{"id":3970,"date":"2008-12-22T19:19:34","date_gmt":"2008-12-23T01:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=3970"},"modified":"2008-12-22T19:19:34","modified_gmt":"2008-12-23T01:19:34","slug":"the-twelve-days-of-sustainablog-email-passover-and-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/the-twelve-days-of-sustainablog-email-passover-and-water\/","title":{"rendered":"The Twelve Days of sustainablog: Email, Passover, and Water"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2008\/12\/spring-blossom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3972\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2008\/12\/spring-blossom.jpg\" alt=\"a flower blooming in Spring\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a>Spring sprang with a vengeance in April, and despite the bouts of Spring fever, we took our laptops outside to enjoy the new season while keeping the posts flowing.<\/h3>\n<p>No foolishness here&#8230; just good stories from the wide world of sustainability. Here&#8217;s a few of our best&#8230;<\/p>\n<h3>April 2008<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kelli Best-Oliver<\/strong> introduced us to <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/04\/02\/readymade-magazine-goes-digital-in-green-issue\/\"><em>Readymade<\/em> magazine&#8217;s new digital edition<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tim Hurst<\/strong> looked forward to the <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/04\/08\/rothbury-a-music-festival-with-a-purpose\/\">ROTHBURY Music Festival<\/a>, and the green practices that festival organizers were putting into place.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bill Chameides<\/strong> from Duke University&#8217;s Nicholas School of the Environment explained how <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/04\/16\/tapping-the-wind-and-sun-to-save-water\/\">renewable energy sources can help conserve water<\/a>.<\/li>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<li>I interviewed <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/04\/15\/xerox-walking-the-talk-on-sustainable-business\/\">Patty Calkins, Xerox&#8217;s VP of Vice President of Environment, Health and Safety, about the company&#8217;s sustainability initiatives<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Carol McClelland<\/strong> discussed how <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/04\/11\/delivering-natures-wisdom-to-business\/\">businesses are implementing ideas and processes based on biomimicry<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chad Crawford<\/strong> explored <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/04\/10\/green-passover-now-thats-kosher\/\">green Passover celebrations<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>M.C. Milker<\/strong> took a look at efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/04\/28\/how-green-is-your-e-mail-new-study-tries-to-quantify-carbon-footprint-of-e-mail\/\">quantify the carbon footprint of email<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nayelli Gonzalez<\/strong> reported on <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/04\/18\/show-me-the-water\/\">proposed laws designed to balance development and water shortages in California<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>And <strong>John Ivanko<\/strong> argued that <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/04\/30\/may-day-means-payday-for-the-us-government-instead-start-your-own-green-business-to-make-the-world-a-better-place\/\">May Day is the perfect day to start your own green business<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Tomorrow: Spring Flowers, Cinco de Mayo and Derby Day &#8212; May 2008<\/h3>\n<p><strong><\/strong><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\/noelzialee\/414585445\/\">Noel Zia Lee 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>Spring sprang with a vengeance in April, and despite the bouts of Spring fever, we took our laptops outside to enjoy the new season while keeping the posts flowing. 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