• Telecommuting takes off in Atlanta

    A recent survey of metro Atlanta commuters by the Clean Air Campaign shows increasing numbers of people getting to work not via car, rail, bike or even using those bits hanging off the ends of our legs; but by computer Read more

  • Slow food

    We are not only what we eat, but how we eat. In a world becoming increasingly reliant on fast food that isn’t good for us or the environment, the slow food movement seeks to reverse this trend. Green living tips Read more

  • The right to grow – Fri, 16 Sep 2011 PST

    It might not be easy to fathom, but think 2,500 Nicklesvilles in terms of sheer numbers of displaced – landless and homeless — farmers. That was what one farmer from Brazil recently alluded at the Seattle Tilth Harvest Fair. DownToEarthNW.com: Read more

  • Spray-on Power – Thu, 08 Jan 2009 PST

    Cheap and inexhaustible electricity production remains one of the Holy Grails of the green movement, with solar running neck and neck with wind in its ability to inspire innovation. Here’s an example: Conventional solar cells are made of silicon, a Read more