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  • House of straw

    The Last Straw quarterly covers straw-bale housing construction.

    by Peter McBride, Jul 25, 1994

  • How I tried to patch together a disintegrating world

    An energy technician gets an interesting look at trailer-court life in Western Colorado.

    by Auden Schendler, Jul 25, 1994

  • Westerners slowly adapt to high prices

    Westerners are making a few small efforts to conserve energy in the face of higher prices, but environmentalists wonder what it will take to inspire a real change in behavior

    by Allen Best, Dec 12, 2005

  • Facts about greenhouse gas emissions

    Sprinkled throughout the lead story are "fun facts" about what causes greenhouse gas emissions and what people can do to reduce them

    by Michelle Nijhuis, Mar 06, 2006

  • Efficient energy is efficient business

    Washington State University's Cooperative Extension Energy Program has an Energy Ideas Clearinghouse Web site, offering many ways to conserve power.

    by Tim Sullivan, Nov 06, 2000

  • Take a walk

    Katie Alvord's book, Divorce Your Car! Ending the love affair with the automobile, offers reason, advice and good humor about reducing automobile use.

    by Beth Wohlberg, Nov 06, 2000

  • Getting smarter about energy use

    In his latest book, Energy Resolution, Howard Geller offers his suggestions for a sustainable energy future

    by Laura Paskus, May 02, 2005

  • As Washington waffles, Western states go green

    Western state legislatures boost wildlife and green energy, even as Washington, D.C., remains hooked on fossil fuels

    by Ray Ring, Jul 25, 2005

  • The American Dream, sans gasoline

    The author’s successful search for a car that can run on biodiesel helps her understand the lure of the open road

    by Michelle Nijhuis, Aug 08, 2005

  • Camping out at home

    The writer gets motivated by a heating bill to camp out at home

    by Alan Kesselheim, Dec 12, 2005
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