It started with a tweet:

Twitter is great that way. I know of no better forum for validating one's seemingly universal thoughts and feelings. Yesterday, I got seized with a severe case of eco² panic. Eco like green. Eco like economic. Images of...

(Cross-posted from La Marguerite blog)

The more I learn about what's in our food, the more concerned, and outraged I get. I spent this morning immersed in Friends of the Earth's report on 'Out of the Laboratory and onto our Plates: Nanotechnology in Food & Agriculture'. Scary stuff!...

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I am usually fairly casual about my finances. Barely a glance at my Mastercard statement. I pay, no questions asked. Until today, when I noticed a monthly charge of $50.32, from New York Times Sales. That struck me as a lot of money, all...

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Thanks to Meryn Stol, for pointing me to what could be a world changing enterprise for food sourcing. As reported in World Changing, The Food Map, a project from two graduate students from University of Wisconsin, Madison, aims to shed some...

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I have this vision of millions of jobless folks sitting at home, waiting for their next job to materialize. 11.1 millions, according to the New York Times. That's a lot of talents, and skills being wasted, while our soon to be next President...

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Too busy with the faltering economy, healthcare, global warming, and other pressing issues, U.S. legislators are putting food safety reforms on the backburner. That's unfortunate, considering this recent statement from the Food and Drug Administration Science Board, that it can "no longer fulfill...

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Every night, the same question comes up, of what to make for dinner? Tonight's no different. No leftover in the fridge to give me a hint. Instead an odd assortment of vegetables, not even enough to make a soup with. And no help to be...

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One casual comment made by a girlfriend during a recent dinner at my house, got me thinking, deep, about women, and food, and politics. "You mean, you made the crust? From scratch?" My friend could not believe I had spent the time, and thought...

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With less money to spend every month, many Americans are turning to coupons to stretch their food budget. Last weekend, I decided to join the ranks, and sat down at my kitchen table, armed with scissors and the two inserts from our Sunday paper....

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Have you tried sorting out the information on fish? Which kind can you eat without worrying about mercury, PCBs, chlorinated pesticides, dioxins, furans, PBDEs, and other nasty contaminants? You would think there is one central place with all that info, neatly packaged into one pocket...

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We've all witnessed that scene. A mom, obviously not rich, waiting in line with her brood, at the checkout counter, her shopping cart overflowing with bottled water and sodas. Inspired by that image, I decided to take a look at some hard Nielsen...

Sarah Palin should not have mocked Barack Obama for being a community organizer. If anything, tonight's results proved her wrong. Our new President has given new meaning, and strength to the concept of community organizing. And he has shown us what citizens can do, when given the means to organize...

Just issued today, by the Congressional Select Committee for Energy Independence and Global Warming:

With a new record quarterly profit of $14.83 billion, Exxon Mobil and the other top four oil companies are now on track to reap more than $150 billion in profits in 2008, shattering last year's...

Buried in 'Helping Green Products Grow', a recent McKinsey study on green marketing, are some rather startling data on the state of citizens' knowledge, regarding the most effective approaches to global warming reduction:

Taking these numbers into account, bloggers, journalists, environmental organizations, teachers,...

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By now, I have become accustomed to the sight. Lots of men, and a few lost souls in skirts. I am referring to the various clean tech events I am fond of attending in the Bay Area. Green being a new field, you would...

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As I spend more and more time in green-dom, I realize there are not just a few, but many, many ways to become a green citizen. Problems arise when we are being forced into a one green-for-all carcan. These are some of the most...

I have this love hate relationship with extreme environmentalists. The freegans, the compacters, the treesitters, the slow food preachers, No Impact Man, the tiny house guy, and the no plastic gal... they all dare me with their tales of almost superhuman feats, and...

I know it's hard right now, with the economy and all, to pay attention to anything else. You're not sure you can make your next mortgage payment. You worry you may lose your job. You can't pay for health insurance and are afraid of getting sick. You want to send...

I just came back from a trip to Honolulu. Those of you who have been there probably noticed the spectacular old trees that stand tall all over the Hawaii capital. I certainly did. I also noticed the absence of new trees, and the long stretches of cement, with no shade...

As of late, I have succumbed to the Sarah Palin effect. Headlines with her name exert a magnetic pull on my vulnerable mind. I can't get enough of the gossip, and the funny videos, and the fake pictures. I have even started a Fake Sarah Palin blog. My main...