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Altar-native Energy
How to green your wedding |
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29 Apr 2008 |
From A to Green |
| No one wants to scrimp on matters of the heart. And not a lot of lovebirds want to pass up the chance to throw a meaning-laden bash with friends, family, and bubbly that ends in a sex-crazed vacation. Who could say no to that? But when it comes to weddings, there are greener ways to get hitched. Today, earth-friendlier versions of conventional weddings are blooming everywhere -- from "Days of Our Lives" to the pages of Modern ... |
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| Topics: advice, ecological footprint, From A to Green, green living, local food (all these topics) |
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Earth Day preachin'
By caring for God's creatures, we avert a second flood |
Ken Ward |
29 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This is a speech I delivered on Earth Day, April 20, 2008, at the Unitarian-Universalist First Church in Jamaica Plain, Mass. A software glitch prevented its publication on that day, but I believe it's still worth sharing. As Kurt Vonnegut once said, 'I wish I could bring light ... but there is no light. Everything is going to become unimaginably worse. If I lied to you about that, you would sense that I'd lied to you, and that would be another cause for gloom, and w ... |
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| Topics: climate change mitigation, climate science, green living, religion and spirituality, renewable energy, severe weather (all these topics) |
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I heart T. Yorke
Video of Radiohead's green performance on Conan |
Sarah van Schagen |
28 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Rather than take a transatlantic flight (the carbon footprint equivalent of driving for a whole year), Radiohead recorded a live performance in London for their 'appearance' on Late Night with Conan O'Brien last week. They played 'House of Cards,' a song with the refrain 'denial, denial' -- and dedicated it to 'that twat who walked away from the Kyoto agreement.' Heart! Here's the video: |
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| Topics: air travel, celebrity, green living, music, TV (all these topics) |
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The slow car movement
Easing off the gas eases gas use |
Eric de Place |
28 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| A few weeks ago, Clark wrote about truck drivers slowing down to economize on fuel. It's a great story, but was it a real trend or just anecdotal? Photo: Pietro Izzo Well, I'm here to report that there's some truth to it. Or at least some truthiness. A recent Congressional Budget Office paper examining the effects of gas prices found this: 'Freeway motorists have adjusted to higher prices by making fewer trips and driving more slowly.' That's surprisi ... |
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| Topics: energy, fuel efficiency, green living (all these topics) |
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Real green world
Video tours of the eco-pimped Real World: Hollywood house |
Summer Rayne Oakes |
28 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| In the midst of preparing for the launch of 250 hours of green programming for Discovery Planet Green, I got a call from my good friend Pete Griffin over at Think MTV. 'We have this idea to build a green house on the Real World,' he told me. 'Instead of creating a whole new green show, why not build it into one of the most watched programs on MTV?' Can anyone say brilliant? Well, we had a blast teaching the Hollywood cast a few things about saltwater poo ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, energy at home, green living, sex, TV (all these topics) |
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Rack and Forth
On hauling goods by bike |
Umbra Fisk |
28 Apr 2008 |
Ask Umbra |
| Hi Umbra, Love your column. I'm a daily bicycle commuter and coffee achiever. Here's a cool mug and handlebar mount [for the reader who asked about transporting coffee]. Cheers, John Denver, Colo. Dearest John, Thank you. Take a look at the Soma coffee mount John suggests, everyone -- it got rave reviews from beaucoup readers. Another fun beverage-toting suggestion was a whiskey-flask holder from Ahearne Cycles in Portland (than ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, bikes, cars, green living (all these topics) |
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Reunion Tour
Live Earth is back, so get ready to rock |
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28 Apr 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 10:02 AM on 28 Apr 2008 Mark your calendars for Oct. 5: Live Earth is back and ready to rock. Kevin Wall, founder of last summer's international concert extravaganza, says that the October shows will be held on U.S. college campuses, and the focus will be on pushing the presidential candidates to address environmental issues. Locations, bands, and all other specifics are yet to be determined, but will Dreamy Al be involved again? Sa ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, green living, music, news (all these topics) |
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See Spot sweat
Global warming could mean disease and dehydration for pets |
Erik Hoffner |
28 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Maybe you've been wondering about how rapid climate destabilization will effect pets. No? Well, maybe you should. This article in the latest issue of City Tails magazine broke the story recently, and according to them, it's not just the long-hairs that face a sweaty future. All domestic animals will be facing off against more disease vectors than ever before. So, if you know someone who can't countenance any so-called 'sacrifice' to do their part, just bring their belov ... |
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| Topics: animal welfare, climate change impacts, green living (all these topics) |
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Poll: Meat or not?
