Annie Leonard lectures at a sustainability conference. (Creative Commons photo from the Flickr account of Kevin Krejci) Annie Leonard released a long-anticipated followup to her "Story of Stuff" video, called "The Story of Cap and Trade." It's more complex than the first (I, an environmental reporter, had to rewind a couple times), but it does … Continue reading Quick shout-out
Story of Stuff
And the Pursuit of Happiness review
What a name for a blog, And the Pursuit of Happiness. The blog's beautiful, but it's not really a blog. It's a place that, once a month, displays a new piece of written and visual art—created by author and illustrator of children's books Maira Kalman. It was one of the most popular items on New … Continue reading And the Pursuit of Happiness review
Consumerism as conspiracy (and I believe it!)
Here's an article written by a professor in my academic department, Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin. I haven't yet had her in class; she's on sabbatical this semester. In this she's written the most complete, historically accurate magazine-format depiction of planned obsolescence I've ever read. And I've read several great ones. Planned obsolescence is, in my own words, … Continue reading Consumerism as conspiracy (and I believe it!)
Best of Twitter 5: Links to others’ green stuff part I
Contest: What's the "greenest" concept you can think of? Mine is the "100 Thing Challenge." Only 100 personal possessions. Could you do it? 2:11 PM Feb 20th And visit betterworldshopper.com— a site (and book) that ranks companies for responsibility. Almost all products have a better option. 11:01 AM Feb 25th Cell phone radiation harmful? Who … Continue reading Best of Twitter 5: Links to others’ green stuff part I
Toxics now, IRE conference later
Since right now I'm technically still on vacation, I'll delay my stories about the IRE conference until Thursday or Friday when I get back to Ohio. Right now I'm in Boston seeing what there is to see, eating and drinking what there is to eat and drink, with a friend who just graduated from MIT. … Continue reading Toxics now, IRE conference later
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