Are garbage disposals bad for the environment?, by Slate Magazine

According to one Australian study, the eutrophic impact of sending your food waste down the disposal is more than three times larger than sending it to the landfill. You’ll also be using a lot more water if you decide to go with the disposal—and you’ll be indirectly responsible for the extraction of the metal needed to make the appliance.

The research is unambiguous about one point, though: Under normal circumstances, you should always compost if you can.

Three Trees Don’t Make A Forest, by WhatTheyThink Environment

Three Trees Don’t Make A Forest is a not-for-profit social enterprise set up by directors of three established and successful agencies. The organization’s purpose is to provide tools for designers and businesses who are involved in design and advertising and to inspire them to re-think their working cultures and start to produce sustainable design that really works.

Portland Tops the List of America’s Sustainable Cities, by Sundance Channel

Portland, Oregon is in first place again this year in an annual ranking of city sustainability released today by SustainLane, an online guide to sustainable living. This national survey ranks the largest 50 U.S. cities in terms of their green living practices.

Based on 16 economic, environmental and green/clean tech categories, the SustainLane U.S. City Rankings assess each city’s ability to maintain healthy air, drinking water, parks and public transit systems, as well as a robust, sustainable local economy with green building, farmers markets, renewable energy and alternative fuels.

This year San Francisco held on to second place, Seattle is again in third, Chicago ranks fourth as it did last year, and New York City has moved up one notch into fifth place.

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