There were seven stages to the No Impact project: no trash, no carbon-producing transportation, sustainable eating, no buying anything new, no fossil-fueled electricity, careful water use and giving back. The first six stages were all about conservation. About limiting. About doing less harm. There were incredibly discoveries to be made about the truth of where […]
No Impact Man
The first step on the personal path to green?
Just wondering, if a friend decided they wanted to do something about the environment, how would you tell him or her to start? What’s the way in? What’s the most important first step?
Gore’s call for 100% renewable electricity by 2018
Al Gore Thursday made an important speech in which he called upon the United States to generate 100% of its electricity by renewable means by 2018. This is exactly the approach we need to achieve what is scientifically necessary. I haven’t spoken to them yet, but I believe it is entirely in line with the […]
What’s good for the planet is good for your baby’s butt
Remembering back about Bella in diapers and thinking how, if you bring up cloth diapers, people always want to talk about the study that show that the environmental impact of manufacturing plastic diapers is no worse than blah blah blah. Even if I trusted the objectivity of a study funded by Procter & Gamble, who […]
Someone who made a difference
Tonight I was at the fund-raising dinner of Transportation Alternatives (I’m on the board), and a citizen activist named Mary Beth Kelly who works with TA was honored. We’ve talked a lot on this blog about whether one person can make a difference. In her own way, about her own agenda, Mary Beth has really […]
One day’s reason not to get engulfed by despair
I don’t know if you read Dave Roberts over at Gristmill, but you really should if you care much about climate politics. You should read Kate Sheppard over there, too. Anyway, when people ask me how I don’t get engulfed in despair about the human race, I tell them I pay attention to what’s going […]
Saving resources, improving lives, securing your corporation’s future
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote: “If the need for a product has to be created by the manufacturer, if aggressive marketing is required to convince people to buy the product, can the product, no matter how renewable its materials, really be called sustainable? Because isn’t using resources to make things we don’t even need the definition […]
Happy Friday…
… and it’s a day off for me. See you Monday! PS Meanwhile, take a look at my Facebook profile if you want.