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- All We're Really Thankful For: A Blue Pixel (Video)Another year of boredoms and excitements, pleasures and aggravations, fears, dramas, the endless stream of tiny events and words, all the magazine articles and blog posts, movies, TV show...Read the full story on TreeHugger
- Take Action: 350.org Organizes Candlelight Vigils During the Copenhagen NegotiationsCopenhagen is weeks away and it's clear that our leaders need to keep hearing from us that now is the time for real action on climate change. 350.org is organizing candlelight vigils in the middle of the climate negotiations, right after President Obama visits Copenhagen and addresses the world. 350.org is asking people to select an iconic place in thei […]
- Stuffed? "Kind" Recipes for Thanksgiving Any Day Though Tofurkey isn't my idea of a Thanksgiving meal, I understand why it's a great alternative to the bird. I'm just as happy with all the sides. It's an appropriate day to speak about a kind foods vs. nasty foods and actress Alicia Silverstone has shared recipes for lots of conscientious dishes fit for the holiday, like cornbread stuffi […]
- Poor Jim Kunstler Even Gets Attacked By CaptchasA lot of people think James Howard Kunstler is a bit dire, and he takes a fair amount of abuse in comments. But who would have thought that the Captchas share the views of the commenters? That they have opinions about people like the controversial author? Yet that is what I screen-captured in Now Magazine in an unrelated article. I am sure Jim wouldn't […]
- Local Motors: Crowdsourcing the American CarImage: Local Motors Here's how it works: designers submit their concepts online, the community votes, then Local Motors works with the winners to bring these cars to life. This process, says founder Jay Rogers, has more in common with the way Mozilla makes Firefox and American Idol picks stars than the way Detroit has traditionally made automobiles. Rog […]
- US Federal Trade Commission Proposes CFL Labels For Light Output, Color, Mercury, & MoreExample of lighting facts label requirement for CFLs. Image credit: proposed rule, Federal Trade Commission, US 16 CFR Part 305, [RIN 3084-AB03] As the headline states, a recently published FTC proposal would mandate a uniform label format to inform US consumers on color temperature and bulb life, for example. From the Notice of Proposed Rule Making: "T […]
- China Announces Emissions Reduction Targets (But They're Not Really Reductions)Well, everyone has their cards on the table now. Following the US's announcement yesterday that it will bring an emissions reductions target "in the range" of 17 percent of 2005 levels to Copenhagen, China has announced its own commitment: a 40-45 percent reduction of 2005 levels in what it calls "carbon intensity." The pledge is bei […]
- Just What We Needed Dept: Plastic Disposable WishbonesKen Ahroni, inventor of the plastic wishbone. Photo credit Puget Sound Business Journal Finally, the answer to one of life's great problems, the annual Thanksgiving fight over who gets the wishbone! Unclutterer shows us the Lucky Break Plastic Wishbone. This is a huge advance in manufacturing and marketing; Back in the day we just had planned obsolescen […]
- Things You Don't Have to Buy on Black Friday If You Have A Smart PhonePhoto via chrisdlugosz Unless you're living in a cave or as a survivalist in Montana, you've noticed that phones have become incredible all-in-one devices. Recombu has a great article about gadgets that smart phones have made or are making obsolete. But the list is a little short. If you're planning on shopping on Black Friday, here's a l […]
- Waste Solutions Play Key Role In Green BuildingDumped construction debris. Image credit:BLM Earlier this month, construction and building professionals from around the globe met in Phoenix, for the annual Greenbuild International Conference and Expo. Green building has grown dramatically in recent years and according to the latest SmartMarket Report from McGraw-Hill Construction, Sustainable Construction […]
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- Interested in Becoming a Green Entrepreneur?Many opportunities are on the horizon, if you know what to look for.
- The Outlook for Almond Pollination: UnclearThere are enough honey bees to handle the first and biggest job of the growing season, despite colony collapse disorder. The question is whether there are enough healthy bees.
- DIY Glycerin SoapBelieve it or not you can make this soap in your slow-cooker.
- 5 Delicious Recipes for Holiday LeftoversSimple, Tasty and Green Recipes for All of Your Holiday Leftovers
- 7 Surprising Ways to Prevent Breast Cancer in the KitchenFrom the food we eat, to the chemicals we use to clean the counters, breast cancer risk factors lurk in unexpected places.
- 15 Breast Cancer Risk FactorsSurprising ways you can protect yourself (and your daughter) from breast cancer.
- How to Find Heritage Turkeys for ThanksgivingHeritage turkey breeds are saved from extinction only by meat eaters. So if you're eating turkey this Thanksgiving, consider a heritage breed. Here's how to cook it.
- How One Top Executive Left the Rat Race for a Self-Sufficient Community in the MountainsChecking in with the green developer of the Village on Sewanee Creek intentional community.
- 4 Creative Ways to Wrap a PresentYour friends and family won’t expect these (totally free) wrapping papers, and they won’t forget them either.
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- Palin fuels presidential rumors: “I like” the sound of “President Palin.”A repost from Think Progress on Sarah “Are we warming or are we cooling?” Palin. Yesterday, Sarah Palin was greeted by a throng of supporters in The Villages, Florida — a retirement community northwest of Orlando. (Glenn Beck visited the same town this past weekend.) There were shouts of “We love you Sarah!” and [...]
- So what are you thankful for?For me, it’s easily summed up in one Time magazine photo: How about you?
