 Stories About: green living
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Global Village
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18 Feb 2003 |
Daily Grist |
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| Topics: green living, Iraq, Middle East, New York, New Zealand, United Nations (all these topics) |
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Rose-colorado Glasses
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18 Feb 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Rose-colorado Glasses Colorado residents overwhelmingly support the use of renewable resources over fossil fuels, according to a new study by the Wells Fargo Public Opinion Research Program of the University of Colorado at Denver. Three out of every four of the survey's respondents said the state should meet its energy demands through boosting efficiency rather than increasing gen ... |
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| Topics: Colorado, energy, green living, hydropower, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics) |
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Housecapades
On homegrown activism |
Umbra Fisk |
12 Feb 2003 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, I have been changing my way of living in the past year or so to become more environmentally friendly. I have been recycling (my city recycles almost everything) and I started composting. I have been cutting meat out of my life, and I have been surrounding my home with plants and herbs. I buy biodegradable, organic products that haven't been tested on animals. I've also signed online petitions and became a member of Greenpea ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, grassroots activism, green building, green living, placemaking (all these topics) |
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Mosquito Veto
On mosquitoes |
Umbra Fisk |
12 Feb 2003 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, Our 50-gallon hot water tank has been converted to a rainwater catchment. Due to the open space around the gutter that feeds rainwater into the tank, it is difficult to seal off the catchment to prevent entry and exit of mosquitoes, and they just love to use the catchment to breed. Can I use something natural to discourage them? Rebecca Dearest Rebecca, The eager Culicidae family, like their fellow insects and some of the rest of ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Deplored of the Rings
On wedding rings |
Umbra Fisk |
12 Feb 2003 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, Help! I am getting married soon and I need to know what I should do about rings. I know that mining for metals and gems is very destructive, and I am also concerned about supporting civil war in Africa through a diamond purchase. Is my only environmentally friendly option to forgo the engagement and wedding rings? Thanks, Kathleen, Oakland, Calif. Dearest Kathleen, Good for you for caring, and congratulations on you ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, mining, toxics (all these topics) |
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Have a Heart
How to have a Valentine's Day with a conscience |
The Green Guide |
12 Feb 2003 |
Earthly Possessions |
| Friday is Valentine's Day, but while you're buying bonbons and bouquets, be sure to be sweet to the planet, too. If Hershey's, Hallmark, and FTD aren't your idea of romance, never fear: Eco-friendly options smell good, taste good (well, maybe not the flowers), and just might land you a date. Flowers Don't say it with flowers -- unless they're organic. In 2001, Americans spent an estimated $50 per capita ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, environmental justice, food, green living, holiday, organic food, politics (all these topics) |
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Have a Heart
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12 Feb 2003 |
Daily Grist |
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| Topics: education, Environmental Working Group, food and agriculture, green living, toxics (all these topics) |
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The Reilly Factor
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12 Feb 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| The Reilly Factor Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas Reilly (D) yesterday threw his weight behind opponents of a plan to build a wind farm off the state's coast. In a friend-of-the-court brief filed in federal court, Reilly argued that the seabed of Nantucket Sound belongs to the federal government and therefore cann ... |
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| Topics: Army Corps of Engineers, energy, environmental justice, green living, Massachusetts, oceans, politics, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics) |
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Last Call
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11 Feb 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Read more about: green living Last Call Those loyal readers who have already filled out the Unbelievably Scintillating Grist Survey may now go back to their coffee and email after absorbing the waves of gratitude we're sending your way. If you haven't yet done so, however, please take a few minutes (heck, maybe six) to share your ideas about the future of Grist. We'll be forever grateful, and you just might win a new pair of shoes. This is the last such pesky reminder you'll receive from us, we ... |
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| Topics: green living (all these topics) |
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'Til Cruise Do Us Part
On cruises |
Umbra Fisk |
06 Feb 2003 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, My husband, though a very warmhearted man, does not follow the environmental tides quite as much as I do. He would desperately like to take a cruise for our second honeymoon. I know cruise ships dump waste in the oceans and are not good for the ecosystem in general, but could you tell me which cruise lines are the most environmentally conscious? In the spirit of compromise, I have agreed to go, but would like to make the ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, oceans, travel, waste, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Styro-Tome
On Styrofoam |
Umbra Fisk |
06 Feb 2003 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, I continue to avoid buying Styrofoam, but I don't really know why. In middle school, I remember being told not to chew on Styrofoam cups because the action of breaking the Styrofoam would deplete the ozone and ingesting it would make me ill. This information, given to me by the lunchroom woman, is all I seem to have on the material. What is it with Styrofoam? Why should we avoid it? Sincerely, Sundee Chicago, Ill. Dearest ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, greenhouse-gas emissions, ozone, waste (all these topics) |
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Polling Your Chain
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05 Feb 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Read more about: green living Polling Your Chain Every environmentalist worth her or his salt has heard of the USGS -- the Unbelievably Scintillating Grist Survey. We're not mapping natural gas deposits beneath the Rocky Mountains; we're mapping the future of the best and funniest environmental magazine around. To do so, we need your input, so please take this wicked-fun survey and tell us how we can make Grist even better. In exchange, you get good karma, boundless Grist gratitude, and a shot a ... |
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A Spoonful of Sugar Makes the Sustainability Go Down
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05 Feb 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| A Spoonful of Sugar Makes the Sustainability Go Down The United Nations isn't generally thought of as a marketing entity -- but a little marketing savvy is just what's needed to encourage sustainable consumption habits worldwide, according to the U.N. Environment Programme. Right now, the organization says, only 5 percent of people in developed countries maint ... |
