Eco-faith: ordaining trees, asking “What would Jesus drive?” by Kirsten Dirksen on May 26, 2009 While world religions have been “slow to jump on the [environmental] bandwagon”, according to the Worldwatch Institute’s Gary Gardner, they’re …
SuChin’s low carbon diet: a solar dryer by Kirsten Dirksen on May 26, 2009 The clothes dryer is the 2nd largest energy consuming appliance in the home, but many in the US and Canada …
Off-grid Sydney home reuses sewage after pond natural filter by Kirsten Dirksen on May 26, 2009 It’s a house that produces power, water, and even reuses its own sewage, all that in the middle of Australia’s …
Googling the chemicals in our “green cleaning” by Kirsten Dirksen on May 26, 2009 Now that green cleaning has gone mainstream, it seems every month there’s a new product to try out. Even supermarkets …
A poop powered power plant by Kirsten Dirksen on May 26, 2009 Animal and human waste have the power to fuel homes (India) and even a train (Sweden), and since 2004, biogas …
World Centric: compostable corn containers and sugar bowls by Kirsten Dirksen on May 26, 2009 Hundreds of thousands of tons of paper plates, styrofoam cups and plastic bowls are thrown away every year. Besides contributing …
Seattle’s PCC: a green grocer by Kirsten Dirksen on May 26, 2009 It’s a grocery store with a mission: to be local, organic and sustainable. As the largest cooperative market in the …
Cocina sin teflón: alternativas antiadherentes no tóxicas by Kirsten Dirksen on May 26, 2009 Existen productos antiadherentes en el mercado que, a diferencia del teflón (material antiadherente patentado por teflón que, según diversos estudios …
Itsus Eco System Green: organic to the threads by Kirsten Dirksen on May 26, 2009 Twelve years after starting his Itsus fashion label, Richard Brown has launched a new line, this time it’s totally chemical-free. …
RFK, Jr. (II): Bush admin.’s "subversion of our democracy" by Kirsten Dirksen on May 26, 2009 In part 2 of our series, Robert F Kennedy, Jr. exposes the most dangerous rollback of the current Bush administration: …