Environmental
Energy Bookshelf: Ten More Worth Your Time Than Super Freaky Crap
A. Siegel | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green
The authors of Superfreakonomics super(freaky)star status means that they and their travesty of a book will get attention despite its non-truthful truthiness and misleading mediocrity on climate-change.
Al Gore's Our Choice: Progressive Book Club Review
Progressive Book Club | Bill McKibben | Posted 11.03.2009 | Books
Bill McKibben Progressive Book Club Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis By Al Gore Rodale, 2009 There's been a certain amount of debate ...
Hard Questions In Hard Times
Jim Selman | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living
Eldering, as a way of thinking about mid-life leadership, is based on the notion 'wisdom in action.' Our vision is for the Boomer generation to take responsibility for our society and our world and "clean up the mess" before we die.
Recycling Plastic: What a Waste
Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green
Every day, single-use plastics ("SUPs" bottles, bags, packaging, utensils, etc.) made from petrochemicals are thrown away in huge quantities after one use, but they will last virtually forever.
Organics No Better Than Chemical/GMO/Sewage Sludge-Soaked "Food"?
Waylon Lewis | Posted 09.04.2009 | Green
Studies like the FSA report need to look beyond the dinner plate and recognize that organic farming's avoidance of chemicals offers health benefits beyond nutrition.
DoE's Chu Wants to Gut Long-Term/Long-Range Fuel Cell Vehicles Program in Favor of Short-Term/Short-Range Plug-In Hybrids
Peter Hoffmann | Posted 06.25.2009 | Green
American car makers and the government didn't take the Japanese seriously with their funny little, cheap-to-run, quality cars. Ditto with the Koreans, Toyota and Honda.
Eco-Extrava-gay-ances
Michael DeJong | Posted 05.13.2009 | Green
In an industry-wide turn-around, many high-end labels are trying to change their luxury goods businesses by "double air kissing" new environmental and labor standards.
Eco-Shopping Made Easy: Green Depot Opens in New York City
Dave Pinter | Posted 03.16.2009 | Green
Green Depot, a new retail concept aimed at making eco-conscious shopping easier, opened today in New York City. The 3,500 sq ft flagship store is consumer friendly, informative, and unique.
What the World Needs Now: a Green Jon Stewart.
Waylon Lewis | Posted 03.15.2009 | Green
A mainstream talk show would reach millions of Americans each night, and in so doing, do for green interests what Jon Stewart has done for politics: make it accessible.
Stimulate Me
A. Siegel | Posted 02.07.2009 | Green
In the spirit of out with the bad and in with the good, below are some thoughts (big and smaller) for "good" elements to include in the stimulus plan.
Recycled Light Has Never Been So Beautiful...
Hillary Newman | Posted 01.29.2009 | Green
Browner Not Greener: The Decline and Fall of Environmental Policy
Reese Schonfeld | Posted 01.17.2009 | Politics
The Times defined Carol Browner as "an acolyte of former Vice President Al Gore." The Clinton administration paid little attention to environmental issues and accomplished less.
Today Is Human Rights Day
Michael DeJong | Posted 01.10.2009 | Living
Living consciously and mindfully of the potential for cradle-to-cradle living and sustainability is empowering enough to make tiny but impactful different choices in our purchases.
John McCain: We Know You by Now...
A. Siegel | Posted 11.24.2008 | Green
The case against John McCain is quite stark in terms of claims and the realities when it comes to support for renewable energy.
Where Are the Women in the Green Stratosphere?
Marguerite Manteau-Rao | Posted 11.24.2008 | Green
It appears, that 18 million cracks in the glass ceiling are not enough. Never mind, we shall be like ants, patiently building a different world, one tiny green step at a time.
HOTELS TAKING "GOING GREEN" TO NEW TOPS WITH GREEN ROOFS
Stefanie Michaels | Posted 11.10.2008 | Green
Hotels are looking for new ways to run more efficiently and looking to nature to give them some ideas. The latest in green technology is allowing hote...
Switzerland- voted #1 Green Country in the World
Stefanie Michaels | Posted 10.12.2008 | Green
Hello fellow "Greenies"- I'm Stefanie Michaels. I am also known as Adventure Girl from Adventure Girl.com. I am excited to be a part of Huffington Pos...
McCain Could Have Gone Experienced, Female, Light Green; Instead, He Chose a Dark Future
A. Siegel | Posted 10.06.2008 | Green
John McCain had a choice. He could have gone 'green' (or at least light green) when choosing a female Republican governor. He actually had multiple 'light green' options in front of him.
Following the Lead of a 10-year-old
Gillian Caldwell | Posted 09.25.2008 | Green
For many us, our work as organizers did not begin until much later in life, but for Nikos Spiridakis it is already in full swing.
California Puts Green Chemistry Under the Microscope
Joel Makower | Posted 09.18.2008 | Green
What strikes me as a big problem is the opposition of the chemical industry toward basic policy steps that would level the playing field for green chemistry.
Greening Hollywood: For Love Of Water
Paige Donner | Posted 09.18.2008 | Entertainment
Crowning the first-ever Downtown Film Festival - Los Angeles, L.A.'s premier "green" and sustainable film festival - was Sunday night's open air scree...
Life Cycle: Green Shoe Fetish
Simran Sethi | Posted 09.18.2008 | Green
In terms of Mama Earth, your walking shoes definitely walk all over her. They have plastic components that produce emissions when manufactured AND during their decomposing process.
Life Cycle: Life After Desk
Simran Sethi | Posted 08.05.2008 | Green
Often, the greenest consumer route is not buying new products made with Earth-friendly methods but rather scoring used products made with traditional, possibly heinous methods. Reduce, reuse, then recycle.
Life Cycle: Shit Happens
Simran Sethi | Posted 07.21.2008 | Green
Despite being chemically treated, sewage water is still rife with birth-control, anti-depressants and other pharmaceuticals we once ingested.
GlobalPost | Saritha Rai | Posted 12.15.2009 | World