Outlandish
How to green your commute |
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27 May 2008 |
From A to Green |
| With a greener commute, you might even look forward to Mondays. Greening your life in lots of areas is a relatively simple affair, involving you, your conscience, and your wallet. Greening your commute is a tad bit more complicated, involving you, your conscience, and your job -- that annoyingly mandatory life entity that puts scratch in the aforementioned wallet. Complicating matters further, the eco-level of your commute depends to a gr ... |
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| Topics: advice, cars, climate, From A to Green, green living (all these topics) |
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Gonna wash that orangutan right out of my hair
New website shows which shampoos, foods kill lovable primates |
Glenn Hurowitz |
27 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| While doing the research for a Los Angeles Times op-ed about the dangers and prevalence of palm oil, I came across a great new website from the Rainforest Action Network. It lists hundreds of products that contain this orangutan-killer. (In case you haven't been following palm oil coverage on Grist and elsewhere, rainforests -- the homes of the orangutans and many other rare creatures -- are being destroyed at the fastest rate in history in Indonesia and Malaysia to m ... |
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| Topics: animal welfare, grassroots activism, green living, habitat loss, shopping, websites (all these topics) |
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Deforestation
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David Roberts |
26 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The T-shirt. |
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| Topics: deforestation, fashion, green living, shopping (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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From Oprah to Okra
What's on our radar this week |
Sarah van Schagen |
23 May 2008 |
The Grist List |
| Photo: E. Charbonneau/WireImage.com The color green Oprah Winfrey has gone meat-free, and she's using the "V word." No, we're not talking "vajayjay" ... we're talking "vegan." Consider this news tops on our list of Favorite Things. Meat lovers need not apply Single green seeking same for two awkward minutes of eco-chat over generous doses of liquid courage. Please, no coal gasification. If conversation is susta ... |
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| Topics: green living, Grist List, lists (all these topics) |
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Certified organic, fair-trade free riders
If you support the standards but not the certifiers, then what? |
JMG |
22 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| At my local Saturday farmers market, I stopped to buy some coffee at the local roaster's booth. I was eying the wares when I noticed that the spendy bags of coffee ($9 for 12 oz.) labeled 'Fair Trade' didn't have the any independent certification of that fact. I asked the guy behind the booth, and he said, 'Well, it is fair trade coffee, and the owners pay the fair trade price, but they don't want to pay for the label mark because it just pays people here in the U.S. -- ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, farmers markets, food, green living, organic food, shopping (all these topics) |
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Plastic makes a comeback
Recycled plastic products gain ground |
Tia Ghose |
22 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The New York Times has an interesting article up about recycled plastic products. They're profiling a company called Recycline, which makes those bright green recycled plastic cutting boards, strawberry red colanders, and even toothbrushes. According to the article: Recycline's products, sold under the Preserve brand, make new products out of things that would otherwise be likely to end up in landfills. The company uses mostly recycled polypropylene, much of it from ... |
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| Topics: green living, greenish companies, innovation, recycling (all these topics) |
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How to explain peak oil to everybody (even Paris Hilton)
Target your peak oil message to your audience |
Sharon Astyk |
22 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Photo: Eric Neitzel/WireImage.Peak oil is all over the place. The cover of the Wall Street Journal, CNN, you name it. The peak has tipped into the consciousness of the world. And those of us who were aware before are going to be fielding some questions. So it pays to have a response ready for the latecomers. It has occurred to me that there must be a simple way of explaining peak oil to everyone -- but most solutions have concentrated on creating a single simp ... |
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| Topics: energy, green living, oil, TV (all these topics) |
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Fishing for Answers
Lessons from a sustainable-food conference at the Monterey Bay Aquarium |
Roz Cummins |
22 May 2008 |
'Tis the Season |
| Information you can eat. Photo: Monterey Bay Aquarium/Randy Wilder A couple of months ago, I wrote about how the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California comes up with its wallet-sized cards -- the ones that tell us what seafood choices are sustainable. I got so interested in the topic that when I got an invitation to attend the aquarium's annual Cooking for Solutions conference, ... |
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| Topics: food, green living, oceans, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics) |
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Waxing altruistic
Harrison Ford's chest wax as PSA |
Sarah van Schagen |
21 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Remember that whole "Harrison Ford got a chest wax to illustrate the pain of deforestation" thing? Yeah, here's the resulting PSA for Conservation International: Check out the behind-the-scenes footage. |
