Written by Stacy Feldman. Originally published May 14, 2009, at SolveClimate Solar photovoltaics (PV) in the UK will be as cheap as grid-sourced fossil fuels much sooner than expected, a [ … ]
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SolveClimate: The Next 100 Days — Let’s Launch a War Against Energy Waste
Editor’s note: This post was originally published on Friday, May 1, at SolveClimate. It is time for President Obama to mobilize us all to help build the new energy economy. [ … ]
Slight Change to Sundance Gift Bag Giveaway
Well, it turns out that getting a list of subscribers out of Feedburner is more challenging than it once was. So… if you’re still planning to enter our drawing for [ … ]
How To Live Richly: Go Green on a Budget
There should be no secrets among those who continue to prosper in mostly non-financial ways despite the challenging economic times. These people live (and perhaps work) following the laws of [ … ]
Cutting out Credit Cards: Living Within (or Beneath) our Means
There’s more to buying that high-tech gizmo or fancy new clothes, especially if you put it on plastic. If you’re anything like the so-called average American with combined balances on [ … ]
Everyday Life — How to Really Change the Environment
If you don’t eat for a day, you know it. If you stay inside all day, you feel it and it makes a strong impression on the character of the [ … ]
Five More Greenish Products You’ve Seen on TV
Think back to the last direct-marketed product you saw on television. You probably remember the hyped-up pitch person, the “special offer” for buying now, the price that ends .95. You [ … ]
Goals and Rejuvenation: Realizing Our Dreams
Each of us comes to the environmental movement in different ways. We come with different causes, with different dreams and hopes, with different goals and ambitions, with different concerns. We [ … ]
Sustainability-Focused Companies Out-Perform Competitors
According to research by consulting firm A.T. Kearny, compiled in their “Green” Winners Report, “companies committed to corporate sustainability practices are achieving above average performance in the financial markets during [ … ]
Dervaes Family and Other Urban Homesteaders Remind Us of What We Can Accomplish
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/mCPEBM5ol0Q&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] Spring is coming. In the Midwest, as in the other currently cold areas of the United States, that makes a difference. As I think about expanding my own, as [ … ]
California Product Stewardship Act Aims for Friendlier Product Designs, Packaging
A bill introduced by assemblyman Wesley Chesbro (D-Arcata) aims to reduce waste, litter, and greenhouse gases and create thousands of green jobs. The California Product Stewardship Act, AB 283, also [ … ]
Try Some Fresh, Clean and Green Electrons
With current political emphasis on kicking fossil fuel habits and modernizing the electrical grid, many are dreaming of Thomas Friedman’s Utopian world of clean, reliable and cheap electrons. First, if [ … ]
Think Local First: In Baltimore or Anywhere, USA
It’s time to join tens of millions of Americans who are rediscovering commerce in a local ECOnomy where customers are not treated like “consumers,” but rather as friends, fellow citizens, [ … ]