Graphic Series: Earthly Ideas, White Roofs
Monday, August 24th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffThis week's cartoon describes white roofs — a low tech fix for our heat absorbing, wasted rooftop space. White paint or tiling can act much like earth's snow covered poles; reflecting the sun’s light and ...
Worldchanging Essay: Creating Responsible Voluntourism
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffIn 2006, when David Clemmons added a 150-word blurb on voluntourism to Worldchanging: A User’s Guide for the 21st Century, it was a concept that had yet to take off, even in sustainability circles. We couldn’t ...
Vacation Matters
Monday, August 17th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffNorth American Summit Looks at Time Poverty and Vacation Law The United States is the only nation other than the Guyanas, Nepal, and Myanmar without a paid-vacation law. Thirty percent of Americans don’t get paid vacation; half ...
Vacation Matters
Monday, August 17th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffNorth American Summit Looks at Time Poverty and Vacation Law The United States is the only nation other than the Guyanas, Nepal, and Myanmar without a paid-vacation law. Thirty percent of Americans don’t get paid vacation; half ...
Travel Matters: Paid Vacation Law & Sustainable Tourism
Monday, August 17th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffLast week, I attended the Vacation Matters summit in Seattle. As I noted in a previous post, the conference’s rallying point was the Minimum Paid Leave Act, which, if passed, would rescue the U.S. from being ...
Vacation Matters: Resources for Further Reading
Monday, August 17th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffMost vacations are made infinitely better by a good book to inspire mental wandering. Augment your free time (if you're lucky enough to have it) with these books, written or recommended by the panelists at the ...
Resources from the Worldchanging Library
Friday, August 14th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffDear Worldchangers, We often hear that what you like best about the Worldchanging book is that it presents so many resources to turn to for learning more details about big-picture topics. Since we released the book, we've covered ...
Resources from the Worldchanging Library
Friday, August 14th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffDear Worldchangers, We often hear that what you like best about the Worldchanging book is that it presents so many resources to turn to for learning more details about big-picture topics. Since we released the book, we've covered ...
Worldchanging Resources: BUSINESS
Friday, August 14th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffCan we rewrite the laws of economics so that they function within the laws of nature? Organizations and thought leaders across the globe say that we can. Today we're reviewing resources that explore how we can ...
Resources from the Worldchanging Library
Thursday, August 13th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffDear Worldchangers, We often hear that what you like best about the Worldchanging book is that it presents so many resources to turn to for learning more details about big-picture topics. Since we released the book, we've covered ...
Worldchanging Resources: STUFF
Thursday, August 13th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffHow can purchasing decisions make a difference? How can we vote with our dollars to create change? Today we're reviewing resources that might help you to make, buy and use better stuff. This piece is a part ...
Worldchanging Resources: COMMUNITY
Thursday, August 13th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffAcross the globe, people are collectively working for the common good. Together, they are finding ways to cure diseases, alleviate poverty and educate children. Today's resources highlight some of the best work from individuals and groups ...
Worldchanging Resources: COMMUNITY
Thursday, August 13th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffAcross the globe, people are collectively working for the common good. Together, they are finding ways to cure diseases, alleviate poverty and educate children. Today's resources highlight some of the best work from individuals and groups ...
Worldchanging Resources: CITIES
Monday, August 10th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffBright green cities are the closet thing we have to a silver bullet when it comes to combating climate change. By living in compact communities within a dense urban core, we are able to reduce our ...
Dead Pool — Imagining the Future of the American Southwest
Friday, August 7th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffIt is likely to be a source of unhappiness for us that we have taken natural bounty for granted in designing our civilization. But it is likely to prove tragic that we have assumed not only ...
Dead Pool — Imagining the Future of the American Southwest
Friday, August 7th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffIt is likely to be a source of unhappiness for us that we have taken natural bounty for granted in designing our civilization. But it is likely to prove tragic that we have assumed not only ...
Proposal Toward Visual Eco-Criticism
Friday, August 7th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffEvery work of art is the child of its age and, in many cases, the mother of our emotions. It follows that each period of culture produces an art of its own which can never be ...
Free Parking Isn’t Free
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffBy Seth Zeren When does a Prius have the same environmental impact as a Hummer? The 95 percent of the time it’s parked. Most people don't spend time thinking about parking spaces unless they're looking for one. ...
Graphic Series: Earthly Ideas, Wastewater Bioremediation
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffThis week's cartoon describes wastewater bioremediation, the process of using micro-organisms, plants, fungi and their powerful enzymes to remove toxic substances from our wastewater. Read through the Worldchanging archives to learn how bioremediation can work ...
The Ruins of the Unsustainable: Searching For Answers to the Suburbs
Monday, August 3rd, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments Off"The ruins of the unsustainable are the 21st century's frontier." We've been pondering that statement by Worldchanging ally Bruce Sterling for nearly two years now. In North America, several decades of bad development (and the government ...