“Save the F**%!^g Frogs!” {NSFW}
by elephantjournal.com on Jan 27, 2013
Cringing so much now, with thanks for the tip via Reddit. Ad via Vancouver Aquarium. And which animals would suffer if humans went extinct? Not many. Cats? Dogs? Domesticated animals we torture for meat?
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EnergySmart: Helping Us Save Energy & Money.
by Liz Benson on Nov 1, 2012
Source: budgetclowns.com via Jason on Pinterest I wanted to let you know about a great program offered for homeowners (and landlords) in my community. EnergySmart is funded through a grant from the Department of Energy for homeowners and businesses of Boulder County, Colorado. (Note: Your municipality might have a similar program. Find out at the [...]
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Why isn’t Slaughtering Polar Bears a Crime? {Video}
by Lynn Hasselberger on May 24, 2012
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Getting Married? Be Sure Your Wedding Photos Are Green. ~ Kate L. Harrison
by elephantjournal.com on May 21, 2012
Hiring a green wedding photographer is one more way to have your special day immortalized in memories instead of landfills.
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500,000 Trees Killed Each Week for the Sunday Paper.
by Lynn Hasselberger on May 21, 2012
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We’re Flushing Forests Down the Toilet. Literally. ~ Richard Kujawski
by elephantjournal.com on May 19, 2012
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Is Green a White Movement? Lessons from My (Cheap) Asian Parents. ~ Jennifer Mo
by elephantjournal.com on May 18, 2012
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This Map may Blow Your Mind. ~ Richard Kujawski
by elephantjournal.com on May 14, 2012
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Tips on Starting Up a Sustainable Business. ~ Jill Spiritus
by elephantjournal.com on May 11, 2012
Top Tips On Starting Up A Sustainable and Dynamic (Fashion) Business Dynamic: not a word used to usually describe a business that is based on sustainability and ethics. However, when my sister Tracey and I started our small business in September 2011, we were all about promoting living mindfully in the most fun and colorful [...]
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Occupy the Ocean. ~ Wallace J. Nichols, PhD
by elephantjournal.com on May 11, 2012
We need an ocean revolution.
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Food Wars. ~ Alexandra Strickland
by elephantjournal.com on May 10, 2012
The online arguments found in blogs, on Facebook and on YouTube, between vegans and those who eat according to what has been called Traditional, Ancestral or Wisdom diets has gotten downright rancorous.
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Plastic in Our Oceans. {TEDx Video} ~ Wallace J. Nichols, PhD
by elephantjournal.com on May 1, 2012
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Your Power to Change the World is Greater Than You Think!
by Martin Murphy on Apr 28, 2012
Now, as an old man, I realize the only thing I can change is myself, and suddenly I realize that if long ago I had changed myself, I could have made an impact on my family.
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10 Tree Quotes in Honor of Arbor Day.
by Lynn Hasselberger on Apr 27, 2012
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Why Economic Recovery is the Worst Thing that Could Happen Right Now.
by Martin Murphy on Apr 27, 2012
Of course those at the top of the financial hierarchy would prefer to see business as usual return.
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Trees of Transformation. ~ Alana Lea
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 26, 2012
Trees of Transformation is the first in a series of wake up storybooks about the people who are taking a stand for Nature in the midst of corporate giants.
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Get Your Blue Mind On. ~ Wallace J. Nichols, PhD
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 26, 2012
New research suggests that water view—being by the sea—are good for us.
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Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis: Upcoming Shows.
by Walk The Talk Show on Apr 9, 2012
We’ll give you an update shortly on our guests on the upcoming shows. We’re taking a summer recess from our bi-monthly shows at Shine in Boulder because we’ll be taking the Walk the Talk Show On the Road. Keep an eye out for us as we travel to conferences, yoga and music festivals across the [...]
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A Six-Year-Old’s Vision of Commmunity {Video}. ~ Elizabeth Aspen
by elephantjournal.com on Jan 9, 2012
Got Vision?
