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Peas and Harmony
Recipes for a classic, unfussy Southern meal built around field peas and history |
April McGreger |
09 Oct 2008 |
Farmer's Daughter |
| It's what's on the inside that counts. Photos: April McGreger Growing up in a rural Mississippi farming community, I learned to value connectedness to the land, to the people who grow our food, to those who cook it, to those who gather at the table, and to the memories of all who have enjoyed this food before us. My identity is grounded in every step of the process. ... |
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| Topics: advice, Farmer's Daughter, food, green living (all these topics) |
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Hold Me Closer, Tiny Cancer
Bisphenol A may reduce effectiveness of chemotherapy |
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09 Oct 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 10:32 AM on 09 Oct 2008 Oh, bisphenol A, what can't you do? The ubiquitous chemical, present in polycarbonate plastic and most can linings, may reduce the effectiveness of chemotherapy, says new research published in Environmental Health Perspectives. Researchers subjected human breast cancer cells to low levels of BPA. "It's actually acting by protecting existing cancer cells from dying in response t ... |
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| Topics: green living, health, news, scientific research, toxics (all these topics) |
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Sochi So Far
Some venues relocated to minimize eco-impact of Russia's 2014 Olympics |
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08 Oct 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 4:01 PM on 08 Oct 2008 Final venues have been approved for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. Following outcry from environmentalists over the original proposal for a gigantic winter-sports complex adjacent to a national park, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin reared his head and suggested changes to mitigate eco-impact. Organizers have relocated some venues, as well as cutting a planned inter ... |
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| Topics: green living, news, Olympics, Russia, sports (all these topics) |
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ReGeneration Roadtrip: All the world's a green stage
The Green Theater Initiative aims to direct change |
Sarah van Schagen |
08 Oct 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Actor Gideon Banner cut his professional stage chops as a performer with Blue Man Group -- and yes, that means he spent his evenings covered ear-to-ear in blue paint. But it seems that a nice shade of green is really more his style. Banner is the founder of the Green Theater Initiative, a nonprofit organization hoping for a curtain call on the unsustainable aspects of the theater industry. Similar to efforts being led by Wicked producer David St ... |
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| Topics: green living, movies, New York City, ReGeneration Roadtrip, video (all these topics) |
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Petered Pans
On green cookware |
Umbra Fisk |
08 Oct 2008 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, I'm thinking it's time to start switching out my family's cookware. When hubby and I got legally partnered, we received some Calphalon (am I allowed to name names?) and pseudo-Calphalon non-stick cookware, and we've used it for a number of years. While the non-stick finish has been well cared for and is not chipping, flaking, or peeling, I have some concern about non-stick finishes and want to be able to put my cookware under t ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, food, green living, green products, health, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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ReGeneration Roadtrip: There's no green business like show business
Film Biz Recycling aims to roll credits on the wasteful film industry |
Sarah van Schagen |
08 Oct 2008 |
Gristmill |
| When a director yells 'cut!' on the set of a TV show, commercial, or feature-length film, the cameras may stop rolling but production is far from over. While editors are looking at raw footage, producers are eyeing premiere numbers, and actors are reading over new scripts, someone else is tearing down the sets and getting props off the lot. But where does this stuff end up? Too often, it's the landfill, says Eva Radke, founder of Film Biz Recycling. ... |
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| Topics: business, green living, movies, recycling, ReGeneration Roadtrip, video (all these topics) |
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Driving down those roads
July sees another sharp drop in U.S. driving |
Joseph Romm |
07 Oct 2008 |
Gristmill |
| July saw another sharp drop in vehicle miles traveled (VMT) according to the Federal Highway Administration's monthly report on 'Traffic Volume Trends.' Lost in all the news about the financial meltdown and the election is the report that Americans drove 3.6 percent less, or 9.6 billion miles fewer, in July 2008 than July 2007. Okay, maybe it wasn't lost in all the news -- it looks like the FHA didn't bother issuing a press release (see here). I guess even they ar ... |
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| Topics: cars, economy, gas prices, green living (all these topics) |
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A Cure for What Ales You
A tasting of five fall-friendly organic dark brews |
Tom Philpott |
07 Oct 2008 |
The Bottom Line |
| According to hippie wisdom, early fall is a delicate time, holistically speaking. The season's first chill causes sniffly noses and sour moods. To chase the fall blues away, one alternative-medicine-minded friend recently suggested eating plenty of greens. Well, I already eat plenty of greens. What I really need now is a beer -- one dark and flavorful enough to take the bitter edge off of s ... |
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| Topics: advice, alcohol, food, green living, green products, shopping, The Bottom Line (all these topics) |
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Lust
Hot new ergonomic desk chair: 96 percent recyclable |
David Roberts |
07 Oct 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The successor to Herman Miller's wildly successful Aeron ergonomic desk chair is coming to a lazy, cube-drone posterior near you. It's called the Embody and ... gimme. As a DFH, though, should I be satisfied with a chair that's only 96 percent recyclable? After last year's epic hunt for the best ergo chair, I ended up with the Steelcase Think, which is 99 percent recyclable. What up, Herman Miller? Do you hate the earth 3 percent? |
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| Topics: green living, green products, recycling (all these topics) |
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No Can Do
On aerosols |
Umbra Fisk |
