I’m in China now and amongst other things planning a new Chinese environmental book. I’ve made some great new contacts and found out about important projects like Green Choice Beijing.
Every hotel has an environmental notice, with English translations that are varied and often amusing, and the need for environmental action is starting to reach public [...]

I recently received a copy of the Thai edition of the Armchair Environmentalist, and am pleased to announce the free online version of Eco Living (2000) in Chinese at GuanxiOnline.

I’ve always thought a lot of the US magazine (and now online information service) Consumer Reports, but only just heard about their Greener Choice website–available free (Consumer Reports itself is a subscription service–it’s the equivalent of the UK Which?).
Greener choices are vital, given the challenges we face if what James Howard Kunstler calls “the long [...]

Tomorrow is Earth Day 2005, and 35 years since the first Earth Day celebration. The original instigator, now known by the more sedate term founder, was Denis Hayes, who has, I’m happy to say, written this about The Armchair Environmentalist.
“Environmentalism involves the application of ecological values to human life–including each of our individual lives. This [...]

One of my brothers was in the US Army’s Delta Force when I first starting writing about green issues. “Do you walk the talk or just talk the walk?” he asked. (I wonder now what the Delta Force “walk” was.) In Rome, a city packed with gorgeous churches, heartstopping ruins, and an unbelievable density of [...]

I’ve been in Florida visiting my father-in-law. It’s a good thing to get a look at what’s Green (or not) in another part of the United States (Florida’s an interesting case, too: a “red” state with a large “blue” population, at least in winter). I saw a “Pesticide-Free Park” sign, which I’ve never come across [...]