Tuesday, January 29, 2008

A Full Length Feature!


For my first feature for utne.com, I interviewed Darra Goldstein, the editor-in-chief of Gastronomica, the journal of food and culture. It's a fantastic journal, and I really enjoyed interviewing her.
A blog for the Great Writing section of utne.com, about Bush's speech from Earth Day. I hope our next president cares about climate change and the environment.

Thursday, January 17, 2008

The White House attempted to blog. I blogged on their blog.
Green business forecast. Check it out.

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

This blog is about a very moving photo essay documenting the post-election crisis in Kenya. Definitely check out the blog and photo essay itself if you are interested in learning more about what's been going on there.

Monday, January 14, 2008

Fish for dinner?

This blog is about a cool text messaging service that allows you to find out what types of seafood are caught in an environmentally sustainable manner. Great for when you're shopping or eating out.
Plastic bottles transformed into beautiful jellyfish sculptures. A fun arts blog.

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

the debate over sex ads

We've all seen ads promising services of this kind: “Asian fun,” “Latin pleasures,” or “relaxing body work”. I've seen them most often in weekly alternative newspapers. Turns out many of these ads are actually fronts for illegal sex trafficking. But should it be the newspaper's job to police the problem? Check out my blog for details.

Monday, January 7, 2008

Reducing paper waste is as easy as clicking a few buttons...

Friday, January 4, 2008

More reasons why bikes are great

Serious bicyclists are undoubtedly familiar with the concept of a paceline, a group of cyclists riding in a tight, single-file line in order to reduce wind resistance and increase efficiency. Writing for the literary journal Matter, Mark Hinterburg elegantly argues that the humble paceline demonstrates keys concepts for a more conscientious society...
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