I was going to get into the city today to try the organic jeans at Just Jeans, but the weather is miserable. So instead I’m staying inside with a cuppa, and sorting through the green news and bits of interest that came my way this week.
Two Blog Action Day posts that I didn’t see at first:
Zen Habits discusses 5 Ways to Save the World, While Getting Fitter, Saving Money, Simplifying, and Becoming Happier - it sounds like a tall order, but the things we do to make our life more satisfying are frequently the same things that help the environment.
Unclutterer mentions the Kill-a-Watt device , something I would really like myself - I’m very curious about which appliances or electrics in our house are chewing up the most energy.
In Australian environmental politics:
The ACF has an election score-card, rating each party on it’s environmental promises in the run-up to the election.
Tim Flannery writes A Call to Action at Cosmos Magazine, showing us a path to real environmental change in Australia.
In offline news:
Check out this fortnight’s edition of The Big Issue - their feature topic is the environment, with a really good article about carbon rationing. The idea is that you set an amount of carbon-dioxide emissions for your household, and work out ways to stay within your “budget”. Carbon Rationing Action Groups have formed to help each other meet their goals, starting in the UK but with some in Melbourne already.
There’s also an article about eco-etiquette from the always-funny Fiona Scott-Norman (do you ‘let it mellow’ when visiting a friend’s home? do you have to pretend to be interested in carbon trading debates?), and an interview with Thomas Homer-Dixon, the author of The Upside of Down.
