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  • Video … on the interwebs!

    Hey kids, are you hip to the steez on carbon offsets? Well, check this shizzle out! Here, Christie Todd Whitman talks about Bush and Cheney “flipping the bird” at the rest of the world (probably the first time this blueblood has ever used that phrase): Here, Frank Luntz continues to fail to realize what a […]

    David Roberts Culture

  • The Onion

    Still funny.

    David Roberts Culture

  • Alisa Smith and James MacKinnon chew the fat on their 100-mile diet

    Two years ago, Alisa Smith and James MacKinnon set out to see if it was still possible, in these hyper-globalized times, to live off food grown in your own ‘hood. The pair made a pact to dine on dishes culled from within a 100-mile radius of their Vancouver, B.C., home for an entire year. Their […]

    Grist staff Culture

  • The seductive lure of toys that promise solutions without change

    Reading about the sunken tidal turbines -- which seem interesting -- I got an overwhelming feeling of "here we go again."

    Why is it that people who know that "eat the foods you love and lose weight without exercise!" is hokum can't resist spending hours and hours hyping and being hyped about technotoys that promise "abundant low-cost clean energy that lets you lose carbon without reducing consumption!"

    JMG Culture

  • Funny

    The Daily Show‘s Samantha Bee covers Earth Day (featuring RealClimate‘s Gavin Schmidt!): And as a bonus, here’s Colbert:

    David Roberts Culture

  • TP

    This evening, I was on Fox’s Hannity & Colmes discussing … toilet paper. Yes, really. I’m sure my stiff, awkward performance will show up on YouTube sooner or later, so that’s something to … hm, “look forward to” doesn’t seem appropriate. Expect, then.

    David Roberts Culture

  • Painful

    Bush at the Radio and TV Correspondents Dinner (green connection: ethanol joke!): Arianna Huffington has an amusing account of the event. (h/t: Hugg)

    David Roberts Culture

  • Notes from the road

    Just as the whole Karl Rove v. Sheryl Crow thing was blowing up in the news, I was arriving in Washington, D.C. to cover … Sheryl Crow. Taking on climate change. You can read about Crow’s big arrival over on my blog, but a few quick thoughts on the Rove encounter before I head for […]

    Kate Sheppard Culture

  • Tracey Smith, advocate for simple living, answers questions

    Tracy Smith. What work do you do? I’m a writer and broadcaster on downshifting and sustainable living, and I also put together an awareness campaign called National Downshifting Week, which is this week. NDW is a grassroots awareness campaign, designed to encourage participants to “Slow Down and Green Up”! There’s a great quote I often […]

    Grist staff Culture

  • Is it green to recycle ideas?

    Is it me, or does this sound an awwwful lot like this?

    David Roberts Culture