06 Oct 2008 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, Love the column. Keep up the great stuff! A question: My co-workers and I are suspicious of buying spray cans, even though we know they no longer contain CFCs. We suspect that aerosol cans contain HCFCs -- hydrochlorofluorocarbons -- which are proving to be dangerous as well, this time as greenhouse gases. Do all aerosol cans contain HCFCs? Can we trust a "green" product like an essential-oils-and-water-based deodorizer that c ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, green products, greenhouse-gas emissions, ozone, US EPA (all these topics) |
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A Drop in the Starbucket
Starbucks accused of big-time water-wasting |
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06 Oct 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 1:25 PM on 06 Oct 2008 Starbucks wastes some 6.2 million gallons of water each day through a health policy that requires a constantly running tap at each store, says a breathless indictment in British tabloid The Sun. A Starbucks spokesperson confirms the use of a dipper well, which uses "a stream of continuous cold fresh-running water to rinse away food residue, help keep utensils clean, and prevent bacterial g ... |
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| Topics: business, food, green living, news, water crisis (all these topics) |
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ReGeneration Roadtrip: Yeah ... but is it art?
The Wolf Trap Center connects art and nature |
Sarah van Schagen |
06 Oct 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This is a guest post from my travel partner, Todd Dwyer, head blogger for Dell's ReGeneration.org. ----- After our visit to the amazing Philip Merrill Environmental Center in Annapolis, Maryland, Sarah and I hopped in our trusty steed, Cletus the Prius, for a drive to the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts in search of the nature of art and the art of nature. Although the Wolf Trap is located in Vienna, Virginia, our contact, Chr ... |
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| Topics: art, green living, national parks, ReGeneration Roadtrip, video, Virginia (all these topics) |
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Shortages to the left of me, shortages to the right
Demand for green products exceeds supply |
biodiversivist |
04 Oct 2008 |
Gristmill |
| My relatives in the D.C. area are on a Prius waiting list. People wanting to build their own electric bikes are on waiting lists for parts. If you're planning to put up some solar panels, well, get in line. According to Rich Bunch, at Silicon Solar Inc, their next shipment of solar components is due on Oct. 15 and 90 percent of it is already spoken for. I'm guessing that this shipment, like most shipments, is coming from China. Shortages not only trip up building sc ... |
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| Topics: business, economy, energy at home, green living, hybrids, solar volatic power (all these topics) |
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ReGeneration Roadtrip: A Green Exchange of ideas
Constructing a green space for green biz |
Sarah van Schagen |
03 Oct 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Driving along I-90/94W out of downtown Chicago, you can see London, France, the old Vassar Swiss Underwear Company building now under construction. A sign adorning the highway-facing façade tells you this will soon be the Green Exchange, a retail and office facility that will house some 100 businesses, all of them environmentally and socially responsible. To fully see the potential for this place, Todd and I were fitted with hard hats and given the hand- ... |
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| Topics: business, Chicago, green building, green living, LEED, ReGeneration Roadtrip, video (all these topics) |
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Wee Wee
Phthalates linked to abnormal genitalia in baby boys |
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03 Oct 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 1:33 PM on 03 Oct 2008 Mothers exposed to high levels of phthalates during pregnancy are more likely to bear sons with abnormal genitals, says new environmental research published in the journal Environmental Research. (See what we did there?) The study looked at only 106 mothers and sons, and the afflictions -- undescended testicles, smaller penises, and a shorter anogenital distance -- aren't serious problems in and of the ... |
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| Topics: green living, health, news, parenting, scientific research, sex, toxics (all these topics) |
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From Goldilocks to the Three Bears
What's on our radar this week |
Sarah K. Burkhalter, Holly Richmond |
03 Oct 2008 |
The Grist List |
| By Sarah K. Burkhalter and Holly Richmond 03 Oct 2008 Hedwig and the extra inch Blondes have more fun -- if you call not being creamed by a truck fun. Which we do. Fore minutes to save the world Justin Timberlake's got some summer love for golf, and his new course is n'sync with LEED certification. He'll put those sticks in a box and go clubbin' -- but can he bring sexy back to golf pants? Photo: WireImage Poking fun Quote of the week: "A lot of peop ... |
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| Topics: green living, Grist List, lists (all these topics) |
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Feeling Out Smart ED
All-electric version of tiny Smart car unveiled at Paris Auto Show |
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02 Oct 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 4:54 PM on 02 Oct 2008 Automaker Daimler unveiled an all-electric version of its tiny Smart car at the Paris Auto Show this week, dubbed the Smart ED for its electric drive. Diesel-powered versions of the ultra-cute, ultra-compact Smart Fortwo went on sale in the United States just this January to wide acclaim. Company spokespeople said the all-electric Smart Fortwo will be available in the U.S. by ... |
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| Topics: business, cars, electric vehicles, green living, news (all these topics) |
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Squirrels' Loss, Our Gain
How to turn black walnuts into a delicious dish |
Kurt Michael Friese |
02 Oct 2008 |
Chef's Diary |
| When I was growing up in central Ohio, school began right after Labor Day. This was advantageous compared to today's August start, and not just because of the longer summer break. The extra time also allowed the black walnuts to ripen just in time to give us something to hurl at each other as we walked to school that first morning. Front-yard bounty. They littered the ground all through t ... |
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| Topics: advice, Chef's Diary, food, green living, recipes (all these topics) |
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Trick or treat?
