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Help Out Umbra and Thank (?) Ellen
Animal Person | September 30th 2008 by mary martin
Grist's Umbra answered this question yesterday:I recently became a vegetarian for environmental reasons. Everyone says I should start eating soy products and tofu. But doesn't soy come from evil industrial farms in Iowa? I thought the idea was to inc read more
5 Top Resources To Find a Green Job Today
Keetsa! Blog - Eco-Friendly and Green | September 16th 2008 by Max Lee
Yahoo has written up a fantastic piece today on green jobs. With emerging eco friendly technologies and the environment at the forefront of many business initiatives, a skilled green workforce is soon to be in big demand. Want to be a solar panel te read more
Gingrich’s allegedly non-partisan American Solutions funded alm…
Scholars and Rogues | September 14th 2008 by Scholars and Rogues
Some of you might recall that back in July, I ran a piece criticizing Newt Gingrich’s “Drill here. Drill now. Pay Less.” campaign. Since then, a number of people have had the opportunity to dig into the people supporting his suppos read more
When things get really bad, Flint may get better
Flint Expatriates | August 19th 2008
James Howard Kunstler, the author and social critic who wrote The Geography of Nowhere, a history of suburbia and urban development in the United States, is often very pessimistic, to put it mildly, about America's post-oil future.But in an interview read more
On Whole Foods and Kangaroos
Animal Person | August 12th 2008 by mary martin
Two recent stories brought to us best (for those of us with a twisted sense of humor) by Grist are "Meat Wagon: Whole Foods Edition" and "I'll Have the Marsupial of the Day." The Whole Foods story is quite embarrassing,... read more
I made my own list and you might be on it, I am!
Green & Clean Mom | July 29th 2008 by Green & Clean Mom
The other day I saw Christy’s Coffee Break noted a list of top 100 bloggers and I was sad, I’m not on that list. Am I on any list and who the heck is qualified to say who is on what list and if you’re an A, B or C list blogger? I de read more
From Vegan to Butcher
Animal Person | July 18th 2008 by mary martin
Here's a free book idea in case anyone is fresh out: stories about people who were vegans and now eat animals (or are butchers, and here's one who's new to me, care of Grist) juxtaposed with stories about people who... read more
Ecopolitology Weighs-in On Dr. Jim Hansen’s Ideas for Climate C…
ecopolitology | June 27th 2008 by Tim Hurst
Today is the final day of the On Day One/Grist/Ecopolitology/UN Dispatch collaborative salon covering climate change ideas for the next president. We were fortunate to have the week’s final idea submitted by NASA physicist Dr. James Hansen, whi read more
Climate Change Ideas for On Day One - Volume III
ecopolitology | June 25th 2008 by Tim Hurst
[Climate Change Ideas for On Day One - Volume II] [Climate Change Ideas for On Day One - Volume I] My collaboration with Grist and UN Dispatch continues today with a discussion of the top user-rated idea on On Day One: ‘Eat the View,’ by read more
Big Green Purse ~ A Book & A Crusade
Our Evolution | June 24th 2008 by Alexander M Zoltai
image credit What realizes and promotes the fact that 85 cents of every dollar spent in the marketplace is spent by a woman and that big business responds faster to consumer demand than any other market force? Answer: Grist, an environmental journa read more
Distributed Generation on Today’s Power Grid…Discuss
ecopolitology | June 23rd 2008 by Tim Hurst
[Cross-posted at Red, Green, and Blue] Today begins a week-long panel event I am participating in sponsored by grist.org and UN Dispatch. One new environmentally-themed idea will be covered each day with the panelists weighing-in with their thoughts read more
How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic
Our Evolution | June 21st 2008 by Alexander M Zoltai
“O ye peoples of the world! Know, verily, that an unforeseen calamity is following you…” Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 209 ~~~~~~~~~ My last post was based on what I consider to be truth. read more
Trash Watch appears on Grist List today!
