For more ideas and ways to join a community of people who are searching for happier, more eco-friendly lives, got to NoImpactProject.org. 1. Stop eating beef. Worldwide, beef production contributes more substantially to climate change than the entire transportation sector. Plus, a diet with no or less beef is better for you anyway. 2. Give […]
Environment
We’re In This Together
As you may know, Japan has lower per capita carbon emissions than any Western European country. For that reason, I asked my friend, Sean Saskamoto, who recently moved to Japan and who blogs at I’d Rather Be In Japan, to check in with us every so often. I thought we might be able to learn a little something about […]
Consumerdom ain’t making women happy
We talk a lot here about whether our consumption-based economy and culture makes people happy. Because, since consumption of resources is the root cause our planet’s woes, it would be an awful shame if it turned out that we were wrecking the planet without even increasing human happiness. And it turns out, by the way, […]
My eco-living lines in the sand
People often ask what I kept from the No Impact year, and there’s a lot I still try to do. I bike most places, I buy only second-hand, we don’t have air conditioners. But there are certain things that are lines in the sand for me and bottled water is one. I just can’t bring […]
Open Discussion–Comment free for all
Here’s another chance to discuss, here on the blog, whatever is on your mind. Ask questions. Answer questions. Make comments. Somebody hurry up and be the first to say something. Now then, as for all you readers who get the blog by email, you will actually have to come to the web page itself to […]
Don’t want a weird, new flu? Then let’s stop global warming.
Yeah, really. We’re all going to get sicker as the ice caps melt according to a new story in Wired (photo courtesy of them, by the way). Why? Well, to put it succinctly, in the words of the blog What Ya Thinkn?: Humans keep relying on non-renewable sources. Use of these sources leads to rapid […]
Are we just a green bubble that has burst?
Recently, The New Republic published an article by Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger of the Breakthrough Institute calling the trend towards lower consumption coupled with the search for meaningful life no more than a public opinion bubble that has burst. They argue that individual lifestyle change–of which I am one of the chief national proponents, […]
An easy, automatic way to tell your Congressional Reps you want them to solve the climate crisis
In this crucial point in history, digging, stumbling, reposting or emailing the below could do an incredible amount of good for the entire world. Just saying! :) This post is by Garth Moore and comes from the 1Sky blog. Click on the link, fill out the form and an automated system will call you and […]