As Halloween nears, beware of the 'fat-free' candy corn |
Meredith Niles |
02 Oct 2008 |
Gristmill |
| It's the beginning of October and as the cooler temperatures and colorful leaves start to make an appearance, every retailer in America is switching storefronts to include pumpkins and of course, Halloween candy. The orange and black packages are cropping up in drugstores and supermarkets nationwide, and the glycemic high that lasts from Halloween through Easter has certainly begun. Since the lipid-phobia of the late 80s, high-sugar candies like gummy bears, gum drops ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, food, green living, health, holiday (all these topics) |
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ReGeneration Roadtrip: Hoppin' to it
Raising a glass to sustainability at New Belgium Brewery |
Sarah van Schagen |
02 Oct 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Our visit to New Belgium Brewery in Fort Collins, Colorado, began with a bike ride into town for some lunch at a Mexican café. So too began the New Belgium company itself. But it wasn't Mexican food that founder Jeff Lebesch was after during his bicycle tour through Belgium. From the seat of that two-wheeler, he dreamed up a brewing company that would incorporate the artisan techniques of traditional Belgian brewing and his own core values -- like e ... |
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| Topics: bikes, booze, Colorado, green living, ReGeneration Roadtrip, video (all these topics) |
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Who Needs a Hg?
CFLs can increase mercury pollution in some areas, study finds |
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01 Oct 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 3:48 PM on 01 Oct 2008 Energy-saving compact fluorescent lightbulbs can lead to an increase in mercury pollution in some regions, according to a new study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology. The study looked at mercury emissions in 130 countries and all 50 U.S. states to determine what role CFLs, which contain mercury, may have in upping mercury pollution. The study concludes th ... |
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| Topics: energy efficiency, green living, news, scientific research, toxics (all these topics) |
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Has GM overdesigned the Volt?
Is a 40-mile all-electric range too much? |
Joseph Romm |
01 Oct 2008 |
Gristmill |
| I have an article in today's Guardian online, 'Is the Chevy Volt just hype?' I argue that the key to the near-term success for plug-ins in this country is government incentives and mandates, which in turn will critically depend on the outcome of the presidential election. But that should not be a surprise, since no country in the world has achieved significant market penetration of an alternative-fuel vehicle without major government incentives and mandates. I noted ... |
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| Topics: economy, green living, tax incentives, electric vehicles, cars, gas prices (all these topics) |
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Attention Catholics
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David Roberts |
01 Oct 2008 |
Gristmill |
| 1. The pope is infallible. 2. The pope just had solar panels installed on the Vatican roof. 3. You must have solar panels installed on your house or you will go to hell. QED |
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| Topics: green living, solar voltaic power, Religion and Spirituality, Vatican City (all these topics) |
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Meat and Dairy, Quite Contrary
Cutting meat and milk consumption cuts CO2 emissions, study says |
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01 Oct 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 6:41 AM on 01 Oct 2008 Happy World Vegetarian Day! Just in time for the festivities, a new study from the Food Climate Research Network finds that cutting down on meat and milk consumption can help cut greenhouse-gas emissions. The four-year study focused mainly on the U.K., concluding that dramatically cutting the average Briton's weekly meat and milk intake could help reduce emissions sin ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, climate, food, green living, news, scientific research, vegetarianism and veganism (all these topics) |
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Pedal Power to the People!
Umbra Fisk on commuting by bike |
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30 Sep 2008 |
Umbra Video |
| "Ask Umbra" is the first video series produced by GristTV. Look for new video tips for greening your life from Umbra every other week starting Sept. 30. Grist's green-living advice columnist offered up a taste of her video series last month with a sneak preview on which plastics to avoid. Watch it here. And check out the Umbra video trailer. Watch it on the go! Subscribe to GristTV video podcasts via iTune ... |
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| Topics: Ask Umbra, bikes, green living, health, video (all these topics) |
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