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• The Wonderbag: Low-Carbon Slow Cooking Sustainablog (Today) - Cooking packs a wallop in terms of health and environmental impact in the developing world: I’ve seen the numbers time and time again as I come across new appropriate technology for addressing that impact. Various social enterprises have played with clean, efficient cookstove models...
• Report: Sierra Club Accepted Gas Industry Money NY Times (Today) - An article raises the issue of whether the Sierra Club's support of natural gas as a "bridge fuel" was influenced by donations from the gas industry....
• Learn about Green Sex at upcoming Green Drinks session Portland Tribune (Today) - It was inevitable, perhaps, that the sustainability movement would extend into sexual aids. And what better time to learn about Green Sex than as Valentine’s Day approaches? The public is invited to hear “loveologist” Wendy Strgar and Vickie Kriner of Scarlet Girl talk about ......
• Coral, Part II: Is the Cold or Heat More Lethal? NY Times (Today) - Researchers find that extreme cold induces acute stress in coral but that heat is ultimately more lethal....
• Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Update for January 31st – February 2nd, 2012 Greenpeace (Today) - (This post is by Christine McCann)Here’s the latest of our news bulletins from the ongoing crisis at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.State of Nuclear Politics in JapanPrime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said that his country’s dependence on nuclear power should be reduced to the “maximum...
• Warming Seas and Corals: A New Conundrum NY Times (Today) - A new study based on research in western Australia suggests that warming seas can benefit corals -- but perhaps only to a point....
• Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Mixed Bag Greenpeace (Today) - With this year’s United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development meeting – also known as “Rio+20” – fast approaching, Greenpeace senior political advisor Pat Lerner takes an in-depth look at the UNSG’s High Level Panel on Global Sustainability Resilient People, Resilient Planet:  A future worth choosing: It...
• Crops Adapt to Climate Change AboutMyPlanet (Today) - One of the risks associated with climate changes lies with drought. General Circulation Models predict that the vulnerability of mid-continent areas will increase with a greater rate of evapotranspiration than precipitation. The potential exists that droughts may last longer, and thus, produce more devastating effects....
• Brazilian forest code: the battle continues Greenpeace (Today) - At the end of 2011, before government officials closed up shop for the holidays, President Dilma demanded final approval on the new Forest Code in Brazil. This new proposal condemns the Brazilian forests and is a deal between government and agribusiness that was made in...
• On Our Radar: Military Drones That Mimic Butterflies NY Times (Today) - To aid defense contractors, researchers try to map how butterflies carry out an astonishing variety of flight maneuvers....
• U.S. Still Not Tapping Into Major Offshore Wind Potential AboutMyPlanet (Today) - The United States continues to struggle to launch their offshore wind sector. It has taken years to get the Cape Wind project off of Massachusetts, expected to be the nation’s first offshore wind farm, to be finalized and approved, only to have it meet continual...
• Federal Government Opens More Ocean to Wind Projects NY Times (Yesterday) - The Interior Department says that offshore wind farms pose no significant threat to the environment off the coasts of Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey and Delaware. Although the department is now encouraging developers to submit applications, it is unclear whether offshore wind projects make financial sense...
• Chicago-based Eco-Friendly Dentist Doubles Down on Green Sustainablog (Yesterday) - Almost exactly five years ago, I took at look at Transcendentist, a Berkeley based “green dentistry office” that combined environmental responsibility with a very different approach to patient care. Rather than the typical clinical approach, the founders of Transcendentist created a spa-like atmosphere… complete...
• Evidence for Jellyfish Invasion Is Lacking, Study Says NY Times (Yesterday) - There is insufficient data to support the common wisdom that jellyfish populations are exploding, researchers say....
• Smarting Over Cod Shortages, Fishermen Blame Seals NY Times (Yesterday) - Scientists denounce a proposal in Canada for killings of Atlantic gray seals, saying there is no evidence that it will cause the cod population to rebound....
• Cool Ways to Recycle Old Eyeglasses Sustainablog (Yesterday) - I am always looking for new and interesting examples of people upcycling. As a big proponent of responsible consumerism, I don’t like to throw away anything that can be donated. But what about those items no one is likely to have use for, or that...
