Mashable has a cool post on three ways the iPad is helping people go green , including acting as an energy dashboard, reducing paper use, and helping to simplify environmental audits. As several commenters point out, the iPad in an of itself is not exactly a green gadget and simply using it rather than paper doesn’t mean you’re being easier on the environment. However, being a green gadget owner and using it to its greatest advantages is something we love, and Mas… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Gwen Stefani cleaned up the LAMB look for fall, creating one heck of a personal wardrobe in the process. She covered all her bases in the finale show of New York Fashion Week, offering pantsuits, minis, coats and gowns. (Feb. 18)
Continue reading …Over the past couple years we’ve seen a bump in technologies that make cars “smarter” so that they’re safer to drive and rush hour isn’t so migraine-inducing. Are our roads really becoming more like railways? The Utopianist has an interesting post on how our cars — seemingly individually controlled vehicles — are starting to become more trainlike. Check out the ups and downs of the transition to possibly safer, more efficient roads. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Help Michael Pollan Write the Food Rules Expanded Edition – Submit Your Rules Via Slow Food
February 24, 2011 No CommentNow Michael Pollan’s Food Rules wasn’t my favorite book of his, but it was a best-seller and a new edition is being written–and Pollan is in general a fine writer. To help craft it Pollan is partnering with Slow Food USA for a user-generated portion and taking submissions. So, tell Slow Food your food rule (by February 27th). Here’s how Pollan describes it: La… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Kelly Rossiter I’m still managing to cook my meals without heading out to the grocery store . It’s a bit of an exercise in frugality by not spending any money, but also using up the vegetables I have before buying any more. I’m starting to have some space in both my refrigerator and my kitchen cupboards. Now all I have to do is use up my pickles and condiments, as I still have plenty in my cold storage room from my mad preserving
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The best revenge of a jilted lover is looking good, and the designers of Marchesa have given an exquisite makeover to Miss Havisham at New York Fashion Week. (Feb. 18)
Continue reading …Western US Energy & Water Use Policy Established In Wettest Period For 350 Years, With Drought Coming
February 24, 2011 No CommentSome new research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that states in the Western US are likely in for much drier conditions in coming decades from climate changes. Both human-caused climate change and because of naturally-occurring wet and dry cycles getting longer, particular since 1000 CE. Which in the broad stroke we already knew. The really notable part is this, from lead-researcher Mark Abott, from Pitt University: “Wes… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Stand With 350.org & Sign ‘The US Chamber of Commerce Doesn’t Speak For Me’!
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Yesterday Bill McKibben wondered is money to most virulent source of pollution? When it comes to big polluters and the influencing US politics, yes, yes it is… And the US Chamber of Commerce is right near the top of the list. In an effort to really shine a spotlight on the difference between the Chamber and the people of the US 350.org launched a new campaign:
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Carolina Herrera’s collection at New York Fashion Week showed that modernity and refinement are not mutually exclusive. (Feb. 15)
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