Archive for July, 2008
Drink Local: Keeping Cool with Rhubarb Cocktails
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Happens every year here in the Midwest — that week when the mercury peaks, the garden wilts and everyone droops and sweats. My motivation to harvest produce, much less cook it, fades as fast… Original article from: Green Options blogsShare This Read entire article |
Turn your Passion into your Green Business
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Schools don’t foster it. Most parents advise against it. Corporations crush it. Original article from: Green Options blogsShare This Read entire article |
Walk This Way: Pensacola, Florida
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(This is another installment in this week’s “Walk This Way” series on walkable neighborhoods in the U.S.) Original article from: Green Options blogsShare This Read entire article |
Ethanol Produced from Perennial Grass Could Offset 20% of Gas Use with 9.3% of Cropland
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For all the talk of switchgrass being the next miracle biofuel feedstock, there’s still precious little to show for it. Yes, we did recently report on a study which showed that switchgrass could potentially yield 5 times more energy than was used to grow it and, yes, there are several companies that are working hard […] Read entire article |
Widespread Sustainable Consumerism is More Vital Than Taking Individual Actions
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Perhaps no one knows better than I do what it means to take individual responsibility for my environmental impact. For those of you familiar with my blog, you know that for the past three months, I… Original article from: Green Options blogsShare This Read entire article |
Is carbon the Al Qaeda of elements?
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It’s in your feet, right? That’s why we care about carbon footprints. Seriously, Eric Roston seems to have written an important book. After all, "That’s why I no longer care." (Colbert) Original article from: Environmental EconomicsShare This Read entire article |
Consumer Choices Alone Won’t Craft A Green World, So What Do We Do?
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Don’t forget! The next Carnival of Green Crafts will be August 9th at BlogHer. Send in your submissions now. Original article from: Green Options blogsShare This Read entire article |
Locally Grown…Styrofoam?!
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Every once in a while you come across an idea that just lights you up. Styrofoam has long been one of the unmoveables when it came to recycling (too bulky, not much money in it) and there… Original article from: Green Options blogsShare This Read entire article |
Philadelphia Residents Learn How to Save Energy and Money
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This is a guest post by Claire Fawcett, a former resident of Philadelphia who now works for a non-profit in Oakland, California. Original article from: Green Options blogsShare This Read entire article |
The Wind Technician Boom is Here
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Looking for a job? Don’t want to do much in the way of training? Want to help out the environment? You may be the perfect person to become a wind technician! At least, that would definitely seem to… Original article from: Green Options blogsShare This Read entire article |