Tuesday September 16, 2008

glamorous camping?

My boyfriend hates camping. The discomfort of sleeping on the ground, the syncopated cacophony of crickets and frogs, the inaccessibility to running water. But what about glamping?

This supposedly eco-friendly form of camping — think luxury safari

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Tuesday September 16, 2008

greenwash hogwash

Eco-buyer Beware! is the title of a Time magazine article about all the greenwashing that’s happening these days now that the sustainable lifestyle has hit primetime. The fear is that all of the illegitimate claims are

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Tuesday September 16, 2008

vegetarian shrinkage

A wake up call to vegetarians: get your vitamin B12!A new study out of Melbourne, Australia has found that vegetarians are 6 times more likely to experience brain shrinkage than meat-eating counterparts. I haven’t been able

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Monday September 15, 2008

eco news roundup: wildlife

Will Central Africa’s Forest Wildlife Be Eaten into Extinction? [Scientific American]
Shhh, Listen — Rare Soundscapes of Vanishing Habitats [Wired]
Greenland may break with international whale hunting restrictions [Green Daily]
Roadsides can help bees survive [Green Daily]

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Monday September 15, 2008

eco news roundup: autos

Home-Brewed Biodiesel Goes Primetime [Wired]
Diesel Ford Fiesta Smokes Prius, Gets 62.5 MPG [Jalopnik]
Peugeot Bringing a Hybrid to Le Mans [Wired]
You’ll Need The Gas Savings With Mercedes’ $100K Hybrid [Wired]

62.5MPG Ford Fiesta (not for US!)

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Sunday September 14, 2008

bug life

Watching insects is fascinating to me. Their world, the way they conduct their lives, is so alien to the way of humans. They seem to have a different order of business than us — efficient, clearly

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Friday September 12, 2008

farm aid 2008

What’s wrong with our farm system? It’s unsustainable, unsupportive to family farmers, and unhealthy to us all. But for over 20 years, Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, and Neil Young (and since 2001, Dave Matthews) have been

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Thursday September 11, 2008

green brooklyn all day event!

The Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment is hosting an all day eco event that’s free and open to the public next Thursday. After looking at the jam-packed schedule of workshops and talks on all things

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Thursday September 11, 2008

great remake

I’m always trying to find new uses for trash. I’ve made cereal boxes into magazine racks. And I’ve got a pile of plastic from food packaging and coffee top lids that I’m looking to repurpose.Well, now

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Wednesday September 10, 2008

abstract impact

Our impact on the planet is profound. These are NASA images (courtesy of NASA via Environmental Graffiti) of Garden City, Kansas croplands (above) and Brazilian deforestation (below). Check out more amazing images of earth from 400

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