This is the first post of an ongoing feature here at 21st Century Citizen. It’s called ‘Choices’ and it’s purpose is to present a simple, values-based choice and generate discussion.
It’s also intended to make you think a bit and examine the reasons why you make the choices you make. Here we go with our first […]
I’ve been looking for Podcasts that discuss Global Warming and that aren’t a waste of time. After doing all my research, here is a set of podcasts that I believe are the best around.
Please leave a comment here on this post if you have other favorites to add — or if you disagree about one […]
At Green Options today they’re passing along a story from Engadget on the ‘Greenbox’ — an aftermarket deice for cars that claims to capture most of the greenhouse gases from cars to keep them out of the atmosphere.
The idea is that you’d attach the ‘greenbox’ to your car and it would capture the gases as […]
The About Simple Ways blog notes a recent Japanese study which says eating a pound of beef is worse for the environment than “driving your car for three hours while leaving all the lights on back home.”
This study was also pointed to by the NewScientist.com news service:
A kilogram of beef is responsible for more […]
The Aussie blog, A New Green Earth, has been doing a great job of keeping the world tuned in to the water crisis currently happening in Queensland, Australia.
According to a recent post:
South East Queenslanders have succeeded in getting their water usage down to 137 liters per person per day by saving water inside and outside […]
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Capitalist climate cola, originally uploaded by oxpeaceart.
It’s the real thing.
This picture is superimposed over the now well-known ‘hockey stick’ graph showing temperature compared to CO2 concerntrations.
The hockey stick […]
In a video posted testerday on youtube, David Fisher asks, “What would you be willing to do limit and/or regulate the meat industry in order to curb the climate crisis?”
His point is that methane is a greenhouse gas in the same way that CO2 is, except that the science shows it packs a more potent […]
I don’t know about you, but I find myself being skeptical of any information published by the US Government when it comes to climate change. With all the evidence that scientists have been influenced to alter their publications by political appointees, it’s a shame to say — but I just don’t trust them anymore.
The good […]
As the world-wide response to global warming builds, it’s bound to happen. The entrentched interests trot out their lackeys to muddy up the debate.
Some companies and industries have huge investments in keeping things the way they are. They want to slow down government regulation or citizen action that could impact their profits. The oil and […]
Local Cooling has just passed over 1 million kWH saved! That’s an amazing milestone. It translates to almost half a million gallons of oil or about 53,000 trees saved. Nice work for a simple, free application.
Here’s some background on the site/application:
localcooling.com is home to a windows-only utility that can be downloaded onto your computer to […]
