Image credit: Natalie Maynor , used under Creative Commons license. I’ve written before about the dangers of pious eco-religion and green living as passive aggressive preaching , and I’ve asked whether it is even possible to preach green without being pr… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit: Alan Cleaver (Creative Commons) When I wrote about UK Conservatives’ Big Society campaign as an alternative to Big Government, commenters were skeptical. Yet there has been a lot of (admittedly guarded) interest from grassroots green groups like the Transition Movement . After all, “think global, act local” has been a mantra of the environmental movement for decades. But ho… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Big Society Versus Big Government Versus Catastrophic Climate Change
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Image credit: Solarcentury (Creative Commons) Solar panel manufacturing has some toxic byproducts , yet more and more people are interested in solar as a clean(er) alternative to fossil fuel dependence. With renewable feed-in tariffs driving massive solar sales in the UK, one watchdog group has set out to find out which solar panels offer the consumer the cleanest conscience, al… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit: D’Arcy Norman & timtak (Creative Commons) When I wrote about industrial agriculture exploring sustainability , commenter Ruben suggested that the idea of something being “more sustainable” was illogical. Citing Bill Rees, the inventor of Ecological Footprinting, he claimed that sustainability was like pregnancy—”either you are or you aren’t”. I’d like to politely disagree. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Sustainability is Not Black Or White – "More Sustainable" is Possible
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Image via The Plastiki Guest post by Doug Woodring, Co-Founder/Director of Project Kaisei The state of our ocean today is a perfect example of tragedy of the commons. We all use and take from the sea, but the majority of it is not “owned” or governed by any one country, much like the air we breathe, having no borders. As groups like Plastiki and Project Kaisei draw attention to the plight of the ocean, and the amount of waste in the
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Avoid "Generation Zero" – Build an Ocean Recovery Alliance
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