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15 Green Business Founders

Some of these eco-entrepreneurs you’ve likely heard of, some of them you surely haven’t, but all of them deserve kudos for starting up companies that strive for sustainability. Read about their accomplishments, then tell us about green business owners who’ve inspired you in the comments section at the bottom of this page. Yvon Chouinard, Patagonia […]

From Models to Mates

Televisionary From a solar-panel canopy to locally grown catering goods, the stars walking the recycled red carpet on Sunday will be “green with Emmy.” And speaking of modeling eco-behavior, Tyra’s banking on green as the fashion color of the season. Photo: the CW Network Everybody’s surfin’ now More than 80 surfers recently got on board […]

From Big Macs to Beauties

Do you believe in tragic? Pledge to fight global warming — get a Big Mac? That’s like handing out SUVs as a reward for taking the bus to work. Except with more special sauce. Frock hunter To honor her father’s work wrestling crocs, snakes, and stingrays, 9-year-old Bindi Irwin will enter the jungle of the […]

From DIY to Dirty

The perfect dorm Attention back-to-school shoppers: nothing impresses a sexy coed more than a DIY chair made of recycled six-pack rings. So get to … studying. Photo: Adam Johnson Stick ’em up People who live on the sticks follow strict rules. Lollipops, corn dogs, and kebabs in the morning; pick-up sticks and pogo-ing in the […]

From Glamp to Glam

Best of in-tents Hello muddah, hello faddah, here we are at Glamp Granada. Glam’rous camping‘s entertaining. And we’ll surely have some fun once we’re deplane-ing. Butler’s tending to the fire. Of chef’s prepped food, we won’t tire. Maid gives pillows a little fluff-it. Why would anybody ever want to rough it? Puff daddy In an […]

From Lohan to Lovin’

Paparazzi can you hear me? “I feel like the asshole, the idiot, because I feel like I’m distracting from the other things that are important, like global warming and that kind of stuff.” We hear ya, Lindsay — we had that same problem, until we listened to Leo. Photo: Tony Barson / WireImage.com Raising the […]

15 Green Cars

The greenest way to get around? On your own two feet, of course, or on a bicycle, unicycle, skateboard, or public transit. But if you still find yourself in need of a car, these are some of the best green options on the market. If we zoomed right past your favorite eco-friendly auto, tell us […]

15 Green Colleges and Universities

See which colleges got top marks from Grist, then grade our effort in the comments section at the bottom of this page. Photo: Mauro Carballo College of the Atlantic This small school in Bar Harbor, Maine, has just one major: human ecology — or “the study of our relationship with our environment.” So it only […]

From One Day to One Night

Bauer beware He’s survived 20 months of torture in a Chinese prison, thwarted presidential assassination attempts, disarmed nuclear bombs, and saved Kiefer Sutherland’s career. Did you doubt he’d eventually take on global warming? Clearly, you don’t know Jack. Bottled rage We heard it through the grapevine that Brangelina may be purchasing an eco-friendly winery in […]