I'll Have a BRT With the Sepulveda Pass

Joel Epstein, 02.08.2010

Corporate and philanthropic giving and strategic communications professional

Every time I go over that damn Pass there's something missing for me. And that something is a light rail line running up the center divide of the freeway.

Empowering a Climate Change Movement, Part 3: Instead of Cursing the Dark, Light a Candle

David Gershon, 02.07.2010

Founder and CEO of Empowerment Institute and author of Social Change 2.0

The purpose of a Cool Community campaign is to empower residents through local organizations across all sectors to reduce their carbon footprint by 25 percent through participation in the Low Carbon Diet program.

Green Dat: Causecast and Impact Team up for Global Green

Karen Dalton-Beninato, 02.07.2010

Writer. NewOrleans.com

Texting Green Dat to 85944 by the end of the first quarter of the Superbowl will give $10 to Global Green's rebuilding efforts in New Orleans.

Selma, Montgomery, Birmingham...Earth

Rev. Jesse Jackson, 02.04.2010

For too long communities of color have not seen climate change as their problem, but we must now be a part of the solution. Poor people and people of color are feeling its adverse impact first and worst.

Living Green in a Treehouse Dream

Sam Isaac Edwards, 02.01.2010

Author/Lecturer/Doc. Filmmaker (Treehouse Dweller) and Former Aide to Pres. Carter

When I nailed the last nail into the Treehouse that would become my home, I suddenly realized what Thoreau must have felt like upon completion of his cabin at Walden Pond.

Empowering a Climate Change Movement -- Part 2: An Inconvenient Truth Finds a Convenient Solution

David Gershon, 01.31.2010

Founder and CEO of Empowerment Institute and author of Social Change 2.0

This is the second of a six-part weekly series excerpted from chapter 11 of my book Social Change 2.0: A Blueprint for Reinventing Our World. This ser...

Turning Swords into High Speed Rail - Obama's iAmerica

Brian Ross, 01.29.2010

Writer, Journalist, Political Satirist, and Senior Editor of MLNSports.com

President Obama wants to bulk up high-speed rail, and scale down defense spending. FDR converted peace-time manufacturers into a dominating wartime pr...

Don't Frack with New York! Governor Patterson Poisons the Well to Balance the Budget

Alison Rose Levy, 02.02.2010

Health journalist, coach, and advocate, Media Director, Friends of Health, Blog Moderator, Urban Zen, bestselling writer.

While tightening the state budget, Governor Patterson added $3 million to fast track harmful gas drilling practices--a quick fix economic solution with tragic long-range environmental consequences.

Village Green: Instead of building new sustainable places, let's green the ones we have

F. Kaid Benfield, 01.28.2010

Director of NRDC's Smart Growth Program

Vanessa Keith has written an outstanding post on the greening of urban buildings and neighborhoods, on the blog Urban Omnibus, a project of the Archit...

Blueprint for a Better World, Free Toolkit Included!

Kerry Trueman, 01.27.2010

Co-founder of EatingLiberally.org

There's a growing cadre of designers, architects, and do-it-yourselfers whose clientele is the citizens of the world, instead of the privileged few.

A Look at LA's Go Green Expo

Tara Settembre, 01.25.2010

www.tarametblog.com

From solar powered backpacks to electric bicycles, organic beauty products, clothing and green pet care, if it was green, it was at the second annual Go Green Expo.

The Truth Behind So-Called "Humane" Food Labels

Gene Baur, 01.21.2010

President and Co-founder, Farm Sanctuary

Increasingly, large scale, industrialized animal farms are promoting themselves as humane and sustainable, and misleading consumers.

Couples Fight Over Green Issues

Linda Buzzell, 01.21.2010

Psychotherapist, co-editor "Ecotherapy: Healing with Nature in Mind"

Couples, families, and therapists need to educate themselves on how to adjust daily habits to incorporate environmentally friendly alternatives in a way that doesn't disrupt relationships with loved ones.

Recycling with Antiques

Reyne Haines, 01.17.2010

Appraiser - Dealer, 20th Century Decorative Arts, CBS Early Show, NBC Art of Collecting

While glass has been made for centuries, around the globe and by thousands of makers, only a few can still tout being in business today. Surviving di...

The Jewel of the Antilles: Rebuild Port-au-Prince into the Green City of the Future

Josh Schrei, 01.17.2010

Marketing Director, Strategist, Producer, Writer, Critic, Activist

In Port-au-Prince, we have an opportunity as a global community to put in place all the environmental practices that we have preaching.

Tits and Ass or Climate Change? Welcoming the Environmental Journalist to the Endangered Species List

Leah Lamb, 01.15.2010

Online Producer, Current.com Green Channel

Here is a list of journalists suggested by the Society of Environmental Journalism. Also included are journalists who were suggested via Twitter and Facebook.

2010 Predictions: Smaller, Smarter, Greener Homes

Robyn Griggs Lawrence, 01.19.2010

Editor-in-chief, Natural Home Magazine

Here are five common-sense ways in which Americans will reduce residential energy consumption this year.

City Center: Green Isn't Supposed To Be This Gorgeous

Jennifer Schwab, 01.18.2010

Director of Sustainability for Sierra Club Green Home

City Center Las Vegas is a truly spectacular development - from its architectural design to its green standpoints. Here are some observations about the project and architect interviews about the trendsetting space.

Is There Hope for the Planet?

Tri Robinson, 01.14.2010

Author, pastor, sustainable rancher

If there is to be restoration, we must first encounter national reformation. Until then our good efforts will continue to backfire and fall to the ground. If there is to be hope, there first must be God.

Village Green: It's Time to Update What Constitutes a 'Green Building'

F. Kaid Benfield, 01.14.2010

Director of NRDC's Smart Growth Program

For most of the US Green Building Council's LEED for Homes award winners, the residences' green features will be offset by the damage caused by the sites' automobile dependence, and distance from jobs and services.

Trashgate: Borders Dumping Books, Stop the Waste

Mary Hall, 01.15.2010

The Recessionista

I am distressed to learn that Borders books may be dumping books when closing its Waldenbooks Specialty Retail group.