Articles by Grist staff

Publisher will produce first eco-friendly Bible

Coming soon to a hotel room near you: the first green Bible, expected to hit the scene later this month from publisher Thomas Nelson. The Charles F. Stanley Life Principles Daily Bible — which perhaps includes the 11th commandment “Thou shalt be principled”? — will be certified by the Forest Stewardship Council and contain recycled […]

Electronics makers lament E.U. phaseout of lead

Electronics makers are lamenting the European Union’s phaseout of lead from electronics, claiming that the heavy metal is the best-known defense against “whiskers,” splinters that sprout off of tin solder. Tin whiskers can cause short circuits, which some estimate have caused as much as $10 billion in damage since they were first noticed in the […]

Big-biz coalition will pressure suppliers to report emissions

At least six of the world’s largest companies have banded together to urge their suppliers to report and mitigate greenhouse-gas emissions. Joining together as the Supply Chain Leadership Coalition and partnering with the Carbon Disclosure Project — which is also working with Wal-Mart — companies including Procter & Gamble, Unilever, Tesco, Nestlé, Imperial Tobacco, and […]

A recap of Seattle’s Green Fashion Week runway show

"Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening." — Coco Chanel Upon arriving at the runway show capping off Seattle’s Green Fashion Week, the first thing I noticed was the green carpet. Then […]