Tag Archives: eco-friendly
Green Thursdays: How Anti-Smoking Campaigns Offer A Blueprint For Tackling Climate Change
From Think Progress: by Auden Schendler, excerpted from his LA Times op-ed As Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway point out in their book “The Merchants of Doubt,” the fossil fuel industry and the hard right have used the same tactics as … Continue reading
Green Thursdays: 7 Ways To Give New Life To Dead Trees In Your Yard
From Treehugger: © Ramon Gonzalez. Magnolia tree in downtown Chicago. Growing up, the property neighboring me had a young pear tree that served many functions to the neighborhood kids. In the heat of summer it provided us with shade, it … Continue reading
Green Thursdays: Solar tower will power Las Vegas at night
From CNet: By the spring, this 540-foot tower will have a 100-foot receiver on top of it and there will be a field of 10,000 billboard size mirrors around the tower to produce electricity from the sun 10 to 15 … Continue reading
Green Thursdays: The Activist behind Drew Barrymore’s New FIlm
From Huffington Post: My Greenpeace tenure began as their Alaska Field Representative in Anchorage, after I had been volunteering on wolf and marine mammal issues for a local group. My only caveat was that I would continue to work on … Continue reading
Green Thursdays: With London Monuments, Artist Shows Just How High Sea Levels Will be in 3012
From Treehugger: © Julian Andrews 2012 Seven Dials Sundial Pillar Installation PLUNGE by Michael Pinsky is a pretty scary and pretty graphic reminder of the impact of climate change on a city like London. In a very dramatic way, it … Continue reading
Green Thursdays: Global Sea Level Rise – NASA Mission Takes Stock of Earth’s Melting Land Ice
From Science Daily: In the first comprehensive satellite study of its kind, a University of Colorado at Boulder-led team used NASA data to calculate how much Earth’s melting land ice is adding to global sea level rise. Using satellite measurements … Continue reading