by Waylon Lewis on Jan 31, 2009
Great little briefing via Miss Maura Judkis of US News on 5 Ways to Green your Super Bowl: …NFL has been on a crusade for the past 14 years to reduce football’s impact on the environment, and has quietly taken a lot of ecofriendly steps. Sunday’s game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Arizona Cardinals [...]
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by Waylon Lewis on Jan 31, 2009
C’mon, Coloradoan, have you no pride! Vote Jared Polis for hottest incoming freshman Congressman, as of now we’re getting our butts kicked by some…egad…Republican! Ran across this blog on longtime elephant journal pal (Congressman) Jared Polis today: …CNN did a short profile on gay pol Jared Polis. What I liked about the profile is how matter-of-factly Polis’ [...]
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by Joana Smith on Jan 31, 2009
Anyone for a game? I call this one, ‘Two’s!’ You never know what you’ll find under each card… Would you like to keep going? If so, you get a strawberry! Hmmmm, interesting combination, strange predicament you’ve found yourself in… One more? Now you know how Joan of Arc must have felt! When asked to help [...]
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by Saraswati J. on Jan 30, 2009
by Sarah Janelle Miller Clean and green is hard to find these days. In our complicated existence, simple is best. Heck, I need a cleaner that can do it all. Floors. Counters. Bathtub. Toilets. Mirrors. And de-germ my life. None of this “a product for each task!” Please! Is this a perfect world? Can I [...]
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by Anna Gilkerson on Jan 30, 2009
With the recession as depressing and stressful as it is, it is not the end of the world. Relaxation by way of sleep, proper nourishment, hanging close to home with friends & family and some body pampering may be all you need to get by. I highly recommend trying traditional Chinese acupressure massage. This may [...]
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by Rachel Steele on Jan 30, 2009
Wanna save the world? Feeling overwhelmed? Eat Chocolate.
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by Waylon Lewis on Jan 30, 2009
Everyone in Boulder, Colorado knows Sean Foreman and Nathaniel Motte of 3OH!3—the two-man bromance darling of teen-age girls everywhere (even Europe, these days)—but as they continue to explode in popularity, we can now say “We knew ‘em when.” Bringing the fun back to music, they’re opening for Katy Perry (seen in below video fearlessly stage-diving in recent [...]
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by Michael Levin on Jan 30, 2009
We’ve all seen the pattern. Things begin and end. We begin again. This may mean starting your exercise again or dieting. You may find yourself smoking again and have to make a promise to yourself that you’ll quit. You may have quit drinking and need to jump back on the wagon. You might have sworn you’d be kinder and nicer to people and lost your temper. Fortunately, you’ve got a second chance.
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by Waylon Lewis on Jan 30, 2009
It’s a sad state of affairs for our food industry when the fact that our President (who just signed into law Equal-Pay!) deliberately drinks Coca-Cola-owned bottled chemical-less tea (because hot water plus loose tea is just too complicated) is news (remember when McCain’s campaign criticized Obama as ‘elitist’ for drinking Honest Tea? I don’t, either)…so [...]
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by Waylon Lewis on Jan 30, 2009
Morning Mourning Drugs aren’t always the answer. Depression isn’t always a disease—for many, including myself, it’s a part of being human, and occasional heavy cloud full of portent, magic, heavy meaning. And something about mornings can bring out the stillness in the pause between busy-nesses. Something about occasional mornings can awaken the contemplative mournfulness for [...]
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by Waylon Lewis on Jan 30, 2009
I first met Gov. Bill Ritter in the basement of Boulder’s City Club. A good guy, we was (at the time) considered a long-shot, out of left field candidate for governor in our (at the time) Red State. Four years later, his poll numbers are high and he continues to bring Red and Blue together, [...]
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by Waylon Lewis on Jan 30, 2009
Courtesy start-up Foodzie, this eco boy’s in love with on of the Three Sisters, at least insofar as her little 1×1 photo allows.
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by Waylon Lewis on Jan 30, 2009
Ken Wilber, one of the leading spiritual philosophers of our time, has finally condescended to illuminate us as to his admiration for our new President—now that Mr. Obama has won and, you know, the election’s already decided. You heard it here first. Well, third. Okay, sixth. “There probably hasn’t been as much rampantly enthusiastic [...]
