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• Reduce Your Carbon Footprint For $25,000 Less Than A Hybrid

  What if I told you that you could significantly reduce your carbon footprint simply by using more frequently items I bet you already have in your kitchen? Would you be interested? And what if I added that your effors would be much more tasty than the most tricked-out Prius?  Interested now?   Read More... Posted Oct 20 2008, 04:34 PM by Amy S.F. Lutz with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: carbon footprint, peanut butter, jonah lehrer, frontal cortex, hybrid car

• Reduce Your Carbon Footprint—Don’t Have A Baby

  Allow me to be crassly scientific for a moment. Think of all the times you make decisions about to be as “green" as possible: saving fuel by driving to vacation instead of flying, buying soymilk instead of cow’s milk, using cloth diapers instead of disposable. Now think of all the greenhouse gasses you could keep out of the atmosphere if you didn’t have one more child—all of the miles not driven, plastic not used, waste not washed out to sea. Read More... Posted Aug 28 2008, 06:00 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: baby, China, babies, mothers, carbon footprint, family planning, birth rate, fertility, women, cost of living, family size, green, British Medical Journal, resources, save the planet, greenhouse gasses, census, two children per family, don't have another child, reproductive health care, fossil fuel, small families, fewer children

• Budget Baby: Cooking It Up Yourself

  When my daughter was born, I had high minded ideals of making all her food. I love to cook, after all, and am pretty good at it. I own both a food processor and a blender (and a potato masher, for that matter). Then reality hit, and I was too busy, exhausted, and quite frankly apathetic to steam carrots forever, or figure out how to strain all the little pea skins out of peas, or whatever. And quite frankly, while I am a good cook I am a recipe cook –I can make just about anyting well, if  someone tells me how to do it. Leave me to my own devices and who knows what might come out of my kitchen. Read More... Posted Aug 05 2008, 04:02 PM by Amy Kuras with | with 9 comment(s) Filed under: cooking, DIY, carbon footprint, baby food, tubs, plastic, budget baby, apple banana, make it yourself, sugar snap pea, jars, brown rice cereal

• 6-Point Summer Survival Guide For Bad (and Cheap) Parents

  There are but three things that truly separate the good parents from the bad: June, July and August. The good parents call it "summer vacation!" the bad parents, well, we call it "hell." Expensive childcare, camps and aimless driving aren't options this summer, what with the economy, gas prices, the fact that you're declaring bankruptcy in a few months. That doesn't mean you can't get a little low-cost me-time. Here are six things your kids can do that won't really involve you.   Read More... Posted Jul 25 2008, 11:01 AM by Madeline Holler with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: carbon footprint, ikea, bankruptcy, vacation bible school, bad parents summer survival guide, teen babysitters, cheap stuff to do with kids

• Locally Grown Ain’t All That

  Anyone with a shred of concern for the environment knows that locally grown produce is preferable to supermarket produce, right? Wrong—that is, according to Salon writer Roberta Kwok, who's done some serious squash-related research. The common sense argument for buying local is that transporting food long distances between the producers and the distributors uses up unnecessary fuel. But this argument fails to take into account the fact that conventional distributors drive to supermarkets in big trucks packed with produce, while farmers markets are stocked by Fords and Chevys carrying only, say, 100 pieces of fruit. Read More... Posted Jun 25 2008, 11:45 AM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: carbon footprint, organic, Salon, locavore, wholesale produce, buy local, farmers markets, food miles, conventional growers, produce, locally grown, supermarkets

• Have You Been "Greenwashed"?

  Given that so many people are interested in reducing their carbon footprints, it's not surprising that travelers today want to make greener choices when they plan their vacations.  A recent Travelocity study found that nearly 75% of travelers said they would pay more for more environmentally-friendly options. Don't think the travel industry hasn't figured this out.  In fact, there's a word for the kind of manipulation done by companies to convince customers they're concerned about the environment when the commitment is entirely superficial:  greenwashing.   Read More... Posted Apr 28 2008, 10:06 AM by Amy S.F. Lutz with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: recycling, carbon footprint, travel. environment, greenwashing, impact

• Stay in a Loveless Marriage, Save the Planet

  Ah, remember the good old days when people just stayed married for the kids? Now it seems you have to consider the planet in your decision to stick around or split, because a recent study says divorce is bad for the environment. I'm starting to think I'm going to get a little fatigued with the "bad for mother earth" stories, just like I did with the whole "everything makes you/your kids fat" news barf. For god's sake, I do recycle and all... Now, why oh why is ending your marriage going to send the planet into certain ruin? Well...   Read More... Posted Feb 25 2008, 06:35 PM by Kelly Mills with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: children, divorce, marriage, carbon footprint, environment, green living, eco-friendly, marital problems, conservation, Wasted Birth Control, energy, two households

• Saving the Environment One PB 'n' J at a Time

  When I'm packing my daughter's school lunch, saving the environment isn't my top priority, though I am mindful of what I'm packing foods in, and the overall nutritional content of the meal.  So, it's good to know that just by making her favorite sandwich - PB&J, hold the J - an armchair activist like myself can actually do some real good for the world.  Slapping some peanut butter on a piece of whole grain bread (or a whole grain cracker or rice cakel) means I'm actually reducing my carbon footprint, by saving the equivalent of 2.5 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions that the average animal-based lunch like a hamburger, grilled cheese, or chicken nuggets necessitates.  ( That's about40% of what I'd save if I drove a cool hybrid, instead of a Japanese station wagon.)   Read More... Posted Aug 30 2007, 10:58 AM by Alisyn with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: school lunches, carbon footprint, peanut butter, lunch, the environment, living green

• What Does Your School's Carbon Footprint Look Like?

  Some High School students are out to change the world. A senior at Irvington High School, Kevin Shen, has developed a carbon emissions calculator. It is "an Excel program to help other students learn about their school's energy use and calculate its carbon footprint." In an article on Treehugger.com (it is the real name of the website, that isn't a joke, although it sounds like me, doesn't it?) says that the California student is working with a San Francisco non-profit to make it easy for people to earn carbon credits. They call the program School Neutral. It shows that by doing simple things like caulking windows and making sure that the buses have the correct tire pressure we can help slow down global warming and reduce each schools carbon footprint. (Don't feel bad if you had to look up carbon credits and carbon footprint. So did I.)  Posted Jan 24 2007, 07:19 PM by Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah with | with no comments Filed under: education, school, environmentalism, schoolneutral, carbon footprint, environment