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Umbra advises on tuna and mercury
Dear Umbra, Big, mature tuna have a lot of mercury in their bodies and are often caught with longlines that snag endangered sea turtles and sea birds; smaller juvenile tuna have less mercury, swim near the surface so they can be caught with less destructive fishing gear, but they have not had the chance to […]
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Power Down for the Planet video contest issues challenge for greener computing
As an online-only publication using tree-free pencils (also known as “computers”), Grist is familiar with the energy-sucking pitfalls of internet technology. Which is why we think it’s so swell that the Climate Savers Computing Initiative (CSCI) is ganging up with the EPA’s ENERGY STAR program for some new-fashioned video contest fun a la Power Down […]
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From Baywatch to Basketball
Photo: Jeff Vespa/WireImage.com Hot coutureThough she’s better known for her lack of clothing, washed-up Baywatch babe Pammy Anderson has partnered with Heatherette-half Ritchie Rich to create a line of ecofriendly garb — complete with swimsuits that stay-put during your slo-mo beach runs. (Click below to see the next item in this week’s Grist List — […]
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Myth: Using less energy = sacrifice
Mention “reducing demand” to Average Jane American and she’ll assume you mean conservation: turning off lights, drying clothes on a clothesline, riding a bike to work, wearing a sweater when it’s cold inside. And when she thinks conservation, she’ll generally think, ugh, there go the dirty hippies telling me to feel guilty and be miserable […]
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Grammy stars unite on new campaign
Rob Perks at the Natural Resources Defense Council has just unveiled a wonderful website tribute to Grammy Award-winning country and rock musicians banding together to stop mountaintop removal in Appalachia. Featuring Kathy Mattea, Emmylou Harris, Sheryl Crow and Big Kenny Alphin, the Music Saves Mountains campaign is a great reminder of the indisputable role […]
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Canadian eco-rap and other youth offerings in Vancouver
When Premier of British Columbia Gordon Campbell asked delegates at the World Conference on Sport and the Environment whether they had flown to the Vancouver event on Monday, hundreds of hands shot up. If any of them saw the irony of reaching an environmental conference through the carbon-intensive method of jet travel, they didn’t let […]
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Enlisting sports fans in the green movement begins by understanding them
Near the end of the World Conference on Sport and the Environment in Vancouver yesterday, Kim Smither of marketing firm Octagon Worldwide displayed a series of photos of screaming, face-painted sports fans. “Imagine the power you’d have if you could harness this,” she said. Talk of “harnessing” the passion of sports showed up everywhere at […]
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Seth Meyers jokes with NRDC
Saturday Night Live‘s Seth Meyers addresses a fancy NRDC fundraiser. Pretty funny:
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Reader review: Eat Local
“I just discovered Eat Local in Queen Anne — great local, organic food, cooked by a master chef and frozen in returnable glass Tupperware or compostable paper trays. I picked up some emergency work lunches, and they were delicious. They also have larger meals for sale in case you need to feed more than one […]
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Art exhibit highlights ecofriendly, recycled media
You may associate the phrase “leave no trace” with efforts to keep hikers from making their mark on nature, but a group of Seattle artists are co-opting the idea for their work with ecofriendly or recycled media. “Created in response to the overwhelmingly chemical and wasteful state of art products around the world,” the No […]