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| Topics: business, environmental non-government organizations, green living, population, United Nations (all these topics) |
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Solar, Without Flair
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04 Feb 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Solar, Without Flair President Bush's proposed budget for the government's 2004 fiscal year doesn't contain much good news for renewable energy advocates: Total research funding for the Energy Department's energy efficiency and renewable energy programs would increase just 0.1 percent. Last summer, though, the feds apparently had enough money to purchase a solar-energy system to heat the pres ... |
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| Topics: Department of Energy, green living, politics, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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L.A. Sob Story
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03 Feb 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| L.A. Sob Story Los Angeles gets plenty of sunshine, but the city government has dropped the ball on boosting solar power and other clean-energy sources. Almost four years after the launch of a $40 million initiative meant to shift the city toward renewable power sources, the L.A. Department of Power and Water has increased the amount of clean energy it produces by less than half a percentage point, an ... |
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| Topics: energy, green living, nuclear power, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Catalog of Thrills
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Suzy Becker |
03 Feb 2003 |
Ha. |
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| Topics: green living, recycling (all these topics) |
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Bill Clinton Gathers No Moss
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03 Feb 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Bill Clinton Gathers No Moss Former President Bill Clinton will take to the stage with the Rolling Stones this Thursday at an L.A. concert aimed at raising awareness about the looming problem of climate change. Clinton won't be playing the sax, but he will be blowing his metaphorical horn in a speech about the need to tackle global warming, says the Natural Resources Defense Council, organizer of the gig. The show will ... |
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| Topics: Bill Clinton, climate, green living (all these topics) |
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We've Got Mail
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29 Jan 2003 |
Daily Grist |
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| Topics: Antarctica, education, green living, toxics (all these topics) |
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Sweet Carolina
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29 Jan 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Sweet Carolina For the first time, residents of North Carolina will be able to buy their electricity from renewable sources such as wind, solar, and biomass. Under "NC Greenpower," a new plan approved by the state earlier this week, industrial electricity customers can choose to pay about 2.5 extra cents per kilowatt hour for green power; residential consumers would pay roughly ... |
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| Topics: energy, green living, North Carolina, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics) |
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Super-efficient Cheeseheads
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28 Jan 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Super-efficient Cheeseheads Going green could save Wisconsin more than $225 million over the next two years, according to a coalition of state environmental groups. Yesterday, the groups released a "Green Budget" itemizing ways Wisconsin could save money while protecting the environment. One of the budget's simplest recommendations -- using more efficient lighting and turning ... |
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| Topics: business, green living, placemaking, pollution and waste, Wisconsin (all these topics) |
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Liquid Assets
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27 Jan 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Liquid Assets Saudi Arabia is home to the world's largest oil reserves, but it's desperately short on another, equally precious resource: water. There isn't a river or lake to be found anywhere in the nation, and the only renewable water sources are shallow aquifers refilled by infrequent rains. A growing population, a fondness for showy swimming ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, food and agriculture, green living, Middle East, population, renewable energy, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Bottlestar Galactica
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27 Jan 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Bottlestar Galactica If Michigan environmentalists get their way, the state will dramatically expand its bottle law to cover 750 million additional beverage containers per year, including juice, water, and tea bottles that currently wind up as litter or in landfills. The state's 1976 bottle law, which quickly cleaned up roadside litter, is both popular and successful. Every ... |
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| Topics: business, green living, Michigan, recycling, solid waste treatment and disposal (all these topics) |
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Windy Cities
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27 Jan 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Windy Cities Wind power is usually generated in vast, open spaces -- mountaintops, prairies, or offshore in shallow waters. But the Netherlands is taking wind power to new heights, literally: the rooftops of buildings in metropolitan areas. With light, quiet, efficient designs that often blend into the surrounding architecture, these urban windmills are built to take advantage of the severe t ... |
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| Topics: energy, European Union, green living, placemaking, wind power (all these topics) |
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Muck Ado About Something
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24 Jan 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Muck Ado About Something Russian journalist and environmental muckraker Grigory Pasko was paroled from prison yesterday after serving part of a highly contested term for treason. Pasko became the poster-child for concerns about Russian limitations on press freedoms when he was convicted for taking notes during a 1997 meeting of Russian naval ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, green living, nuclear power, politics, pollution and waste, water bodies and marine life (all these topics) |
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The Strong and Short of It
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22 Jan 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| The Strong and Short of It In a sign of increasing international concern about the ecological challenges posed by China, one of the world's most prominent greens has moved to Beijing and set up shop as an environmental consultant. For more than three decades, Canadian Maurice Strong has been a major player in global diplomacy, environmental and otherwise; earlier ... |
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| Topics: Asia, business, China, green living, news, nuclear power, United Nations, United States (all these topics) |
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