{"id":3962,"date":"2008-12-21T14:02:50","date_gmt":"2008-12-21T20:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=3962"},"modified":"2008-12-21T14:02:50","modified_gmt":"2008-12-21T20:02:50","slug":"the-twelve-days-of-sustainablog-dumpster-diving-online-shopping-and-hand-towels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/the-twelve-days-of-sustainablog-dumpster-diving-online-shopping-and-hand-towels\/","title":{"rendered":"The Twelve Days of sustainablog: Dumpster Diving, Online Shopping and Hand Towels"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2008\/12\/leprechaun.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3963\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2008\/12\/leprechaun.jpg\" alt=\"philadelphia leprechaun\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a>With several new GO blogs launching in March, a few of sustainablog&#8217;s regulars moved on to other posting assignments. We were fortunate that a number of friends, such as the folks at <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/03\/31\/life-goggles-eco-me-home-cleaning-kit-product-review\/\">Life Goggles<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/greenoptions.com\/author\/edfblog\">Environmental Defense Fund<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/greenoptions.com\/author\/ecolibris\">Eco-Libris<\/a>, did admirable jobs in filling the gap.\u00a0 Additionally, we were pleased to republish several posts from the University of Kansas&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/mediaenvironment.wordpress.com\/\">&#8220;Media and the Environment&#8221; course blog<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<p>The original content we did publish was great stuff, of course.\u00a0 Take a look below, and see a few of the goodies from March (and not a single post on green beer!).<\/p>\n<h3>March 2008<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Maria Surma Manka<\/strong> took a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/03\/03\/why-the-saudis-are-looking-at-solar\/\">the Saudi&#8217;s interest in solar power<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Victoria Everman<\/strong> reviewed <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/03\/03\/shop-green-online-with-thepurplebook\/\">online shopping guide thepurplebook&#8217;s green edition<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kyle Weatherholtz<\/strong> examined <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/03\/02\/theres-wind-in-texas-sometimes\/\">issues with wind power in Texas<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Carol McClelland<\/strong> profiled some <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/03\/21\/intriguing-green-companies-success-stories-in-progress\/\">intriguing green companies<\/a>.<\/li>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<li>I reviewed the <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/03\/25\/a-child-will-lead-them-the-ovum-factor-book-review\/\">new &#8220;eco-thriller&#8221; novel <em>The Ovum Factor<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Environmental Defense Fund&#8217;s <strong>Fred Krupp<\/strong> argued for <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/03\/12\/environmental-defense-fund-global-warmings-silver-lining\/\">global warming&#8217;s silver lining<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chad Crawford<\/strong> discussed <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/03\/06\/meet-the-burts-unlikely-dumpster-divers\/\">an Oprah episode that featured dumpster divers Daniel and Amanda Burt<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>KU student <strong>Travis Brown<\/strong> made <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/03\/24\/green-footing-part-1-much-ado-about-the-shoe\/\">much ado about the shoe<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Another KU student, <strong>Lauren Keith<\/strong>, brought <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/03\/18\/jesus-is-coming-look-busy\/\">the 10 Greenmandents down from the mountain<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>And <strong>David Shaw<\/strong> showed us how <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/03\/27\/paper-or-hot-air-bring-your-own-hand-towel\/\">your response to &#8220;Paper or Hot Air?&#8221; for hand drying can be &#8220;Neither&#8230;&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Tomorrow: Fools, Showers and maybe even some Wine &#8212; April 2008<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/greenoptions.com\/tag\/twelvedays\">Read more of the sustainablog 2008 year-end wrap-up<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Image credit:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/irishphiladelphia\/2879272005\/\">Irish Philadelphia Photo Essays at Flickr<\/a> under a <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/deed.en\">Creative Commons license<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With several new GO blogs launching in March, a few of sustainablog&#8217;s regulars moved on to other posting assignments. 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