CODE GREEN Articles & Commentary

EcoTalk is taking a break for the holidays and running Best Of programs – other than a fresh TreeHugger Thursday scheduled for Dec. 28th. We wish you a Merry Christmas and hope you ‘ll enjoy those reruns. This is a rerun of our November 9th show: Green Election Results  LISTEN David Suzuki: The Autobiography  LISTEN […]

Architect Ed Mazria of Mazria Odems Dzurec says that now is the most important moment in the history of building, construction, and architecture, and that only if that sector meets his 2030 Challenge will we stand any chance at a sustainable society in general: "We are the problem, and we are the solution." LISTEN (11 […]

Fake food fills our increasingly laboratory-like supermarkets, the word "organic" could be compromised by companies in search of the latest high-end marketing tag, you’re working later and later every night, and all you want to do is cook good food, eat good food, and listen to good tunes while you’re doing it. Well thank god […]

EarthJustice Attorney Jim Pew has won two court orders from the EPA to act to protect us from cement-industry created Mercury pollution, but hasn’t seen any results yet: "If we knew more about how much mercury they’re putting out, the picture would be even bleaker." LISTEN (8 min)

Environment Northeast has just released a roadmap for six NorthEastern States and five Canadian Provinces to reduce carbon emissions a whopping 75% by 2050. EN’s Executive Director Daniel Sosland breaks down the ambitious plan with Betsy. LISTEN (11 min)

In this week’s Treehugger Thursday Simran Sethi reminds us that record-breaking holiday travel means unbelievable amounts of waste which, for whatever reason, airlines can’t be bothered to recycle. Prince Charles, on the other hand, strives to live an efficient, sensible, and sustainable life, and even much-maligned GM has set targets of its own, with its […]

Carbon Neutral was 2006’s word of the year (no seriously, it was), and Joel Makower explains why carbon offsets are a good idea, and why simply reducing consumption probably trumps trading sins for halos. LISTEN (12 min)

We can’t imagine life without cellphones, but we don’t imagine our cellphone’s life beyond us. Linda Gabor of Call2Recycle and the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC) tells us how to recycle that potentially harmful cellphone battery, and why it might even be the law, depending on where you live. LISTEN (8 min)