tag: carbon footprint

reviews

Ecological Intelligence
When deciding what to buy, it’s important to know the whole story. That’s the central message of Daniel Goleman’s Ecological Intelligence, which explores why the environmental and social impacts of consumer goods remain hidden and how “radical transparency,” a system the author proposes for revealing those costs to the public, will force producers to change how they make things.
Comments (2) | May 28, 2009
frontlines

Gulf Madness
It's a story awash in ironies.
Comments (0) | August 28, 2008
open space

Welcome to My Paperless World
Mr. Uhlik . . . has scanned about 100 of his reference books to try to make his home library digital and searchable. Because he wants to keep the house nearly paper-free, most of his remaining 1,000 books are in a shed. He occasionally pays his children to help scan them.—New York Times, February 10, 2008
Comments (1) | August 28, 2008
What's Happening OnEarth

One for the Climate Warrior's Toolbox

Comments (0) | March 7, 2008