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Dumpster diving v.2 A cool urban pool made by lining a dumpster. Brainchild of Macro/Sea. Dumpster pool [Recyclart] ..
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EcoDIY with kids: a bird’s nest I like this idea for an Easter egg receptacle.  We’re going to be away from home this Easter and staying in a B&B,  so this is a good idea for somewhere for the Easter Bunny to leave eggs for the children.  It’s messy and a great kids’ craft and it’s made of stuff that is [...]..
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Vintage is eco Being green can have everything to do with saving money, which is why I love shopping at second-hand shops.  There are charity shops, dress agencies and also the school second-hand shop for used school uniform.   The internet is also a great place to pick up second-hand goodies, good places to start including Freecycle and Ebay. If [...]..
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The best internship on earth Here’s  a head’s up on a new, exciting opportunity from the Sierra Club that could just be The Best Internship on Earth. One lucky young person will get to spend this summer travelling around the US to Sierra Club’s outdoor youth programs, including Inner City Outings, Volunteer Vacations, and Building Bridges to the Outdoors.  The intern [...]..
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Bicycle chandelier Marin Camille Hood has made a few really cool chandeliers out of old bicycles and bicycle bits. This is one of them. The rest of them are here. chandeliers [artwork by marin camille] Recycled works by Marin Hood [Recyclart] ..
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Whose Future is It? Guest Article by June Birch, author of “Everyone Can be a herO.” Guest Article by June Birch, author of “Everyone Can be a herO.” Related posts:The Apollo 11 Moon Landing (Video) – Celebrating the Past While Looking Towards the Future The “Goracle” Speaks on Global Warming and Predicts The Future. Video We Must Start Adapting Now, to the Manifestations of Global Warming in the Future ..
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Photo Sunday – Water – Wild and Wonderful Water, the giver of all life. Wild, wonderful. Related posts:Photo Sunday – Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Photo Sunday – When its Raining on Sunday Morning Photo Sunday – Garden of the Gods, Colorado ..
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Podcast Spotlight – Green Talk Radio GreenTalk Radio is a play-on-demand audiocast (podcast) that helps listeners in their efforts to lead more eco-friendly lifestyles. Related posts:Green Living Ideas and Twilight Earth Form New Major Environmental Network, Simple Earth Media Green Wont Be The Norm, Until We Stop Calling Things Green Our Call for a Green Constitutional Convention (Podcast) ..
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Natural Parenting Website Spotlight – Natural Papa Natural Papa focuses on natural parenting and fatherhood, home remedies for common children’s ailments, homeschooling, green and simple living for families, and natural foods. Related posts:Derek Markham, Prolific Environmental and Natural Parenting Author to Join Twilight Earth Simple Earth Media Website and Social Media Information Podcast Spotlight – Green Talk Radio ..
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It is Not Enough to Question Authority – You Must Speak With it I entreat you, I implore you, I exhort you, I challenge you: To speak with conviction. Related posts:One Question for the World (Video) Coal Industry Ashholes Coming to a Town Near You What are you going to DO for Earth Day ..
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The Story of Stuff Comes to Print If you a blogger, web media producer, or some other kind of internet content creator, it’s hard not to admire Annie Leonard. She, along with the folks at Free Range Studios, took the rather weighty topic of lifecycle analysis, and turned it into a 20-minute video that frames the subject in a manner for almost [...] ..
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What Can a Soccer Ball Teach Us about Embodied Energy? When I stumbled upon this video of the production of an Adidas 2010 World Cup soccer ball, it struck me as a huge lesson in embodied energy. Embodied energy is a term to describe all of the energy that goes into the production of a product, whether it be a carrot, a book, a pair [...] ..
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On Rooftops Worldwide, a Solar Water Heating Revolution By Lester R. Brown The harnessing of solar energy is expanding on every front as concerns about climate change and energy security escalate, as government incentives for harnessing solar energy expand, and as these costs decline while those of fossil fuels rise. One solar technology that is really beginning to take off is the use of [...] ..
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Make Your Own Energy-Saving Thermal Curtains Windows are very frequently a source of lost heat in your home. Older homes may suffer from only having single-paned windows, which lose a large amount of heat, and even newer double-paned insulated windows lack enough insulation against cold winter temperatures and wind. However, you can save home heating costs and easily bulk up the [...] ..
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Creation Care in Action: Scott Sabin’s Tending to Eden While many of us in the environmental community literally “rejoice” in the growth and prominence of the creation care within evangelical Christianity, I’d guess we’re still trying to figure this movement out. I think the same probably goes for more traditional evangelicals, who (at least in my experience) often question the adherence of these people [...] ..
