The Green Graze Newsletter Archive
Check out past issues of The Green Graze, our electronic newsletter about eco-friendly innovations, great ways to reduce, reuse and recycle, and everything green in between.
Happy grazing!
2014
• Good News: California gets serious about the plastic bag plague
• World Wide GREEN Web: Great apps for the green-minded
• Green Cuisine: A guide to supermarkets and seafood...do they care?
• REDUCE: Two gift registries that cut glut and add meaning
• Did You Know?: The surprisingly high cost of speeding
• Duty Calls: The International Coastal Cleanup & The People's Climate March
• Ed Begley Jr. has Endorsed our Growing Up Green Tots program!
• Good News: Look who's calling for climate action now!
• Eco Gadgets & Innovations: Meet Liam F1, the silent and efficient wind turbine that could revolutionize rooftop wind generation
• Dollars & Sense: Choosing Organic Food Wisely
• Self-Sufficient in the City: One family's journey down the "Path to Freedom"
• Did You Know?: Denim aficionados share their secret to long-lasting jeans
• We Want to Know: When were the seeds of environmental stewardship first planted in your mind? Please take our quick survey!
• Support TeachingGreen every time you shop with AmazonSmile
• Eco Gadgets & Innovations: Sugar, the clean energy hero of tomorrow?
• REUSE: Choose to reuse with UsedCardboardBoxes.com
• Did You Know?: Little Scrubbers Causing Big Problems for Aquatic Organisms
• Good News!: With three wins for wildlife, the world gets serious about wildlife trafficking
• Bringing Back Nature...One dam at a time
• Duty Calls: Turn off your lights for Earth Hour
• Attention Preschool and Kindergarten Teachers: Green your classroom with our Growing Up Green Tots program!
2013
• Power to the (Little) People: TeachingGreen announces Growing Up Green Tots, a new program that will create a culture of conservation in early education classrooms across the country
• Great Green Gifts: Make spirits bright with these delightful recycled gifts
• Survey Says!: Do you have two minutes for a super short survey that might help us raise much-needed funds?
• Go Green, $ave Green: The true costs of owning and driving a personal vehicle in America
• Green Living in Los Angeles: The return of California Native Plants
• Green Cuisine: Sharing fare at a food swap near you
• Did You Know?: Beautiful, Efficient, Bug-Free LED Light Bulbs
• Good News!: Pacific Northwest coal export opponents celebrate expansive scope of review
• Not-So-Green Cuisine: Why you should watch out for palm oil
• REUSE: The argument for collaborative consumption
• Nuclear News: Lessons from Fukushima...San Onofre shut down for good
• Green Buyers' Guide: EWG's new Guide to Healthy Cleaning
• Did You Know?: To cap or not to cap when recycling plastic bottles
• Worth Your Time: Manufactured Landscapes and the photography of Edward Burtynsky
• Eco Gadgets & Innovations: The Smart Strip makes it easy to cut phantom power
• Enviromnental Leaders of Tomorrow: College student Erin Carroll shares her story
• Bringing Up (Eco) Baby: The diaper conundrum continues
• The Plague that is Plastic: Disturbing video provides harsh reminder of the hazards of plastic
• Readers' Corner: How to save energy with a washcloth
• Duty Calls: Turn off your lights for Earth Hour
2012
• Eco Gadgets & Innovations: Nest, The Learning Thermostat
• Frontline, USA: Locals tell about a coal nightmare looming in the American Northwest
• REDUCE: Cut your heating bills with ceiling fans
• REUSE: Batteries that can be used over and over again
• RECYCLE: 'Tis the season to become an savvy recycler
• Global Warming by the Numbers: Bill McKibben lays it out with three simple numbers
• REUSE: peace. love. swap. your old stuff for "new"
• Duty Calls: On November 6th, Vote for Environmental Protection!
• Endangered Species in the News: African Elephants & Rhinos; Northern Rocky Grey Wolves
• L.A. Confidential: South Bay Green for all your green building needs
• Behind the Scenes: The Green Idea House
• REDUCE: A dual flush toilet converter
• REUSE: Resole America
• RECYCLE: Close the recycling loop...buy recycled paper products
• Worth your time: If a Tree Falls: The Story of the Earth Liberation Front
• The Green Life: A Guide to Sustainable Living in LA, now available on Amazon.com
• Go Green, $ave Green: Daily deals with a green twist
• REDUCE: Say goodbye to junk mail once and for all
• Worth your time: Renewal
2011
• TeachingGreen launches Growing Up Green, The Early Years: Grades K - 5
• Our two cents: The case for conservation
• REDUCE: A law that protects donors of leftover food from legal liability
• REUSE: Swap your gently used baby and kids' stuff with peace.love.swap
• RECYCLE: Recycle crayon with crazycrayons.com
• Green City, USA: America's least wasteful cities
• Eco Gadgets & Innovations: Two handy online tools for EV drivers
• Good Green Eats: One more reason to choose organic
• REUSE: Molly Mutt, the you-stuff-it dog duvet
• Green Buyer's Guide: EWG's 2011 Sunscreen Guide
• Myth Busters: Stop wasting water rinsing poultry
• Eco Gadgets & Innovations: An interview with a Nissan Leaf owner
• Climate: Meat = Heat
• Green Cuisine: A yummy vegetarian recipe for fall
• REUSE: A hot tip for composters
Six Great Green Gift Ideas
2010
• Eco Gadgets & Innovations: The Dyson Airblade™ hand dryer
• Good Green Eats: Community Supported Agriculture
• Green Indulgences: Sustainably grown flowers
• REUSE: Pass on your old computer equipment with the National Cristina Foundation
• Eco Gadgets & Innovations: Thermal leak detector
• Good Green Eats: fish2fork.com for sustainable seafood
• Worth your time: The End of the Line
• Behind the Scenes: One very green backyard renovation
• Good Green Eats: Two handy tools to minimize food waste
• RECYCLE: Close the loop
• REDUCE: Lessons from the movie “Up”
• REUSE: The Living Christmas Co.
