Friday Link Round-Up: 10/03/08

A popular topic this morning: how do you remember your reusable bags? [The Green Routine]
Are the Barbados ready to go green? [The Nation Newspaper]
The Cayman Islands definitely are! [Cayman Net News]
Eight ways to Go Green at the office. [Live Science]
Go Green with your wardrobe while you’re at it! [RedOrbit]
A friendly reminder: reusable bags only work […]

IKEA Goes From Tax to Ban

Maybe it’s just personal bias based on their stylish furniture and tasty meatballs, but IKEA has always seemed to have a singular sense of practical-yet-extraordinary innovation. Example #1: my ridiculous indispensable Kitchen-in-a-Box set, awesome! Example #2: over a year ago (before it was popular!) IKEA was among the first companies to start advocating reusable bags. […]

Please, Please, Please Actually USE Your Reusables

As we know, reusable bags are good. Very, very good. Every time we take them out, every time we halt the production of just a few more disposable plastic bags, we are doing a service to our planet. But what happens when we purchase reusable bags, take some more free promotion bags, and then consistently […]

Friday Link Round-Up: 09/26/08

Wal-Mart: not as keen on waste as you might have believed. [Reuters Business and Finance]
A young man tries to find the words to describe his inner struggle with eco-consciousness. [The Lariat Online]
And then, along came the snarky rebuttal! [Mission Laughter]
The plastics industry continues to cry foul. [The Nor’wester]
Composting: the D’Artagnan to the “Three Rs” Musketeers? […]

Friday Link Round-Up: 09/12/08

The rest of San Diego County may soon be following in Encinitas’ footsteps. [Sign On San Diego]
Meanwhile, Gonzaga is following in the footsteps of all universities going green. [Gonzaga Bulletin]
Concluding the Telluride/Aspen Plastic Bag Reduction Challenge: Telluride 1, Aspen 0. [Telluride Watch]
North Carolina communities are making a heartfelt effort at replacing plastic bags. [The Appalachian]
…and […]

Save the Environment: Fall Out Boy Compels You!

Oh, man. I love me some Fall Out Boy. Don’t hate. The boys are no strangers to hard-hitting activism, and now here’s yet a reason to love them, even if you don’t like their music (which you should anyway, but that’s an argument for another day):

Energy efficient lightbulbs? Water conservation? Reusable bags? Be still, my […]

Friday Link Round-Up: 09/05/08

Trash bags? WAY CUTE!!! (Now let’s make them biodegradable!) [PSFK]
Who knew going green could be so fashionable? Oh, sweetie: we did! [La Dolce Vita]
Apparently Sheryl Crow knows this fact as well. [Ecorazzi]
Not everyone in Los Angeles is equally jazzed about the impending bag tariff. [Metropolitan News-Enterprise]
Nor is everyone on the Jersey Shore too enthused about […]

Exaggerating Claims Helps No One

When editors and columnists railing in favor of disposable plastic bags use fallacious arguments and flimsy attacks, it makes them look like fools. Unfortunately, this fact can go both ways and a couple of Los Angeles officials now stand as an example of what not to do.
In their Aug. 15 Blowback, L.A. County Supervisors Yvonne […]

Friday Link Round-Up: 08/29/08

It still isn’t over yet in Seattle. (Seattle Times)
On the other hand, a bag tax beckons in San Francisco. (ABC7 SF)
Packing reusable bags is strenuous? Also: BAG RAAAAAAGE!!! (The Standard)
Hawaii’s big island is ready to follow Maui into bag restrictions. (Pacific Business News)
Meanwhile, Honolulu is dragging its feet. (Honolulu Star Bulletin)
More recycling-friendly back-to-school ideas. (The […]

Riverside County Enjoys a Good False Dichotomy (Also, Boats)

FALSE DICHOTOMY (n.) — A fallacy committed when the arguer claims that his conclusion is one of only two options, when in fact there are other possibilities. The arguer then goes on to show that the ‘only other option’ is clearly outrageous, and so his preferred conclusion must be embraced.
In contrast to yesterday’s update, some […]