Dear EarthTalk: How is the fur industry doing these days? Has it been impacted by activism from PETA and similar groups? An accurate source of up-to-date numbers is hard to come by, but it’s safe to say that the fur industry has been hurt by the ongoing and very visible anti-fur campaigns – sometimes featuring [...]
Cartoon by Chris Madden, www.chrismadden.co.uk
Last weekend I volunteered for the New Mexico Green Built Tour and met some really great people doing wonderful things in the world of green building. If you have the chance to do any work with the US Green Building Council, I highly recommend it. It’s amazing what some people are doing with their homes! [...]
Earlier this week I ran a giveaway for a tote-bag from one of my favorite eco-friendly companies, TerraCycle. This bag is made from Frito-Lay chip bags, and The Good Human is the first site to give one away…and they aren’t even going to be available to the public until Fall/Winter 2009! So without further ado, [...]
Well, today is my birthday so I am taking the day off from writing, but I wanted to give you guys a sneak peek at a project I have been working on in the garage. Take a look: Any ideas what it could be? I should have it totally finished by next week, so will [...]
This week’s Do One Thing is about glass versus plastic, and is inspired by something my friend Beth at Fake Plastic Fish wrote about a while back on her site. As some of you may know, Beth’s site is about reducing our use of plastic, and she does an amazing job of detailing what plastic [...]
This week I have a special treat for you – the 6 nominees for the Climate Greenwash Awards 2009 over in Copenhagen. The awards have been organized to highlight how companies are greenwashing their behavior to claim they can be part of the solution to climate change, while they continue to pump out carbon emissions [...]
