http://blog.newsok.com/gogreen Oklahoma environmental blog Wed, 07 May 2008 13:44:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Guardian puts together a striking photo gallery on the electronic waste that ends up on the shores of West Africa, where it can poison the people who tear it apart for precious metals they can sell. One of the big risks, the story points out, is mercury poisoning. This may ... http://blog.newsok.com/gogreen/2008/05/07/e-waste-where-it-ends-up/ What do you do when you have a gas guzzler, but it doesn’t make good financial sense to buy a new car? I’m in that position. However, gas prices are making it more and more economical. And my commute is such that it might almost make more economical ... http://blog.newsok.com/gogreen/2008/05/02/stuck-between-a-gas-guzzler-and-a-budget/ Companies are scrambling lately to appear as green as possible, and a new term has come up to describe these activities: greenwashing. A group called SourceWatch has more on the phenomenon. There's even an interactive site where you can rate ads based on how greenwashed you find them to be -- ... http://blog.newsok.com/gogreen/2008/05/02/watch-the-greenwash/ According to this article from CNN, LA is no longer the dirtiest, sootiest city in America. The American Lung Association named Pittsburgh, PA, as the No. 1 sootiest city. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that the city has spent years trying to avoid the reputation of being the "Smoky City": "According to the ... http://blog.newsok.com/gogreen/2008/05/01/pittsburgh-becomes-nations-sootiest-city/ Just a quick tidbit today about one of the most unusual green efforts I've ever heard of. Harrison Ford - who, of course, is coming out with the new Indiana Jones movie very soon - wanted to show the world how terrible the deforestation is and bring it back to the ... http://blog.newsok.com/gogreen/2008/04/25/harrison-ford-saves-the-earth-in-the-most-unusual-way/ Ever wondered, where would get earth friendly furniture polish, vegan shoes or fair trade chocolate? Well wonder no more. The Find Green Web site is a search engine for the environmental consumer. It links users to all the products they want to find, compares prices and gives you other valuable ... http://blog.newsok.com/gogreen/2008/04/25/where-for-art-tho-green-gear/ USA Today has a great interactive map showing how gardening conditions are changing across the country as the planet warms. You'll notice that southern Oklahoma is now seeing conditions similar to those in mid-Texas in 1990. A story with the graphic says the standard growing zone map that gardeners often use is ... http://blog.newsok.com/gogreen/2008/04/24/are-your-plants-hot/ Time magazine puts together a good list of environment-related news sites. There are only 10, so your bookmarks tab won't overflow. Some, like Grist, give great context to environmental issues of the day. Check them out. Also know that you can bookmark this site and subscribe to this blog's RSS feed. John ... http://blog.newsok.com/gogreen/2008/04/24/other-green-websites-from-time/ Want to know what it's like to live or work in the arctic -- but you don't have the budget or you're worried the ice will melt before you get there? Get a feel for it just by going to Norman tonight. The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is hosting ... http://blog.newsok.com/gogreen/2008/04/22/acrtic-learning-in-norman-no-less/ Today is Earth Day!And what a gloomy day it is!  Completely overcast, raining, humid. It’s the kind of day that makes you change your desktop background to one of those gorgeous beach scenes with palm trees, soft, sandy beaches and blue skies. Sometimes I just sit at my desk and ... http://blog.newsok.com/gogreen/2008/04/22/green-screen/