Articles by Grist staff

Register now for Global Green’s New Orleans Sustainable Design Competition

Go register for Global Green's New Orleans Sustainable Design Competition. Seriously. Go now! Would you register if Brad Pitt asked you? Well, I can pull some strings and make that happen. Ha ha. No, not really. Seems Pitt has joined up with Global Green of his own accord. (Apparently he's very much into architecture these days. Is sustainable design the new Black? Man, I'm good.)

Perhaps what's holding you back is that you don't know anything about the competition besides the fact that Brad Pitt is involved? (Hello, what more do you need to know?) Well, read on, my friend.

Readers Digest

Time series points out eco-benefits of eating smart Time‘s latest issue features a series called “Eating Smart,” which includes a handful of enviro-tastic articles. One offers the revelation that grass-fed beef is better than its factory-farmed counterpart, both for you and for the planet. It makes a case for grass-fed as the new organic: sales […]

Covering Their Assets

Insurers must address climate change or face trouble, big U.K. firm warns Lloyd’s of London, the world’s oldest insurance market, yesterday warned U.K. insurers that they are in danger of being “swept away” by future global warming-related financial claims. In a report punchily titled “Climate Change, Adapt or Bust,” Lloyd’s encouraged insurers to adjust coverage-calculating […]

The Great Pall of China

Despite cleanup efforts, China’s environment just keeps getting worse China’s efforts toward environmental protection in the last five years have … how do we say this nicely? … totally flopped. The country’s economy is growing about 10 percent annually, but with pollution reduction targets based on an economic growth rate of 7.5 percent, the environment […]