Are you a vegetarian? |
Grist |
27 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Tell us how you eat -- and then read an argument in favor of vegetarianism and heated reader responses.Poll under the fold: |
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| Topics: green living, vegetarianism and veganism (all these topics) |
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Driven to change
March small car sales up; SUV, truck sales down |
Joseph Romm |
26 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Is $3.25 to $3.50 a gallon the long-awaited for inflexion point for driving a shift in U.S. car-buying habits? Obviously we can't know for sure, but the Detroit News reported that 'cars outsold light trucks' in March. (One auto industry insider told me yesterday that this was only the second time that has ever happened in some two decades.) Yes, the recession no doubt had an impact on the sales of big, expensive vehicles. But since gasoline prices are going to mo ... |
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| Topics: Big Auto, business, cars, fuel efficiency, green living (all these topics) |
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From Burnin' Love to Burnin' Bras
What's on our radar this week |
Sarah van Schagen, Sarah K. Burkhalter |
25 Apr 2008 |
The Grist List |
| By Sarah van Schagen and Sarah K. Burkhalter 25 Apr 2008 Courtesy of Eco Elvis Goodness graceland Eco Elvis lives, and he's gyrating those hips to hits like "Viva Las Vegans," "A Hunk, A Hunk of Burnin' Globe," and "Compost Hotel." Just call him The King ... of recycling. Cansei de ser sustainable Brazilian band CSS (of iPod commercial fame) has lost bass player Ira Trevisan. Turns out climate change is her hot, hot sex. Low-h ... |
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| Topics: green living, Grist List, lists (all these topics) |
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Can't see the chest hair for the trees
Harrison Ford bares chest for deforestation |
Sarah van Schagen |
25 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Looking for the best way to "showcase the pain involved in deforestation"?Harrison Ford suggests a nice wax. |
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| Topics: celebrity, deforestation, green living (all these topics) |
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Kate tested, nature approved
Kate Hudson launches eco-friendly haircare line |
Sarah van Schagen |
25 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Kate Hudson's no fool ... her new haircare line, David Babaii For Wildaid, is free of sulfates, parabens, and animal products. The products were tested on Kate, not on animals -- and proceeds will benefit Wildaid, a wildlife conservation org. So jealous that she gets to hang out with these guys! |
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| Topics: celebrity, cutesy, green living, green products, wildlife (all these topics) |
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The Betty Crocker's Cookbook of low-carbon living
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JMG |
24 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| When I got to college, the best book I bought was a 3-ring notebook-style Betty Crocker's Cookbook. Not adventurous food, but for someone who knew very little about anything concerning food, it was a great first book. It assumes that you are reading a cookbook because you want to know what to do, step-by-step -- instead of just hinting, it lays it out, with pictures and plain language. Great stuff. A couple times a year my wife and I still will ask one another, 'What does Betty ... |
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| Topics: books, climate, food, green living, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics) |
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Jay Leno Earth Day videos
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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: |
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| Topics: climate, energy at home, funnies, green living, holiday, politics, TV (all these topics) |
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New bulb on the block
Spendy mercury-free LED bulb supposedly lasts 50,000 hours |
JMG |
24 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Somewhere, in school or on the job, every engineer learns about tradeoffs -- that there is no free lunch, and that, once a design is at all reasonable, gains in one dimension come at the cost of compromises in others. The shorthand statement of this is the pithy evergreen in design classes: 'Good, fast, and cheap. Pick two!' There's a new bulb out: a 13-watt LED array bulb with an integral diffuser, so you don't see the annoying space-craft look of little tiny rows of LE ... |
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| Topics: energy, energy at home, energy efficiency, green living, green products (all these topics) |
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In My Salad Daze
Here's a dressing that passes muster without cutting the mustard |
Roz Cummins |
24 Apr 2008 |
'Tis the Season |
| Now that spring is well and truly here, I can't wait for local produce to appear in the farmers' markets. In New England, that moment is still many weeks away, sadly, but at least now it seems possible -- unlike in the winter, when the farmers' markets I frequent show off piles of dirty snow, not heirloom tomatoes. I love to make and eat salad, so while I while away the weeks waiting for ... |
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| Topics: food, green living, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics) |
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What is the Vectrix?
