I Have A Dream… A Green Dream

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Let’s Prevent Life in a Post-Apocalyptic World

A recent article from Worldchanging makes the simple (and what should be obvious) point that what they call “climate foresight” is becoming a necessary skill to pick up. I like this article because it sums up the point that 1) the source of global warming is no longer worth arguing about because it is happening [...]

Who Knew Shampoos and Lipsticks Could Save the World!

Aveda is a great example of a successful consumer products company that incorporates environmental sustainability practices into everything it does. An Estée Lauder company that specializes in beauty and care products, Aveda was started in 1978 by founder Horst Rechelbacher, who describes the company’s mission as caring “for the world we live in, from the [...]

New Years Resolutions 2007

I don’t remember how I first came across it, but a post by Rajesh Setty from January 2006, his “New Year Resolutions Generator,” inspired me to start thinking about New Years resolutions a few weeks early this year. I know it’s already the 2nd of January (sorry, I meant to have this up earlier), but [...]

Celebrity-Driven Social Responsibility

We can all be environmentalists. Creating communities online that are interested in discussing and embracing smart, simple and serious solutions reminds us we can all take action in our own homes and where we work.
-Leonardo DiCaprio, star of Blood Diamond and board member of Global Green USA, in a statement to the Associated Press regarding [...]

Slow Cooker Earth Part III: What You Should Know About Species Extinction

This is the third post in a series that I was inspired to write by what I learned from a recent National Geographic Traveler feature. In today’s post, I give some concrete examples of animal species that are suffering due to global warming.
Many people tend to think that “global warming = everything getting hotter,” so [...]

Slow Cooker Earth Part I: How Weather Patterns Are Changing Worldwide

National Geographic Traveler magazine recently featured a full exposé on global warming, climate change, and how it will affect travel and tourism. This was a great series, but unfortunately it is not available online. So I will post a series of articles that covers the evidence they’ve gathered, plus some. Today, I present the emerging [...]

Eliminate Your Vehicle’s Carbon Footprint

Terrapass is a Menlo Park-based alternative energy company that sells carbon credits to consumers who want to balance out their “carbon footprint,” or the amount of carbon dioxide emissions they generate through travel and other energy consumption.
You can buy a credit (starting at $30 a year depending on what kind of vehicle you drive and [...]

Cap-and-Trade Global Warming Solutions

The graph above has become increasingly noteworthy recently. It is the product of a years-old study by climate scientist Michael E. Mann, which shows a sharp rise in greenhouse gases in the last century, known as the “hockey stick curve.” The discussion of global warming in the media is growing at an exponential rate. Viewers [...]