A new study cited by George Monbiot in his Nov 9th column finds that after purchasing “green products” consumers are more likely to in engage in what’s called “moral licensing” – the idea that the moral self-esteem boost associated with “buying green” is used to justify less ethical behaviour in other circumstances. From the article: […]

Ted Turner is a fun guy. I hadn’t thought much about cannibalism in recent years, and then I saw ‘Animal Cannibals’ and the original ‘Dawn of the Dead’ and re-experienced the shock and horror of species on species snacking. According to Mr. Turner, if we don’t do something about this durned environment problem, we’ll end […]

Inhabitat has an ineresting article on methane power as a renewable energy source. Apparently, a California utilities company is trying this out. Some of the comments are worth reading as theyu highligh some other places where this has been tried out. I can’t imagine the what the smell would be like… well, I can kind […]

There was an interesting article in the NY Times a couple of days ago about environmental problems in China due to Solar Panel production. One of the components, polysilicon, has an extremely toxic byproduct that is damaging to the environment if not properly handled. This situation of robbing Peter to pay Paul is definitely not […]

This guy is calling out all the environmentally oriented purchasers out there. A good piece on the economics of green purchasing. The “killing babies” part comes from the calculation of keeping third world babies alive per month versus the added cost of green technologies. Although that does bring up the point that saving babies rarely […]

A recent study has shown that one in three Canadians has kept some old-school fridge around, probably in their basement or garage, in order to store beer. Admittedly, I can’t think of any other good reason to keep an old fridge around other then to maybe provide a suitably cold death trap for the neighborhood […]

Elephants beware: India is sick of your shit, and are not going to take it anymore. While thieving monkeys may be getting the best of city residents (See: More Monkey Business in India), they are still at a nuisance threat-level. Except when they chase city officials off of buildings (See: Fatal Monkey Attack). Elephants pose […]

Slate has an article that looks into the connection between peace and environmental issues. Al Gore is not the first person to win the Nobel Peace Prize for work within the environmental circle. While none of the conclusions are very strong, this provides a few things to think about. Did Al Gore deserve a Nobel […]

Sixteen well thought out reasons why we (in this case USA, but same here in Canada) should switch to a four day work week. So would Tuesday become the new Monday, or Thursday the new Friday?(Thanks- The Oil Drum)