Electric bike zips up Berkeley hills with ease |
Adam Browning |
24 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| An ex-girlfriend of mine placed great diagnostic weight on the following question: Would you rather have one cookie now or two cookies later? I am generally a two-cookies-later person, and she ... well, now that I think of it, she was more of a two-cookies-now kind of person, which explains ... Photo: Sonietta46 I digress. The point is that if you have been reading all the recent news about the Tesla and the Volt, and now Think is coming to America, a ... |
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| Topics: energy, green living, bikes, fuel efficiency, placemaking, electric vehicles (all these topics) |
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Do Not Pass Go
Monopoly game gets hip to renewable energy |
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23 Apr 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 4:31 PM on 23 Apr 2008 Photo: goat_girl via Flickr Refuse to play Monopoly because you fear Electric Company sources its power from coal? Fear not! Game-maker Hasbro is updating everyone's favorite interminable game, and in the Here and Now: World Edition, Water Works and Electric Company will be replaced with Wind Energy and Solar Energy. It's "a nod to the efforts of countries worldwide to increase the effectiveness and ... |
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| Topics: energy, green living, news, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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F*ck the Earth Day
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David Roberts |
23 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Warning: video below contains naughty words. Cover your ears. |
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| Topics: climate, climate change adaptation, funnies, green living, holiday (all these topics) |
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Strangers in the backyard
Why save the planet if you don't know who lives here? |
Miles Grant |
23 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| There were plenty of depressing numbers out there this Earth Day, from dwindling numbers of moose in Minnesota to ongoing honey bee decline. But to me, this takes the Prozac-frosted cake: a study found that while young people could identify a thousand corporate logos, they couldn't identify even a handful of plants and animals in their backyards. Will future generations care about protecting the planet if they can't even pick a starling out of a lineup? How can we ... |
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| Topics: advertising, biodiversity, education, green living, messaging, parenting (all these topics) |
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How Does Your Garden Grow?
Ontario plans to ban garden pesticides |
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23 Apr 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 1:14 PM on 23 Apr 2008 Photo: Laura Gibb The province of Ontario plans to ban the sale and use of garden pesticides. The legislation would keep lawn-owners in Canada's most populous province from using more than 70 chemicals present in more than 300 products. Critics cry double standard, though, as Ontario's golf courses, farms, and forests would be exempt from the ban. If approved, Ontario's pesticide regulations will ... |
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| Topics: Canada, gardening, green living, news, regulation, toxics (all these topics) |
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Blades of Glory
On planning a lawn |
Umbra Fisk |
23 Apr 2008 |
Ask Umbra |
| Umbra, I'm not a big fan of lawns, but I do want some nice grass cover on at least part of my yard, especially the steep slope on the side of the house. I was looking into native grass species, but from what I've found so far the warm weather grasses native to the Northeast are more like hay than the stuff on a typical lawn. Should I just suck it up and buy some grass seed, or do you have a better idea? Dennis Hopatcong, N.J. Dearest ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living (all these topics) |
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Join the Flock
Browse the web like an eco-chic geek |
Ashley Braun |
23 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The eco-revolution will not be televised. This time, it's on the web in the form of a sleek new web browser at Flock.com. If you want to keep tabs on the latest green scene while staying caught up on whatever your friends are doing, then the Flock Eco browser is all you need. Based on the Mozilla/Firefox setup, Flock allows you to be logged into all your social networks at once -- Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, Twitter, etc. -- while at the same time collecting your fave ... |
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| Topics: green living, shameless self-promotion, tech, websites (all these topics) |
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More Pollan blogging: morals vs. values
Everyday choices depend more on culture, infrastructure, economics, and values |
Adam Stein |
23 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| I see Maywa beat me to the 'I really like Michael Pollan, but ... ' post. I too was disappointed with Pollan's answer to the question of 'Why Bother?' As in, why bother taking personal steps to reduce one's contribution to climate change? I will say this, though: the article did sharpen my thinking about why I think we should bother. One of the things I've always admired about Pollan's writing is his knack for delivering sly polemic that hangs equally on scientific arg ... |
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| Topics: green living, climate, economy, ecological footprint, climate change mitigation (all these topics) |
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