The economic meltdown, written 18 hours ago, Click image to enlarge I've been getting a lot of emails from readers asking me my thoughts on the mortgage crisis and the market meltdown. So here goes. First, this from Sheryl Canter over at Climate 411:Former President Bill Clinton...

Blog Contest: Announcing the Winner, written 1 day ago, The random drawing has been ceremoniously conducted, and I'm pleased to announce that the winner of the Life Less Plastic Year Anniversary Blog Contest is Sandy!To claim your prize, Sandy, just send me an email at lifelessplastic@yahoo.com.Than...

Learn more about amazing interactions, behaviors and the best diving and snorkeling practices on the coral reef. 10% Of The Profits Go Into Coral Reef Preservation.

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Bush readies more deregulatory pollution moves; EPA accused of Fascism!?, written 6 days ago, As we struggle to cope with the aftermath of the ugly vote on the economic rescue package (while others labor to differentiate Sarah Palin from Tina Fey), we note that matters involving air pollution genera...

Deputy Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency, Marcus Peacock, describes what the EPA is doing to improve its operations and make what EPA does more open to the public.

Cycling-Friendly Cities 101, written 11 hours ago, While it's a bit slow, the video above does a great job of showing the many benefits of cycling-friendly cities. Produced by the Interface for Cycling Expertise, with a script by sustainable transport guru Enrique Penalosa, the flick visits Amsterda...

Green news harvest: Carbon-footprint math, utility-scale solar, written 11 hours ago, A sampling of green-tech news with quick commentary. Capitalism to the Rescue--NYTimes.comThe NYT Magazine follows the brainiacs of storied VC firm Kleiner Perkins for a few months and concludes...green tech is rea...

Where Do You Turn For Chicken-Raising Advice?, written 3 hours ago, Shawna wrote me with a couple of questions I can't answer about raising chickens. She wondered if either I could answer them, or I could ask you all for your wisdom... For those of you who are raising chickens (and I hope to someday...

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Review: Solargorilla and Powergorilla, written 13 hours ago, Meet the Gorillas, the first affordable gizmos that'll power your laptop from the sun.

treading lightly while you cook, written 5 hours ago, I recently found a great book by Joanna Yarrow, a UK based consultant and leading expert on sustainable living. The book is called How To Reduce Your Carbon Footprint and features many fab tips that are really easy to adopt. No brainers, in fact ...

Major Grassroots Org Taps Social Media to Protect Renewable Tax Credits, written 11 minutes ago, The extension of the solar and wind tax credits, signed into law by Congress last week as part of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, was spurred by a substantial grassroots movement for green jobs...

ALERT! Tell World Leaders Urgent Climate Change Action Cannot Wait for a Return to Hyper-Economic Growth, written 1 day ago, Climate change and the bad economy are both symptoms of the same growth-based "ecological bubble". Tell governments to urgently address climate change despite the ec...

Beijing Smog Takes Shine Off 'Golden Week', written 2 days ago, Al Guo - SCMP - Updated on Oct 04, 2008 The National Day "golden week" holiday ushered in the predicted post-Olympic deterioration in air quality, with the capital suffering four consecutive days of "light air pollution&q...

WIN a bumper eco beauty pack worth over £50, written 4 hours ago, Just a quick heads-up about the fantastic prize we're offering to any green beauty addicts out there, courtesy of our friends at Big Green Smile who want to offer you a bumper beauty pack worth £52. The site has recently expanded it...

Falling Down: Enviros Shouldn’t Sweat Lower Oil Prices, written 7 hours ago,

Produce hydrogen from visible light, written 4 days ago, Power is something that is very much required in all spheres of life; in offices, homes, schools and malls. However the present stock of natural energy the earth has and provides is getting exhausted by the minute. This is the reason researche...

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