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Sep 25, 2011, 10:35 am
We received our Nissan Leaf about a week ago, and I'm happy to report that it has exceeded my expectations. I was honestly expecting this car to be the right thing to do, but maybe a little dull. Instead, I'm having a blast with it. Now this is due, in part, to the fact that I haven't bought a... Comment - Like
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May 14, 2010, 7:42 pm
Full Citation: David W. Orr. Down to the Wire: Confronting the Climate Collapse. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.
David Orr is the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics at Oberlin College. His recent book on climate, Down to the Wire, is similar... Comment - Like
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May 14, 2010, 3:00 pm
The Tea Party movement has tapped a clear chord in American culture – suspicion of governmental power. We hear it in Jefferson’s rationale for revolution, the inalienable rights to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, and in Emerson’s reverence for self-reliance.
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May 6, 2010, 11:31 pm
Full Citation: McKibben, Bill. Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet. New York: Henry Holt and Company. 2010.
Bill McKibben's Eaarth has an extra "a" to drive home his point that we have irrevocably changed the planet we inhabit. He argues that warnings about the need to p... Comment - Like
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May 1, 2010, 3:11 pm
Full Citation: Rogers, Heather. Green Gone Wrong: How Our Economy Is Undermining the Environmental Revolution. New York: Scribner, 2010.
Green Gone Wrong is a scathing criticism of current practices in the growing green economy. Heather Rogers' investigative reporting tracks a dark und... Comment - Like
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Apr 21, 2010, 3:50 pm
Yesterday (4/20/2010), Nissan emailed their prospective Leaf customers with an opportunity to place reservations for the new all-electric vehicle when it becomes available in December of this year. The email went out to some 115,000 people who have registered their interest on the Nissan website i... Comment - Like
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Apr 11, 2010, 1:15 pm
Having recently completed a bit of light bulb replacement shopping, I learned a few things about LED bulbs and retailers that may help you to avoid some of the mistakes that I made.
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Apr 11, 2010, 1:08 pm
Rapidly developing LED technology provides consumers with alternatives for replacing inefficient, carbon-producing incandescent bulbs, including a growing range of products designed for the E26/E27 screw in bases needed for most conventional lamps and overhead cans.
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Mar 31, 2010, 6:43 pm
Full Citation: Vogel, David. The Market for Virtue: The Potential and Limits of Corporate Social Responsibility. Washington D.C.. The Brookings Institution, 2005. Print.
David Vogel is the Solomon Lee Professor of Business Ethics at the Haas School of Business and professor of politi... Comment - Like
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Mar 18, 2010, 4:45 pm
Full Citation: Sachs, Jeffrey. Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet. New York. Penguin Books, 2008.
Jeffrey Sachs is director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. He has served as an adviser on economic development for governments and organizations around the world, ... Comment - Like
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Feb 13, 2010, 8:03 pm
Unless, as does Sean Hannity, you think the recent snow storms on the east coast have put to rest "hysterical" claims about global warming, you may be paying attention to how the things you buy have been packaged. All of that excess plastic and cardboard that houses an ink cartridge or the latest ... Comment - Like
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Nov 15, 2009, 8:58 pm
In early 2009, Mintel, a market research firm, conducted a study of consumer opinion in order to determine whether people were choosing green products during a recession. Mintel reported that whereas green shopping had been on the rise prior to the recession, with the number of people saying that ... Comment - Like
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Oct 23, 2009, 8:00 pm
This eleven year old boy – let’s call him “Ray” – does not ordinarily sit still for more than a few minutes. But he is focused while sitting on one of the long benches that surround the big chessboard painted on the floor at Crossroads Mall. As he watches the men slide two-foot wooden ches... Comment - Like
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Oct 16, 2009, 9:07 am
1. True-False: When a hand lotion manufactured in the U.S. has a label that says, “all natural ingredients,” this means that the product does not contain petroleum-based synthetic chemical compounds.
2. True-False: Body oil that is manufactured in the U.S. and says “organic” on the lab... Comment - Like
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Oct 2, 2009, 6:02 pm
Since we promote a large selection of eco friendly wedding invitations from a variety of printers at Think 2100, we thought it would be helpful to offer a few tips on factors to consider when you are looking for wedding invites that will be easy on the environment.
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
A few years ago, I was teaching tenets of Buddhism in a course on the Pacific Rim, when a student raised his hand and asked, "How is this going to help me make a million dollars?" An exchange student from Uruguay responded, "That's why so many people around the world hate Americans. Because they... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Full Citation: Brown, Lester. Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization. New York. The Earth Policy Institute, 2009.
This is the first in a series of reviews/summaries of books for people interested in environmental and other global issues. These are book recommendations, but also su... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Although there is virtual consensus among legitimate climate scientists that greenhouse gases created through human activity are causing climate change, many Americans do not believe it. A CNN poll conducted in December, 2009 indicated that one third of Americans do not believe that global warming... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Full Citation: Gore, Al. Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis. New York. Rodale, 2009.
Since his publication of An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore has organized some 30 Summit Solutions, inviting experts from a wide range of fields to address the problems posed by climate change. ... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Scientists have identified feedback loops that can create dramatic changes in climate. For example, it is believed that at the close of an ice age 12,800 years ago, gradual warming on the North American continent melted a giant glacier that emptied into the Atlantic, creating enough change in ocea... Comment - Like
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