50 Nifty Ways to Green 2010

Isabel Cowles, 12.31.2009

Cook and scribbler.

Resolutions are easy to make and even easier to abandon. Righteousness gives way to guilt as my commitments fall by the wayside: disappointment clouds...

Schlock Doctrine: Where, and by Whom, Was Your Christmas Made?

Randall Amster, 12.28.2009

Peace educator, author, and activist

There are certainly many alternatives for purchasing products with greater ethical standards. But let's face it -- parents are busy, disposable incomes are tight, children need stimulation, time is money, and this is America.

Raised by Wolves: Is Having No Friends Her Mother's Fault?

Dr. Irene S. Levine, 12.27.2009

The Friendship Doctor

As hokey as it sounds, a smile and sincere expression of interest in another person are the first small steps towards making a new friend.

The Year of Living Dangerously

Dora Levy Mossanen, 12.27.2009

Best-selling novelist of HAREM and COURTESAN

We found out it's dangerous to have a yearly mammogram, dangerous to fry with monounsaturated oils, since they go rancid or oxidize in high temperatur...

Whoever Jesus Was, He Wasn't A Petty Partisan

Todd Wilkinson, 12.24.2009

Environmental journalist

It's a strange time to call oneself a Christian. What does it mean? Who establishes the definition? And upon what -- or whose -- divine authority do the arbiters judge the veracity of believers?

Does Your iPod have a Carbon Footprint?

Ginna Kelly, 12.23.2009

Attorney, Environmentalist

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but your iPod has a carbon footprint. The holiday season makes me think about all the gifts I've purchased for loved ones and their greenhouse gas emissions.

Eco Etiquette: Are Online Wedding Invitations Tacky?

Jennifer Grayson, 12.23.2009

Founding Editor of The Red, White, and Green

I just got engaged over Thanksgiving, and my fiance and I have already had our first wedding-related fight, about the invitations. We both want to hav...

Can Working Parents Go Green?

Elizabeth Gregory, 12.21.2009

Author, Ready: Why Women Are Embracing the New Later Motherhood

For the moms with the 9 to 5 and the kids in the backseat wailing for a meal now, going deep green feels next to impossible. Is there a way out (besides quitting the job and living on roots and berries)?

From Copenhagen to Milwaukee: Bringing the Global Climate Change Movement Home

Heather Box, 12.21.2009

"In the absence of a strong global treaty being signed here in Copenhagen, we all need to keep doing everything we can in our hometowns, and know that the ripple affects will be felt everywhere."

Beyond Fluoride: Pharmaceuticals, Drinking Water and the Public Health

Jacob M. Appel, 12.21.2009

Bioethicist and medical historian

If we are willing to ingest fluoride to prevent tooth decay, surely we can tolerate a trace of lithium to prevent suicides.

After Copenhagen Chaos, A Bit of Emerson for the Soul

John Wihbey, 12.18.2009

Radio producer, environmental writer

For the many millions around the globe who have hoped that deliverance from the evils of an ineffectual Kyoto Protocol would come through a grand Cope...

A Green Art Manifesto

Brendan Smith, 12.18.2009

Oysterman and street artist

You've seen us on the streets and farmers markets of New York, San Francisco, and Atlanta, selling our dresses sewn from recycled umbrellas and clocks milled from reclaimed wine tanks.

LA Foodies And Bikers Unite! Flying Pigeon LA's Dim Sum Bike Ride (VIDEO)

Jennifer Grayson, 12.18.2009

Founding Editor of The Red, White, and Green

Wolfgang Puck and Ferrari drivers, take note: The Los Angeles you know and love is changing.

Copenhagen Needs 'Me First' Gumption

Lee Myung-Bak, 12.16.2009

President of the Republic of Korea

A willingness to act where others pause is the only way we'll break the long-prevailing approach of "you first."

Gifts for the Sea

Julie Packard, 12.17.2009

Executive Director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium

A half-century ago, Anne Morrow Lindbergh wrote Gifts from the Sea, bestseller in which she described what we as individuals can take away from our times of quiet reflection along the shore.

Copenhagen's Missing Pieces

Joshua Keyak, 12.16.2009

Political science student at Yeshiva University and PresenTense '09 Greening Fellow

People need a push to kick their inefficient addictions and practice greener habits. Earth Aid is doing just that.

A San Francisco Landmark Goes Green

Gavin Newsom, 12.12.2009

Mayor of San Francisco

The most famous building in San Francisco is also one of the most environmentally friendly in the country: The Transamerica Pyramid building has achieved a LEED Gold certification.

We're Number One (in Financial Damage From Climate Change)

Brendan Smith, 12.11.2009

Oysterman and street artist

The real cost of global warming for the US includes rising sea levels, water shortages, species extinctions, expanding diseases, agricultural costs, forest fires, and many other factors.

Why Won't Borders Donate Their Soon-To-Be-Trashed Books?

Erik Ose, 12.14.2009

Writer, Activist, Community Organizer

Current Waldenbooks employees have come forward to alert the public that the company plans to dispose of many unsold books in the cheapest, easiest, least responsible way possible - by trashing them.

13 Things You Didn't Know You Could Rent

Brian Clark Howard, 12.10.2009

Brian Clark Howard is a journalist covering green, consumer affairs and e-culture.

In these tough economic times many people are looking for ways to shave expenses off their budgets. One tried-and-true method is to rent instead of buy.

Are Your Tampons Green?

Tara Settembre, 12.08.2009

www.tarametblog.com

Despite it being such an intimate product, I know that I've never paid much attention to the ingredients on tampon boxes.