• Aflatoxin: A Toxic Potential of Climate Change Sustainablog (Yesterday) - One of the most toxic and carcinogenic threats in the human food supply is a natural chemical called “aflatoxin” that is produced by a fungus called Aspergillus.  This opportunistic plant pathogen has the capacity to grow on a wide range of foods and feeds...
• Jes MaHarry Jewelry: Uplifting Change for the Planet Sustainablog (Yesterday) - Jes MaHarry has been a creator of sustainable, hand-crafted jewelry collections and a leader of mix-media design for more than two decades. Collectors and customers alike are drawn to Jes’ signature style of “finding perfection in what is imperfect” and combining unlikely pairs of...
• One Simple Way to Conserve Water at Home: Take a Navy Shower! Sustainablog (Yesterday) - There are many great and pleasantly simple ways to conserve water usage at home. Want to save an extra 50+ gallons of water each and every day? Here’s one way you may not have considered before: take a navy shower! No, you don’t need...
• Edible Weeds: 7 Recipes for Stinging Nettle (that aren’t Soup or Tea) Sustainablog (Yesterday) - Most of us probably had similar reactions when we discovered the fact that the stinging nettle plant is not only edible, but even commonly eaten in other parts of the world: “Doesn’t that hurt?” No, apparently: cooking takes the sting out of the nettle,...
• Another Option for Recycling Old Eyeglasses: Donation (Infographic) Sustainablog (Yesterday) - On Monday, we took a look at one option for recycling old eyeglasses: using them as a crafting material. Nothing wrong with that, of course, but as a reader pointed out, you can also donate them to organizations like the Lions’ Club. So, when a...
• Turning a Used Shipping Container into a Factory: re:char’s Reused Production Space Sustainablog (Yesterday) - So what can you do with an old shipping container? Start an indoor farm? Build a mobile strip mall? These are just a couple of the more unique ideas I’ve come across; there are many others. This weekend, while reading Fast Company‘s interview with Jason...
• 5 Fun Ways to Upcycle Plastic Gift Cards Sustainablog (Yesterday) - I never know what to do with plastic cards. From gift cards to those unactivated credit cards that come in the mail, what do you do with them when they are of no use? While many people don’t think anything of throwing them away, those...
• 2011: A Year of Weather Extremes, with More to Come Sustainablog (Yesterday) - Flooding on Arkansas' White River By Janet Larsen and Sara Rasmussen The global average temperature in 2011 was 14.52 degrees Celsius (58.14 degrees Fahrenheit). According to NASA scientists, this was the ninth warmest year in 132 years of recordkeeping, despite the cooling influence of the...
• DIY Valentine’s Day: the Handmade “SweetHeart Love String” Project Sustainablog (Yesterday) - Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching, and it’s a great time to gather up your fabric scraps, upholstery samples and thrift store finds to make the perfect gift for the special people in your life. Just follow this simple and easy tutorial by Saved By Grace...
• A Whooping Crane Migration Will Finish By Truck NY Times (Yesterday) - The wayward birds could not be persuaded to follow a pilot flying an ultralight plane....
• Davos failed to address fundamentals – will the next Earth Summit in Rio? Greenpeace (Yesterday) - At the World Economics Forum in Davos last week, no one was denying that we face serious economic, social and environmental crises. When even the Financial Times runs a series of articles on "Capitalism in crisis", it´s obvious that it’s not just the "Occupy WEF"...
• Jared Bernstein will be keynote speaker at upcoming green jobs conference in Portland Portland Tribune (Yesterday) - Progressive economist Jared Bernstein will be the keynote speaker of the Green Professionals Conference in Portland on Feb. 16, an opportunity for job seekers to learn about green job opportunities. Bernstein will discuss green job growth, economic trends, and jobs bills proposed by the Obama...
• Obama Won't Touch Climate With a 10-Foot Pole Mother Jones (Yesterday) - In his State of the Union address on January 24, President Obama largely avoided the topic of climate change. He talked about it once, in passing, as a topic on which "the differences in this chamber may be too deep" to enact new legislation....
• End of the road for dirty biofuels Greenpeace (Yesterday) - "Palm oil-diesel. Extinction and climate disaster."It’s been a bad few weeks for biofuels produced from food crops: first, the US Environmental Protection Agency said that biodiesel made from palm oil will not count towards the country’s renewable fuels mandate because they are damaging to the...

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