The Grist List is here. Sarah van Schagen and Katharine Wroth deliver five environmental stories that may have slipped under your radar.
1) We Think We’re in Love
Still getting used to the idea of hybrids? Prepare ye for the “trybrid,” a Brazilian import that runs on gas, ethanol, and/or electric power. We’d make a joke about the name of this teensy three-seater, hitting U.S. streets in 2007, but it’s so … Obvio!
Interests: Anything with an ING:
dancing, biking, listening, talking, writing, reading,
watching, eating, drinking, running, thinking, working, dreaming,
surrendering, laughing, smiling, acting, traveling, singing, surfing,
driving, shopping, thanking, observing, welcoming, connecting,
loving, learning, sharing, practicing, asking.
Inspiration: Books: Letters to a Young Poet, Rainer Maria Rilke/
Music: Linkin Park and The Cure/
People: My mother and all of those that have come before me that have fought their
own battles and didn't give up/
Places: Carl Schurz Park, New York, NY/
Movies: In Search of a Midnight Kiss, Stealing Beauty, Beautiful Girls, When A Man Loves a Woman, In America, Magdelene Sisters, The Notebook, Run Fat Boy Run/
Things: Causes worth fighting for: Lupus and other auto-immune disorders, Organ Donation and impoverished and at-risk youth.