With the world's climate frying from greenhouse gas emissions and the economy teetering from runaway greed, Thanksgiving can seem like another trumped-up mainstream holiday to distract Americans from real problems. Even if the world weren't in serious trouble, what's there to be thankful for at Thanksgiving -- Backed up freeways and delayed flights? Grumpy in-laws in the … [Read more...]
Six ideas for a low impact holiday
For many of us, the first snow is on the ground, night skies are star-studded and a holiday spirit is in the air. Holidays, as much fun as they are, tend to bring out some of our most entrenched bad habits. The holidays shouldn't be a burden on the environment, but they are. Most Americans, for example, produce about 25 percent more trash during the holidays (from … [Read more...]