Amtrak has thrown us enviros an eco-curveball. The rail operator recently announced the nation’s first biofuel-powered locomotive on its line from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Fort Worth, Texas. Awesome! The catch? The biodiesel feedstock is beef tallow.
Of course we want to support biodiesel efforts that have real benefits in reduced emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), […]

Shopping. We all do it. We all buy stuff we need, stuff we want, and some stuff that, honestly, we could probably do without. But it’s a fact of life, we live in a dispersed and increasingly global economy, and shopping isn’t going away. And all that stuff we buy impacts the planet.
So what can […]

So you want to buy green, but you don’t know what to look for? It’s true; the array of “green” claims is dizzying, and it can be hard to cut through the green marketing hype to make truly informed sustainable shopping choices.
Don’t become a victim of eco-stress! Use these six common-sense guidelines to help make […]

We found Shangri La. It’s in St. Louis.
On our road trip from Virginia to Boulder, we hit St. Louis at dinner time. A quick Web search located a good bet: Shangri-La Diner, a café dishing up diner classics with a vegetarian twist. And they served milkshakes. It wasn’t too far off our route, so we […]

We received this insightful report from The Outdoor Industry Compass editor Marks Huber and wanted to share it with SustainAbler readers and members of the Outdoor Industry in North America.

Inventing the Chinese Market
By Markus Huber
Chinese success at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing was not driven by a government which used the games as propaganda—but […]

I had the great fortune to hear Robert Hass, this year’s Pulitzer Prize winer in poetry and a former US poet laureate, read and lecture at the 2008 Rosenberry Writer’s Conference at the University of Northern Colorado. With a sensitivity that relies on the senses themselves, Hass’ work can take on political subjects that even […]

SustainAbler interviews Planetwalker Dr. John Francis
In 1973, Dr. John Francis witnessed an oil spill in San Fracisco Bay and wanted to do something about it. His reaction was simple and personal—he stopped riding in cars. For 22, years he walked everywhere, including the length of the U.S. and South America. Along his journey, he decided […]

We hate buying cars. A car is an investment that immediately loses value and costs money for the rest of its life. Worse, of course from a “green” standpoint, is the damage burning fuel causes. But Silicon Valley entrepreneur Shai Agassi’s plan to create an electric car system that operates much like a cell phone […]