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Month: September 2008

  • Sarah Palin is a Dodo

    Photo courtesy Center for Biological Diversity. Thanks for this! Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin is no environmentalist. In fact, she’s a dodo! That’s right. Not many people around today take the same positions as Palin. Even McCain opposes drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Palin wants that drilling bad.…

  • Blog Action Day October 15

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  • PETA Likes Human Milk Better

    It’s strange. I don’t think I’d eat ice cream made using human breast milk, but that’s exactly what PETA proposed to Ben & Jerry’s. I love animals. I do. But PETA is just a little too out there for me. A lot too out there for me. Read more about…

  • It’s only eco if you need it.

    It’s wonderful so many retail stores are now offering their own versions of eco bags. Or is it? You can find shopping bags almost everywhere now, from Fossil to Macy’s. I know at least one person who collects shopping totes. If someone buys a bag because it’s cute and never…

  • Green Commercial Kitchen Giveaway

    Food Service Warehouse (FSW) — a Colorado company started by a group of environmentalists — is giving away a green commercial kitchen worth more than $40,000! FSW created a leading certification program to help commercial kitchens deal with the expense and complexities of going green. The program features a free…

  • Offshore Wind Ugly? I think not.

    It just so happens that the first beach I ever visited is taking its first steps toward offshore wind-driven turbines. That beach is Rehoboth Beach in Delaware. The project is scheduled to be completed by 2012, but some opponents think it might make the shoreline ugly. I disagree. Isn’t it…

  • DVD to Watch: Who Killed the Electric Car?

    Who Killed the Electric Car, an award-winning documentary from 2006, was an eye-opener to me. I always thought of electric cars as unfulfilled technology, something that may be available in the future. I was wrong. Check out the trailer below and then rent the film. After that, come back here…