Allie’s Answers

Yesterday, we talked about using coffee grounds as a deodorizer, but there are lots of things you can do with the grounds after you’ve made your morning coffee.

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Diaper-free movement uses “elimination communication,” reduces waste.

The ocean gets internet access.

Restoring wetlands may be key to slowing down super hurricanes.

Celebs using Eco-Limos to get to the red carpet.

Delegates from more than 150 countries meet in Vienna to form climate plan.

Last week in comments, Corinne asked the following:

I’m wondering if you have any eco-friendly ideas for freshening up a smelly basement. We have two cats and although we scoop their litter daily and have a dehumidifier in the basement, it still stinks! I would like to do yoga down there, but I can’t stand that “basement smell”. Any ideas? (more…)

We went biking on Saturday.  Crossing an overpass, I was so caught up in the view, that I didn’t notice a tree branch blocking the path and got scratched.

When I caught up with my  husband, I showed him my arm and told him a tree bit me.

“Well,” he said, “I guess some trees don’t want to be hugged.”

Well, you better make sure it’s running efficiently.  Okay, I know that’s not the joke, but according to National Geographic, doing two simple things to your refrigerator can save 700 pounds of carbon dioxide per year.  (more…)

New help on the way for dying monk seal pups.

Study links air pollution to premature births.

There’s a gaping hole in the sky that doesn’t contain any matter.

Paris Hilton doesn’t think hybrids are cute.  At least she’s done with the crazy talk about Hummer making a hybrid.

The 92nd Carnival of the Green over at Greener Magazine is delightfully massive, and includes my articles on rBGH and Hemp.

I’ve been singing the praises of Newman’s Own Cat Food ever since my cat lost weight, got active, and finally decided she liked me when I switched her food over. After taking my pup to the vet today, I want to shout about Newman’s Own dog food from the rooftops. (more…)

Do you ever buy produce in mesh bags? Don’t throw the bags away! Here are some ideas for reusing them. (more…)

Japanese Dugong threatened by U.S. Military Base.

FDA proposes new UV testing and rating.

Six Western states and two Canadian provinces make a climate pact.

First panda baby naturally conceived in captivity in Europe.

. . . where the dog and the antelope play . . .

Join the Sierra Club in fighting logging road subsidies to save the Tongass National Forest.

The Tongass National Forest represents our nation’s most significant tract of old-growth forest and provides abundant habitat for a diversity of fish and wildlife species, many of which have declined substantially in the lower 48 states. During the last 50 years, the timber industry has logged nearly half a million acres of old-growth forest and constructed over 5,000 miles of logging roads in the Tongass. Although the federal government has always lost money with its commercial logging program in Alaska, the Forest Service is still planning new logging roads and timber sales in wild roadless forests. Moreover, the Roadless Area Conservation Rule is in place across the entire National Forest System — except the Tongass. These wild forests deserve full protection too.

Not only is logging destructive to the forest and wildlife, but taxpayers lose about $40 million dollars each year in the building of new logging roads in the Tongass National Forest.

Help! Sign a Sierra Club petition to protect America’s forests.