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A Towering Achievement		06 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
A Towering Achievement An Australian power company is planning to build the world's tallest structure, in the name of a global campaign to encourage renewable energy use. Energy company Environmission plans to construct a solar tower in the middle of the Australian outback that would soar 3,300 feet into the air, or more than twice as high as the world's tallest building, Toronto's Canadian National Tower. The str ...
Topics: Australia, green living, renewable energy (all these topics)

Turning Japanese		16 Dec 2002	Daily Grist
Turning Japanese An Eco-Products exhibition held recently in Tokyo, Japan, attracted more than 100,000 visitors and no shortage of unusual inventions. The big-ticket item was, of course, Toyota's fuel-cell car, which has just been leased to the Japanese government, but there were plenty of other forms of green ingenuity on display as well. These ranged from the mundane (energy-saving domestic appliances and ...
Topics: green living, Japan, recycling, water pollution (all these topics)

Cell-ebrate		13 Dec 2002	Daily Grist
Cell-ebrate Every year, hundreds of millions of new cell phones come into the world -- and now, thanks to a deal brokered by the United Nations Environment Programme, when they leave the world, they may do so in a relatively eco-friendly fashion. Yesterday, the giants of the electronics industry (including market leaders Nokia, Motorola, Philips, and Samsung) promised to work with UNEP to pilot programs ensuring tha ...
Topics: green living, recycling, United Nations (all these topics)

The Best Defense On staying sane in a mad world	Elizabeth Sawin	12 Dec 2002	Global Citizen
A Czech friend of mine sent me an email during the recent NATO summit in Prague as American fighter jets stood by and riot police filled the streets. "Sometimes," she wrote, "I feel as though the world has gone mad." Her words spoke my own thoughts so clearly it was as though I were reading a message I'd sent to myself. Quiet riot police. Do you sense it too -- the recklessness of this moment? H ...
Topics: climate, energy, green living, toxics (all these topics)

Water We Thinking?		12 Dec 2002	Daily Grist
Water We Thinking? The U.S. has earned the dubious distinction of being the most wasteful user of water in the world, according to the first-ever Water Poverty Index. Developed by a team of British researchers, the index ranked 147 countries according to water resources, access, capacity, use, and environmental impact. The U.S., which has the highest per capita water use in the world, ranked 32nd overall, but last in efficien ...
Topics: green living, renewable energy (all these topics)

Wild Horses Couldn't Prius Away		11 Dec 2002	Daily Grist
Wild Horses Couldn't Prius Away Toyota Prius owners -- celebs and regular folks alike -- are doing more than saving money at the gas pump and curbing greenhouse-gas emissions: They're also making a political statement, thumbing their noses at Saddam Hussein, oil barons, and SUV owners everywhere. Wyatt Earp, a descendant of the legendary gunslinger, has purchased four hybrid-electric P ...
Topics: Cameron Diaz, cars, electric vehicles, green living, hybrids, Prius (all these topics)

Quid Pro Snow On snowy sidewalks	Umbra Fisk	10 Dec 2002	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, Being a new homeowner, I've realized the responsibility of keeping the sidewalk slip-proof during the winter months. Of course, shoveling will be the first line of defense, but that never seems to do the trick, often leaving that thin layer of slippery snow. And then there is the ice. I know that salt and sand can be fairly nasty to local rivers and streams (not to mention the white stains on my floors). So what are the best ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, water pollution (all these topics)

Wrapture On wrapping paper	Umbra Fisk	10 Dec 2002	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, Any suggestions on where to find recycled wrapping paper? I know the real environmental choice is to reuse stuff I have around the house, but sometimes newspaper, etc., just doesn't have the right look. Any ideas where I can find recycled/tree-free wrapping paper for the holiday season? I've been looking around (both online and off) but all I can find is rolls of brown packing paper. I want something a little more festive. Thanks, ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, holiday, recycling (all these topics)

