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We’re Making a Difference!

You know, sometimes when you write a blog you wonder if you’re really making a difference. You come up with ideas, you do research, you write your posts — but you always wonder if any of it really has an impact.
And then something happens that convinces you that the writing is all worth it. And […]

Should Green Blogs Discuss Politics?

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It seems obvious that politics play a role in society’s response to big environmental issues. America’s response to Global Warming, for example, has been dictated by its political leaders to a great extent. Laws and regulations regarding pollution, auto emissions, treaties, carbon taxes — these are […]

How Social Media Sites Expand Reader Comments on our Site

Social Media sites like Digg, Stumbleupon and Twitter (among others) have dramatically changed how readers find and discuss our website. I thought it would be interesting to talk about this a bit and show the rest of our readers how different people discuss our posts using these different sites.
As an example, let’s look at reader […]

Commenting on our site

I’ve noticed that as we gain more and more regular readers, commenting has been increasing on the site. I think it’s great — I’m seeing some interesting ideas get tossed around. It makes things more fun.
So to encourage this, I’m going to write a commenting round-up thread on Fridays to review some of the week’s […]