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Effective Green Communication: Why Polar Bears, Guilt-Trips, and Taking the Moral High-Ground Just Don’t Cut It A few weeks ago I started writing a series of articles for Huffington Post exploring how to effectively communicate green issues. I believe that the biggest hurdle we face as an environmental movement is figuring out how to message about environmental issues in such a way that people get excited about participating in the solutions. [...]..
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Lazy Environmentalist introduces Lady Antebellum on stage at Sundance Film Festival As spokesperson for the FilterForGood campaign, I was asked to hop on stage before Lady Antebellum’s performance at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival in Park City to introduce the band (also a partner of FilterForGood). Only thing was nobody had introduced me, so I had to improvise. ..
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Hutton Hotel: A Green Hotel in the Heart of Nashville This past weekend I was in Nashville to visit with friends and family and thought it would be an opportune time to sample some of the city’s finest Southern green hospitality. The Hutton Hotel has a lot going for it, and we were delighted as soon as we entered the lobby. TripAdvisor named the Hutton one [...]..
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ClickPayRent.com: Online Rent Payments Are Convenient & Green No one likes doing it. For many it’s one of the worst times of the month. For some people it actually physically hurts. It’s writing that monthly rent check. And as much as it pains you, the whole process is even worse for the environment. Think about all those trees cut down just to deliver [...]..
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Talking with Author and Green Living Guy, Seth Leitman, on Blog Talk Radio Seith Leitman wears many caps these days. Seth is author of Build Your Own Electric Vehicle, Build Your Own Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle, Solar Energy DeMystified,Green Lighting and Series Editor to McGraw-Hill on The Green Guru Guides. These days he’s also covering the green side of life everywhere from the Sundance Film Festival to New York City’s Fashion [...]..
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Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen: Green News Report -- March 11, 2010 (Audio) TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport Now available via Stitcher Radio's way cool iPhone app! Now available via Stitcher Radio's way cool app! Listen on your iPhone, Android, Palm Pre and BlackBerry! IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: The glacial pace of international climate negotiations; 'The Cove' goes undercover in L.A.; Venezuela's dam electricity shortage ... PLUS: Industrial food production & another new food recall (with video!)... All that and m..
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Jake Schmidt: Where Do Things Stand on International Efforts to Address Global Warming? It is almost 3 months after the Copenhagen Accord was hammered out by 28 of the world’s key countries that represent over 80% of the world’s global warming pollution and some of the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change (as I discussed here).  Given the state of the Accord just after Copenhagen with some calling it a failure, some outlining the foundations in the Accord for international efforts (and as my col..
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Bill Chameides: Top Scientists the World Over to Review IPCC Crossposted with www.thegreengrok.com. Will a review by the scientific organization uber alles rehabilitate the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)Something had to give in climate-science land. The IPCC was, by most standards, the authoritative source on all things climate. But no more. Revelations that IPCC's latest scientific assessment -- the Fourth Assessment, released in 2007 -- contained errors appears to have shaken p..
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Robert Stavins: What's the Proper Role of Individuals and Institutions in Addressing Climate Change? This may seem like a trivial question with an obvious answer. But what really is the proper role for individuals and institutions in addressing climate change An immediate and natural response may be that everyone should do their part. Let's see what that really means. Decisions affecting carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, for example, are made primarily by companies and consumers. This includes decisions by companies about how to prod..
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Chad Dobson: World Bank Convenes Multi-Stakeholder Energy Consultation in DC Co-authored by Rebecca Harris On Friday, March 5th, the World Bank convened a multi-stakeholder consultation in Washington, DC as part of a review of their Energy Strategy. More than one hundred participants from civil society, private sector, the World Bank and various international organizations attended the consultation as part of an open dialogue with the World Bank as they continue to shape their Energy Strategy Approach Paper whi..
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Virgin Galactic Flights Sir Richard Bransons’ Virgin Galactic is planning test flights in 2011 for their first commercial passenger spaceplane called SpaceShipTwo. The rocket-propelled spaceplane could herald a coming-of-age for the commercial space tourism industry. ..
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Bloom Box Fuel Cell A small fuel cell could be heading its way into your home in the coming decade that will save you lots of dollars, and maybe the environment too. That should keep both the industrial-techno climate-naysers and the climate-change evangelists happy. ..
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I wish my pets had never been born I just returned from the vet where I had a 13-year-old cat put down. Buster was his name and he was, quite simply, the most loving cat I’ve ever known.  Unfortunately, though his heart had the capacity for great love it didn’t have the capacity to keep him strong and he went into congenital heart failure. ..
