Yes, the Carnival Of The Green has finally rolled into town here at Sludgie. For more information on this glorious spectacle touring the villages and hamlets of the eco-sphere, check out Treehugger. Last week it was hosted by Camden Kiwi and next week it will move to Philobiblon. But this week, it resides in a big grassy field in the heart of Sludgieville.
When I was a child, I used to stare up at the night sky through my bedroom window, at the faint glow of the Chicago lights that blotted out all the less famous stars, and I would dream of running away and joining the Carnival Of The Green. I would imagine I was, say, a blog post on green architecture, or a commentary on biodiesel. It’s fairly remarkable, actually, considering there weren’t any blog posts back then, or blogs. The Internet didn’t even exist. But alas, the magic of childhood… Today, I’m actually very happy being a writer and filmmaker, instead of a blog post. But every time the Carnival of the Green rolls into town, I scan the list of entries, and wonder which one I might have been…
Welcome to the Carnival Of The Green #71.
Over at Savvy Vegetarian, Judy finds humor in Czech President Vaclav Klaus’s claim that environmentalism is a threat to human freedom. The kind of humor where you laugh so you don’t cry. And then you cry.
Triplepundit writes about Corina Beczner, a green wedding planner helping to make couples’ big first step leave an ecologically tiny footprint.
Recently I acquired something I haven’t had to fuss over in a long time: a lawn. I checked all the local hardware stores for a manual lawn mower (none carried them) and ended up settling for an electric mower. Great Green Gadgets explores tips for a "greener" lawn and eco friendly lawn mowers.
On Veggie Revolution, biologist Sally Kneidel writes about gang violence in the avian world.
GreatGreenGoods, a website filled with products made from recycled materials, launches its first podcast, featuring an interview with John T. Unger, a man who can turn the inner rim of a fork lift wheel into a piece of art. (No offense to fork lift builders.)
Hayden at The Logical Ecology posts on a new study by researchers at John Hopkins Unversity that suggests environmentalists are more sexually virile.
Cate Defrise, an American expat living in Burgundy, writes of her lengthy battle against a politically - and if plans move forward, literally – dirty, toxic landfill near her home. The post includes a particularly interesting analysis of the dossier from the landfill company, which states that the forest where they plan to dump has only one insect (Not one kind of insect. One… lonely… insect.)
PT Ford ponders whether the Air Car will suffer the same fate as the Electric Car. That is, a car that runs on air. Seriously.
Maryellen, AKA Marigolds2, over at The Blue Voice, summarizes the struggle for Live Earth to find a DC venue.
Plastic is not the environment’s favorite substance. For starters, it tends to stick around. A long, long time. And it’s certainly no friend to sea life. Harlan of In The Fray writes on the potential of plastic that degrades in seawater.
Greener Magazine writes about the “new world” predicted by climate scientists.
The Evangelical Ecologist writes on the new 11-part high-definition Discovery Channel series “Planet Earth.”
Playgreen, a wiki book on green living, has officially announced its launch.
Victoria E at GreenOptions spotlights Wildlife Works, a clothing company that has started a wildlife sanctuary in Kenya.
Cody McKibben at THRILLING|heroics examines the the effect climate change is having on governments and public policy in the fifth and final episode in the Slow Cooker Earth series.
Jeremy Bruno at Scienceblogs.com writes on Blogger Bioblitz, in which “bloggers from across the world will choose a wild or not-so-wild area and find how many of each different species - plant, animal, fungi and anything in between - live in a certain area within a certain time.”
David at The Good Human posts on the ecological benefits of building a pre-fab house.
Comments (1)
Good work compiling the carnival this week, Francis. Thanks for including me!
Posted by Cody McKibben | April 4, 2007 2:25 PM
Posted on April 4, 2007 14:25