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The dog days of summer mean bountiful farm stands and spicy salsas
This is the time of year we flatlanders pine for the snows of January, when it’s a full 100 degrees colder than it is right now, and all the humidity is frozen to our windshields. August in Iowa may be unbearable for humans, but vegetables love it — the hot, sticky dog days bring us […]
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Colleges, high schools move to be more bike- and pedestrian-friendly
High gasoline costs as well as concerns about the environment have been prompting schools across the country to make their campuses more bike- and pedestrian-friendly. Pressure from parents and students is one big factor in the shift, but another key seems to be a growing awareness about sustainability. A number of colleges are launching bike-sharing […]
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Umbra on calculating CO2 weight
Dear Umbra, I know CO2 is a gas as other greenhouse gases are, and gases are sometimes lighter than air. So I’m wondering: how can gases be weighed in tons? That’s a hell of a lot of gas to weigh even one ton, let alone the millions of tons that are reported to be causing […]
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Gore and Edwards, not sitting in a tree
Joel Makower makes a fantastic point here: Why aren’t Gore and Edwards working together? Or rather, why aren’t those fighting climate change working with those fighting poverty? I know Van Jones et al have done great work on this, but it obviously hasn’t reached the upper echelons of the left. These are not silos, not […]
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Online game ‘PackMan’ tries to give ‘Pac-Man’ a green spin
Joining the ranks of online games with varying eco-plausibility like “Ocean Survivor” and “Catstration” is “PackMan,” or Packaging Man, a creation of the Dogwood Alliance. The organization aims to protect Southern forests from packaging-heavy (and tree-hungry) corporations; the game takes aim at fast-food execs in particular. The intro of “PackMan” depicts colorful villains wielding phallic […]
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How to green your grocery list
Make your list and check it twice. Lately, the world news has been filled with stories of hungry people struggling to feed themselves as food prices rise dramatically. Even in the U.S. and other wealthy countries, where the situation is not as dire, people have been altering their eating and spending habits to adjust to […]
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Stars align for Edge of Darkness
Mel Gibson: Hey, De Niro, you wanna star in an eco-thriller with me? Robert De Niro: You talkin’ to me? Gibson: Yes, I’m talkin’ to you. It’s called Edge of Darkness; it’s based on that BBC miniseries. Are you familiar with it? De Niro: You talkin’ to me? Gibson: Yeah, it’s about this homicide detective […]
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Gen Y chooses style over sustainability
What companies do today’s trendsetters consider to be the top 15 green brands? It’s not who you might think … A survey of 100 Gen Y’ers (born 1979-1993) asked which brands they perceived to be most eco-friendly. Here are the top 15: Whole Foods Trader Joe’s Toyota Honda Google Aveda Zipcar American Apparel Ikea 7th […]
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Trash becomes treasure for this freegan
We’ve written about freegans many times before, but this video shows exactly what kind of treasures are sometimes thrown out with the trash:
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From Pork to Poke
Eat your hat Tried to go whole hog, but still have leftovers? Haberdash over to this site to save your bacon. Because “one always looks neat, in a hat made from meat.” Crop of the Kreme Put a spring in your step with these grass-lined flip-flops, created by Krispy Kreme to give stressed-out workers a […]
