Chelsea Green

Edible Radio Episode 102: Kitchen Sync with Woody Tasch

Edible | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Woody Tasch, Kitchen Sync, Kate Manchester, Slow Money, Chelsea Green, Edible Communities, Edible Santa Fe, Edible Radio, Food News

Edible Radio host and publisher of Edible Santa Fe, Kate Manchester, talks to Woody Tasch, founder of Slow Money. Woody Tasch knows a thing or two ...

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Weekly Mulch: White House Relents on Solar Panels; Why Congressional Inaction Hasn't Stopped Green Building

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Solar Panels, Carbon Emissions, Chelsea Green, Green, Green Building, Sustainability, Care2, Grist, Leed, Alternet, Green News

by Rosie Powers, Media Consortium blogger The Obama administration finally agreed to assemble solar panels on the roof of the White House. It's encou...

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Weekly Mulch: Would You Eat Bugs to Fight Climate Change?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy Efficiency, POLYFACE FARM, Renewable Energy, Pigs, FEDERAL BUILDINGS, Sustainable Agriculture, Farmers, Congress, SUSTAINABL COFFEE, Nestle, Cell Phones, Climate Change, Zero-Waste, Chelsea Green, HANGING GARDENS, Eating Bugs, ZINC OXIDE, Cap-and-Trade, SUNNY D, Omnivore's Dilemma, Joel Salatin, Solar Panels, Michael Pollan, White House, Jimmy Carter, Ebay, Bill Mckibben, Green News

By Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger Maybe it's time for environmentalists prioritize do-it-yourself climate fixes instead of looking to politic...

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Vermont Revolutionaries and the Rise of a Green Tea Party

Christopher Ketcham | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vermont, Vermont Commons, Second Vermont Republic, Anti-Empire, Decentralization, Antiwar, Secession, Dennis Steele, Chelsea Green, Politics News

The most radical antiwar candidate in the US is not Dennis Kucinich or Rand or Ron Paul or any of the usual suspects. It's a 42-year-old Vermonter named Dennis Steele, who is running for governor of his state as an open secessionist.

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A Book Club of Billions: 52 Ways to Die in a Cave and Other Lessons in Social Media Marketing

Tammy H. Nam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scribd, Social Media, Book Marketing, Twitter, Chelsea Green, Random House, Facebook, Social Media Marketing, Books, Book Publisihing, Blind Descent, Digg, New Media, Reading, Books News

Several months ago, one of the web measurement companies released a report that showed that Facebook had surpassed Google as the number one driver of traffic to major news and entertainment portals like Yahoo and MSN (13% vs. 7%).

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Weekly Mulch: Politics, Power, and the Environment Beyond BP

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Apa, Kerry, Gibbs, National Marine Fisheries Service, Obama, Clean Energy, Mms, Wind-Farm, Dawn, Greg Pahl, Lieberman, Jesse Jenkins, Climate Change, Chelsea Green, Climate Bill, Senate, Blm, Queen of England, Green News

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger Washington has a blind spot when it comes to the environment. BP and the oil spill brought the government's ...

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Where Marketing, Mission, and Marijuana Meet

Kate Rados | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 4/20, Marijuana, Norml, Book Marketing, Book Publishing, Chelsea Green, Book Publicity, Books, Free eBooks, Safer, Books News

With our reputation for mission-based publishing and the 'sticking it to the man-ness' of the stunt, readers knew our free eBook wasn't just a tchotchke: this was a call to arms.

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Weekly Mulch: Obama's Responsibility for the BP Oil Spill

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Markey, Bp, Louisiana, Tpm, Gulf of Mexico, Diane Wilson, Texas, Obama, Media, Kevin Drum, Care2, Mms, Coal, Alternet, Colorlines, Oil Spill, Not One Drop, Mining, Chelsea Green, Oil, TAP, Top Kill, Grist, Texas Observer, Riki Ott, Fishermen, Green News

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger President Barack Obama is in Louisiana today, and BP is saying it will know in 48 hours if its attempt to "t...

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The Death (and Rebirth) of the Slush Pile

Brianne Goodspeed | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bestsellers, Chelsea Green Publishing, Slush Pile, Chelsea Green, Books News

Reading a recent article about the death of the slush pile, I was struck by yet another example of how removed Big Publishing is from day-to-day humanity.

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The Future of Publishing Isn't Rocket Science (It's Sustainability)

Makenna Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Publishing, Sustainable Business, Book Publishing, Chelsea Green, Future of Publishing, Publishing Industry, Books, Farming, Vermont, Ereaders, Books News

Publishing is not a dying business; it's a changing business. It's a business going through literary puberty, fiscal adolescence, and management hell. It's a business that needs to grow up, in other words.

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Is Becoming A Farmer The New American Dream?

