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Hope and hiatus 12 Nov 2012 | 12:05 pm
Some of you may have noticed that it’s been quite some time since I last posted. Daily (or thrice weekly, or heck — once a month!) blogging, sadly, doesn’t seem to fit with my life and other projects ...
A city that could save us: Bend, OR 23 Jul 2012 | 03:05 pm
Can our cities save us? That was the topic of my most recent Huffington Post column, which discussed the rise of cities and the striving to make them sustainable, and which was largely influenced by o...
USA TODAY’s Green Living Magazine + exciting news 25 Apr 2012 | 07:05 pm
I have some exciting news to share: My writing debut for USA TODAY hits the newsstands this week, in the American Life: Green Living special publication (how Red, White and Green is that?). The articl...
Poll: Overwhelming majority of Americans want better environmental news coverage 20 Apr 2012 | 07:05 pm
Photo via Flickr: NS Newsflash Why is it that 97 percent of climate scientists believe that global warming is man-made, yet only 40 percent of Americans agree? It looks like we finally have someone t...
Breast buds and BPA ban fail 10 Apr 2012 | 07:05 pm
Photo: Blingcheese.com The news that girls as young as 4 are now developing breast buds and pubic hair should horrify anyone. But as the mother of a toddler girl, I felt my insides twisting when earl...
$6-a-gallon gas? Bring it on 19 Mar 2012 | 07:05 pm
Photo via Flickr: Chris_Samuel Long before I started writing this blog, a fresh-out-of-college environmentally minded young woman got into a heated political debate with her Republican uncle. It was ...
Taking ‘made in America’ to the next level 10 Feb 2012 | 09:05 pm
Photo via Flickr: benketaro Yesterday, I wrote a Huffington Post column about the high environmental cost of Valentine’s Day flowers. Not surprisingly, some people were less than thrilled with what I...
The Keystone XL setup 19 Jan 2012 | 09:05 pm
By now, you’ve likely heard the news that Pres. Obama has rejected the Keystone XL pipeline; though rejected may be too strong a word. Punted is more like it, since the pipeline’s builder, TransCanada...
Planting of GM alfalfa approved, again 12 Jan 2012 | 09:05 pm
Photo via Flickr: MillionsAgainstMonsanto Happy New Year! Or not: I had every intention of starting off 2012 with a bucket of rainbows, but first, some important — though lamentable — news that can’t...
Time out + happy early holidays 18 Nov 2011 | 09:05 pm
Photo via Flickr: 666isMONEY A lot of environmentalists are the crystals-and-incense type. I’m not; you’re probably just as likely to hear me inquire after someone’s sign or use the expression raisin...
