Climate Culture

Spoil sport: How I learned to stop worrying and love the dumpster

Armed with suggestions from readers, Grist’s green-living pioneer went back to the trash bins in search of sustenance. This time, she emerged with a spread fit for a king.

New toilet paper is recycled and brown, and that’s not QUITE as gross as it sounds

So if you were going to make a recycled toilet paper, would you make a huge deal about it being brown? Is that really the color that will evoke the most pleasant images when paired with the phrase “recycled toilet paper”? Is anyone even driving this marketing campaign?

Earth Liberation Front documentary gets Oscar nomination

The list of Oscar nominees was released this morning, and among the five films up for best documentary feature is If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front. The doc follows the story of so-called “eco-terrorists” who torched timber operations, meat packing plants, and other environmental horror shows in the 1990s. The […]

Stunning time-lapse video of Yosemite

Especially if you don’t have a window in your office — but honestly, even if you do — you want to watch this time-lapse video of sunsets, sunrises, and meteor showers in Yosemite National Park. [vimeo 35396305]

Super-cute M.I.A. parody about home efficiency

Okay, this is not exactly new but it is totally charming and looks like it could use a wider audience:

We’re reaching peak talking-about-sustainability, says XKCD

Ask Umbra: Why are my CFLs burning out so quickly?

Umbra offers illumination on CFLs (fritzy and otherwise), LEDs, and halogen incandescents.

Protein: An invitation to sink your teeth in

Today on Grist we’re launching a series of articles about protein. What made me want to focus on protein? Well, let's just say it started with my dog, Lucy.

‘Cabin porn’ fuels your Thoreau fantasies

If you’ve been daydreaming about packing up and moving off-grid, maybe to Walden Pond or the Lake Isle of Innisfree, the Free Cabin Porn Tumblr will help give shape to your fantasies. If you haven’t, well, you just might now.

Here’s what the inside of a tree sounds like

Installation artist Bartholomäus Traubeck’s new work, “Years,” uses some kind of optical dealie to translate a tree’s age rings into piano music.