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Tue, Jul. 22, 2008
Sustainability, Seventh Generation News
Posted by the Inkslinger
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Seventh Generation Gets Top Grades

CLARIFICATION: The 1st edition of this book (Nov 2006) is available now. The 2nd edition of this book is available October 1, 2008. There's a new book out that we're liking for a whole lot of reasons. Pocket-sized, The Better World Shopping Guide grades just about every company making consumer...
Mon, Jul. 21, 2008
Sustainability
Posted by the Inkslinger

The Goracle Throws Down the Gauntlet

Finally. Someone's said what had to be said about climate change, energy, and the future of human civilization, and, quite naturally, that person was our hero, Al Gore. Last week, before a packed house at George Washington University’s Constitution Hall, the Goracle laid it on the line. "We're...
Fri, Jul. 11, 2008
Sustainability
Posted by the Inkslinger
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The Good News About Rising Oil Prices

There’s no question that the current oil crunch is making it painful for most of us to visit the gas pump. But is there a silver lining in the clouds of this energy storm? Some experts think so. Rising oil prices are creating an ideal economic climate for long-sought change. According to the U.S....
Thu, Jul. 10, 2008
Sustainability
Posted by the Inkslinger
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Ehrlich on the Environment: Many Links, One Chain

Responding to a heckler who said his songs all sounded the same, musician Neil Young once famously remarked that, "it’s all one song." In their new book, The Dominant Animal, Paul Ehrlich, the noted Stamford professor and environmentalist, and his wife, Anne, apply that idea to the environment and...
Wed, Jul. 02, 2008
Sustainability
Posted by Chris Middings

Is it Possible to Make Friends Off a Toilet Paper Choice?

I took the title of this post from a comment on our Facebook page. It’s an interesting question. Those of us who have stepped off the path of mainstream culture find that even minor changes, like switching to recycled toilet paper, can remove toxic chemicals from our environment and lessen our...