Green Blogs

Written by Siel

08/28/2008

Maybe this is why I have trouble with fiction. From Robert Kelly’s poem “Injune”:

An angel came to me today & told me that my proud dislike of narrative reveals an unwillingness to be accountable for my own actions. I contended that narrative is mostly...
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The Green Life: Main Street Santa Monica’s new eco shop

Written by Siel

08/27/2008

Santa Monica’s got a new green lifestyle store! The Green Life opened on Main Street just last month, offering everything from the eco-basics — like Tom’s toothpaste and Seventh Generation cleaning products — to unique green gifts — like pretty organic decorative pillows and...
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economists help regulators focus on costs: silly us

Written by Ken
08/27/2008
First came the headsup about weaknesses in the computer models economists use to forecast the impacts of global warming…they’re not worth the bits they’re stored in. For whatever reason (poor science, bad luck, who knows), these computable general equilibrium models simply don’t perform well in predicting what actually happens in our economy. So, when you hear that [...] Read more...

Organic cotton: moving forward

Written by Guest Contributor

08/27/2008

Grandmother and former nurse Linda Sones sells organic cotton baby and children’s clothing and accessories, and natural, organic baby toiletries online at SonesUK. Her suppliers are all committed to various environmental and Fairtrade initiatives.

Written by Ken
08/27/2008
Maybe you had to have grown up in Alaska (as I did) to fully appreciate the permafrost phenomenon, yet little did we know how lucky we were that soil stayed frozen. Howzat? As it thaws, we’re seeing vast new quantities of carbon dioxide (not just methane) percolate up into the atmosphere. Just how vast is the focus [...] Read more...

Clicklist: Irradiated spinach vs. Slow Food

Written by Siel

08/27/2008

As Michael Pollan predicted, irradiated spinach is in vogue — at least with the FDA. Some of the fallout, below:

Written by Siel

08/27/2008

A twice-weekly sharing of eco-shwag.

Today’s giveaway’s a DVD copy of Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden, the latest documentary film created by Morgan Spurlock of Super Size Me fame.

Clicklist: New green websites

Written by Siel

08/26/2008

>> A new eco vocab game Treewala just launched. It’s basically exactly like the previously-launched One Square Foot game — save the rainforest by playing a web game while ads scroll at the...
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Clicklist: Green homes, etc.

Written by Siel
08/26/2008
>> Got a home you want to green? Tonight’s free Co-opportunity Community Greening Class, led by Nancy Astrid Lindo, will suggest the next greening steps once you’ve purchased a house and want to start making changes. Be there at the Santa Monica... Read more...

EcoReview: Bulldog shower gel

Written by Tracy Stokes

08/26/2008

Even though I’m not a bloke, I really like Bulldog’s original shower gel and the tingly, wakey-wakey feeling that it gives your skin in the shower in the morning. But what I like most about Bulldog is that none of...
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