The Weekend Reader
By Chris Baskind in News
The Weekend Reader is a selection of some of the great articles we found this week and shared through Lighter Footstep’s Twitter account. Want to see these links as we post them? Follow us on Twitter!
How bottled water impacts the environment: This week, Lighter Footstep did an interview with the Gainesville Times about bottled water. Save money and the environment by bottling your own for just pennies a day.
Rinse Your Produce Like a Pro for Water Conservation: Eating more veggies is a great way to reduce your environmental impact. Here’s how to scrub ‘em clean without wasting gallons of water.
A one-year walk around China — and an amazing time lapse video: This is really a treasure. In November of 2007, Christoph Rehage set out to walk from Beijing to Germany. He hasn’t completed his trek yet, but you can share his adventure with this moving 5 1/2 minute video. The best way to appreciate the environment is to experience it.
Nike and Timberland Stop Buying Leather from Deforested Amazon: Weeks after a Greenpeace report demonstrated the destruction caused by Amazon cattle ranchers, two shoe companies say they will stop buying leather from unsustainable ranches in the region (The Daily Green).
Vegetarian egg rolls on a budget: We love BrokeAss Gourmet and their tasty — but surprisingly quick and affordable — recipes. Here’s one for crispy, fresh vegetarian egg rolls made from local ingredients and stuff you probably already have in the pantry. From prep to table in less than 30 minutes.
Green MBA Programs Grow Up: The idea of a Green MBA degree seemed pretty far-fetched a few years ago. Now there are dozens. Green Living Ideas suggests six programs designed to turn your interest in Sustainability into a fulltime career.
Meet Belcha –- Europe’s biggest carbon polluter (and it’s about to get even bigger): The EU’s biggest, nastiest coal-fired power plant has the unfortunate name Elektrownia Belchatow. It already belches 30,862,792 tons of CO2 a year. By 2010, the Polish facility will have grown by another 20 percent.
Catholics, Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs Rally to Fight Global Warming: We’re all in this together. Twilight Earth highlights a 14-year-old initiative by the Alliance of Religions and Conservation, a UK-based program which applies ancient beliefs to a modern dilemma.
What’s behind the rise in bicycle mutilation? It’s difficult to understand why, but bike vandalism seems to be on the rise. The Guardian’s Barry Neild puzzles the site of slashed and trashed two-wheelers.
10 Green Things You Can Do with Your iPhone: You can do lots of stuff with your iPhone, including making the planet a nicer place. EcoSalon runs down some green ways to utilize all that nifty iPhone technology.
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