In a 2005 paper published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology, authors F. Stephan Mayer and Cynthia MacPherson Franz of Oberlin College argue that the more connection a person (or presumably a culture) feels to nature, the more likely they are to live sustainably and to support political policy that sustains our planetary habitat. They […]
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Saving myself by saving the world
In my my last post, I suggested that readers, as a personal experiment, try getting actively involved in our democracy by calling their Congressional representative just to see how it felt. The results were amazing and I’m not talking numbers of people who made the call. What I’m talking about is how, pretty much to […]
We changed the world! We made a difference! We did this! Let’s do more!
I’m going to ask you to take what may well be your first political action at the end of this post. THIS MEANS YOU, TOO, MOM!!! It’s going to mean a phone call. It’s going to take less than two minutes. And then I’m going to ask that you come back here to the blog […]
LV GRN: Slimy pets to eat your garbage and entertain your kids
Some of you will have seen this before, but for the newcomers in the crowd… When I first told my wife Michelle I was going to keep worms in a bin to turn our food scraps from garbage into compost, she said no way. She was like “Worms in my kitchen? Forget it.” But guess what? We have […]
How to live a $4 a gallon lifestyle in the coming $5 a gallon world
First, a bit of business. I wanted to let those of you who subscribe to the blog by email or RSS reader know that we have a very active and interesting commenting community. You may want to come have a look, either to leave comments of your own or simply to read the informative comments […]
What will it take to save the world?
This is a guest post by Leslie Berliant, blogger and editor at Celsias.com. Let’s give her a big No Impact Man welcome with lots of comments. Do you agree with the scenarios she imagines? Would you be willing to deal with them? Or do you imagine happier possibilities? “The most recent science tells us that […]
Reusable containers and the two-way customer relationship
The way I see it, reusable containers have the tremendous potential for helping companies develop a two-way relationship with customers. Like Ronnybrook Farm, where I get milk. I buy from them because they’re local and because they use returnable bottles. A quart of milk from them is $3.25 including a $1 deposit. You go back […]
Do you want this man in charge of your drinking water?
A while back I wrote a post called “When what’s happening to gas happens to water,” about how companies are buying up water rights and looking forward to the day when clean drinking water is sparse and the price goes through the roof. I wrote, “You see, it’s not just about the plastic bottles. It’s […]