{"id":142,"date":"2008-06-12T09:59:35","date_gmt":"2008-06-12T09:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2008\/06\/a-lump-of-coal-thursday-eco-roundup.html"},"modified":"2008-06-12T09:59:35","modified_gmt":"2008-06-12T09:59:35","slug":"a-lump-of-coal-thursday-eco-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2008\/06\/a-lump-of-coal-thursday-eco-roundup.html","title":{"rendered":"A Lump of Coal &#8211; Thursday Eco Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey all, it&#8217;s your resident eco-friendly Lesbro here. Had to post this today because it is AWESOME:<br \/>\n<iframe title=\"Coal\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/71kckb8hhOQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nHow are everyone&#8217;s preparations for <a href=\"http:\/\/theidproject.com\/activism\/rc_index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">July&#8217;s Low-Impact Consumption Month<\/a> going? We are challenging you not to accept a single plastic bag from a store for the entire month, and let people know why you are acting this strangely. If you want to not use a paper cup for the whole month, you could do that too. Anyone wanna investigate the city&#8217;s Farmer&#8217;s Markets with me?<br \/>\nWe have not one but two meditating environmental experts coming to <a href=\"http:\/\/theidproject.com\/podcast.htm\">guest lecture <\/a>at the I.D. Project this summer, Jayne Poynter (who was on the Biosphere 2 design team, and one of the eight-person crew to live inside the mini-world for two years!!!, coming July 30), and my own favorite eco-journalist, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Simran_Sethi\" target=\"_blank\">Simran Sethi<\/a>, who rocks steadily and sustainably (Coming August 13 in all likelihood).<br \/>\nFinally, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schneiderman.org\">Senator Schneiderman<\/a> is hosting a reusable bag giveaway in his district this Saturday June 14. If you want to participate and meet a mindful (and-might I say as a LesBro-quite handsome) politician, email Cassie Mey for the details (<a href=\"http:\/\/theidproject.com\/contact.htm\">contact here<\/a>).<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s Thursday&#8217;s Eco-Roundup&#8230;stay tuned for more conditioned idiocy from the wheel of samsara!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey all, it&#8217;s your resident eco-friendly Lesbro here. Had to post this today because it is AWESOME: How are everyone&#8217;s preparations for July&#8217;s Low-Impact Consumption Month going? 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