Now this is what I want to see more of in the headlines. Residents of Concord, Massachusetts recently voted to ban sales of bottled water, making their city the first [ … ]
Tag: environment
Banned Chemicals Continue To Appear in Our Food
This article caught my eye from Change.org: current research shows that numerous banned chemicals, including DDT, are continuing to show up in US food supplies, even though they have been [ … ]
Forage Your Own Free Food on a Wild Edibles Walk
Spring is the season to welcome new growth, longer days, and lots and lots of sprouting green stuff. But wouldn’t it be great to actually be able to identify all [ … ]
Taxpayer Dollars Subsidizing Destruction
By Lester R. Brown One way to correct market failures is tax shifting—raising taxes on activities that harm the environment so that their prices begin to reflect their true cost [ … ]
Earth Out of Sync: Rising Temperatures Throwing off Seasonal Timing
Credit: Jack Dykinga/USDA By Janet Larsen A newly hatched chick waits with hungry mouth agape for a parent to deliver its first meal. A crocus peaks up through the snow. [ … ]
7 Progressive reasons to Be Suspicious of Universal Health Care Discussions (PPB #38)
Brian Toomey is a resident of Dancing Rabbit, the founder of search engine optimization firm JB Web Analytics, and my partner at sustainablog. On the surface, this may see off-topic, [ … ]
What Can a Soccer Ball Teach Us about Embodied Energy?
When I stumbled upon this video of the production of an Adidas 2010 World Cup soccer ball, it struck me as a huge lesson in embodied energy. Embodied energy is [ … ]
Four Missouri Communities Demonstrate Sustainability
There’s a revolution happening in the middle of the country, outside of urban influence, in the rolling prairies, and nestled amongst fields of corn, wheat, and soybeans. You might be [ … ]
Green Government 2.0: State Blogs on Environmental Issues
How do elected officials attempt to ensure transparency these days (or, at least, the appearance of transparency)? By posting information online… we saw yet another example of this just in [ … ]
Green Government 2.0: Federal Blogs, Environmental Issues
Social media and blogging have caught on like wildfire in political campaigns: over the last few election cycles, we’ve seen candidates for all levels of office taking advantage of web-based [ … ]
Data Highlights: America’s Century-Long Love Affair with the Car May Be Coming to an End
Editor’s note: This post expands upon last week’s offering from Earth Policy Institute on the decline of American car sales in 2009. Between 1950 and 2008 more cars were added [ … ]
US Car Fleet Shrinks by Four Million in 2009
America’s century-old love affair with the automobile may be coming to an end. The U.S. fleet has apparently peaked and started to decline. In 2009, the 14 million cars scrapped [ … ]
Plan B 4.0 Book Byte: Three Models of Social Change
Lester R. Brown Can we change fast enough? When thinking about the enormous need for social change as we attempt to move the world economy onto a sustainable path, I [ … ]