Greetings, Green Gainesville!
Please accept my apology for sending this info on Green Drinks so late…. As you may know, we had a fabulous Cinema Verde and I am still, five days later, a walking zombie. This just slipped my radar. I hope that you plan to attend and that the following [...]
“One of the key facts of the 21st century is that climate change is going to get worse, perhaps a lot worse, before it gets better. Like it or not, the kids of Generation Hot will have to learn how to cope with the consequences — not only for their health and economic prospects but [...]
Green Books Campaign: Surviving a House Full of Whispers by Sharon Wallace
This review is part of the Green Books campaign. Today 200 bloggers take a stand to support books printed in an eco-friendly manner by simultaneously publishing reviews of 200 books printed on recycled or FSC-certified paper. By turning a spotlight on books printed using [...]
Authentic EcoLodges by Hitesh Mehta
This review is part of the Green Books campaign. Today 200 bloggers take a stand to support books printed in an eco-friendly manner by simultaneously publishing reviews of 200 books printed on recycled or FSC-certified paper. By turning a spotlight on books printed using eco- friendly paper, we hope to raise [...]
Kathleen Dean Moore was a speaker at the Society of Environmental Journalists’ recent annual conference in Missoula, Montana. She joined authors David James Duncan and William Kittredge at the Sunday morning Breakfast with the Authors. Her new book, edited with Michael P. Nelson, focuses on the moral aspects of climate change. The authors have collected thoughtful essays [...]
A BETTER world Lecture Series presents Shannon Hayes speaking on Radical Homemaking: Reclaiming Domesticity From A Consumer Culture, November 5, 7:00pm, Saint Mary’s, Hudson, NY. She wrote the book of the same name, http://radicalhomemakers.com/.
Mother Nature has shown her hand. Faced with climate change, dwindling resources, and species extinctions, most Americans understand the fundamental steps necessary [...]
Approximately 60 authors, illustrators, publishers and organizations will participate in this year’s festival, sponsored by the Foundation for San Luis Obispo County Public Libraries.
Read more: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2010/09/13/1286534/book-and-author-festival-will.html#ixzz0zT8MXmRY
http://slolibraryfoundation.org/CCBAF2.html
“We Floridians love our sandy beaches. How could it possibly be worth damaging the health of Florida’s number-one economic engine – our coasts – for short term gain promised by Big Oil?
In Unspoiled, 38 writers, scientists and students share their visions of Florida’s Gulf of Mexico coast, and reject the short-sighted proposition that our [...]
James Workman’s Heart of Dryness: How the Last Bushmen Can Help Us Endure the Coming Age of Permanent Drought, published by Walker & Co. http://www.heartofdryness.com/, was honored by the Society of Environmental Journalists as First Place for its Rachel Carson Environment Book Award
Their release says:
Judges were impressed by this book’s originality and ambitious approach. Heart of [...]
The environmental movement and rising awareness of global warming have sparked an interest in green living. People want to know what they can do to live sustainable lives. In this book, you will find an overview of global warming and environmental degradation of air, water, and soil; what sustainable living is and how to do [...]
Guest Contributor: John F. Wasik
Author, The Cul-de-Sac Syndrome
If U.S. housing is going to rebound long-term, we need to vanquish the car and stop encouraging sprawl.
First, let’s hasten the demise of the spurb, an ugly word I made up to describe sprawling, unwalkable urban-suburban areas that have no connection to public transportation and central cities.
The spurb’s time has long past. Future energy demands from the rest of the world mean higher energy prices down the road. We need homes where there are jobs, infrastructure and transportation.
Help Kids Lean About Healthy Air
Did you know a person is able to survive 1 month without food, 1 week without water but only 5 minutes without air? Make sure it is clean!!
Help kids get the picture on healthy air with this new coloring book from our correspondent Denise Robinette, founder of The Healthy Living [...]
Okay, this just burns me up…..
Thousands of rabbit bodies have been shipped from Stockholm to a plant in central Sweden. There the carcasses are burned as fuel to provide heat for homes.
via Sweden’s furry, alternative fuel source: Burning bunnies | L.A. Unleashed | Los Angeles Times.
Here’s a note from Nancy Sutley, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, posted at WhiteHouse.gov, about her experiences at the Society of Environmental Journalist’s conference in Madison. I attended the conference, and, since she said one of the challenges she faces is helping the public to understand the environmental issues we face [...]
Planet Green: Why is it so important to green your business in the first place?
Trish Riley: Our planet is in trouble, and businesses have the collective power to turn the tide on the environmental disaster we’ve created. If businesses don’t become sustainable, we don’t stand a chance.
Read more: New Idiot’s Guide Simplifies the Equation: Green [...]
John Wasik, personal finance columnist for Bloomberg News, traveled the country assessing the status of our cities and the sprawl he calls “spurbs.” He details several in his new book, The Cul-de-Sac Syndrome: Turning Around the Unsustainable American Dream. Wasik identifies the problems of overdevelopment and highlights areas that show promise, such as Gainesville, Florida, by protecting natural space and resources and promoting livable urban landscapes.
Wasik shares his perspective in The Huffington Post today
Tony Goodson of The 3 Moments in Australia interviewed my co-author, Heather Gadonniex, and I about our new book:
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Greening Your Business authors, Trish Riley and Heather Gadonniex, have written the guide to raise the issues on Green and Sustainability and to show how businesses can profitably be more Green.
Click [...]
Want the full inside scoop on the Climate Bill? Osha Davidson provides it here:
The full text of the 1,400-page Waxman-Markey bill, including all amendments.
The complete transcripts of the four-day markup by the full House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
A transcript of the three-hour full House floor debate of June 26, 2009 (preceding the [...]
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