• Read About Gun Control, Then Watch a Puppy Learn to Walk Down Stairs [Current Events Cheat Sheet]

    Read About Gun Control, Then Watch a Puppy Learn to Walk Down Stairs [Current Events Cheat Sheet]

    In case you were too busy obsessing over Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s perfect hosting job at the Golden Globes last night, here are the week’s top stories.

  • Save The Planet, One Snack at a Time

    Save The Planet, One Snack at a Time

    As I was researching for what was supposed to be a post on green snack foods, I realized just how eco-harmful the food industry can be. Looking at Newsweek’s Green Rankings for 2009, only 28 of the top 500 companies are from the food and beverage industry. Yes, a measly 5%. Plus, the best ranking food company (Brown and Forman) ranks in 374th place overall! In other words, the large-scale food industry blows.

  • Add A Little Green to Your Holiday

    Add A Little Green to Your Holiday

    The holiday season is many things, but eco-friendly is not one of them. (Did you know that we could power 600,000 houses for a year with the amount of electricity wasted on holiday lights?!) When you take into account all of the presents we buy, miles we travel, and food we stuff in our mouths, you can’t help but notice how quickly it all seems to add up.

  • You Can Recycle More Than Just Beer Cans

    You Can Recycle More Than Just Beer Cans

    We live in a world of disposable everything. Cups, plastic bags, razors, boyfriends; you name it, you can find it in a disposable form. And although this makes our lives terribly easy, it also makes our landfills terribly full. By just being a tad more conscious of your recycling options, you can make a huge difference with relatively minimal effort.

  • A Girl’s Guide to Green Gastronomy

    A Girl’s Guide to Green Gastronomy

    Last Tuesday I saw the documentary Food, Inc. and it changed my life. Although it had a relatively minimal environmental focus, it still reminded me how important we are as consumers and how much our food purchasing decisions actually make a difference.

  • Live Green, Dress Sustainably

    Live Green, Dress Sustainably

    I love shopping, but I just can’t help but feel a tad guilty every time I invest in another mother-earth-will-cry-when-I-wear-this kinda number. I know that the clothing industry contributes to global warming, air and water pollution, and tons of waste, but I really can’t bring myself to be Goodwill’s number one customer.

  • Candy Dish: “The People” Choose The Best In Hollywood

    Candy Dish: “The People” Choose The Best In Hollywood

    There was an award show last night? (Mmmm Christian Bale.)
    Happy Birthday, Elvis!
    All the teens…

  • Beijing 2008: A Triumph for Human Rights Abusers Everywhere (Part 2)

    Beijing 2008: A Triumph for Human Rights Abusers Everywhere (Part 2)

    In my last article I discussed China’s legacy of human rights abuses up to on July 14, 2001, when t…