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It’s Earth Month! 20 Things to do this April
Today is April Fools’ Day. I’ve already seen headlines that have made me scratch my head and question whether they were real or just a fun trick, including one about shoes from the Washington Post that was, in fact, very real and a great read: The problem with your sneakers? They’re built to last too
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How Big is Your Climate Shadow?
I’ve spent a lot of time in these articles talking about personal actions that you, as an individual, can take to minimize your environmental impact – your carbon footprint. But as we know, putting the onus on individuals to look at their own carbon footprint isn’t always fair and, in fact, the idea of a
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Happy New Year!
Whew! It’s over. On Sunday night, we turned the calendar page to a new year and closed the book on 2023 – the hottest year on record by some margin. As I went skiing in New Hampshire on New Years Eve on a mountain with zero natural snow and chair lifts eerily taking me over
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There’s a Great Future in Plastics…
At COP28, happening right now in Dubai, COP president Sultan al-Jaber said, There is “no science” that phasing out fossil fuels is necessary to keep global temperatures under 1.5C above preindustrial levels.” What?! On the one hand, we have a fossil fuel president telling us that there’s no science to justify phasing out fossil fuels.
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Making Black Friday a Bit Greener
It probably won’t surprise anyone here to find out that I’m not a fan of Black Friday. This predates any of my concerns around the environmental impacts of overconsumption. When I was in my teens and twenties, my family would often go to the movies the Friday after Thanksgiving. The movie theater was attached to
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What’s In Your (Vegan) Closet?
Today, November 1st, is World Vegan Day. As you may already know, switching to a vegan diet is one of the best (arguably the best) ways for people to reduce their environmental impact. In fact, a global shift to veganism could not only reduce greenhouse gasses from food production by 70% but also results in
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Forget Single-Use. What About No-Use?
You’ve surely heard about single-use products (plastic bottles, take-out containers, etc…) and efforts to eliminate them. But what about no-use products? Yes, NO-use. Looking at the clothing industry alone, the statistics are shocking. Purchased But Never Worn Have you ever had an item sit in your closet unworn – maybe with the tag still on?
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Climate and Conflict and Children
I had an article half written about Halloween costumes. It was all about “greening” your kids’ Halloween costumes through creativity, secondhand, and networking. It’s an important topic – Halloween is often a “single use” holiday and I’d like to change that. But my heart just wasn’t in it. Last week I failed to write anything
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SWAG – Craftsbury Style
Last week, I attended the Footprints camp in Northern Vermont with 23 people who love to get out and run on the trails and who want to take climate action in their own communities. I have so much to say about this experience at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center and about the incredible people that I
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American Climate Corps – A Cause for Celebration
This week is going to be a short one. Just a celebration really. Today, the Biden-Harris administration announced the launch of the American Climate Corps. This job training program, which was modeled after FDR’s Depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps, aims to “mobilize the next generation of clean energy, conservation and resilience workers.” There’s plenty of press
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