The ways our food is produced, packaged and shipped stand at the center of an ongoing debate about the health of our planet and ourselves, but the key to creating a sustainable system may rely on our collective ability to accept a realistic solution as a opposed to a perfect one. And this involves a...

Many performers suffer from a reoccurring nightmare—usually induced by anxiety—they find themselves on stage, often in a state of undress, and they do not recall their lines, as if the play has been changed and the set is all wrong. They struggle to maintain their dignity, the audience laughs or...

Now that Purim has passed (unless you live in Yerushalaim or another walled city and celebrate Shushan Purim ) , the countdown begins. There is a full lunar month between Purim (the 14th of Adar) and Pesach (the 14th of Nissan). Which really isn’t very much time at all, especially when youR...

There’s a charming old picture of the hoary Universalist church in Oxford, Massachusetts with retail space on its ground floor and the meeting-space above. Wise, that. Empty churches — by which I mean the buildings — are bad stewards no matter where or when they are, and these days...

Newsweek says so, as the global downturn is doing what activists couldn’t - closing dirty factories. Via The Atlantic. It is no coincidence that some of the dirtiest industrial operations are falling victim to the global recession. Over the past two decades, much of the world’s manufactu...

Formula 1 engineering firm BERU is currently working on the The Factor001, a pedal-powered speedster that is being touted as the world’s most advanced bicycle. A marvel of modern engineering, the bike features an ultra-light carbon chassis, high-tech ceramic brakes, and a hard-wired system tha...

Can you help us to get to the bottom of a crucial question? Is it cleaner, greener, and more environmentally friendly to replace your old car (let’s call ‘old’ 10 years+ for the sake of argument), with a new one? It’s pertinent, because a ‘scrapping’ scheme has just been launched in Germ...

Given the economic downturn, job seekers are smart to look at areas of opportunity likely to grow even in an ongoing downturn. Naturally, many have turned their attention to clean tech, where investment should only continue thanks to the stimulus package and global efforts to address climate change....

What's Your Carbon Footprint? Sustainability and Green IT Initiatives That Make a Difference  - Notes Southwest Regional Conference (2009) Closing general session Podcast available at http://connect.educause.edu/Library/Abstract/WhatsYourCarbonFootprintS/48287 Moderator: Ann Kovalchick,  Deputy CI...

I hate cleaning.  Let me just get that out of the way. But since it has to be done...I decided to get some advice from the smart women I keep in touch with from the Green Moms Carnival and on Twitter.  I asked them "What's your favorite eco-friendly cleaning product."  Here's what they had to s...