Earth Equity News

Democrats Deliver Greenest Convention Ever. By Bryan Walsh, Time, August 25, 2008. "Hot air from the speakers notwithstanding, the Democratic Party has promised that its national convention in Denver will be the 'greenest' one ever. The party is working to offset the [CO2] that will be produced by more than 6,000 delegates traveling to the Colorado capital, with prizes offered to the delegation that can reduce emissions the most. The convention's fleet of official cars will use flex fuels -- a mix of gasoline and less carbon-intensive biofuels -- and 1,000 bicycles will be available for use free of charge. The main [Pepsi Center] stage will be built out of sustainable wood and recycled materials, and the arena itself will offset the electricity it uses with wind power. [Convention] workers won't even have trash cans in their offices -- to encourage them to recycle. But some of the greenest programming in Denver will come... from a long-running Colorado radio show called Etown, whose hosts, Nick Forster, a bluegrass musician, and his wife Helen, a singer and actress, mix music with environmental talk. Launched in 1991, Etown started small, as an independent program broadcast from the university town of Boulder, Colo. Today, the show has over one million listeners and is carried internationally by NPR. As a sign of its influence, [tonight] Etown will hold a special concert in Denver's Temple Hoyne Buell Theater, with artists including James Taylor, David Crosby and Ani DiFranco." [Click here for Etown's blog.]