Influencer Grist - featured
Don't get backyard chickens unless you are prepared to kill them
2 mentions — 7 days ago
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We are fans of Northwest Edible Life’s Erica Strauss. Perhaps you remember her rant about healthy eating. It is the best ever. And now she has something to tell you about backyard chickens: You absolutely should not get them.It’s pretty simple, really. Hens lay eggs until they’re about ...
A guide to ethical chocolate
2 mentions — 3 months ago
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If you’re like most dudes, you probably have yet to make any plans for Valentine’s Day. (Frankly, I weasel out of the deadline by subscribing to the philosophy that this is a holiday for receiving gifts, not giving them.) Chances are you’re planning to just stop by CVS ...
Lessons from the women who are leading the sustainable cities movement
3 mentions — 3 months ago
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I’ve known for a while now that the real action on sustainability is happening in cities — other than Washington, D.C., that is — but a few months back, it came to my attention that many of the people leading the charge are women, often young ones.While higher-up ...
Monsanto CEO acknowledges climate change, open to GMO labels, thinks veggies suck
1 mentions — 4 months ago
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The Wall Street Journal sat down with Monsanto CEO Hugh Grant in what were probably some very nice chairs for this comfy little edited Q&A. The global agriculture giant is “battered, bruised, and still growing,” according to the WSJ, whose cup runneth over with pathos for poor Hugh.
Coal museum installs solar panels to save money (obviously)
6 mentions — 5 months ago
Wales’ National Coal Mining Museum located at Big Pit, Blaenavon, Nr Abergavenny in south Wales, now has 200 photovoltaic solar panels erected on the Big Pit museum’s roof with another 200 solar panels installed on the National Collection Centre in Nantgarw.Why? Because solar panels save money, obviously. I ...






