One of our favorite blogs, green or otherwise seems to have wound down to a stop.
As of today, blogger Vanessa from Green As a Thistle is hanging it up. Somewhat. She’s mildly cagey, but she is giving the distinct impression that today was her last post.
And what an inspiring post it was! Looking for truth, [...]
Volkswagen is joining Toyota, Honda and others in the hybrid auto mainstream.
According to AutoBlogGreen, Volkswagen has confirmed speculation that they will displaying a diesel-hybrid Golf at the Geneva Motor Show next week.
The Golf TDI Hybrid will be capable of running off either a diesel engine, an electric motor or both. Very cool.
Details are few at [...]
Freegans were profiled on Oprah yesterday, reported on by Lisa Ling.
In fact, Lisa Ling has a great post on freeganism, waste and where the US fits into all of this.
For the uninitiated, what is a freegan?
This growing grassroots subculture is made of people who have decided to live outside consumer society. Freegans say our culture’s [...]
Sole Responsibility is a non-profit out of Ottawa that is doing something remarkable with running shoes that are no longer brand new. Here is their mission:
We are a non-profit organization formed by a group of runners in Ottawa who want to donate gently used running and walking shoes overseas. As runners, we buy new [...]
We’ve done sustainable furniture and hybrid Cadillacs, vegetarian athletes and solar power, organic produce and books on Simplicity.
And now we’re changing our look and feel for the better!
Simple + Green has just made a change in Wordpress theme. I feel like the flow is cleaner, everything is a little more readable.
And now, back to the [...]
Oscar.com has a list of ways to “go green” - actually with help from the NRDC - most of which this community knows about.
What makes it interesting is that someone did actually attempt to “green” the oscars. From their site:
This year, the Academy, the Oscar telecast producer Laura Ziskin and the entire production team endeavored [...]
Please do not be alarmed! I’m updating the simple + green site theme. You will see these design improvements rolling out this week.
As always, feedback on look/feel and content are appreciated!
photo by pinkbelt
Aren’t we supposed to be a paperless society by now?
Here is a quick list that should be very helpful for anyone in the US: 5 Ways To Stop the barrage of junk mail into your life
We’re all completely over receiving junk mail, print catalogs we didn’t subscribe to. I did a little peeking [...]
Great summary post over at Natural News Network: National Candidates On The Green Issues gives both mostly generalizations about each candidates stance.
Barack Obama, Hilary Clinton, John McCain and even Mike Huckabee represent.
If you want a primer on what each candidate’s stance on environmental issues is, read on.
This is a great start. I’d imagine (hope) that [...]
I’m a baseball fan, so this story naturally caught my eye.
Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Prince Fielder has gone vegetarian. Prince is a big guy and with solid homerun slugging power.
Much like Kansas City Chiefs tight end Tony Gonzalez, who I noted as profiled in the Wall Street Journal last month, Fielder is a young professional [...]