This 6-year-old sure does. Her idea of community gives me great hope for future generations. I just hope she doesn’t lose it in 10 years.
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Adventures in Green Business: Colorado Rafting Company mixes Fun and Sustainability
by Ali Schultz on Oct 10, 2011
Wilderness Aware Rafting, a white water rafting company in Buena Vista, Colorado, is run by Joe and Sue Greiner, who have maintained their close relationship to nature while offering experiences of Colorado in new, exciting and life-changing ways by introducing rafters young and old to wilderness adventures. They chose to build a very seasonal Colorado rafting operation sustainably, while twice being named Colorado Company of the Year.
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Second Hand Rose
by Nan Fischer on Sep 28, 2011
We don’t need to run out and buy something new just for the sake of shopping.
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Forget Shorter Showers—why Personal Change doesn’t Equal Political Change.
by Cameron Burgess on Jul 18, 2011
I wrote this several years ago; however, at the time, elephant wasn’t really the write place to publish it. Forget Shorter Showers recently published here speaks to the same point (from a seemingly diametrically opposed perspective) and inspired me to dust it off … ** The blog title is not mine – it’s drawn from [...]
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LOHAS and health, sustainability
by Michael Levin on Jun 24, 2011
Green can’t be cliche or a lifestyle option to work, for lack of better words. It has to be practical, cheap and easy. That’s the key…
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Creating Gardens. One Child at a Time. {VIDEO}
by Lynn Hasselberger on Jun 1, 2011
An inspiring project. Leave It Better‘s unique documentary project provides children with gardening supplies and cameras, and allows them to share the story as they learn to compost, plant seeds and ultimately harvest food they’ve grown themselves. You can help make this film a reality—even $1 can make a difference! * Make a tax-deductible pledge–your [...]
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Eat Meat. ~ Sasha Aronson
by elephantjournal.com on May 29, 2011
To eat, or not to eat? A perpetual struggle for myself and countless others (perhaps not the average elephant, but we’re out there)…
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A night in the forest at Windhorse Farm.
by Jim Tolstrup on May 28, 2011
My friends, Jim and Margaret Drescher, live at Windhorse Farm, a working model of sustainable living that they co-created in perfect collaboration with nature. Recently I spent three nights there, one of which was spent out in the forest under a bright (and cold!) full moon. I am still contemplating all that I experienced there. On my first visit to Windhorse [...]
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Crimes Against Wisdom: A Yogi Gone Bad, Consciously!
by Yogi Michael Boyle on May 25, 2011
I wanted to demonstrate both an open mind and heart with my family and also put my yogic development to the test by seeing how my state of being would be affected by “doing as the Romans do.”
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{Boulder Event} An Aquaponic Feast at Jax Fish House.
by elephantjournal.com on May 24, 2011
Jax Fish House Presents a Charitable Dinner with Sustainable Denver Trout
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A Real Food advocate’s journey.
by Lynn Hasselberger on May 19, 2011
4,300 miles by bike. Determined to raise funds for the Nature Conservancy, Nathan Winters spent five months pedaling 4,300 miles across the country. I met Nathan on twitter, of all places—where he’s been touted as one of “The Top 20 Real Food Advocates to Follow”—and was intrigued by what could possibly motivate a man to [...]
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People & Nature. Relationship Status: It’s Complicated ~ Sasha
by elephantjournal.com on May 17, 2011
I was initially dubious about how much I would get out of this sustainability workshop. At this point, I feel as though I know a great deal about the challenges we face today as far as sustainability goes, and I’d like to know more about how to overcome them…
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Are you a Sucker? {Video}
by Lynn Hasselberger on May 16, 2011
A bottled water sucker? Whether you drink bottled water or not, this short video from Nautical Tribe is definitely worth watching. Special Offer: Reusable Water Bottle To help inspire drinking from the tap, you’ll get a free SIGG reusable water bottle when you purchase $100 or more from myEARTH360.com. Expires May 31st. (Value: $21.99. Style [...]
