Letter to Airmen – energy update
As a part of our nation’s defense, we should consider what we need to be available in the event of an interruption in energy supplies, and to push technologies that reduce our energy demand.
Waste
Trash – July 11
Danger from chemicals getting into SF Bay
Brick maker uses trash, saves cash
Earth to shoppers: Bag the plastic sack
The cost of a diaper and other trash
Food – June 28
Sainsbury’s giant carrot washer, and the rejected royal roots
Kingsolver: No bananas, but lots of tomatoes
Battling the “ick” factor in Seattle
The Nation gets real about food
Food & agriculture – June 25
EU rules threaten Transylvanian shepherds
Milk moves from bottles to the bag
San Francisco says no to bottled water
Ag policy as if people mattered
Climate killers, vampires and recycling – June 23
Sorry climate, I had to clean my keyboard
Beware of energy ‘vampires’
Ionic liquid offers greener recycling of plastics
Recycling table scraps and pizza boxes in Seattle
An inconvenient IT truth
Trash – June 20
Plastic bag revolt spreads across Britain
The state of Britain’s rubbish
Food & agriculture – June 19
Free nitrogen! Comes with a handy dispenser!
The 100 Mile Diet (interview)
Slow Food guru spreads gospel in high places
Environment – June 12
“Humongous fungus” – the world’s largest organism – takes toll on fir forest
Antibacterial products may do more harm than good
As Northeast U.S. warms, tiny pests take root
Stemming tide of plastic bags in California
Dysfunction – March 31
Developing countries are awash in e-waste
Income gap Is widening, data shows
Mercury in energy-saving bulbs worries scientists
Water – Mar 20
Pollution, dams, climate change threatening world’s greatest rivers, WWF says
No-Holds-Barred Fight promised over Brazil River Project
Recycled water fight begins
Water prophecy may sink Baillieu
Invasive mussels in SoCal water supply
A hoarders guide to the end of the world
Mention the word “hoarder” in a meeting of organizers and a collective shiver will run down our spines. A hoarding client’s clutter brings us head to head with a vision that is out of balance. Whether a result of unconscious compulsions, chronic shopping, expectations that don’t add up or an inability to reconcile cause with effect, it all comes to bear on the limits of space
Garbage & stuff – March 16
A short history of what man covets
most – STUFF
The end of garbage
Britons throw out a third of all food
Kovattana: A hoarders guide to the end of the world