In an unprecedented move for Spokane, the city agreed to convert a car parking space into a bicycle biking area at the behest of a local business. The Elk Restaurant and Pub in Browne’s Addition wanted to remove the free parking space directly in front…
“In ’62, me and Chuck Pratt got arrested in Winslow, Arizona, for riding freight trains back home from the East Coast. We spent two weeks in jail and lost 20 pounds each eating the white bread and beans they fed us. Sons of bitches charged…
From Grist: Pizza magnate and Republican presidential contender Herman Cain has unveiled his plan for combating illegal immigration: a 20-foot-tall, barbed-wire-studded, electrified Great Wall of U.S., and also a moat with alligators. Man, with that kind of go-getter attitude, imagine what he could achieve! Here…
Spokane Community College, 1810 N. Greene St., will host more than 100 sustainable construction, lifestyle and outreach vendors at the first annual Eco Expo tomorrow, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Held in the Lair-Student Center, the event will feature an alternative transportation fair, a…
Earlier this year, I was contacted by a PR firm working for Dow Chemical to contribute a 60-second video for the Future We Create virtual conference on water sustainability the company launched yesterday. As a vocal advocate for strict regulation of toxic chemicals -- especially…
If you missed seeing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Spokane (or Sandpoint) in May, you can tune into Thin Air Community Radio Station - KYRS - tomorrow from noon to approximately 1:30 to hear his inspiring speech played in its entirety. (Check here for my…
Readers might recall Bill McKibben's sarcastic op-ed piece in the Washington Post about the link between climate change and tornadoes, describing the weather as the "new normal." Somebody put together a video to accompany McKibben's piece that you can watch above. The most telling excerpt:…
Hypocrisy in our political system is nothing new- but here's an example we still have some media to keep politicians honest. In the case of climate change, which has become more polarized as to the causes and part and parcel for the GOP platform to…
What a banner year for the Environmental Priorities Coalition. Looking at this list Craig Benjamin sent, it makes the work of the group that much more laudable. The coalition is network of leading environmental groups in Washington state who believe we can have a strong…
Exciting news: The third annual Sekani Adventure Day will be held July 9th at Camp Sekani Conservation Area. Participants will have the opportunity to try a variety of outdoor sports in one day for a single $9 entry fee. Image courtesy of Jesse Tinsley, taken…
I can't believe the reaction to this advertisement. It has Cate Blanchett, babies and a lot of positivity. What's not to love? But it also promotes a carbon tax and that gets people angry. So angry they will threaten climate scientists enough to go in…
What the hell is going on here? According to this news report from NHK world: While concerns remain over the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, students from elementary schools in the region enjoyed swimming at an indoor pool to avoid possible radiation. Two elementary…
The presidential hopeful with the most electable hair broke from the GOP platform by saying he believes that humans are responsible for climate change. "I believe the world is getting warmer, and I believe that humans have contributed to that," said Mitt Romney to a…
There are many reasons why I ride a bike - it keeps me healthy, it saves me money, it's good for the planet, and, most importantly, it's fun. Fun like being a kid again. I remember the thrill of learning to ride a bike when…
This week on Green Acre Radio, the suject is Wal-Mart. Muwhahaha. The largest retailer in the world, reviled by many for its take-no-prisoners approach to market domination, host Martha Baskin says, it has become an improbable trailblazer in the burgeoning field of green business. Green…
Does it feel like summer is approaching? Well, I can't think of a better way to start the season than Summer Parkways, which kicks off on Friday, June 22nd from 6-9pm in the Comstock Neighborhood. The idea is based off ciclovías – Spanish for “cycle…
I've long been a fan of Heidi Cullen. I even used to watch Forecast Earth, the sole program on The Weather Channel that focused on climate change, until she was axed. And she was terrific in the great film “Everything’s Cool" which examined the censorship…
This is going to be bigger than the Dancing Baby, Rick Astley, Obama girl, and the LOLcats combined. The Spokane Riverkeeper is pleased to release to the masses the soon to be viral video sensation, "The Riverkeeper and the Redband Trout". If you were at…
I was badly injured in a bike accident on April 13. Eyewitness reports differ, but it's likely that a car ran over my head, and it's more than likely that the helmet clasped around my head saved my life. The temporal bone on my head's…
When Robert F. Kennedy Jr came to Spokane several weeks ago, he talked a lot about the mountaintop removal mining disaster. Now he's on the Colbert Report to discuss his new film, "The Last Mountain." If you've seen the effects of MTR, the landscape looks…
MyConservationPark seems like another silly Farmville-style Facebook game. It lets you administer a nature preserve and take care of animals, plants, structures, and people to protect the habitat of endangered species. Fear not: It isn't a way to annoy your Facebook friends with environmentalism. Yes,…
Thanks to Sarah Jaffe for catching a line from Tim Lang's piece at the Guardian's Comment is Free yesterday: “Oxfam prophesises that food prices will double by 2030.” Of course, it's doubtful world incomes will double in the next twenty years. Welcome to the world…
Another day, another challenge. But that Spokane Riverkeeper is keeping busy, this time with two tests in one day. The Riverkeeper is collecting answers from you on what you know about stormwater and the management of it in our area. Please take a few minute…
This is cool. Yarn bombing -- covering the street with crocheted or knitted cozies -- is becoming popular in New York. Watch these store owners in New York's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood cover the trunk of a tree outside their shop with a colorful sleeve and…
On May 24th, environmental activists José Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva and Maria do Espírito Santo, also husband and wife, were shot and killed near their home in the southeast of the state of Pará, in the Amazon rainforest region of Brazil. They fought for the…
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