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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: climate, climate change mitigation, ecological footprint, economy, green living (all these topics) |
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Virtual water, part 2
Interactive poster from German designer |
Maywa Montenegro |
22 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| German designer Timm Kekeritz took the 'virtual water' data that Sarah posted about from Waterfootprint.org and created this cool interactive poster. We featured Timm's work in the February issue of Seed (not online, but Treehugger wrote about it), which prompted me to order a giant paper version of the double-sided poster. With one side devoted to 'footprints of nations' and the other side showing the water 'inside' products, this enormous and graphically riveting ... |
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| Topics: art, ecological footprint, green living, water crisis (all these topics) |
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Quit recycling
Celebrate Earth Day by ditching annoying green clichés |
Ashley Braun |
22 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| I'm all about the three R's that have been the standby of every Earth Day since 1970: reduce, reuse, recycle. Got it. Even so, this Earth Day, I'm beseeching the world to do the unthinkable: stop recycling ... those annoying green clichés, that is. I think it's gee-golly-swell that environmental issues have started gaining such mainstream momentum recently, but if I read, see, or hear another overly trite use of 'It is/is not easy being green!' or 'An Inconvenient X, ... |
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| Topics: funnies, green living, holiday, messaging, recycling (all these topics) |
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A very important Earth Day message
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David Roberts |
22 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: green living, messaging, music (all these topics) |
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Come Ply with Me
Putting a bounty of paper towels to the test |
Katharine Wroth |
22 Apr 2008 |
The Bottom Line |
| Are your paper towels poisoning the planet? OK, I admit it: it's not the sexiest product to test. Hard as I tried to convince a recent pair of weekend houseguests to take part in my experiments, they left without touching a single sheet. But paper towels are an everyday item that can make a big impact -- not just on your countertops, but on the planet. (And hey, we can't all get the beer-tasting gig.) ... |
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| Topics: advice, green cleaning, green living, green products, The Bottom Line (all these topics) |
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Get That Green Collar Dirty
The candidates are overlooking the ultimate green-collar job |
Anna Lappé |
22 Apr 2008 |
Grist Feature |
| Amid the din of the Pennsylvania primary and Earth Day, it seems a fitting time to talk about where the Democratic candidates stand when it comes to Mother Earth. Have the leading Dems forgotten America's greenest job? Photo: Freaking News Both candidates have called for ushering in a new green economy. Sen. Barack Obama has stressed that a green economy would not only save on energ ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, food, green living, politics (all these topics) |
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Pollan envy
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David Roberts |
22 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| For people involved in the TV business, I imagine watching The Wire -- David Simon's novelistic depiction of big-city dysfunction on HBO -- generates mixed feelings. On one hand: Damn that's good. On the other: Damn. That's really good. It makes what once seemed excellent appear merely adequate; what was once adequate now worthless. It has transcended its medium and made those still laboring within its received limitations seem ... diminished. That's how I feel when ... |
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| Topics: climate, environmental movement, green living, TV (all these topics) |
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Bambi Would Be Proud
Walt Disney Co. gets into nature |
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22 Apr 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 1:40 PM on 22 Apr 2008 The Walt Disney Company has announced a new film division that will focus on nature documentaries. The creatively named Disneynature will aim to produce two films every year starting in 2009, hoping to catch the interest of some of the viewers who flocked to Warner Bros.' March of the Penguins and the Discovery Channel/BBC series "Planet Earth." Keep your eyes out for the Disney-produced Earth in 20 ... |
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| Topics: business, green living, movies, news (all these topics) |
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Me, worry?
Most Americans don't believe global warming will pose a threat to them |
Maywa Montenegro |
22 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| A new series of Pew polls shows public concern for climate change is out of sync with the science: |
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| Topics: green living, climate, climate change skepticism (all these topics) |
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Virtual water is the new carbon footprint
Calculate how much water your lifestyle requires |
Sarah van Schagen |
21 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Remember when calculating your carbon footprint was all the rage? Ah, those were the days ... but the carbon crisis is so yesterday's news. The Next Big Thing is the water crisis, and as such, I present a little website called Waterfootprint.org.Use it to calculate your individual water footprint -- or see how much H2O the stuff you're consuming (from apples to cotton tees to red wine) is sucking up. |
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| Topics: water crisis, websites, ecological footprint, green living (all these topics) |
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Sharing is Glaring
On energy-hog roommates |
Umbra Fisk |
21 Apr 2008 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, My roommate takes 45-minute showers, does 10 loads of laundry a day, and spends her days watching show after show on TV. What is a nice or subtle way to get her to "cool down" (she didn't like us secretly turning down the water heater)? Thanks, Tested Tom Belmont, Calif. Dearest Tom, Obviously the nice way is to courteously ask. We'll assume this was attempted and failed. Did you read my recent effort to ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, education, energy, energy at home, green living (all these topics) |
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Who Needs Hallmark?
