Here are some of our favorite posts from around the greenosphere that had us thinking this week, to help start your weekend a bit greener. Monday Dot Green featured an audiovisual slide show centered on “A Planet in Flux.” Andrew C. Revkin began exploring the human impact on the environment nearly 30 years ago. An…
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Say “Goodbye” to Handmade Toys, Or…Don’t!
Don’t you just love purchasing handmade goods, that on the by-and-large are naturally green and eco-friendly by the fact that they are created with love in peoples’ own homes and workshops? Especially those cute toys and custom accessories and apparel that can be found on such fun sites as Etsy.com and Hyenacart.com? Well, as of…
Reflecting On The Best Of 2008
As the end of the year draws near, we all get inundated with the ”Best of 2008″ programs, lists and commentaries. Well, as I am a junkie for montages that reflect on what happened over the past year, and how it impacted one’s daily life, I thought I would share my own! The Best Eco Friendly Changes I Made…
Green Glue
Despite being sick for three days now, I have been expending all my energy to prepare for my big event this week. You could say I am hosting an eco-friendly cocktail party and tour of my home to educate friends and family about going green, but my mission focuses just as much on community as it does on…
Don’t Let Handmade Toys Become Extinct
There has been buzz all around the handmade corners of the internet about the recently approved Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), passed in August of this year in large part because the United States Congress rightly recognized that the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) lacked the authority and staffing to prevent dangerous toys from…
Around The Greenosphere: Weekly Link Roundup
First things first! Don’t forget that you still have until 7pm EST on Sunday (December 7th) to enter the Home Depot Programmable Thermostat Giveway if you haven’t already. Don’t miss out! It’s definitely the Giveway Season and Michelle has a handy-dandy way for you to stay a leg up on all the giveaway goodness with…
Christmas Is Not Your Birthday, Green Edition
Christmas is Not Your Birthday is an initiative started by the brains behind CoolPeopleCare.org, in an attempt to redirect the typical holiday hub-bub and excessive consumerism surrounding the holiday season with local outreach, outward thinking, and overall giving. In 2006 they asked readers from all over the world to simply think outside of themselves, and…
The Undertow of Materialism
Trust me, I know how it is. You feel like you can just dip your toe into that ocean of consumerism this holiday season and walk away unscathed. Keeping it simple this year, you say? Not that many gifts or toys or decorations, you promise? And then one turns to two which turns to ten and whoosh! You…
Filtering For Change
I’m not ashamed to admit I’m blogging for The Man. I’ve been fortunate enough to have been offered the opportunity to blog for Brita’s “Filter For Good” campaign for the next few months. What makes this job sweeter is that for the first time, I’m making money writing about what I love. Every little bit…
Seeing Green In November: The Energy Crisis On All Ballots This Year
It’s the middle of October and election day is fast approaching. With November 4th comes one of the most highly anticipated and unprecedented presidential elections this country has ever seen. This year perhaps more than any other year before it, environmental issues–the idea of a nation learning daily how to go green and greener still–will…
