Here is a very cool blog I found via the Treehugger forum:
The Green Athlete is a blog by Chris Lieto, three-time Ironman Champion and former U.S. National Ironman Champion. It’s a really cool resource, and place to keep up with Lieto’s adventures and events.
Here is the Green Athlete mission statement:
The Green Athlete, an [...]
An organization in England has created a really great Carbon Reduction movement. They’re asking people to give up Carbon consumption for Lent.
Based on the “local church” concept, tearfund does a good deal of work to help the world’s poorest communities. They also bring awareness to how global warming is affecting every single community: rich or [...]
Great information in this recent article in the New York Times. highlights a key concept in our lives:
The things we clutter our lives with can make us sick and otherwise impact our health (physical, emotional, mental). And in many cases, people try to ‘fix’ the clutter by buying storage containers to help store it, rather [...]
The Oprah Show is in repeats this week, and tomorrow they are replaying a great show from last year. Oprah’s Going Green 101 show will be shown again tomorrow, Friday January 4th.
The show is a primer for how the average person can be more eco-conscious, and (yes) Green in their day to day lives.
As she [...]
My wife has been reading this book and raving about it. I’ve picked it up about 9-10 times in the past week, but have not yet finished it: The Simple Home: The Luxury of Enough (American Institute Architects) explores, in visual and written terms, options for those of us looking to live in a simpler [...]
Here at simpleandgreen.net, we tend to plan out the books we read. My interests run the gamut, and include a good dose of fiction. Nowadays, I tend to gravitate towards all the ways we can improve our environment and lives. Right now I’m putting together the list of books I really want, and these top [...]
We stumbled across a show called The Eco Zone Project. Created by Eco Zone Media, it’s hosted by Daisy Fuentes (model, designer, MTV VJ) along with the Green Team:
Simran Sethi: from The Green on the Sundance Channel and Ethical Markets on PBS.
John Bruce: founding partner of Super-Interesting LLC, an architectural and design practice.
Ryan Sutter: founder [...]