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| Topics: celebrity, deforestation, green living (all these topics) |
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The Drop Heard 'Round the World
On water conservation |
Umbra Fisk |
21 May 2008 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, We are doing a NW Earth Institute discussion course on sustainability here at work, and someone asked, "Is it necessary for us to conserve water here in Portland despite seeming abundance and replenishment? If so, why?" My response was not as strong or compelling as I would like. Can you help? Rick Reber Portland, Ore. Dearest Rick, What was your response? It's hard to be more compelling if I d ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, climate, energy at home, green living, water crisis (all these topics) |
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Tired
Wired magazine bursts a blood vessel doing its contrarian thing |
David Roberts |
21 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| To your right, you'll see the cover of this month's Wired magazine. The premise of the issue is that climate change is now the only eco-problem that matters, but to solve it, we'll have to slaughter the sacred cows of environmentalism. (2001 called. It wants its framing device back.) So what are these heresies that Wired's Strawman Enviro so clings to? The Tired: Yes, yes, nuclear power is the only way to stop climate change and enviros who don't embrace nukes ar ... |
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| Topics: carbon offsets, climate, climate change mitigation, dumbassery, green living, magazines, nuclear power (all these topics) |
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Town meeting fun
Small-town politics meets big-time energy crisis |
Katharine Wroth |
21 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Last night I went to the town meeting where I live, which -- well, if you've never lived anywhere podunk enough to have a town meeting, you're missing out. This one was just as I remember them from my childhood, though PowerPoint has replaced mimeographed pages: ambition, exhaustion, confusion, and the one crusty, bearded guy who has to argue every point. After a presentation by the head of the municipally owned utility, a tall, thin audience member in a tan suit an ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, energy at home, green living, oil, politics, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Strangers in disguise
Coming to terms with the reality of a world of refugees |
Sharon Astyk |
20 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| There's definitely a survivalist streak building in the environmental movement. Mainstream newspapers are starting to run stories about survivalism. There are quite a few people who hear that the energy peak or climate change is coming and believe that building up their stocks of ammo and heading for the hills is the way to go. I recognize, even if I do not share, that impulse: It is the impulse to protect your own, the panic you feel when you realize that your socie ... |
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| Topics: climate equity, climate change impacts, religion and spirituality, green living (all these topics) |
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Made In a Shave
A dozen men's shaving creams get put to the blade |
Tom Philpott |
20 May 2008 |
The Bottom Line |
| The best a man can get? For men, shaving surely ranks as one of our most bizarre daily rituals: We take a razor-sharp blade, scald it hot with water, and scrape the hair off of our faces and necks -- even the regions over our jugular veins. Yikes. And to complicate matters yet more, we tend to lubricate the process with gels and foams full of all sorts of dodgy and toxic chemicals. Like the hard sla ... |
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| Topics: advice, green living, green products, shopping, The Bottom Line (all these topics) |
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Mazzocchi, Speth, and capitalism's future
Ted Glick on two new books that address capitalism and the environment |
Guest author |
20 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The following is a guest essay from Ted Glick, a long-time activist who's been involved in the climate movement since 2003 and the progressive social change movement since 1968. ----- "Capitalism as we know it today is incapable of sustaining the environment." -- James Gustave (Gus) Speth, in The Bridge at the End of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability The Bridge at the End of the World, by J ... |
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| Topics: books, business, green living (all these topics) |
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Putting the fun between your legs
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JMG |
19 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| A very good blog aimed at recumbent bike riders has morphed into what will probably be an even better blog for all riders: EcoVelo. |
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| Topics: bikes, green living (all these topics) |
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Whatever Speeds Your Boat
Hybrid speedboat makes its debut |
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19 May 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 1:28 PM on 19 May 2008 You knew it had to happen sometime -- luxury speedboats have gone green! Well, at least one has: California resource officials got a ride Friday in what Austrian manufacturer Frauscher Bootswerft says is the world's first hybrid recreational boat. The speedy, sleek 25-footer has a combo electric-diesel engine. California Resources Secretary Michael Chrisman's reaction after his ride around San Francisco ... |
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| Topics: green living, hybrids, innovation, news (all these topics) |
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