8 Eco Terms Everyone Should Know: From COP15 to Astro-Turfing
My days are filled with issues such as Climate Change, renewable energy, recycling, LEED buildings, CO2 sensors, de-lamping and composting.
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In Hard Times, Food Vendors Keep on Truckin’
Everyone’s dishing about how the concept of food trucks has been overhauled. They’re not just parked at job sites to feed hungry laborers anymore, but are taking the high road and giving restaurants a run for their money.
I got a taste of the trend at the posh 50th birthday party of a friend in San Francisco where a taco mobile was stationed at the entrance to the upscale house, titillating guests who lined up to order bean burritos and cheese quesadillas while nursing lemon drop …
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Carnival of the Green #203!
Welcome to Carnival of the Green #203! We’re excited to be your hosts. What is this Carnival, you ask? Al Tepper and Nick Aster cooked up the Carnival of the Green years ago over a few beers, and since 2006 it’s been hosted by our pals at Treehugger. Popping up weekly, the popular carnival features links to can’t-miss articles from green blogs near and far. Before you dig into the latest green news from our friends featured here, make sure you check out last week’s carnival at …
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Riding the Wave of a 100 Year Problem: Ocean Acidification
Tired of hearing about global warming? I don’t think you’re alone. According to a Pew survey taken this fall, fewer Americans (35%) see global warming as a very serious problem (down from 44% in April 2008). Only 57% think there is solid evidence of warming (71% did in April 2008).
My hunch is that people are feeling fatigue from the daily dire environmental news and the fact that all the proposals on the table for CO2 emission reductions are nowhere near where we need to be to begin …
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Vintage Hits: 30 Favorite Interviews at EcoSalon
The coolest indie rocker chicks on Earth. Danny Seo’s gift guide for moms everywhere. The Albright girls (as in Madeleine Albright) on giving back. Dr. Manhattan’s animation supervisor (yes, we asked that question). A grape goddess, an eco entrepreneur, King Corn director Aaron Woolf, designer diva Trina Turk and the bestselling author of Living a Wabi Sabi Life: here’s a curated selection of some of our favorite interviews with green movers and shakers.
Trina Turk Talks Textiles for the Home…
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Do Green Beliefs Have the Same Legal Rights as Religious Beliefs?
It’s a question we may hear asked more and more. Judges in England recently had to decide whether green beliefs have the same rights and protections as religious or philosophical beliefs.
The case in question is between an environmentalist, Tim Nicholson, who claims he was unfairly dismissed because of his “philosophical belief about climate change and the environment,” and his former employer, Grainger plc, who maintains that the dismissal was based “Solely by the operational needs of the company during a period of extraordinary market turbulence.”
Nicholson, who says his green beliefs …
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Q&A with Torch Films: Greenlighting New, Low Impact DVDs
DVDs vaulted into existence in 1997, a box office year dominated by the likes of Titanic, Good Will Hunting and L.A. Confidential. Since then, more than 10 billion of the movie discs and their bulky plastic packages have shipped to North American retailers alone, according to sales data compiled by the Digital Entertainment Group.
Tons of DVDs go unmeasured by the EPA into the solid waste stream each year, even though they can be recycled through entities like Second Spin (which we wrote about in August of this year). …
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Sharing: It’s Not Just Nice, It’s Necessary
The other day, I pulled my bicycle up to one of those nouvelle food trucks that are all the rage in these parts and ordered myself a delicious, healthy, organic falafel. While a group of us was standing on the sidewalk devouring our lunches, impromptu conversations among strangers just naturally started. I ended up talking to the guy who ordered just after me. We chatted throughout our lunches before sharing a cordial goodbye.
I thought later: “That was revolutionary. This is not something that happens in a …
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Cash Strapped Readers Spare a Dime for America’s Cheapest Family
It may have been published a couple of years ago, but Americans are now catching up to the message of Steve and Annette Economides and are eagerly plunking down their pennies for the hot home economics crash course.
The authors of America’s Cheapest Family have done remarkably well feeding their family of seven on just $350 per month, paying off their first house in nine years and purchasing a second, larger home, buying cars with cash, taking nice vacations, and yes, even socking away …
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