Trash Watch | June 20th 2008 by Sean
On Thursday, I was contacted by Assistant Editor Sarah van Schagen from www.grist.org yesterday and she said that they were going to mention Trash Watch on the Friday Grist List e-blast.Sure enough, it was on today's Grist List! I went from about 5 v read more
Trash Watch appears on Grist List today
Bamboo Geek: Gardening, sustainable living, the environment… | June 20th 2008 by Sean
On Thursday, I was contacted by Assistant Editor Sarah van Schagen from http://www.grist.org/ yesterday and she said that they were going to mention Trash Watch on the Friday Grist List e-blast. Sure enough, it was on today's Grist List! I went from read more
How to Find Green Jobs
Ecolocalizer | June 19th 2008 by Lucille Chi
As a consultant who works with green companies, people often ask me how they can find a “green job”. Whether it’s alternative energy, transportation, green building, or any other industry experiencing a shift towards green, everyone read more
FOOD PRICES
less is more balanced | June 17th 2008 by lessismorebalanced
more (information)There's been much talk of rising food prices and many folks are feeling the pinch.Grist has this great explanation of eight different factors that are going into the why behind the climb.Read Grist's article on food price causes--fr read more
Help Set the Ecopolitical Agenda for the 44th President
ecopolitology | June 13th 2008 by Tim Hurst
I’m humbled to bring you this exciting news from On Day One: “How can the next President solve our climate change crisis and reduce our dependence on foreign oil? This is the topic of an upcoming five-day online debate co-sponsored by On read more
Nuclear Energy Needs a Major Re-Branding
Max Gladwell | June 3rd 2008 by Max Gladwell
Nuclear power doesn’t stand a chance without a major overhaul of its image. This is no small task, but neither is solving the climate crisis. The debate over whether nuclear power can provide a safe, viable, and clean source of energy is curren read more
Famine or Feast?
Behind the Greens | May 22nd 2008 by Daily Greens
Out West, horses are running wild. Unfortunately, this is not good news. High food costs have prompted a number of recreational horse owners to abandon unwanted horses into open spaces, forcing animals to fend for themselves. According to the N read more
Tweets of the Week II
Max Gladwell | May 12th 2008 by Max Gladwell
Green Cities, New York Times, Google’s Friend Connect, Obama, Greenwashing, and more. Our most favored Tweets of the Week from Twitter. Follow MaxGladwell. grist Grist Feature: Green-city ranking group SustainLane explains its methodology read more
What's the opposite of green?
Green in the Face | April 9th 2008 by greenintheface
Red right? Red bike shorts maybe. I'm taking this from Grist via Carbon Conscious Consumer. Self explanatory as to why this is the opposite of green marketing. read more
Looking For A Job…
The Day After An Inconvenient Truth | March 26th 2008 by Cara
I am on the hunt for a job right now. The last job I was at outsourced jobs to Argentina, mine being one of them. Luckily, we received a package that has given me the time to find a job without worrying about money. This has been a great oppor read more
Grist Review: Eco-Friendly Toothpaste
Daily Tomorrow | March 25th 2008 by Gabrielle
Let’s face it, toothpaste is very personal. Everyone has their favorites and being one of the products we use daily for health, and meet first thing in the morning, having a good toothpaste is an important part of our daily routine. With that i read more
Monday's green book: Wake Up and Smell the Planet
Eco-Libris: Moving Towards Sustainable Reading | January 14th 2008 by Eylon Israely
At the end of December we had our last part of the holiday green gift guide for book lovers, but we wouldn't like to stop recommending and reviewing interesting green books. Therefore, we start a new series (that hopefully will last forever..): Monda read more
Green Gift Guides Galore
Behind the Greens | December 6th 2007 by Daily Greens
Although we do love our Daily Greens: Green Gift Guide , we certainly don't feature enough goodies to check off your entire Christmas list. Therefore, being the good green elf that I am, I've gathered a list of my favorite green gift guides o read more
Shareholders Get Serious With ExxonMobile
.: Blog4Brains :. | June 5th 2007 by Cerebral
Rex Tillerson, CEO of ExxonMobil, all smiles during a news conference.Photo by AP. Tillerson is caught channeling Rumsfeld during shareholder's meeting. At the ExxonMobile meeting last week, Rex Tillerson, CEO, had some very confusing things to say read more
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