by Chicago local blogger team, the FB crew: On the rare occasion I find myself channel surfing the 400 networks RCN provides, I inevitably click by ESPN Classic. Now I’m not much of a sports fan but I always stop to watch a few minutes of the old NBA footage from [...]
I’m wary of the “50 simple things you can do to save the earth” approach to environmentalism and economic justice. Some things just aren’t that easy to do at the scale we need to do them. And this focus on tiny individual changes distracts us from demanding better environmental or economic [...]
by Worldchanging Canada local blogger, Mark Tovey: The Rideau Canal, iconic emblem of Ottawa’s beauty, is, as of today, a UNESCO world heritage site, joining twelve other Canadian sites. It was chosen not for its natural charm, but because “it bears witness to the fight for control of the north of the [...]
When the thermostat starts to creep up, there's no reason to give up your morning coffee: just cool it down for a refreshing treat!
Honey Iced Espresso
Ingredients:
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Paper, paper, paper. It's everywhere. Even though it is easily recycled, a lot of paper evades the recycling bin and winds up in the landfills.
Everyday items — toilet paper, facial tissue,…
I have yet to find any trace of ungainliness in The Institute for Applied Autonomy. The anonymous activist group believes in the importance of disseminating knowledge, encouraging autonomy, and developing methods of self-determination through artistic expression and application of military-like technology to the topics of criminal mischief, decentralized systems and individual [...]
The Earth Tub
Question: What are some ways that hotels who produce large volumes of food sraps minimize wastes? Currently all food scraps are thrown into a large commercial compactor bin. Any ideas…
U.S. National Bird: image courtesy of Ackerlund's Guide ServiceYesterday, June 28, 2007 the Interior Department took the American Bald Eagle off the Endangered Species List. After 40 years of…
By Ecotality blogger Doug Snodgrass. Originally published on June 28, 2007.
Are you doing something about climate change? Perhaps the scope of your project is Live Earth-massive, or there’s a…
Here at the Tällberg Forum, both daylight and heady discussion about sustainability and global understanding seem to go on around the clock, but the show-stealer so far was the panel on climate change. “Rogue” NASA scientist James Hansen lead the panel off with a grim pronouncement, saying that there looms a “huge [...]
