No more Inhofe to kick around?
Democratic victory in the mid-term elections means that Barbara Boxer of California will replace James Inhofe of Oklahoma as the c...

Green big business
Not all investors, CEOs, and lobbyists were sad to see the GOP lose on Tuesday. From Bloomberg: Shares of Archer Daniels Midland ...

Sea level in the Arctic is falling
(Part of the How to Talk to a Global Warming Skeptic guide) Objection: According to the latest state-of-the-art satellite meas...

President Bush pursues a bio-partisan agenda, and ...
Daily Grist, 10 Nov 2006 A Dingell Ate My Maybe Congressional Democrats' energy priorities are a mixed bag Bio Partisan Pr...

How Green Was My Election?
Did green issues help tip critical races toward the more eco-friendly candidate? Environmental leaders in D.C. say yes, pointing t...

Call it what it is
Oh great. The White House needs to recapture some political momentum after its party got shellacked this week. It also needs to ma...

Here's your obligatory annual reminder ... yawn
The annual forest and biodiversity clearing exercise in Indonesia is drawing to a close. Here's an article telling us that a thous...

Antarctic sea ice is increasing
(Part of the How to Talk to a Global Warming Skeptic guide) Objection: Sure, sea ice is shrinking in the Arctic, but it is grow...

Weather report for parade day
For those under the impression that the events of the past few days represent an exciting opportunity for new course for our count...

Edible Media: Small bites
&;quotEdible Media&;quot takes an occasional look at interesting or deplorable food journalism on the web. This edition of Edible...

Squidoo Loves the Green Blogosphere!
Just a bit of shameless pride and self-promotion -- theGreen Blogosphere was Squidoo's"Lens of the Day" yesterday. They also gave ...

A New Report on Sustainability Reports
Seems like, over the last few months particularly, company sustainability reports are all over my news feeds. Businesses in the U...

FiveLimes: Social Networking for Green Shopping
I finished reading Chris Anderson'sThe Long Tail last weekend, and immediately thought of new green shopping siteFiveLimes as an e...

ENERGY STAR @ Home is Ready for Winter
In May, I wrote aboutENERGY STAR's new "@home" interactive toolat Treehugger. ES@home gave users a wide range of tips on how to be...

The Carnival of the Green is One Year Old
Congratulations toAl andNick for making the Carnival of the Green a mainstay of the Green Blogosphere in one short year! Unfortuna...

Maine High School Students Presenting Biodiesel Re...
Well, buddy Bobby has already figured out that I'm a sucker for a story about students and sustainability. This morning, he forwa...

A Green Blogger Convention?
One of the cool things to come out of the first (and so far only -- trying to do it on Halloween probably wasn't a good idea) meet...

A Reader Writes... and the Writer Corrects (and Re...
Commenter Alwrote:When one buys those credits, nothing is offset and no new capacity is built. Those credits represent a bundle of...

Boing Boing Mischaracterizes Wind Credits, Whole F...
Going to take just a few minutes away from work to respond to a post atBoing Boing(viaStrange New Products) aboutWhole Foods' new ...

Las Vegas' New 'Central Park' a Model of Sustainab...
Or, so saysthe press release I found, anyway. I will say that when I lived in Vegas ('92-'98), sustainability wasn't anywhere on ...

Round-Up: Not Monsanto
That's the Ferry Plaza building, at left, where I was for the first time in months on Monday. I came home with some sausages from ...

The Cheese School with Wil Edwards and Alex Fox
Expectation: very high, and exceeded. Wildly. Invitation: attend Farmstead Cheesemaking cheese tasting and cheese making class, fe...

More Thoughts on Groceries
Aren't they cute? A post yesterday at Megnut pointed out an article at the New York Times about a grocery store who gives star rat...

The Hidden Life of Groceries
I wish I could say that I share the peaceful state of mind as this sow out at TLC Ranch, but I am fretful about the outcome of the...

Antidote to Depression
Yes, two posts in one day. It happens. I took Logan to vote with me: I want him to know how important it is, from the very earlies...

Chef Duskie Estes at Canvas Ranch
If I had known how friendly and accessible Chef Duskie Estes, of Zazu in Santa Rosa, would be, I wouldn't have avoided taking more...

La Milpa Organica Farm Dinner: October 1, 2006
I traveled to San Diego last month, and finally have a chance (and the motivation) to write up the Outstanding in the Field farm d...

Where do I start?
This is meat. These packages are made from the pigs at TLC (Tastes Like Chicken) Ranch. There is also sauerkraut. Made by Justin S...

Dream Come True
Pictured here: Crystal Bay Farm's pumpkin patch in October. NOT FARM-RELATED AT ALL, BUT... One of my favorite books in my early t...

Roots of Change
Pictured here: the able hands of farmer Steven Pedersen, holding the delicious squash he grew this year, Thelma Sanders Sweet Pota...