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by Waylon Lewis on Jan 30, 2009
It’s been reported all over. Everywhere. Here and There. Our mayor—a good, sharp, highly-competent man by the name of Shaun McGrath, is joining the Obama Administration. Even ‘worse’ for we Boulderites, we’ll also be losing his wife, Becca Heaton, ed-in-chief of Rocky Mountain Sports and longtime colleague/acquaintance of mine—she’ll join Mr. McGrath in D.C. As for [...]
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by Lindsey Block on Jan 30, 2009
Yesterday at brunch, my friend made a comment about my hair. Yes, it is true, girls do not like comments about themselves (if it is good it is perceived as creepy and if it is mean it is perceived as a**hole-ness). I recently dyed my hair “blonde” and there has been quite a big quarrel [...]
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by elephantjournal dotcom on Jan 29, 2009
President Barack Obama fought the hard battle, weathered the storm, and eventually prevailed.
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by elephantjournal.com on Jan 29, 2009
Review via Marin Campbell, from the Holiday 08 issue This is an “unashamedly personal account,” and who can resist a good confession? Poignant but entertaining, informative but not pedantic—these were among the fastest 200+ pages I ever read. If Buddhism is a “mirror,” then Michie kindly holds it up for the reader. Here’s the essence [...]
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by Joana Smith on Jan 29, 2009
‘X‘ marks the spot where we dig the well! I’ll see you at the water! lveo. peace~ Megan and The Smiths
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by Waylon Lewis on Jan 29, 2009
Want money? Word on the street is VC, Venture Capitol, has all but dried up. Well, not in Colorado—esp if your would-be company is ‘green.’ Excerpt: Puls said the increase “was driven largely by significant deals closed by two companies,” Fort Collins-based AVA Solar Inc. and Broomfield-based Range Fuels Inc. AVA Solar, which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic modules, took [...]
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by Waylon Lewis on Jan 29, 2009
Two styles of ski pants may be ‘all anyone needs‘…it may be the noble, right thing to do, to cut your line 30%…it may engender loyalty in consumers, as it has with me…but is walking your green talk really make for good business? Excerpt critical of Patagonia: …via Kelly Spors, I read this essay at GreenBiz.com by Joel [...]
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by Waylon Lewis on Jan 29, 2009
We’ve reported on, well, ourselves—elephant journal—and more recently green magazine Plenty, Alpinist, and Backpacking Light and Christian Science Monitor all folding or moving online…well (with thanks for the tip to Ecorazzi) another one just bit the bottomline: “domino.” So let’s all take a moment and think of a few old media (as in print) that [...]
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by Waylon Lewis on Jan 29, 2009
Worst quarter ever, 14.6 Billion buck loss—and Ford says it doesn’t need Federal (ie our) bail-out help. Now let’s just hope that they see the road ahead as an energy-efficient, innovative one—and don’t just go back to giving us huge trucks and SUVs.
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by Waylon Lewis on Jan 29, 2009
Peta’s Super Bowl sexy-time ad is rejected by NBC. Update: Whoopi makes whoopie with vegetables on The View. Peta—People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals—has a long, loud, proud, unashamed (indeed, shameless) history of exploiting sexuality in the name of protecting animals (I’d rather go Naked that Wear Fur, thousands of naked models and interns [...]
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by Waylon Lewis on Jan 28, 2009
The existing White House chef is great. This is even better, and comes close enough I’d think to say that Alice Waters (and all of us greenies, we got her back) got her wish for the Obamas to set an example three times a day by showing America the way back to healthy, local, organic. [...]
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by Waylon Lewis on Jan 28, 2009
Great fun/slash/too-true article. Though who does #1? I don’t wanna know. Excerpt: …sainthood may come off to the rest of the world as rude, condescending and downright disgusting. Nobody wants to be friends with a sanctimonious bastard that looks and smells like he just rolled out of a dumpster. If any of these 7 [...]