- Evolution of Evolution: 150 Years of Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species”Here’s something else I’m thankful for: Science. Charles Darwin’s seminal work, On the Origin of Species, was published on 150 years ago this week, November 24, 1859. You can read the first edition online here. The National Science Foundation has an amazing special report which you can access by clicking here or on the image above. No, [ […]
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- The newspaper that publishes George Will (and Sarah Palin) editorializes: “Many — including us — find global warming deniers’ claims irresponsible.”Last weekend was a good one for climate-change deniers. A hacker stole and released scores of documents, including personal e-mail exchanges, from a server at Britain’s Climate Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia, a premier climate-change research center. “This is not a smoking gun; this is a mushroom cloud,” proclaimed one […]
- New U.S.-India Green Partnership improves prospects for global climate dealThis guest post is by Julian L. Wong, senior policy analyst at the Center for American Progress Yesterday, the chances improved for meaningful progress at Copenhagen, the UN conference on climate change that is less than two weeks away. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have signed a series of cooperation agreements in the launch [...] […]
- New Energy Finance: Solar power 50% cheaper by year end, other clean energy sources drop 10%By the end of 2009, there will have been a 50% drop in the levelized cost–i.e. the lifetime cost per kWh before subsidies–of solar power, and a 10% reduction in the levelized cost of other sources of renewable energy sectors compared to the end of 2008. This prediction is a result of [...]
- Competitive Enterprise Institute to sue RealClimate blogger over moderation policyGavin Schmidt has done a wonderful job at RealClimate patiently explaining the context of the stolen emails. He’s made it perfectly clear that the claims of scientific malpractice are without foundation. He must be doing a really good job, because the Competitive Enterprise Institute intends to sue him. That’s computer scientist Tim Lambert aka D […]
- Breaking: Obama to attend Copenhagen, announces “a U.S. emissions reduction target in the range of 17% below 2005 levels in 2020″UPDATE: Today’s White House’s news release, which includes the U.S. emission target for Copenhange, is reprinted in full at the end. U.S. President Barack Obama will go to Copenhagen for a U.N. climate change meeting on December 9, hoping to add momentum to an international process despite slow progress on a domestic bill to cut [...]
- Must-see NASA figures compare 2009 to the two hottest years on record: 2005 and 2007NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies posted these fascinating figures last week (click for PDF). Yes, the one place in the world where it warmed the least this year is, of course, the good old (continental) U.S. of A. I noted last week that NASA reports hottest June to October on record*, but the figure and [...]
Care 2
- This Black Friday Send Corporate America a Message and Just Say NoThis coming Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is a bleak day in the United States known as Black Friday. I sadly felt compelled to write about it last year, and this year am hitting it ahead of the curve and hopefully with a piece of advice. Black Friday, as many of you may know, is the [...]
- 10 Ways to Use ChopsticksI am almost embarrassed to mention that one of my kitchen drawers is dedicated to disposable chopsticks. Let me explain: the collection was fodder for a fabulous reuse project that I made with many, many school kids. Handmade knitting needles was the project. While I still knit with the handmade knitting needles, I don’t need [...]
- A Year’s Worth of Trash at the Museum of TrashIt’s not everyday that a guy like me has something of his installed in a museum. It’s an even rarer occasion when a guy like me has a year’s worth of his trash installed in a museum. But come Saturday, that’s exactly what will be happening at The Museum of Trash in Hartford, Ct. For those [...]
- Have a Lonesome Glove? Give it Some Love!Have you recently pulled the cold weather clothes out of hibernation? Are the stray gloves looking for mates? Much like socks, gloves have a tendency to lose their other halves. The environmental group Green Thing has launched a venture that pairs up single gloves and sells them to new owners. Matched [...]
- Carpets Can Stink. So, Make Your Own!Have you ever seen a tag on a carpet that said it contained “unknown man-made fibers.” Are you scared of the “unknown?” If it’s hanging off a carpet or rug, you should be. “Unknown” carpet or rug fibers are generally made from a cocktail of synthetic fibers such as nylon, acrylic, polyester, or polypropylene. [...]
- Time Banking: A Totally Cool Concept For a Better WorldWe all have talents. No matter who you are, where you live, or what socio-economic group you live in, every one of us has something to offer. Sadly however, not everyone has the ability to treat their talents as a commodity. Thankfully, that’s where time banking comes in. Time banking is a concept [...]
- Google Maps Has Walking Directions? Who Knew?Today’s post is not only a shorty, but, in the interests of full disclosure, entirely stolen from an article I read on Terrapass. Ok, stolen may not be the right word because this info is out there, but Terrapass is where I read about it, and is a cool site to check out in [...]
- Make a Reusable Shopping Bag from an Old T-ShirtI’m always on the lookout for creative uses for t-shirts. We have a bunch collecting dust in our closets and they are readily available at resale shops.Martha Stewart has a fabulous idea for making a reusable shopping tote out of t-shirts. What a fun way to reuse all those souvenir and college tees. This [...]
- Homes Haunted by Power VampiresYour home is most likely haunted by power vampires. Most of us have 10 to 30 power vampires, or power leecheselectrical devices that continuously draw power from your power outlets, even when not supplying any useful service. As a simple rule, the more gadgets in your home, the more power vampires. How many of these sneaky, insidious vampires haunt your hom […]
- TapIt: Finding Drinking Water On The Go, Made EasyOK, you’ve read all the info and recognize how bad bottled water truly is for the environment. You’ve done your research and found a reusable bottle that you want to use (or better yet are reusing something you already had). And now you are ready to once and for all kick your plastic water bottle [...]
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