• RECYCLE: Exchange your old holidays lights for new LEDs with HolidayLEDs.com
2009
• Eco Gadgets & Innovations: Dryer sheets you can use 500 times
• World Wide GREEN Web: Freecycle
• Green People/Green Companies: Clorox recycles Brita filters
• Readers' Corner: This reader convinced her family to go green
• Good News! 200,000 square miles of Pacific Ocean protected by President Bush
• Eco Gadgets & Innovations: Low-carbon cooking with induction
• World Wide GREEN Web: e-Stewards for e-waste
• L.A. Confidential: Visit the last vernal marsh in LA County
• Worth Your Time: A Crude Awakening
• Good News! New rules to curb U.S. overfishing
• Eco Gadgets & Innovations: GreenSwitch
• Did You Know? The Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch Pocket Guide
• Green People/Green Companies: The Dervaes family homestead
• Good news! Scientific consultation restored for the Endangered Species Act
• Eco Gadgets & Innovations: Waterless car wash
• Duty Calls: Track climate change in your own backyard with Project BudBurst
• Behind the Scenes: Up close and personal with a recycling plant
• Worth your time: Flow ("For Love of Water")
• Eco Gadgets & Innovations: BLADE
• Did You Know? Sustainable and pet-safe mulch
• World Wide GREEN Web: GoodGuide
• Eco Gadgets & Innovations: Cool-N-Save™
• World Wide GREEN Web: PaperBackSwap.com
• Green City, Europe: Ghent, Belgium Declares Thursdays "Veggie Day"
• Worth your time: Food, Inc.
• Eco Gadgets & Innovations: Sodastream®
• Duty Calls: International Day of Climate Action
• World Wide GREEN Web: NRDC's "What's Fresh Near You" Guide
• Worth your time: The Green Collar Economy by Van Jones
• World Wide GREEN Web: Skin Deep cosmetic safety database
• Green City, USA: Seattle waives permit requirement for parking-strip edible gardens
• Green People/Green Companies: Full Sail brewing company
• Good news! Roadless Area Conservation Rule reinstated
• World Wide GREEN Web: Build It Green's green product directory
• Did You Know? Why plastic is trult an environmental plague
• Worth your time: The Age of Stupid
• DIY: Six simple homemade household cleaners
• Did You Know? Older SIGG bottles DO contain BPA
• Worth your time: The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard
• Good news! California residents to profit from their renewable energy systems
• Go Green, Save Green: Celebrate an Earth-friendly holiday
• Myth Busters: Idling on a cold day unnecessary with modern cars
• Green City, Europe: Sweden introduces carbon labeling for food
• Duty Calls: Community fruit harvest
2008
• Eco Gadgets & Innovations: The Metlund® Hot Water D'MAND® System
• Worth your time: Who Killed the Electric Car?
• Good news! Paper Recycling Jumps to Record High
• A Coupon Book for Earth-Friendly Living
• Readers' Corner: A creative way to reuse packing peanuts
• Eco Gadgets & Innovations: The Aptera
• Did You Know? Reading the PLU code, dimmer switches and bottled water
• Worth your time: The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices by Michael Brower and Warren Leon
• Eco Gadgets & Innovations: EcoPower® Faucets
• Myth Busters: Computers and energy use
• Worth your time: The 11th Hour
• Good news! Brazil Protects Vast New Areas of Amazon Rainforest
• Eco Gadgets & Innovations: Fuel from algae
• Did You Know? All about junk mail
• Worth your time: STUFF, The Secret Lives of Everyday Things by John C. Ryan and Alan Thein During
• Eco Gadgets & Innovations: CFLs (and the mercury inside them)
• Did You Know? More interesting facts about CFLs
• Myth Busters: Myths about CFLs
• Worth your time: Dimming the Sun
• Eco Gadgets & Innovations: Test tube meat
• Did You Know? Food waste in America
• Worth your time: Deep Economy by Bill McKibben
• Good news! New Product Safety Law Bans Toxic Toys
• Eco Gadgets & Innovations: The ECO pedal from Nissan
• Did You Know? Electronic waste, the Parking Cash Out benefit, ENERGY STAR® refrigerators
• Worth your time: King Corn
• Good news! Hundreds of new corals found on Australian reefs
• Eco Gadgets & Innovations: Kill A Watt and Smart Strip
• Green City, USA: Whatcom County WA says yes to private wind turbines
• Worth your time: Blue Vinyl
• Good news! Rainforest fungus makes diesel
• Eco Gadgets & Innovations: Piezoelectrics
• Shoppers Beware! www.HealthyToys.org to avoid toxic toys
• World Wide GREEN Web: Tips and resources for an Earth-friendly holiday