{"id":8911,"date":"2010-10-08T11:39:19","date_gmt":"2010-10-08T16:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sustainablog.org\/?p=8911"},"modified":"2010-10-08T11:39:19","modified_gmt":"2010-10-08T16:39:19","slug":"green-blog-posts-10810","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/green-blog-posts-10810\/","title":{"rendered":"Five for Friday: Great Green Blog Posts for the Week (10\/8\/10)"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8918\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8918\" style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8918\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2010\/10\/wooden-pallet.jpg\" alt=\"Put wooden pallets to work in your garden... and more.\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/wooden-pallet.jpg 375w, https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/wooden-pallet-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8918\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Put wooden pallets to work in your garden... and more.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yep, it&#8217;s been a few weeks since we&#8217;ve done a <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/green-blogs-posts-52110\/\">Five for Friday<\/a>&#8230; but not because of a dearth of attention-grabbing posts. There&#8217;s always good stuff going on in the green blogosphere&#8230; so time to get back to giving that good stuff some love.<\/p>\n<p>The BP oil spill, and the politics surrounding it, are keeping the top spots on <a href=\"http:\/\/regator.com\/society_culture\/issues_causes\/environmentalism\/\">Regator&#8217;s environmentalism page<\/a>, primarily because of this week&#8217;s report from the National Oil Spill Commission that the White House &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/USA\/2010\/1007\/Oil-spill-report-sketches-anatomy-of-a-flawed-US-response-in-Gulf\">played down spill projections<\/a>.&#8221; \u00a0But topics like <a href=\"http:\/\/regator.com\/whatshot\/Solar+Power\/\">solar power<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/regator.com\/whatshot\/Nissan+LEAF\/\">Nissan LEAF<\/a> are also in the rankings, so it&#8217;s not all politics all the time (thank goodness!).<\/p>\n<p>Lots beyond politics and tech out there, though&#8230; so let&#8217;s take a look at what hit our radar this week.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>This Week&#8217;s Five For Friday Green Blog Posts<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Green Man (or Woman) on Campus: <\/strong>We&#8217;re big fans of sustainability efforts at colleges and universities, so we had to take a look at this post from <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nwf.org\/\">NWF&#8217;s Wildlife Promise blog<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nwf.org\/campusecology\/2010\/10\/take-the-lead-for-green%E2%80%93-10-ways-to-be-an-eco-leader\/\">how to become an eco-leader on campus<\/a>&#8230; and we&#8217;re glad we did!<\/li>\n<li><strong>New FTC Green Guidelines: <\/strong>This development&#8217;s received a ton of attention. Lane Jost at <a href=\"http:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\">The Inspired Economist<\/a> breaks down the details of the FTC&#8217;s new efforts to make sure <a href=\"http:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/2010\/10\/07\/the-arrival-of-the-federal-green-marketing-police\/\">products claiming environmental benefits<\/a> actually provide it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Planting with pallets: <\/strong>Wooden pallets can be used for all sorts of DIY projects. Becky Striepe at <a href=\"http:\/\/greenupgrader.com\/\">Green Upgrader<\/a> points to projects that use these often discarded items as material for <a href=\"http:\/\/greenupgrader.com\/13026\/garden-hacks-three-ingenious-pallet-planters\/\">planters and garden beds<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>How can a small business cut energy use? <\/strong>Design firm owner Tom Bowman tells his own company story about <a href=\"http:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/feature\/how_one_small_business_cut_energy_use_and_costs\/2326\/\">cutting energy use<\/a> (as well as costs) at <a href=\"http:\/\/e360.yale.edu\">Yale Environment 360<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tired of cereal with soy milk? <\/strong>Rachel Shulman at <a href=\"http:\/\/eatdrinkbetter.com\">Eat.Drink.Better<\/a> suggests <a href=\"http:\/\/eatdrinkbetter.com\/2010\/10\/06\/five-vegan-breakfast-recipes-from-around-the-world\/\">five vegan breakfast ideas from around the world<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s our five&#8230; let us know what you found this week.<\/p>\n<p><em>Need green ingredients for your recipes? 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