As a journalist, I am the recipient of lot of PR. A lot. On an average day, I get somewhere between 100 and 120 emails from people who want me to cover their campaign, product, statement, report, event, or info-f’ing-graphic. A startlingly large proportion of the PR emails I receive a...
You can set up carbon markets, consumer markets, and just pretend, but if you want to get serious about climate change, really serious, in line with the science, and you want to meet targets like 80 percent emissions cuts by midcentury in the developed world, then you need to be inter...
Printable Truth-in-labeling Petition (PDF) Tell Obama's FDA to Label Genetically Engineered Foods Stop Frankenfish! Stop Genetically Engineered Wheat! Stop Genetically Engineered Alfalfa! Stop Genetic Contamination of Organic! Stop Genetically Engineered Trees! Tell Home Depot: Dump R...
The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee’s, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table , Tracie McMillan was a welfare and poverty reporter in New York City. She grew interested in food and food access when a reporting project led her to a cooking class with Bryant Terry . Sh...
Soda’s Bittersweet Side Effects If you’ve been reading health magazines and websites for any length of time, you’ve read a litany of reasons why soda is bad for you. It’s nothing but sugar water. It’s devoid of any nutritional value. It leads to obesity and diabetes . But we’ve dug up...
Throughout the lifestyle community -- from food to health to fashion to culture to travel -- a few pioneers are teaching us how to eat every part of the animal (or not eat them at all), wearing recycled soda bottles on the red carpet, offering opportunities to save (and bottle-feed) l...
A Bizarre Display of Police Authority in Taiji, Japan Events unfolding today in Taiji are beyond understanding. Five Cove Guardians from three nations are there monitoring the dolphin killers and dolphins in captivity. A gang of Japanese nationalists showed up at the cove this morning...
Innovation is Not Enough: Why Polluters Must Pay Innovative energy technologies are certainly essential if the world is to curb carbon emissions. But in response to a recent e360 article by the co-founders of the Breakthrough Institute, an economist argues we must also cap emissions o...
Across the country, there are hundreds of individual advocates, such as young mothers and non-profit groups, like PTA groups, as well as state agencies, agriculture and education departments for example, that form the grass roots heart and soul of Farm to School, Simpson said. And bec...
So the first thing I tackled with my project was energy, heating, and cooling. I was fortunate enough to collaborate with Sustainable Buildings Canada, and Enbridge, one of the largest unities companies in Canada. We initiated a design Charette where we would bring in a select group o...
When you are a blood-sucking vampire on primetime or a muscular green super hero in a major motion picture, all eyes are on you. That means you've got the power to spread a strong message just by the way that you live and the organizations you support. The following celebrities go abo...
Editor's Note: In the runup to the VERGE DC conference , Anthony Ravitz, leader of Google's Real Estate and Workplace Services Green Team, talks about what's at the heart of his company's strategy for buildings and campuses. Much has been written about Google and its millions upon mil...
, a programme of events and awards that champions practical action on climate change. This year, the organisers are encouraging the public to think about the carbon footprint not of their cars, but of their kitchens. Their challenge is simple: eat at least one low-carbon meal during C...
Strengthening the ability of individuals, communities and nations to adapt to climate change, move towards low-carbon societies, improve understanding of climate science, and raise public awareness about the Earth's changing climate. KEY FACTS: The globally averaged mixing ratios of c...
Internet entrepreneur and mom Meg Hourihan aims to “make do” with her current possessions for one year, patching up worn clothes, repairing instead of replacing items and avoiding impulse buys. Photo: Meg Hourihan Could you go for a year “making do” with the material possessions you a...
Would it surprise you to hear that black dogs are more likely to be perceived as troublesome, dangerous or unfriendly? Do you know that black dogs are frequently the last ones to be adopted and the most likely to be euthanized? Who would have guessed that even dogs are discriminated a...
Employee engagement is a powerful tool for integrating environmental thinking into company operations. With our ongoing work at GreenBiz.com's Engaging Employees / Green Teams microsite, we're providing case studies, CEO perspectives, and practical advice for leveraging a company's mo...
In response to a misleading article that claimed the Government wants to scrap the 2020 renewable energy target, Secretary of State Edward Davey sent the following letter to the Guardian newspaper: Sir, Contrary to your misleading headline (12 March, ‘UK wants renewable energy target ...
At the end of the article, you say that more evidence is needed to determine the best specific law enforcement and conservation factors. I gather that data were lacking for most of the RMAs to break law enforcement strategies down into factors like level of training, salary, numbers o...
Despite cuts in subsidy levels, Germany will install a record 8 gigawatts of photovoltaics in 2012, according to Germany's trade chamber, the DIHK . That's up slightly from the 7.5 gigawatts installed in 2011. The timing of subsidy cuts was postponed amidst recent employment-oriented ...
What if it is too late to save the climate by cutting greenhouse gas emissions? What if the amount of carbon dioxide already added to the atmosphere by human activity is so great that it is going to produce big temperature changes no matter what, with big shifts in rainfall and in oce...
TransCanada to build southern half of Keystone to avoid State Department approval (02/29/2012) Keystone XL is becoming the project that refuses to die: TransCanada, the company behind the pipeline, has said it plans to build the southern half of the pipeline while it waits to determin...
With spring officially starting on March 20, most gardeners have already planned what they are going to plant and started their seeds in January and February. Still others are working on gardening prep . But, if you havent planned yet, or even if you have, and you want to try somethi...
May I also add that number ONE, before getting ANY animal, take into cnsideration your living situation and what animal is best for you first. I.E. Small home and no fenced in yard? Don't be getting a dog that requires a lot of exercise and high intensity training just because "you th...
Lindsay— I'm happy to see your blog carrying information about coffee's environmental and social dimensions. While we at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center here in DC do not have the 30 yrs of roasting experience that Derek's company brings to this issue, as researchers for nearly ...
Photo by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. If you’ve been enjoying the recent unseasonably warm weather, prepare for a buzzkill: A study published on Sunday by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research found that even a teensy global temperature increase could turn the Greenla...
Reuters An oil sands mining operation on former peat lands near Fort McMurray in Alberta. Most television viewers in Canada have witnessed attempts by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers to buff the environmental image of oil sands. One of its commercials depicts a pleasan...
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Then there is the ever-important question of location. There can be no doubt that Walmart, by locating their stores at the outskirts of town, where there is plenty of room available, has contributed more to sprawl than perhaps any other company. This is a triple whammy in that it ofte...
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