What Would (or Did) It Take for Me to Bike to Work Everyday? Call for comments!

By elephantjournal.com on Jun 24, 2009

Send us your reasons for biking to work! You can either post it as a COMMENT or send your response to editorial@elephantjournal.com. As a student at the University of Colorado, I am proud to…

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Scientists Create Synthetic Tree to Capture Carbon.

By Lindsey Block on Jun 23, 2009

Ever thought that maybe guerrilla gardening and/or planting more trees all around us isn't the best way to restore our environment? At least not to U.S. scientists who are developing a synthetic tree that…

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Scared silly or know someone who is? Check out these empowering books and feng shui tips.

By Claire Burstein on Jun 3, 2009

                                                                                  According to Lucinda Bassett, in her book called From Panic to Power, most people who suffer from depression, anxiety and other such disorders are highly intelligent and creative.  The thing is that they have learned…

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Wear Green or You’ll Get Pinched. Be Green or You’ll Get Punched?

By Lindsey Block on Mar 17, 2009

Besides Earth Day, I wish there were more days to celebrate the environment and being green.  For me, this is something I try to celebrate everyday, but for others they may need a little…

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Will Shafroth goes to Washington.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Mar 12, 2009

  Will Shafroth is a good man. I don't think anyone has ever not liked, or appreciated him. That said, he's no pushover—he ran a tough, active, dot every i cross every t campaign for…

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The Hawaii Unseen ~ by photographer Rusty Ralston.

By Rusty Ralston on Mar 10, 2009

In January, I stepped into the colorful and vibrant land of Hawaii for the first time. I hope these photos of Kauai and Oahu represent the Hawaii found beyond the veneer of tropical drinks…

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China continues to clamp down; anniversary of Tibetan protests is tomorrow morning. Worse, they shut down Oasis concert.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Mar 9, 2009

Chinese suppression of all things Tibetan (except tourism) knows no end. They've started a widespread campaign to crackdown on Tibetans—those vicious evil Buddhist peace-loving nomads. Update re China's Tibet clamp down via NY Times: The…

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Book Review: American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau (Bill McKibben, ed.)

By Todd Mayville on Dec 7, 2008

This rather hefty tome is a collection of some of the most important writings about the environment since Henry David Thoreau sat down and penned Walden.  American Earth clocks in at over 1,000 pages, and…

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The New Captains of Industry.

By Ben Kowalsky on Nov 21, 2008

The New Captains of Industry Author's Note:  This ended up coming out more like a Feature Story rather than a Blog post or a straight interview, there was so much important context for the meeting…

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“Yes We Can” lifted Obama’s campaign, back in the day. And now, will.i.am offers “It’s a New Day.”

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Nov 10, 2008

Below, a new video: will.i.am does It's a New Day, a tribute to the Obama movement from the man behind "Yes We Can," the video that hit wayyy back in June, while Obama was…

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When recycling won’t cut it, Re-use and Re-purpose Old Items for Vintage, Creative Cool Points.

By Heather Mueller on Sep 18, 2008

  Recycling is sooo 1990s. While it's obviously better to recycle products than to send your cast-aways to a landfill, it still takes energy to clean and process your discarded Sunday Times into fresh recycled…

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“Let’s Make Democracy Work” : Bernie Heideman

By Dale on Sep 2, 2008

Singer Songwriter Bernie Heideman shares his latest song. "Let's Make Democracy Work" Recorded at Paradise Valley, Montana. Let's Make Democracy Work from Wilderness Dance Camp on Vimeo.…

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A Method to the Madness?

By Heather Mueller on Aug 20, 2008

When reviewing Method for our Summer 08 cleaning-themed issue, we had a hard time giving the products our 100% eco stamp of approval. [this just in, we're not the only reviewers who are big fans…

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Conservation vs. Conservatives, round 11: McCain’s Offshore Drilling vs. Obama’s Inflated Tires.

By elephantjournal.com on Aug 5, 2008

Much ado about Obama's great/commonsense idea: inflate your tires and we'll save far more oil (and you'll save far more $$$s) than all the offshore oil drilling under McCain's plan. It's the Inflate Debate—sounds…

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www of the week: Huffington Post…Green

By Heather Mueller on Jul 10, 2008

The liberal leaning Huffington Post’s combination of sensational, humorous headlines and well-researched stories has proved to be dynamite for a generation of restless readers who want to read intelligent, fun stories they actually care about.…

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Yesica’s first blogephant: Love & the End of the Earth.

By elephantjournal dotcom on Jul 9, 2008

We like to think that we can destroy the world, to which I keep thinking: "What a silly thing, we for sure can destroy humanity as we do destroy all the animal world with the…

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