Lifestyles of the Rich, Famous, and Recycled		06 Dec 2002	Daily Grist
Lifestyles of the Rich, Famous, and Recycled Having dispensed with the good news, we can now move on to the goofy news: Danny Seo, the young fashion guru who has been featured in Grist's pages before as the Martha Stewart of the environmental movement, is packing up his New York life and moving to Los Angeles to position himself as an "environmental lifestyle consultant" to the stars. In that unlike ...
Topics: California, green living, New York, recycling (all these topics)

Washed Up	Kaitlin Gregg	05 Dec 2002	Counter Culture
400 -- loads of laundry washed by a typical U.S. household in one year1 35 billion -- loads of laundry washed every year in the U.S.2 74 -- percentage of U.S. households with washers and dryers3 7 -- percentage of washing machines replaced by U.S. consumers each year3 81,000 -- annual electricity consumption, in gigawatt hours, of U.S. washers and dryers3 33 to 50 -- percentage reduction in energy use by high-efficiency washing machines compared to conventi ...
Topics: climate, green living, United States (all these topics)

Drag Your Computer to the Recycle Bin		05 Dec 2002	Daily Grist
Drag Your Computer to the Recycle Bin In an abrupt departure from past policy, high-tech giant Hewlett-Packard has announced that it will support California legislation requiring computer manufacturers to pay for safe disposal of electronic waste. In October, HP used its considerable clout as the world's largest maker of personal com ...
Topics: California, China, commercial and industry organizations, green living, health, pollution and waste, recycling, toxics (all these topics)

Americans' Waste Lines Expanding		04 Dec 2002	Daily Grist
Americans' Waste Lines Expanding One mantra of the environmental movement in the U.S. has been "reduce, reuse, recycle," but consumption patterns in the country reveal a nearly opposite trend: buy, use, discard. Disposable culture is on the rise across the country, and has been ever since single-use razors and disposable diapers hit the shelves in the 1960s. Now disposable cameras and disposable cell phones (the recently i ...
Topics: green living, recycling (all these topics)

The Organic Verses On organic food and farming	Umbra Fisk	26 Nov 2002	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I try to buy organic food where possible, but I notice that there is often a tradeoff with other factors. For example, organic food has often been shipped further and/or is more heavily packaged. How do I assess those tradeoffs? Ellen Watertown, Mass. Dearest Ellen, As I've mentioned before, the USDA national organic standards came into effect last month, an event that has caused both rejoicing and concern in t ...
Topics: advice, agriculture, Ask Umbra, CSAs, farmers markets, food, food and agriculture, green living, local food, organic food, sustainable ag (all these topics)

Just Spray No On fruit sprays and organic food	Umbra Fisk	26 Nov 2002	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, The tangerines I bought recently had this on the label: "Thiabendazole and/or orthopenylphenol and/or imazalil used as fungicides, and coated with food-grade shellac based wax or resin to maintain freshness." Presumably the shellac stays on the skin and does not affect the fruit, but what about the other products? What are these products and do we know what the impact of spraying or putting them on the ...
Topics: advice, agriculture, Ask Umbra, food, food and agriculture, green living, industrial ag, organic food, toxics (all these topics)

You Bet Your Borscht	Suzy Becker	18 Nov 2002	Ha.

Topics: green living, nuclear power, Ukraine (all these topics)

The Roof Is on Fire		15 Nov 2002	Daily Grist
The Roof Is on Fire By passing regulations to encourage developers to install green roofs, Portland, Ore., has become a pioneer in the growing worldwide ecoroof movement (what, you aren't a part of it yet?). Rooftops planted with vegetation such as ferns and wildflowers can reduce runoff after rainstorms by up to 90 percent and diminish a building's energy costs by 10 percent. The runoff reduction helps pre ...
Topics: green living, Oregon, water pollution, wildlife (all these topics)

Bunk Rock On sustainable bunk beds	Umbra Fisk	14 Nov 2002	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I've been looking for a sustainably harvested bunk bed for my five-year-old son for quite some time now. I have found only one company, Pacific Rim, that makes such an item. It seems like a great company, but it doesn't have exactly what I'm looking for. When I search online, all I read about are "super low, unbeatable prices," rather than the really important details, like whether it's any good for our planet. Do ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, logging (all these topics)

