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UPS to deliver by b-i-k-e?
The president of the Salem (Ore.) Bicycle Club got an e-mail from someone purportedly at UPS looking to hire seasonal drivers to make deliveries by bike — and thus to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. Wowie! If this is for real, it means that all those with admiring eyes for the buff men and women in brown […]
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E-waste scandal on 60 Minutes
60 Minutes will be airing a segment on the global toxic trade in e-waste tonight. Here’s a preview story and video.
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Chinese Premier: Rich nations should ditch ‘unsustainable’ lifestyles and stop buying our crap
OK, maybe Premier Wen didn’t say that last part: BEIJING (AFP) — Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Friday that rich nations should alter their lifestyles to help tackle global warming, at the start of a two-day meeting on climate change, state media reported. “The developed countries have a responsibility and an obligation to respond to […]
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William Shatner speaks out against global warming
And again I say: Shatner!
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Stella McCartney named green designer of the year
<img alt="Stella McCartney" src="http://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/stella-mccartney_v150.jpg" vspace="0" border="0" hspace="0"> Photo: Peter Larsen/ WireImage.com Beatle offspring Stella McCartney was named the first-ever Green Designer of the Year at the Accessories Council Excellence Awards earlier this week. The vegetarian fashion designer doesn’t use leather or fur in her designs, and seeing as her mom was animal-rights activist Linda Eastman […]
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Green space lessens socioeconomic health gap, says study
The health disparity between rich and poor folk is much smaller in areas with plenty of parks and green space, according to a large study published in British medical journal The Lancet. Says lead author Richard Mitchell, “This is the first time we have demonstrated that aspects of the physical environment can have an impact […]
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A review of eco-minded feminine products
A picture speaks a thousand euphemisms. Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part series on feminine products. The second column focuses on tampons and menstrual cups. Suffering the curse. Surfing the crimson wave. Being on the rag. Falling to the communists. Call it what you will, menstruation is a monthly reality […]
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From 50 to Felony
Mo’ Bette-ah 50 Cent and the Divine Miss M teamed up to restore a community garden. Next, they collaborate on new album Get the Rose or Die Tryin’, featuring hit single “You Are the P.I.M.P. Beneath My Wings.” Photo: Johnny Nunez/WireImage Watch out for the cliff! Hey lemmings, we know climate change seems like Level […]
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Smaller breasts are better, and other advice for holiday-bird quandaries
In Checkout Line, Lou Bendrick cooks up answers to reader questions about how to green their food choices and other diet-related quandaries. Lettuce know what food worries keep you up at night. May I suggest a nice ham this year? Dear Checkout Line, Let’s talk turkey. I want to green my Thanksgiving table, but […]
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When farmers and activists get together, food culture ferments like delicious sauerkraut
The Carrboro Farmers Market in North Carolina. Photo: North Carolina Cooperative Extension “Thank God, she’s not another one of those community activists.” I was at Terre Madre, Slow Food’s biennial international meeting of farmers, food producers, academics, cooks, and youth delegates in Turin, Italy. I had just introduced myself to a […]
