
Jane Smiley: Videoranch Followup (HuffingtonPost: Sat, 24 Mar) Thanks to those who showed up at my Videoranch reading last evening. I think I can say it was an interesting experience for everyone, and, perhaps the new new thing, but who knows? When I was a child, my mother had a few things that my father, who considered himself an innovator, had purchased over the years thinking that they would someday be big-the one I remember is a wire recorder. He ...
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Bill McKibben says we're stuffed (Salon.com: Fri, 23 Mar) We've eaten, developed and drilled to near oblivion, says the environmental writer. It's time to realize that having more stuff is not the road to paradise. Oh, really?
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Film Listings (San Francisco Bay Guardian: Wed, 21 Mar) Film listings are edited by Cheryl Eddy. Reviewers are Robert Avila, Kimberly Chun, Michelle Devereaux, Susan Gerhard, Max Goldberg, Dennis Harvey, Johnny Ray Huston, Jonathan L. Knapp, Laurie Koh, Lynn Rapoport, Sara Schieron, Jason Shamai, and Chuck Stephens. The film intern is Matt Sussman.
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Rally touts alternative fuel sources (Grand Traverse Herald: Tue, 20 Mar) Driving 1,000 miles a week for his job, servicing restaurants where he sees an abundance of leftover cooking oil businesses pay to haul away, Glen Holman believes there is a better - and cheaper - way to drive.
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Solar suspense (The Saginaw News: Sun, 18 Mar) Imagine this: A car zooms by - sleek, shiny, sharp - and without that lingering, acrid smell of exhaust fumes. Picture this: A home with a rooftop of solar panels, its mailbox missing a Consumers Energy bill.
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