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Celsias Projects: Editor’s Picks, Edition #1

Written by Craig Mackintosh
05/11/2008
Hopefully you’ve been noticing that our Projects section has been growing steadily, as more and more people are sharing their global-cooling and environment-healing enterprises with the world. Today I thought I would begin a series that spotlights, in purely subjective fashion, those that strike me as particularly noteworthy. Today is the first installment. Watch out [...] Read more...

The Global Food Crisis

Written by Peter Montague
05/11/2008
By Peter Montague of Rachel’s Democracy & Health News Global food prices have risen 83% in the last 3 years. This spring, as prices rose steeply, food riots broke out in Haiti, Egypt, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Ethiopia, Uzbekistan, Yemen, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and Italy, among other places. Because U.S. energy policy [...] Read more...

Mount Trashmore

Written by Michelle Schaefer
05/11/2008
Mount Trashmore is a popular local park in Virginia Beach, Virginia, which stretches for 165 acres. The park attracts over one million visitors per year and features playgrounds, amusement rides, walking trails, two lakes for fishing, picnic areas, and a skateboard park. None of this, except for perhaps the park’s name, seems odd at first. When [...] Read more...

Global Warming Requires Collective Solutions

Written by Joe Brewer
05/10/2008
Throughout the last year I have written extensively about flawed modes of thought shaping our environmental discourse. One challenge I have yet to elaborate is the problem of thinking in terms of Hero Myths where we, the inept community, must wait for some knight in shining armor to save us from disaster. My former colleague Glenn [...] Read more...

The Urban Green Revolution

Written by Leslie Berliant
05/10/2008
It is no mystery why many environmentalists are critical of the green building revolution taking the form of $2 million, 4500 square foot homes in tony suburbs or homes that are considered environmentally friendly because they take advantage of nature somehow, like the German Tree House. But there is another green revolution happening simultaneously. [...] Read more...

7 Ways to Remodel Sustainably

Written by Dean Dowd
05/10/2008
It’s the biggest trend in remodeling, and rather than costing you more than a standard remodel, sustainable choices will save you money in the long run. There’s a lot you can do to save energy and natural resources, in every room of the house. Here are 7 examples: Read more...

Friday Linkfest - Edition 43

Written by Alina Beloussova
05/09/2008
Oh look, another eventful week reaches its end, and, with it, another edition of the Friday Linkfest is here to bring you the environmental highlights. Good News Camels are making a comeback in India, as oil prices rise and farmers turn to alternatives for gas-guzzling tractors. Good news for India’s camel populations and breeders and our atmosphere. The [...] Read more...

Exxon Founders Advocate Change

Written by Leslie Berliant
05/09/2008
If necessity is the mother of invention, it can also be the catalyst of change. Public Radio International reports that the Rockefeller family is taking on the CEO of Exxon Mobil, the company founded as Standard Oil by their great, great grandfather John D. Rockefeller in 1870. And this rare public engagement of the family [...] Read more...

Pangea Day - May 10

Written by Leslie Berliant
05/09/2008
Back in 2006, filmmaker Jehane Noujaim, the creator of the documentary Control Room, won the TED Prize and $100,000 to activate an idea to change the world (some background on this). That idea was to bring the world together through film. Pangea Day, the name she gave the project is coming to fruition this Saturday [...] Read more...

Bill on Labelling GMOs in Canada Voted Down

Written by Lauren Carter
05/09/2008
In a vote held on May 5, Canadian parliament defeated Bill C-517, the private member’s bill tabled by MP Gilles-A. Perron in April, calling on implementation of mandatory labelling of GMO food. During Monday’s second debate (full text here, several Members of Parliament talked about food safety, precautionary measures and, of course, democracy. Said Perron, in [...] Read more...

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