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by Waylon Lewis on Jan 28, 2009
Like the quotes you read below? They’re cut out of a big, beautiful, spacious weekly e-letter I get from Halifax Roshi‘s Upaya Zen Center. Subscribe to their newsletter—it’s the best, most elegant, fun one to read I get…and I get a lot of e-newsletters, including my own, Treehugger’s, Grist’s, Huffington Post, Coolhunting…etc. ~~~ As a [...]
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by Waylon Lewis on Jan 28, 2009
We’re late to this Buddhist Blogosphere party, but via our friends at Chronicle Project up in Halifax, here’s advice from leading Buddhist teacher Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche to teenagers (I know, only parents will listen to this—click here for audio file). Excerpt: On growing up too fast So, today I have something to tell you, that [...]
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by Waylon Lewis on Jan 28, 2009
I change my email signature once every few weeks, adding and deleting facebook and twitter and elephantjournal.com stories and links…why do all that when you can have a dope image, a downloadable-straight-into-their-addy-book-with-one-click Vcard, a couple links and a clean, fun look? Now if only you and I knew of a genius too-hip-for-hipster nationally-prominent design firm who [...]
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by Mary Bevington on Jan 28, 2009
“If you can’t fix it…you gotta stand it”. ~ Ennis Del Mar in Brokeback Mountain Recently I reacquainted with a family friend who worked closely with Heath Ledger. At a lull in our conversation I gathered the courage to bring him up. “I thought about you when Heath Ledger died –“ She stammered, “Oh no, [...]
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by Alex King on Jan 28, 2009
We have all been in line at a cafe/American Apparel/AmCo show and seen these AltPeople with their brightly colored tee shirt & glasses combo and wonder if they ever consider themselves to be ironic. It’s no mystery that in the day of the web, styles and ‘personal brands’ that are original or authentic are [...]
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by Liz Benson on Jan 28, 2009
I always love to hear about a new way to divert anything from landfills and the local Roofs to Roads Project has a great one. Collect tons of used asphalt shingles that have been removed from homes and other buildings and use them to pave a test road on North 63rd St in Boulder County. [...]
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by elephantjournal.com on Jan 28, 2009
We climbed in Boulder Canyon yesterday, an area rife with granite domes, grassy nooks, ever-lovin’ water. Just as travelers acquaint with cities by getting lost, we lost ourselves there. We wandered with infant eyes, scrambling up the canyon’s sides, looking for where we might go. High, near Light House dome, we spied a fawn, hind [...]
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by elephantjournal.com on Jan 28, 2009
It’s easy to get hyperbolic when trying to convey my experience of studying with famous yoga teacher Shiva Rea. Let’s just say that the cliche “a force of nature” applies. I first met Shiva at the Estes Park Yoga Journal Conference in 2007. She was teaching a 400-person class in the main hall, so I [...]
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by Reverend Danny Fisher on Jan 28, 2009
[A photo from the protests in Rebkong, Tibet, March 2008. Image via FreeTibet.org.] Earlier this week, Radio Free Asia reported that Chinese authorities in Tibet had launched “a 42-day ‘strike hard’ campaign in the Himalayan region, rounding up thousands for questioning.” As Andrea Miller noted in a post for Shambhala Sun Space, “strike hard” campaigns were first [...]
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by Yesica Pineda on Jan 28, 2009
Did you know that 43 of the world’s 50 largest industrial companies provide music to employees? It restores creativity and productivity and helps to re-pattern the mind and body to maintain peak performance and clarity. Or, Did you know that music therapy is provided in such areas as physical rehabilitation, respiratory intensive care units, stroke [...]
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by Henry Schliff on Jan 28, 2009
It’s time to get your gear groove on in style and efficiency with GoLite. The Boulder, Colorado based high-performance clothing company that is making major strides in inventiveness and sustainability. Recently, I tested out several items for elephantjournal.com from GoLite’s 2009 Spring Line of men’s apparel. First off, the name doesn’t even begin to describe [...]
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by Waylon Lewis on Jan 28, 2009
Dear Mr. Atkins, I want a green talk show, I want a green talk show. Excerpt via Variety: Discovery Studios has named former HBO digital media exec Sean Atkins vice president of West Coast production and development. In addition to supervising production and development for Los Angeles-based series and specials, Atkins will serve as the key liaison [...]
