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Top Green Holiday Gifts for 2009

Top Green Holiday Gifts for 2009

By Eartheasy, Posted November 20th, 2009

Unless you’re one of the lucky ones getting a financial bailout, chances are you’re feeling a bit pinched this year during the holidays. Perhaps now is a good time to rethink our holiday values and traditions, with an eye towards lasting value and sustainability.

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Transition Towns – preparing for a self-sufficient community-based future

Transition Towns – preparing for a self-sufficient community-based future

By Eartheasy, Posted November 9th, 2009

In over 150 cities in 14 countries, ‘Transition Town’ communities are raising awareness of the threats associated with peak oil and climate change, and taking practical steps to prepare for a post-industrial future…

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The top 10 fuel-efficient cars, according to the EPA

The top 10 fuel-efficient cars, according to the EPA

By Eartheasy, Posted November 4th, 2009

Nine of the top 10 vehicles in the government’s fuel economy rankings for the 2010 model year are hybrids.

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Energy Star label no guarantee of efficiency, audit finds

Energy Star label no guarantee of efficiency, audit finds

By Eartheasy, Posted November 2nd, 2009

Audit notes program flaws, and the DOE and EPA commit to having all of their products evaluated by certified independent laboratories.

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Making your own apple juice

Making your own apple juice

By Lindsay Seaman, Eartheasy, Posted October 29th, 2009

Turning windfalls into autumn’s elixir…

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Your New Car Is Made Of Old Carpet, Milk Jugs, and Ripped Jeans

Your New Car Is Made Of Old Carpet, Milk Jugs, and Ripped Jeans

By John Voelcker, Greencarreports.com, Posted October 27th, 2009

When you think of a brand-new, gleaming, 2010 model car rolling out of your driveway, what materials come to mind?

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Taking urban farming to the next level

Taking urban farming to the next level

By Twilight Greenaway, Culinate, Posted October 19th, 2009

Urban farmer Novella Carpenter experiments with raising farm animals such as pigs, turkeys, geese and rabbits within the Oakland city limits.

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Fair Food Farmstead – providing accessibility to locally grown food

Fair Food Farmstead – providing accessibility to locally grown food

By Eartheasy, Posted October 19th, 2009

Many consumers cite ‘distance’ and ‘inconvenient location’ as reasons to not shop at farmer’s markets. The Farmstand, located in Philadelphia’s Reading Terminal, is pioneering an innovative model for a community supported agricultural program.

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Geoengineering – will schemes to reverse global warming do more harm than good?

Geoengineering – will schemes to reverse global warming do more harm than good?

By James Lovelock, The Guardian, Posted September 29th, 2009

Perhaps we had better use our energies to adapt and leave nature to take its course.

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Lost hikers may be going in circles, study says

Lost hikers may be going in circles, study says

By Greg Seaman, Posted September 29th, 2009

“We can’t get lost” was my confident assurance as we began a hike that would lead us in circles.

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