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Mississippi You’re on my Mind
by Bud Wilson on May 14, 2011
Humans demonstrate an extraordinary capacity to ignore ecological truth.
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De-clutter, Revitalize, Re-Think… Mindfully. ~ Allison Barocas
by elephantjournal.com on May 11, 2011
Something had been weighing me down. Not so much physically, as much as…
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Big, Brawny, Beautiful…Bread Baker.
by Abigail Wick on May 8, 2011
Eating with Abs columnist Josey Baker is hot shit—a bona fide sustainable-and-local foods knockout. He runs a one-man bread baking business…
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TEDxMileHigh 2011: Flavors of a sustainable planet. ~ Ashley Herzberger
by elephantjournal.com on May 4, 2011
It’s easy to get caught up in your own little world, especially the Boulder bubble. But making the drive down to Denver for TEDxMileHigh 2011 was worth it.
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The Future is Bright, The Future is LOHAS
by Ed & Deb Shapiro on May 4, 2011
You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself. — Nelson Mandela Arianna Huffington recently said at Urban Zen NYC’s Conversations on Sustainable Wellness series: “If there’s one thing the world is starving for it’s wisdom, and health is connected to wisdom.” We couldn’t agree with her more, as we [...]
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What does a yoga body look like? Part 3 {Adult}
by Chelsea Roff on May 4, 2011
The question that stands before us is this: When our yoga tells us something’s not right in our body– personal AND collective– how do we respond?
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{Boulder Event} Sell Your Wares and Find Hidden Treasures at This Year’s Hill Flea. ~ Sara Bruskin
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 30, 2011
The first Hill Flea of the year will kick off on Saturday, May 7 with some free yoga…
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How elephant journal turned a leather jacket-wearing, Mustang-driving, corn-fed beef consuming Iowa hick into a…
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 30, 2011
I like yoga. Wait, cross that out. I love yoga? Yeah, I love yoga.
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Meat, myself and I.
by Lynn Hasselberger on Apr 30, 2011
A complex relationship. Ruth and Bill. Rhoda. Thanksgiving and Christmas. Chuck. They’re the link to my complex relationship with meat and sometimes poultry. But there were others. Bob and Ruth were the names of my best friend from Kindergarten’s parents. When my own mom and dad decided to move us away from our sweet little [...]
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Why I’m Voting for the Green Party of Canada. ~ Linda Lewis
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 28, 2011
Canadians need to vote Green so the environment and sustainable policy become legislative priorities…
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Who spliced their genes in my tomatoes?
by Jeffrey Woodruff on Apr 25, 2011
Given my green thumb last year with the Sungold, I thought I would look for a new variety to add to my garden. I tried Kumato’s at a local restaurant and then magically found them at Whole Foods, but not Vitamin Cottage (whose produce aisle only contains organic fruits and vegetables).
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Reinventing Psychology.
by Yogi Michael Boyle on Apr 22, 2011
What we need from mentors is a wake-up call. We need someone to snap us out of the story that has been sold to us for too many years by shrinks and self-help books: that our problems are real!
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Sign The Earth Charter for Earth Day. ~ Prashanti de Jager
by elephantjournal.com on Apr 22, 2011
When it comes to the path of creating global sustainability for all beings in all “communities,” we do have a consensus. In fact, we have the most vetted document in human history: The Earth Charter…
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Mrs. Earth Day.
by Donna Freeman on Apr 21, 2011
Lynn Hasselberger of myEARTH360.com talks about sustainable living with tips on how to make every day Earth Day and much more.
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How my son inspired me to go environmental.
by Lynn Hasselberger on Apr 18, 2011
Here’s what happened. I told my son, Ethan, time and time again that we weren’t going to buy those “cool” plastic water bottles. I didn’t care that “all the other kids” got to bring bottled water to school. To baseball practice. Or just drink the stuff at home. I told him why: The waste. The [...]
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