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The Twelve Days of sustainablog: Email, Passover, and Water

Jeff McIntire-Strasburg — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 01:19:34 +0000

Spring sprang with a vengeance in April, and despite the bouts of Spring fever, we took our laptops outside to enjoy the new season while keeping the posts flowing.

No foolishness here… just good stories from the wide world of sustainability. Here’s a few of our best…

April 2008

Kelli Best-Oliver introduced us to Readymade magazine’s new digital edition.
Tim Hurst looked forward to the ROTHBURY Music Festival, and the green practices that festival organizers were putting into place.
Bill Chameides from Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment explained how renewable energy sources can help conserve water.

ROTHBURY: Festival Also Sets Sights on Food and Waste

Timothy B. Hurst — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:45:02 +0000

A world record was broken on July 4^th at the inaugural ROTHBURY music festival in Michigan. And no, the record had nothing to do with the world’s stinkiest hippie, or the world’s longest guitar solo. The record-setting happened early on in the four-day festival when a canned food sculpture, designed by Architect John Brittingham and his graduate students at Montana State University, set the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest canned food sculpture.

What is Right and What is Wrong With the Environmental Movement Today: ROTHBURY Winner Announced

Timothy B. Hurst — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:53:59 +0000

I want to thank everyone who entered the contest to win ROTHBURY Music Festival tickets. There were so many smart, thoughtful, and creative answers that choosing a winner was no easy task. I wish I could give everyone a pair of tickets, but alas I cannot not. There were several answers vying for the top spot, therefore, spelling, syntax, and grammar all ended up playing a tie-breaking role.

The winning submission was sent to us by Mary Lemmer, a student at the University of Michigan, who, like many of the entrants emphasized the gains made by the environmental movement while also pointing to the insufficiency of those gains in terms of actual substantive achievement. Mary wrote:

“Youth across the nation are energized about issues concerning global warming, alternative fuels, and other environmental topics. Young adults are driving the sustainability movement, studying related topics, encouraging people to recycle, and proclaiming the green word!