Chelsea Green | Makenna Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Young People Farming, Farming, Gardening, Chelsea Green, Local Food, Good Food Movement, Green News

In the post-Omnivore's Dilemma reality, where farmer Joel Salatin is known far outside his county, it doesn't take a genius to say it: farming has tot...

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Constipated? Top 5 Green Ways to Start Crapping Again

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Constipation, Chelsea Green, Green Living, Whole Foods, Whole Grains, Wellness, Health, Green News

Guest post by Makenna Goodman, Chelsea Green Publishing (www.chelseagreen.com) There's never a good time to be constipated. It's not fun. Not fun at...

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Weekly Mulch: Urban Farming 'Mushrooms' During Recession

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Weekly Mulch, Michigan Messenger, Mother Jones, The Media Consortium, Urban Farming, Community Gardens, Chelsea Green, Tmc, Grist, Sara Luckow, Green News

Urban agriculture has a tradition of mushrooming during tough times.

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BIODISEL FACTS: All You Need To Know

Chelsea Green | Makenna Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Future Fuel, Energy, Future of Fuel, Biofuels, Green Technology, Chelsea Green, Biodiesel, Green News

The following is a guest post by Chelsea Green's Makenna Goodman: I remember a time when defenseless kids with hippie moms got made fun of for using...

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3 Easy Steps to Making Bread At Home

Chelsea Green | Makenna Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: DIY Bread, Eating Matters, Bread, Living Sustainably, Food, Make Your Own Bread, Green Living, Giy, Chelsea Green, Green News

The following is a guest post by Chelsea Green's Makenna Goodman: Contrary to the plethora of diets in the universe, there are still millions of peop...

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10 Things You Should Know About Raw Milk

Chelsea Green | Makenna Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Raw Milk, Eating Matters, Milk, Chelsea Green, Green News

Guest post by Chelsea Green's Makenna Goodman In recent years, there's been a crackdown on small dairies producing raw milk, designed as an obstacle ...

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Lose The Dryer, Save The Money

Chelsea Green | Makenna Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Dryer, Green Living, Reducing Waste, Giy, Chelsea Green, Green News

Guest post by Chelsea Green's Makenna Goodman: Behold the classic domestic duos of the past: Ricki and Lucy. Ozzie and Harriet. Bennifer. Tom and Jer...

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Organic Vs. Conventional: Have You Been Robbed?

Chelsea Green | Makenna Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Living, Organic Food, Eating Matters, Organic, Organic Conventional, Organic vs Conventional, Chelsea Green, Green News

Guest post by Chelsea Green's Makenna Goodman: It's Saturday afternoon and you're checking out at your local co-op. You're behind another member of y...

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Green Lifestyle

Mariel Hemingway | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Healthy Eating, Mariel Hemmingway, Green Living, Mariel Hemingway Healthy Living, Green Living Tips, Chelsea Green, Healthy Living News

Slow down, make time to eat with a sense of awareness that food is your pathway to energy, health and the environment.

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A Tale of Two Obama Books: Why Do Progressives Still Not Get It?

Jennifer Nix | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blogs, Independent Booksellers, Robert Kuttner, Publishing, Obama Nation, Margo Baldwin, Glenn Greenwald, George Lakoff, Chelsea Green, Progressive Media, Jerome Corsi, Obama's Challenge, Technology, Barack Obama, Barnes and Noble, Media News

Obama Nation is a pathetic excuse for a book and is just one more example of how the right effectively moves their lies into the national discourse while the left fails to do so with progressive ideas.

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How To Get Your Town Off Oil

Chelsea Green | Rob Hopkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Prices, Oil, Gas Prices, Transition Off Oil, Gas, Biofuels, Green Biofuel, Going Green, The Seven "Buts", Green, Green Living, Chelsea Green, Green Energy, Oil Industry, Environment, Green News

You might, hopefully, be thinking that you would like to start a Transition Initiative in your community. You might be looking around you and wonderin...

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When Harm Goes Unpunished: Why Congress Should Overturn the Supreme Court's Exxon Valdez Decision

Riki Ott | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chelsea Green Publishing Company, Exxon, Oil Spill, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Not One Drop, Cordova, Chelsea Green, Exxonmobil, Riki Ott, Supreme Court, Alaska, ExxonMobil Corporation, Fishermen, Environment, Green News

No community should have to go through what we have been through. Livelihoods have been lost, financial stress has broken families apart, and businesses supported by fishermen have crumbled.

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From New Composter to Poo Composter: A Green Garbage Guide

J.S. McDougall | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Humanure, Chelsea Green, Compost, Jenkins, Composting, Green Living, Green Garbage, Green Living Tips, Garbage, Green News

There are a bewildering amount of different composting systems and bins available on the market. Here's some help to choose which bin or system suits your lifestyle, your family, your house, or apartment.

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