Recyclable Comedy


Depressing eco heroes
Dr. Theo Colborn on declining sperm counts and your stolen future, James Hansen on planetary emergency, Al Gore on how it's worse than we thought, and more!

Buy an SUV
Please, please, please. Buy an SUV. Please.

News you'd rather not know
China beats US greenhouse gas emissions (and not because we got better), shower curtains killing you, ocean temperature and conditions 50% worse than study said, and more!

Bush's green legacy
Blow by blow: Over course of presidency, Bush struggles with complex feelings toward global warming

Pregnant women and cell phone use
Study suggests excessive use during pregnancy may cause behavioral problems...

Spinach is forever
Nothing says "I love you" like a bag of organic spelt.

Make the environment better by making it worse!
Drop trash in the street to create mini-ecosystems for plague-carrying rats... and other nifty tips!

Country v. City
Country cousin and city cousin duke it out for greenest lifestyle

Blame it on Alaska
State sues government to keep polar bears from being listed as threatened species

Unintended consequences
Open the fridge door and a puppy dies on the other side of the world

Nature's delicate balance
Foiled plans to restore ecosystems point to brilliant solution: kill all animals in area so hunters go away.

Get lazy:
If you REALLY want to save the planet, do nothing at all.

Common ground:
Nothing like a disaster to make friends out of foes. Real estate developers and radical environmentalists find the good in the sub-prime mortgage crash.

Biofuels gone wild:
Biofuels are good for all that ails us, so says the Biofuels Coalition.

Recession
Sometimes recessions are good for the environment, sometimes they're bad

Fake organics
All ingredients in this organic fruit shampoo come from a pure and natural chemical dump in NJ.

EPA antics
EPA won't let California raise its own standards for vehicle emissions, but it's great at dodging serious questions.

UN discusses Global Warming
Let's all agree to slow global warming. But first, let's agree to make exceptions for the emissions we each want to be allowed to produce, in our respective countries. And for lead-painted toys.

Corporate malefactors
A message from the US Department of Justice: just relax and let environmental justice work itself out.

Olympics
And they're off! In the lead is... whoops, they've all keeled over and died from Beijing air.

Monsanto
We're not a front for Monsanto. We're the people! We're heartland farmers... funded by Monsanto.

Congestion pricing
And in today's traffic report... all bridges locked and you can't get anywhere. Pretty typical rush hour, really.

Unchanging Antarctic
The Antarctic, a wasteland frozen in time, has remained unchanged for... oops, that part melted.

What do you do with a failing economy?
If only we had some way to boost the economy... like renewable energy and clean tech. Oh, wait, we do.

Where does food come from?
Meet the many (sketchy) characters who bring food to your plate.

Recycling Voicemail for Naughty Neighbors
Guilt-trip the family next door into proper recycling technique

Manure: Black Gold
Methane farmer is rich, but not too popular with the ladies

Bush chats with EPA
President Bush and the EPA meet to discuss emissions rules in Cali

Bovine Growth Hormone
Protecting public health not fair to manufacturer of rBGH

What makes clean coal clean?
Um... Errr... Um... Errr... Um...

Turn the lights down low... for Earth Hour
Lights out and TV off for a full 60 minutes, across the globe: finally, a chance to get to know your family and friends!

It's Hard To Be Green
Don't eat meat or meat substitutes. Don't use regular fuel or biofuel. Don't...

Recycling cell phone conversations
Don't just recycle the phone, recycle all the annoying things you say into it!

Organic Produce
Does your apple look shiny, natural, and free of spots? Then it's probably not organic.

Valentine's Day Gifts
Bean-curd desserts and locally grown houseplant flowers

HUMOR: Gas Prices Rising!
And that's a good thing. But only if we don't have to pay more.

HUMOR: French Fry Fuel
Upstate New York runs on fry grease... and other adventures in alternative fast food fuels

HUMOR: Conservatives Vague on Environment
Republican candidates duke it out for "least committed" to solving climate change

HUMOR: Plastic Bags
America: Proudly maintaining traditions of plastic bag waste!

HUMOR: Greenland
As Greenland melts, residents who hate humanity consider move to next uninhabitable location: Malibu

HUMOR: Cloned Food
Cloned food... the experiment that came to dinner. Too eerie? Too late.

HUMOR: Recycling Boyfriends
Recycling... boyfriends and resume items!

HUMOR: Vertical Farming
Vertical Farms reach Las Vegas

HUMOR: Carbon Offsets

Hurry up and buy negative amounts of CO2!


HUMOR: President Vetoes Saving World
Bush not really interested in saving all life on Earth

HUMOR: The Wealthy Environmentalist
How to eat healthy food and breathe healthy air? Be rich!

HUMOR: Nuclear Waste
Where it goes, nobody knows

HUMOR: Greenwashing
Hidden tradeoffs, vagueness, outright lying, and more: greenwashing is fun!

HUMOR: Thanksgiving

Be a sensitive vegetarian - show your family how you really feel, this Turkey Day.


HUMOR: Creative Water Conservation

Don't flush, shower less, leave the pool empty, and other fun water saving tips!