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Meet Lucy The Elephant A friend recently told me a rather sad story and asked if I could help. This story is about Lucy, a female Asian elephant that started her life in the wild in Sri Lanka. Captured as a baby and shipped half-way round the world to end up in the freezing climes of Canada on permanent display at the Edmonton Valley Zoo, owned and operated by the City of Edmonton. ..
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Blame it on Barbie I confess I loved Barbie. LOVED her. And all her friends – mod-hair Ken (though I never did understand the appeal of stick-on facial hair), little sister Skipper, and African-American friend (though I was Canadian and lived in a world of white faces) Christie. I had Barbie’s Porsche and tent-trailer. Her RV. ..
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Owning the View: Pebble Beach Company I can appreciate Walt Disney World copyrighting their park.  After all, they’re largely responsible for just about every inch of it, from the sculpted bushes to human-engineered lakes and waterways.  Obviously, it’s well established that biotech companies currently have every right to own and patent new forms of life. But when I was passing through Pebble Beach on the spectacular Monterey Peninsula of California, a friend mentioned t..
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Active Holidays: Health and Wellness for the New Year With all the talk of New Year Resolutions, many involving losing a few pounds (and inches off our waistlines), perhaps one approach to the holidays is to get off the couch (and away from the TV). Participate in an active community event like cross-country skiing, dance, or some participative sport. Or escape to the woods for a hike, not hit the mall. My son and I returned to Mayor Daley’s Chicago Sports Fest at McCormick Place again this year. P..
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Fake Greenwashing: The New “Green” Trend? Most of us have heard on NPR’s Marketplace that the GMO-giant, Monsanto — a sponsor of the program — is “committed to sustainable agriculture…Produce more. Conserve more.” Obvious greenwashing, if you ask any farmer at a local farmers’ market or people committed to growing with nature, not synthetic chemicals. For more examples of greenwashing, see the Greenwashing Index from EnviroMedia and the University of Oregon. Read more of this..
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Gatlinburg’s Winter Magic Celebration of LED Lights About 3 million twinkling, high-efficiency, quarter-watt LED bulbs are now greeting visitors to Gatlinburg, Tennessee, nestled at the doorstep of the spectacular Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Gatlinburg welcomes over 11 million visitors a year. The City of Gatlinburg’s commitment to convert the Gatlinburg Winter Magic Celebration lights program to 100 percent LED bulbs during 2008 has paid off in immediate and significant savings of elec..
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The Air in My Basement Flushes My Toilet! It’s true. I have a zero-gallon/flush toilet! The air in my basement (collected by my 5-gallon dehumidifier) flushes my toilet. The 5-gallon reservoir in my dehumidifier fills up daily in the summer (I’m in humid St Louis, MO). Then, gravity lends a hand. I pour the 5 gallons into the toilet to flush the “yellow” that we’ve let “mellow” in the first floor bathroom, at the end of the day (for all you crin..
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First Wind-Powered Ferry Planned for San Francisco Bay Wind+Wing Technologies today announced plans to build the nation’s first winged and wind-assisted ferry vessel for public use in the San Francisco Bay Area. The ferry will utilize the wind, an inherent natural resource in the Bay Area, in conjunction with an innovative wing and clean Diesel motors to power and maneuver the vessel. The [...]..
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10 Best Eco-Adventure Destinations in India India is one of the most popular destinations of Adventure Sports and Ecotourism. Thrillophilia Adventure is the first service provider in India dealing with adventure-related activities on a pan-India level. Thrillophilia Adventure have pioneered into adventure travel throughout the Indian Himalaya, Western Ghats, Deserts, offering the widest range of adventure tours, from soft adventure, eco-tourism [...]..
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Winter olympics reduces its energy usage Pulse Energy, the energy management software provider to the 2010 Olympic Games, released figures from the company’s Venue Energy Tracker today revealing a savings of 135,716 kilowatt hours of electricity (kWh) during the first week of competition, which is a 16 percent reduction compared to unmonitored consumption levels. That’s enough for Julia Murray, a Canadian [...]..
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The World Prepares To Participate in WWFs Earth Hour On Saturday, March 27th at 8:30 p.m. local time, the largest ever public demonstration for action on climate change will take place as lights are symbolically turned off for one hour in homes, office buildings, iconic landmarks, government buildings and retail establishments across the globe for Earth Hour. With 38 days left until Earth Hour [...]..
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Energy Efficiency Will Change the Way the World Creates and Uses Energy Mr. George Pataki, former Governor of New York and current counsel at Chadbourne & Parke, LLP, said today at the Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Conference (www.eilatenergy.org) that increasing energy efficiency around the world will forever change the way that energy is produced and used. “Efficiency must play an important role (when considering how to [...]..
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