Posted by Phil Gutis in Living Sustainably
The family gathered this weekend to celebrate my brother-in-law's birthday. Knowing that I was going to be joining them, my 11-year-old nephew Ethan proudly wore a t-shirt that made the following argument: "Trees make air. Homework kills trees. Homework causes...continued→
Posted by Phil Gutis in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil
The imagery in this news release caught my eye: "the amount of waste glass diverted from landfills could form a two-lane glass highway that extends 1.3 times around the world." The news release came from Owens Corning, which produces "Pink"...continued→
Posted by Phil Gutis in The Media and the Environment
NRDC in the News (May 6, 2008)An influential insider website, Environment and Energy Daily, talks with Dan Lashof, Director of the NRDC Climate Center, [transcript, video] about a joint NRDC/Ceres benchmarking report on greenhouse gas emissions of American power companies...continued→
Posted by Phil Gutis in Curbing Pollution , Living Sustainably , U.S. Law and Policy
When you are deep in home renovation land, there are few places you visit more often than Home Depot and Lowes. Most weekends involve at least once visit and sometimes we actually end up going on both Saturday and Sunday.Yesterday,...continued→
Posted by Phil Gutis in Living Sustainably , The Media and the Environment
Maybe I was wrong. Just perhaps it wasn't, as I wrote some 20 years ago in The New York Times, just garbage. The Times recently ran a story about recycling and how Seattle is attempting to increase its already commanding...continued→
Posted by Phil Gutis in Curbing Pollution , Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , The Media and the Environment
I'll admit it. I'm an addict. I'm completely addicted to Diet Coke in all of its many varieties. Regular, with Lime and now even Diet Coke plus with minerals and vitamins added. (I do giggle when I buy those; the...continued→
Posted by Phil Gutis in Living Sustainably
This is an easy story to love. A recent issue of Plenty Magazine contains an article about a community in central Mexico that has discovered a great use for plastic shopping bags. They make mattresses out of them for charity....continued→
Posted by Phil Gutis in Curbing Pollution , Green Enterprise , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , The Media and the Environment
It was a beautiful afternoon, a day for moving slowly and enjoying the outside, even in New York City and even in the early evening as I headed off to Penn Station to begin the long commute home. And even...continued→
