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  • The hybrid solar home, part 2

    My thoughts have turned lately to the challenge of heating and powering residential homes in the Pacific Northwest with renewable energy. My goal was not to just find a way to reduce fossil fuel use, but to eliminate it. When I started this exercise I wasn’t at all sure it could be done (in an […]

    Biodiversivist Culture

  • Jack Johnson is laid-back — except when it comes to being green

    USA Today recently published a short feature on musician Jack Johnson. Although the focus of the piece (Jack’s a mellow surfer dude from Hawaii) = not news, there is this interesting bit (emphasis mine): Johnson’s contracts require that event organizers compost and recycle at least 50 percent of the waste generated at the show and […]

    Grist staff Culture

  • TPM chats with Van Jones

    At Netroots Nation, TPM talked with Van Jones:

    David Roberts Culture

  • The worst job in America

    Many posts on Grist detail the negative environmental impacts of factory farming and the meat and dairy industries overall. Bottom line: There is probably no personal act more effective at benefiting the environment than reducing meat consumption. But a true environmentalist must also take a hard look at the social dimensions of sustainability; again, the […]

    Jason D Scorse Culture

  • Boulder, Colo. to join other cities in single stream recycling and composting

    “Single stream” isn’t a euphemism for some new and detrimental Army Corps of Engineers water management program. It’s a recycling system being deployed all over the continent in cities like San Francisco, Toronto, Denver, Tucson, San Jose, Philadelphia, and Dallas. Most new recycling facilities are being built with this in mind, and Boulder, Colo. is […]

    Erik Hoffner Culture

  • Yao Ming to serve as UNEP ‘environmental champion’

    Yao Ming, Chinese basketball player extraordinaire and eco-activist green Olympian, recently agreed to be the United Nations Environmental Program’s first-ever “Environmental Champion.” Yao accepted the UNEP’s invitation the day after the Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing. Said Yao, “In my role as ‘Environmental Champion,’ I will work with governments, the private sector, and the public […]

    Sara Barz Culture

  • EEStor founder says things are on track for commercial production in 2009

    Those of you have have been following the EEStor saga will want to check out this new article in Technology Review and this blog post, both by Tyler Hamilton. Seems EEStor founder and CEO Dick Weir is finally starting to open up to the press, and he reports that things are on schedule for commercial […]

    David Roberts Culture

  • Homeowner associations restrict eco-friendly practices in favor of aesthetics

    This post comes to us via the Land Institute’s Prairie Writers Circle. —– Susana Tregobov dries clothes on a line behind her Maryland townhouse, saving energy and money. But now her homeowners association has ordered her to bring in the laundry. The crackdown came after a neighbor complained that the clothesline “makes our community look […]

    Stan Cox Culture

  • Making a stink about green(ish) deodorants

    Choosing a deodorant can be the pits. Upon moving to Washington, D.C., about a year ago, I quickly realized two things: Our Nation’s Capitol was built on a swamp and The Hill is called that for a reason. So biking — my chief form of transit in the city — can be quite the damp, […]

    Kate Sheppard Culture

  • New York City’s inaugural Summer Streets event a big hit

    StreetFilms writes … … the New York City Department of Transportation held its first Summer Streets event on Saturday by opening 7 miles of city streets to pedestrians and bike traffic only. From 7 AM to 1 PM, roads were car-free from 72nd Street to the Brooklyn Bridge with Park Avenue serving as the backbone […]

    David Roberts Culture