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Cartoons have a wonderful way of stripping technicalities and exceptions from an issue and revealing core–and often blatant–evidence. Take an issue as hot as hydropower reform and suddenly your cartoon message hits a population that may not otherwise understand the conflict.
The folks over at Hydropower Reform Coalition are not… Read the rest
From Grist:
“While you gotta appreciate that these guys are inspired to get EXTREME!!! with alternative energy, we’re pretty sure dude-splatter qualifies as pollution.”… Read the rest
For Charlie Preston-Townsend, Spela Bertoncelj and Andrew Boslett, three college graduates in their mid-20s, life after college has taken an unexpected–and sustainable–route. The trio plan to pedal from Bozeman, Montana on a mission to cross the country on bicycle. Getting away from a daily reliance on planes and automobiles is… Read the rest
Yoga studios across the country are making an environmentally conscious effort with help from Recycle Your Mat, a national yoga mat recycling organization dedicated to keeping yoga mats from being tossed in the garbage. The thought behind the program is if we make a heartfelt effort now, everything will improve… Read the rest
Although deforestation in the Amazon rain forest is indeed slowing, the area of land being burned by Brazilian farmers is actually increasing. The farmers set big fires to clear land for agriculture, but it is the smaller fires they continue to set to maintain their plots that are hidden from… Read the rest
Mike Link and Kate Crowley’s walk around Lake Superior this summer is no ordinary hike–the retired Minnesota naturalists are walking all … Read the restthe way around. Though the distance is debatable–some say it’s 1,600 miles; others estimate as high as 2,900–it is certain their five-month hike will be more than a personal
On May 22, 2010, the University of California San Diego Triathlon Team will host the 2nd annual Grove Run, a 100 percent Sustainable 5k Run and Walk. In 2009 the Grove Run was honored to be one of the most sustainable races ever documented, and was also the first certified… Read the rest
May 17 – 21 is Hemp History week. This week-long dedication to hemp was designed by the Hemp Industries Association (HIA) and Vote Hemp as a national grassroots education campaign designed to renew strong support for hemp farming in the U.S. If you haven’t heard of local hemp farming or… Read the rest
This is a first: Teton Gravity Research (TGR) gets our applause for being the first action sports production company to offset its total carbon emissions from a film production. The production company provided funds to the national environmental organization, Protect Our Winters (POW) to offset 200 tons of CO2 accumulated… Read the rest
