Twitter? Really? My advice is to stop wasting time reading feeds and use those precious free moments to actually do something to save the planet, like weather-strip your windows or, say, hang your wet laundry on a clothes line. Then again, I’ve been suspicious of the Internet since the day Al Gore invented it, so I tend to be a curmudgeon about this sort of stuff. And since you are my editors, and you asked the question, here are the top five environmental feeds I’d follow if I were to hock my Commodore 64 for an upgrade, and hop onto that Informational Superfreeway.
1) . The Sustainablog web site is 90 percent snooze, and 10 percent “Wow, this is incredible information on sustainability and the environment, and I can’t wait to tell all of my friends about it.” Its tweets announce and summarize each new blog post聴allowing you to cherry pick what’s worth reading, and what’s not, in a quick 140 characters or less.
Sample tweets:
Has Michelle Obama’s Garden Started a First Family Trend? bit.ly/RP92Z
Greenpeace and Kimberly-Clark Accused of Greenwashing /bit.ly/2RyycI
2) . Provides thoughtful updates on things like electric car batteries, high-speed trains, experimental fuel sources, and energy efficient homes. Statistics say that half the readers of this one own their own Star Trek uniforms. (Okay, I made that up but you get the idea: the nerdier you are, the more you’ll like Eco Geek.)
Sample tweets:
Bad News for the Volt Hidden by 230 Campaign bit.ly/2msiQ0
ESolar Opens America’s First Solar Power Tower /bit.ly/7f64Q
3) . An offshoot of the Eco Chick blog, which employs a cadre of smarty pants writers who view the world through a fashionably environmental flair. The Tweets have completely different聴and more free-wheeling聴content from what’s on the blog.
Sample tweets:
Kraft overhauls operations, saves enough water for 6 billion batches of Mac & Cheese su.pr
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Gwyneth Paltrow’s GOOP newsletter is GREAT! Packed w healthy living tips, fun videos, and recipes, YUM:
4) . Handy tips and informational hors d’ouevres for greening up your everyday life聴tweeted from Vermont-based Chelsea Green, a leading publisher of sustainable living books.
Sample tweets:
Use a watering can to water your garden; hoses & sprinklers waste a tremendous amount of water.
On average, nearly two-thirds of our garbage consists of material that could be composted, & much of that is paper & cardboard.
5) . A constantly updated “greatest hits” compilation of links and summaries of articles from Greenbiz.com, the impressive and densely packed sustainability news site.
Sample tweets:
New England Frito-Lay Plant Goes ‘Off the Grid’ bit.ly
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Are E-Waste ‘Offsets’ the Next Big Thing? bit.ly1181Vz