Mulch It Over On making mulch from paper	Umbra Fisk	14 Nov 2002	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I know this is a silly question, probably the strangest you've ever gotten, but I'm curious. Where I live, there isn't a place nearby to recycle paper. I reuse most of my paper as scratch paper and have attempted to make my own paper using a blender and a screen. The problem is, making my own paper isn't worthwhile, and I can't possibly use that much scratch paper. Besides, what do I do with the paper after I have use ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, gardening, green living (all these topics)

Keep Soap Alive On used soap	Umbra Fisk	14 Nov 2002	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, At a gym I go to, lots of guys pick up bars of soap, use them for two minutes, and then leave them (even though there is a liquid soap dispenser in the showers). Is there any good use for several pounds of partially used soap per day? Dennis Seattle, Wash. Dearest Dennis, I have some harebrained schemes for you, but there are some natural limitations on the success of used-soap projects. First, there is the cost/benefit limitati ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living (all these topics)

A Catalog of Ills		14 Nov 2002	Daily Grist
A Catalog of Ills Of the 17 billion catalogs mailed every year to American consumers (that's 59 catalogs for each and every one of us!), a surprising few contain recycled materials. An Environmental Defense survey released yesterday found that only six of 42 major catalog companies are using significant amounts of recycled paper, and most don't use any. Nary a sing ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, Environmental Defense Fund, green living, recycling (all these topics)

Staples Gunned		13 Nov 2002	Daily Grist
Staples Gunned In a milestone victory for trees and forest advocates, the office-supply giant Staples announced yesterday that it would phase out paper goods made from threatened forests and increase the average amount of recycled material in its paper products to 30 percent, up from the current average of less than 10 percent. No timetable has been se ...
Topics: California, commercial and industry organizations, green living, Massachusetts, recycling, wilderness (all these topics)

E Is for Environment New mysteries with an environmental bent	Michelle Nijhuis	13 Nov 2002	Arts and Minds
If the pen really is mightier than the sword, it seems like environmentalists should have worked themselves out of a job a long time ago. Take a stroll through almost any bookstore, and you'll find a nature-writing section full of lushly designed covers, beautifully turned prose, and impassioned arguments on behalf of the land. It looks like a slam-dunk for Team Green. But wander a few aisles over, ...
Topics: green living (all these topics)

Chips Ahoy ... Ahoy, Ahoy		12 Nov 2002	Daily Grist
Chips Ahoy ... Ahoy, Ahoy Think twice before you scrap that computer for the latest flat-screen iMac. Pound for pound, the average computer chip causes more harm to the environment than a car, according to a study by a team at the United Nations University in Tokyo. The researchers looked at all the materials (including chemicals and fossil fuels) required to transform raw quartz into a 32 MB memory chip that weighs two grams. ...
Topics: green living, United Nations (all these topics)

Time for a Change		12 Nov 2002	Daily Grist
Time for a Change No need to throw the dirty diapers out with the bathwater! Santa Clarita, Calif., a suburb of Los Angeles, is the first municipality in the United States to institute a diaper-recycling program, which will transform the soiled, disposable sacks of goodies into oil filters, roof shingles, and vinyl siding. Some 20 billion diapers are buried in U.S. landfills per year ...
Topics: California, green living, recycling, solid waste treatment and disposal (all these topics)

Uplifting News		11 Nov 2002	Daily Grist
Uplifting News If only Bob Dole had known, he could have raked in some environmental brownie points while touting Viagra as a wonder cure for erectile dysfunction: The little blue pill could be the saving grace for thousands of endangered animals, according to research published recently in the journal Environmental Conservation. Tigers, reindeer, and harp seals, among other endangered animals, have been hunted for thousands o ...
Topics: Asia, green living, wildlife (all these topics)

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