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  • A car-free mom gets her muscles — and mind — in shape for summer

    I’ve started running a few times a week. Each morning, I grab the clothes I’ve set out the night before and finish getting dressed in the garage, because I don’t want to wake my family. Then I go into my neighborhood and run, although running is a misnomer. Really, it’s more of a jog — […]

    Christine Gardner Culture

  • Eco-diaper bag has good cause, lousy price

    As an expectant motha, I have to admit my editor’s eye now pauses on headlines I might normally have skipped before. Like, uh, “Collaboration Gives Birth to Innovative Eco-Diaper Bag.” Seems Seventh Generation, Healthy Child Healthy World, William McDonough, and two design and manufacturing firms have built a PVC-free, Cradle to Cradle-certified bag made from […]

    Katharine Wroth Culture

  • Umbra on biking with kids

    Umbra, Your columns have opened up a whole new world on transport by bike. I don’t have a question but am considering purchasing our second Xtracycle for our family. I can carry our toddler and all our groceries, or another adult, or a cooler full of beer on one side and camping gear on the […]

    Ask Umbra® Culture

  • Maybe there’s hope after all

    Unicorns!

    David Roberts Culture

  • HGTV sets her up in sweet South Carolina digs

    Back in January, I mentioned that HGTV was giving away a green home in Hilton Head, S.C. Well, that 2,000-square-foot home done been given away (along with a hybrid GMC Yukon). The winner is a grandmother and medical billing clerk now living in Florida. Marsha Coulthard hasn’t decided whether to live in or sell the […]

    Katharine Wroth Culture

  • TV characters avoid gas pump drama

    Interesting post about TV characters who will likely feel the gas price pinch (including Dwight Shrute of The Office and the taxi driver on How I Met Your Mother). And to counter that, a list from Whitney at Pop Candy of TV characters who don’t have to worry about problems at the pump: 1. Hiro […]

    Grist staff Culture

  • Replacement for nasty chemical may be no less nasty, says EWG

    Under pressure from the U.S. EPA, eight chemical companies are phasing out perfluorooctanoic acid in nonstick, oil-resistant, and stain-resistant products — but industry-favored substitutes may be no safer, says a new report from the Environmental Working Group. The chemical, known for brevity as PFOA or C8, has been linked to cancer, reproductive problems, and immune […]

    Grist staff Culture

  • Even green space can’t get us off our lazy you-know-whats

    “This study shows you don’t really need green space.” — Dutch researcher Jolanda Maas, commenting on a new study showing that living near green space doesn’t correlate to exercising more

    Katharine Wroth Culture

  • How to green your kids this summer

    Once more unto the beach! Photo: Tom Twigg Child-rearing may be the ultimate eco-conundrum: If you have a child, you’re adding to a population that’s already burdening the planet. And as you raise that child, you may be too tired and burdened yourself to care whether all your choices are green. On the other hand, […]

    Grist staff Culture

  • Reflecting on his daughter’s future, a father says the green movement must diversify

    The face of America is changing — is the environmental movement ready to face change too? “Kyra, do you know this is yours?” I ask, looking down at the skinny little girl with big, curly, dark brown locks. Her hair to body proportion resembles Thing One and Thing Two from Dr. Seuss’ Cat in the […]

    Marcelo Bonta Culture