This year, send your friends the Grist.org Earth Day e-card |
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21 Apr 2008 |
Grist Feature |
| Click to enlarge Inspire your friends to action -- or at least to chuckle -- with our Earth Day e-card. Just enter your e-mail, their e-mail, and any message of your own you'd like to add. (We won't share, sell, or frankly even look at your e-mail addresses -- pinky swear.) /** * DHTML email validation script. Courtesy of SmartWebby.com (http://www.smartwebby.com/dhtml/) */ function echeck(str) { v ... |
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| Topics: funnies, green living, holiday (all these topics) |
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Pet Scan
Cats and dogs contaminated with chemicals, says study |
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21 Apr 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 9:18 AM on 21 Apr 2008 Fido and Fluffy are contaminated with higher levels of toxic chemicals than humans are, according to a report from the Environmental Working Group. In a test of the blood and urine of dozens of cats and dogs, researchers found 48 industrial chemicals. The contamination likely comes from such actions as gnawing on plastic toys, sleeping on fire-retardant-covered furniture, frolicking on pesticide-lade ... |
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| Topics: animal welfare, green living, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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Friday music blogging: Cloud Cult
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David Roberts |
18 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| We've done a lot of gushing on this site about the ecologically and musically righteous band Cloud Cult. See Sarah here, or me here, here, and here. Also I interviewed singer Craig Minewa here, and we put the band on our top 15 list here. So I won't go over all of it again. Instead I'll just point out that they have a new album -- Feel Good G ... |
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| Topics: music, green living (all these topics) |
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Paint by number
Seattle artist illustrates statistics on waste, health, and consumption |
Adam Browning |
18 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| A graphic -- very graphic -- look at the numbers that define America. |
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| Topics: air travel, art, deforestation, e-waste, green living, health, recycling, waste (all these topics) |
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Down to the Last Drop
Nalgene, Wal-Mart back away from BPA |
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18 Apr 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 4:08 PM on 18 Apr 2008 Bottle manufacturer Nalgene will stop using plastic containing bisphenol A in response to concerns from the National Toxicology Program and the Canadian health department that the chemical probably shouldn't be sucked on by kids. Nalgene says it still believes its clear, hard plastic bottles "are safe for their intended use" but says it's responding to customers who "indicated they preferr ... |
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| Topics: business, food, green living, green products, health, news, shopping, toxics (all these topics) |
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Cool paint job
Reflective paint and glaze can reduce the need for A/C in your car |
Joseph Romm |
18 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The following post is by Earl Killian, guest blogger at Climate Progress. ----- California's AB 32 cap on greenhouse gas emissions has its regulatory agencies working to find a set of measures that will amount to savings enough to cut 2020 emissions by about 30 percent. Since 12 years is too short to change California's vehicle fleet or its power plants, myriad measures are being considered, each rather small but hoped to make a difference cumulatively. One such ef ... |
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| Topics: cars, climate, fuel efficiency, green living, greenhouse-gas emissions, tech (all these topics) |
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Slurps of joy
Nalgene dumps estrogenic ingredient |
Fawn Pattison |
18 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Have you been fretting over the reports of gender-bending pollutants leaching from reusable water bottles? Finally, some good news: Nalgene is dumping polycarbonate plastic, according to a report in The New York Times today. Nalgene made its decision in response to Health Canada's announcement earlier this week that it would list bisphenol A as a toxicant. BPA is the estrogenic plastic additive that makes polycarbonate a dubious choice for food and beverage contain ... |
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| Topics: food, green living, health, toxics (all these topics) |
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From Banana to Bell
What's on our radar this week |
Sarah van Schagen, Sarah K. Burkhalter |
18 Apr 2008 |
The Grist List |
| By Sarah van Schagen and Sarah K. Burkhalter 18 Apr 2008 Organic Banana? We're split on Banana Republic's new Green Collection. Just 5 percent eco -- and 95 percent ick? This shirt is bananas. Photo: antiadvertisingagency.com Stick it to 'em Sweatshop sneakers? You don't need it. Blood diamond bling? You don't need it. Low-mpg SUV? No lo necesitas. So what do you need? These stickers. Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage.com Yes we Connelly Thirsty? Take a sip of ... |
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| Topics: green living, Grist List, lists (all these topics) |
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