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by Rusty Ralston on Jan 28, 2009
As a photographer, I need to have a business card that is stylish and hip; something that the people like and that sets me apart. After striking out with my local copy stores, I found the coolest little company that makes an assortment of customizable high-quality printed products: moo.com. I haven’t tried their stickers, greeting [...]
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by Michael Levin on Jan 28, 2009
I woke up this morning ready for a cup of coffee. Last night, I watched a show about Ethiopia on the travel channel. It reminded me of the coffee I bought a few months ago from the local Ethiopian restaurant. The whole process of roasting your own coffee intrigued me. I tried it myself and loved it. It only takes about 10 or 15 minutes to put the green beans in a pot, open all the windows and shut off the smoke alarm, and roast them yourself. It would take me just as long to ride my bike to the coffee shop and buy some roasted coffee. But, how long has the coffee been sitting, roasted, leaking out all those wonderful flavors and aromas?
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by Joana Smith on Jan 28, 2009
Sometimes it’s good to look back, and remember what you came from. Things you have collected along the way, make up who you are. This is me. This morning rolled around and it was time to do the laundry. *We meet people with stories to tell, and listen! ‘Cause, don’t you know? Talkin’ about a [...]
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by elephantjournal.com on Jan 27, 2009
It’s common these days to talk about “toxic workplaces.” This typically means a place of employment that has backstabbing or neurotic co-workers, or a corporate culture that sacrifices human well-being at the altar of the bottom line. It can be an important issue, for sure. However, I often chuckle when I hear “toxic” bandied about [...]
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by elephantjournal.com on Jan 27, 2009
From the Holiday 08 issue. There’s a drizzle coming down, and a hush over the countryside. The summer is being put to bed, dressed in the colorful nightgown of autumn. Time to gather food for the winter. When the sun comes out, head for the hills, there’s a whole lot of squealing going on… Fall [...]
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by Todd Mayville on Jan 27, 2009
I’ve been intrigued with the blending of Buddhist thought and western psychology since reading The Art of Happiness by the Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler. Brilliant Sanity is a collection of essays addressing the field of contemplative psychotherapy written by a wide range of therapeutic practitioners, and is one of the more interesting and approachable [...]
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by Ryan Nadlonek on Jan 27, 2009
Photos and words by Ryan Nadlonek January 24 2009 The Spot Bouldering Gym in Boulder, Colorado knows how to throw a good party. Their equation is this: take beautiful women and pair them with strong men, feed them free food and free beer, give them a DJ spinning dance music, and throw them at some [...]
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by Waylon Lewis on Jan 27, 2009
How much did beleaguered Whole Foods CEO John Mackey rake in last year? Here’s the answer—including expenses.
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by Waylon Lewis on Jan 27, 2009
Genius video, just sent via Alex King. And by genius I mean vaguely funny social commentary, not some sort of Einstein-like breakthrough in original video quality content. For that you’d have to go to…yes…the Daily Show, the first talk show in history to consistently deliver the truth, wrapped in a chocolate layer of funny, to [...]
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by Waylon Lewis on Jan 27, 2009
The word “Crap” seems to be working its way into a few of my posts, lately. Too lazy to move your fingers along your trackpad or hand over your mouse? Check out this latest redundant un-eco eco device, the Eco Button!
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by Waylon Lewis on Jan 27, 2009
I grew up reading the Shambhala Sun, which once was called the Vajradhatu Sun, and was edited by my first editor idol Rick Fields (who died of Cancer a while back, but not before penning a final book of poetry entitled ‘F*ck you, Cancer, and other poems.”) His writing was amazing, direct, eloquent—for me he [...]
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by Joana Smith on Jan 27, 2009
A little bird on NPR told me today that the damage we have already done to Mother Earth is irreversible, …bad news! Bad news! We have messed it up! To begin healing, #1: First clear the blocks so that the energy can flow! After you have done that… turn off extra appliances, please! Then raise [...]
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by Waylon Lewis on Jan 27, 2009
Spiritual Materialism Alert. Okay, okay, maybe we’re all on the same side—changing the world (and ourselves, along the way) for the better: but when your design sucks, your home page features chakra pillows and animal spirit guidance…well, I guess that tells me one thing. Er, two things: that web traffic is all about 1) sending [...]
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