{"id":3980,"date":"2008-12-24T12:43:05","date_gmt":"2008-12-24T18:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=3980"},"modified":"2008-12-24T12:43:05","modified_gmt":"2008-12-24T18:43:05","slug":"the-twelve-days-of-sustainablog-biofuels-preachers-and-echinacea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/the-twelve-days-of-sustainablog-biofuels-preachers-and-echinacea\/","title":{"rendered":"The Twelve Days of sustainablog: Biofuels, Preachers, and Echinacea"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2008\/12\/may-flowers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3981\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2008\/12\/may-flowers.jpg\" alt=\"may flowers\" width=\"492\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a>May Day, Mother&#8217;s Day, Memorial Day and even Cinco de Mayo&#8230; lots to celebrate in May.\u00a0 We had lots to celebrate at sustainablog, also&#8230; especially a bevvy of new voices who joined us during the month.<\/h3>\n<p>Those new writers got us over our Spring fever slump, and took sustainablog in some very interesting new directions&#8230;<\/p>\n<h3>May 2008<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Keith Rockmael<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/05\/16\/film-review-a-convenient-truth-urban-solutions-from-curitiba\/\">reviewed the film <em>A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba.<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Our friends at <strong>Low Impact Living<\/strong> suggested <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/05\/14\/low-impact-living-five-eco-smart-ways-to-spend-your-tax-rebate\/\">five eco-smart ways to spend your tax rebate<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>GO editorial intern <strong>Oscar Cardenas<\/strong> explored <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/05\/13\/herbs-for-health-endangered-echinacea\/\">the environmental impact of using echinacea to fight colds<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Guest poster <strong>Max Gladwell<\/strong> argued that <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/05\/12\/ten-ways-to-change-the-world-through-social-media\/\">social media can change the world<\/a>.<\/li>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<li>Product designer <strong>Aaron Symanski<\/strong> wondered <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/05\/12\/why-cant-every-product-be-sustainable\/\">why every product can&#8217;t be sustainable<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chad Crawford<\/strong> took note of <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2008\/05\/08\/a-bishop-a-preacher-and-a-tibetan-buddhist-walk-into-the-time-100\/\">three &#8220;green&#8221; 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