It can replace a lot.

Blest, a Japanese company, has created machine that melts plastic and cools the vapor to create gasoline. Yikes!

We won't spend the money necessary to prevent this from happening again.

I want to revisit this later; it is an interesting retort to Michael Pollan and others' condemnations of current farming techniques.

The extent to which large 'environmentalism' groups are actually destroying the environment with their corporate connections.

"An article with a ridiculous conspiracy theory propped up by selective and dishonest quoting. Presented to us by a publication that can’t be bothered to do elementary fact checking. This is the face of climate change denial."

Typically disinterested in the tourism of Maine's lobster festival, DFW gives a great history of the lobster. The bulk of the article, most interestingly, is dedicated to the ethics of boiling a living creature alive (or otherwise killing it) in order to eat it.

This is superb. As usual, well-researched, well-written, and honest. Absolutely brimming with perfect ideas about how to get food back on track in every way in this country — commercially, politically, and socially. If even a quarter of this stuff happens I would be ecstatic. The ideas in the last section about the president creating a farm section of the White House lawn and the chef posting organic recipes on the White House website are killer. God I love Michael Pollan. Obama claims to have read this. Let's hope it happens.

Is this it? "Until now, solar power has been a daytime-only energy source, because storing extra solar energy for later use is prohibitively expensive and grossly inefficient. Daniel G. Nocera, the Henry Dreyfus Professor of Energy at MIT, has developed a simple method to split water molecules and produce oxygen gas, a discovery that paves the way for large-scale use of solar power." "The new catalyst works at room temperature, in neutral pH water, and it's easy to set up."

Excellent and quirky nature paintings.

The nooks and crannies of megacity Tokyo are filled with "flowerpot gardens." “'To be closer to nature – because otherwise you won’t get any,' says Mizuho, a resident of Asakusa."

"...although it generates no more or less carbon than magazine publishing, web publishing takes no carbon out of the atmosphere. So by this analysis dead-tree magazines have a smaller net carbon footprint than web media."

Mike Lee calls for developers to donate to the Madagascar Fauna Group in exchange for a free plushy lemur and membership in "Club Thievey." I've got mine! :-)

One guy's attempt to influence the policy decisions regarding global warming. An introductory video and dozens of supporting videos designed to anticipate every counterargument and criticism.

An international body that promotes responsible forestry and printing practices. I've started noticing their seal around. It's good to know this is going strong.

"This is a website about immersing oneself in stormwater sewers and utility tunnels and abandoned industry, about tapping into the worlds that are embedded in our environment yet are decidedly removed from the collective experience of civilized life."

Use a pulsating orb to "make electricity [usage] visible" and get people thinking about their energy use. Good idea!

About the Prius and alternatives.

"Tools, Models and Ideas for Building a Bright Green Future." Fantastic companion website to the book.

"Wrist-slittingly depressing, yes, but there are glimmers of hope on the horizon."

Margulis says that Gaia is "the series of interacting ecosystems that compose a single huge ecosystem at the Earth's surface. Period."

"An interactive sonic installation based on 5.3 Million years of global climate change from the geologic record."

Andrew Bird rules. "...he'll fuel his tour bus with vegetable oil-derived biodiesel, make all shows 'carbon neutral' with help from Native Energy, hawk eco-friendly merch, and even fill the green room with, well, green goods thanks to Stonyfield Farm."

A huge collection of arguments against the reality of global warming, and how to approach them.