May 17, 2008
Growing up in Brooklyn, our refrigerator was home to the imitation Idaho potato, sticks of Parkay, and the lone liter of Schweppes ginger ale. One summer, my mother and I subsisted on bags of potatoes cooked every which way one could fix a potato. We cut them into wedges and...
Lisa Selin Davis | Posted April 30, 2008 | Living
With all the hubbub erupting over plastic bottles, I decided to go the metal water bottle route a couple of months ago, investing in a handsome-looking cylinder from the sporting goods shop something Swiss (if made there, then less eco-friendly by way of the shipping to get it here...
Mark Strausman | Posted April 27, 2008 | Living
Just out of curiosity, I typed "whole food" into my search engine the other day. I was careful to use lower case, no caps. I'm dyslexic, and I've depended on the fact that the postal system is always somehow able to deliver my mail, even when I've misspelled names, left...
A. Siegel | Posted April 24, 2008 | Politics
There is a debate, subdued at times, between various approaches toward changing the planet to the better. In many ways, my viewpoint (on the optimist side) tends toward the 'enviro-capitalist', thinking that we can work to structure the economy to make the right choice, the easy (and preferred) choice....
Adrienne Maree Brown | Posted April 22, 2008 | Living
I remember when Earth Day used to seem like a celebration only relevant to people from another planet. I remember when I would see people dressed as turtles, or with signs in the shape of the planet, and think they were a little nutty. I was a kid. Those were...
A. Siegel | Posted April 20, 2008 | Living
The Washington Post featured a local high school's green renovation in Titans of Ecology, which began
At the brand-new T.C. Williams High in Alexandria, a modern "green" school, students say the environmentally friendly design has led to a serious lifestyle change: They can't doze in class anymore because...
Marianne Schnall | Posted April 9, 2008 | Living
Last year I did an interview with Cameron Diaz who was helping promote Al Gore's Live Earth event for a piece I wrote that ran at Entertainment Weekly's web site, EW.com, "Cameron Diaz on Live Earth".
With Earth Day upcoming on April 22nd, I thought...
Michelle Harris | Posted April 3, 2008 | Politics
While the price of oil is throwing the country into an economic tailspin, do any of our presidential candidates have any type of environmentally sound policy that would free us from the grasp of the Middle East, while at the same time helping eliminate global warming and keeping the planet...
Michael Conniff | Posted April 1, 2008 | Living
In the midst of one of the panels here at the Aspen Environment Forum, a wizened professor from the University of Alaska took the microphone proffered for questions from the environmental cognoscenti and said that a bear had just been shot and killed at Fort Yukon, Alaska, 250 miles from...
Olivia Zaleski | Posted March 23, 2008 | Living
Once upon a time, things were made to serve a purpose. Consider the light bulb, the compass, and the cardiac pacemaker. No doubt necessity was once the mother of invention.
Fast forward to the present. What's happened? It seems that everywhere I go, I'm bombarded with completely useless and...
Olivia Zaleski | Posted March 21, 2008 | Living
It's Easter time and in case you haven't noticed, the retail world has gone full force "Easter-Spectacular." With Christmas over, it's "out with the mince pies, in with the marshmallow hatchlings." Every supermarket, drug store and big-box retailer is a psychedelic zoo of neon stuffed animals, disposable baskets and giant...
Majora Carter | Posted March 17, 2008 | Living
One problem we face with all our well-meaning legislative efforts is that not all laws get enforced equally. Let's face it, no matter what color you are, areas where poverty exists are last on the list when it comes to enforcing our environmental laws.
One trick to making sure...
Danny Seo | Posted March 13, 2008 | Living
Back in 2000, I wrote my first book Conscious Style Home about the renovation of my parents' Pennsylvania home using environmentally-friendly materials and techniques. It was one of the first eco-design books published, and looking back today, it shows.
One of the projects I showcased was resurfacing a giant SubZero...
Gary Hirshberg | Posted March 10, 2008 | Business
While sweating through my workout at a local gym recently, something caught my eye. There, outside in the parking lot, stood a varied collection of compact cars. It struck me that just a year ago, I'd glanced out the same window at rows crammed with big SUVs. Ours is a...
Paige Donner | Posted February 26, 2008 | Living
What do these three things have in common? More and more, these days.
Oscars 2008 marks the second year in a row that the Oscars have gone Green, thanks largely to the non-partisan NRDC's initiatives spearheaded at last year's Academy Awards. To see the Environmental Achievements of this year's 80th...
Paige Donner | Posted February 25, 2008 | Living
Young Celebs came out in full force this week for the GM sponsored Chevy Rocks The Future event held on the Disney lot during this Oscar 2008 award week. Celebrities in attendance at this environmentally and eco-conscious themed event included last year's Oscar Nominee Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine), most...
Wood Turner | Posted February 22, 2008 | Business
As more and more people grow concerned about the climate crisis and what they personally can do about it, we're seeing that they're becoming more and more aware of their power as consumers -- and for good reason.
American consumers drive our national economy and have more impact on the...
Danny Seo | Posted February 21, 2008 | Living
Let's talk about junk. It's two weeks into my home renovation project. I made a decision: if I'm going to renovate the whole house, I might as well do it one fell swoop.
On a freezing cold Tuesday morning at 7:45AM sharp, a crew of sledgehammer wielding guys show...
David Delcourt | Posted February 19, 2008 | Politics
Senators Clinton and Obama are battling state-by-state with platforms so strikingly similar that news anchors often resort to broad generalizations and horse-race style talking points. Both candidates stress the centrality of environmental and energy issues in guiding the nation's future, yet it remains difficult to discern concrete distinctions between the...
Ideal Bite | Posted February 15, 2008 | Living
You've got two options: Call a naughty nurse, or get your hands on some doctor-recommended eco-sex playthings. Either way, prepare to end up on a gurney of pure pleasure.
Benefits:
* Keeping nature...
On Tuesday night's "Colbert Report," Stephen Colbert had fun with...
From the AP: Democrat John Edwards endorsed former rival Barack Obama on Wednesday, a...
*** UPDATED BELOW *** President Bush has said repeatedly that he would not insert himself into the...
As the odds get longer and longer, the obvious question is: Why doesn't Hillary Clinton gracefully concede...
Utterly insane goings-on tonight on...
It's a pretty well known fact that most women - attractive women -...
NEW UPDATE BELOW As violence in Iraq continues -- clashes today left 11 dead and 19 injured -- President...
Just off the House floor today, the Crypt overheard House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers tell two...
Tonight, Keith Olbermann unleashed what may well have been his...
The Democratic Party has finally decided who's going to break it to Hillary that it's time...
George W. Bush is unworthy of the presidency. He is a disgrace to himself,...
Felicia C. Sullivan | Posted May 4, 2008 | Living