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The Top 35 Environmental Blogs

Written by Josh Catone / October 15, 2007 2:56 PM / 33 Comments

There are hundreds, if not thousands, of blogs dedicated to the environment on the Internet. That's really no surprise given that environmental conservation is one of the most pressing issues of our time, and has become especially pertinent in recent years due to concerns about global warming and mega-hit documentaries like Former US Vice President Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth.

As part of our participation in Blog Action Day, we waded through much of the environmental blogosphere and picked out our favorites (caveat: not all of these are blogs in the strictest sense of the word, but those that aren't are generally still long-tail environmentally focused content sites). It's very likely that we've left a few of your favorites off the list, so please feel free to leave them in the comments below. Presented in no particular order:

  • TreeHugger - TreeHugger is the mother of all environmental blogs, ranking #17 on Technorati's top blogs list (which makes it at least one of the most referenced enviroblogs). It covers general environmental news, events and products.
  • EcoGeek - Geek chic environmental is a good way to describe EcoGeek, which writes about gadgets that are earth friendly.
  • Environmental Law Prof Blog - From the always-good Law Professor Blog Network, this one deals with pressing concerns surrounding the issue of environmental law.
  • New Scientist Environment Blog - Excellent environmental commentary and analysis from New Scientist magazine.
  • AutoblogGreen - A spin-off from Weblogs Inc.'s popular Autoblog, the green version deals with cars and the environment -- think hybrids, gas consumption, alternative fuels, etc.
  • Eco-worrier - Musings on the environment from a columnist at the Times of London.
  • Grist Mill - Daily environmental news delivered in blog form from Grist magazine (which is also about the environment).
  • Green Car Congress - Another environmentally focused automobile blog, focusing on technology, news, and politics relating to the green mobility industry.
  • Inhabitat - Generally about living a greener lifestyle, this blog often deals with subjects around green building and sustainable living.
  • Ecomoto - A two year old blog/magazine examining environmental trends.
  • The Lazy Environmentalist - The blog for a nationally syndicated (US) talk radio show about easy green living.
  • Alternative Consumer - Environmentally friendly products: you want 'em and Alternative Consumer has you covered.
  • Teensy Green - Got kids? Then give Teensy Green a read. A blog for the environmentally aware parent.
  • Haute*Nature - In their own words: "Ecologically based creative ideas, art & green products for your children, home and lifestyle... blending style with sustainability."
  • Hippy Shopper - From the Shiny Media blog network, Hippy Shopper is about all the eco-friendly stuff you covet.
  • Sustainable Style - You can have your cake and eat it too, or in the case of Sustainable Style look good and do well for the environment.
  • Green Options - A great general enviroblog and community based out of Berkley, California.
  • No Impact Man - The chronicle of a man living in New York City as he attempts to go completely zero impact (i.e., ride a bicycle everywhere, recycle everything, eat locally produced food, and so on).

"You click off family’s electricity and make them go to bed at nine every night because it’s too dark to do anything else. You ban them from the elevator so they have to walk up and down nine flights of stairs. You take away their fridge so they can’t keep more than a day or two of food around the house. All this and then they turn around and say it’s life as usual?" -- No Impact Man

  • Great Green Baby - Another site for the green parent, Great Green Baby reviews eco-friendly baby products.
  • EcoFriend - EcoFriend is a blog about all those sexy, environmentally aware products you want but can't afford.
  • ecoFabulous - Reviews of great green stuff for the house, home, and body.
  • Ecorazzi - Celebrity gossip meets environmentalism. Did you hear that Leonardo DiCaprio is building a 'green hotel' on his 104-acre private island off the coast of Belize with the owners of the Four Seasons Resort chain? No? Then read Ecorazzi.
  • EcoStreet - A well-written and actively updated general evironmental news and commentary blog.
  • Green As Thistle - Green As Thistle chronicles the progress of Vanessa, a Canadian journalist, as she tries to "spend each day, for an entire calendar year, doing one thing that betters the environment." She's on day 229 and still kicking.
  • The Green Guy - The Green Guy writes about "ethical living" and about how to go green without making drastic, life-altering changes to your routine. I just wish he'd update more (by the way, the Adam Vaughn, who writes The Green Guy, also founded another blog on our list, Hippy Shopper).
  • Mindful Momma - There are a lot of blogs out there about green parenting -- it's an entire niche unto itself -- and Mindful Momma is one of the best.
  • Got2BeGreen - A blog focused on all sorts a cool green technology (a recent post deals with how to power your laptop with the sun, for example).
  • Triple Pundit - An intersection of the evironment and politics delivered in an interesting voice with useful commentary.

"Americans themselves don't want higher fleet standards for mileage unless they can still accelerate like Burt Reynolds in a black Trans Am with a golden eagle on the hood. So, automakers don't want higher fleet standards, because their fleet will sit on the American Car lots for longer than it does already. High mileage, room for seven and rapid acceleration are conflicting realities." -- Triple Pundit

  • Celsias - A great general blog about the environment, politics, sustainability, and green living.
  • Enviroblog - Eviroblog talks about public health in the context of environmental policy.
  • Get With Green - If you're remodeling your home or building a new one, subscribe to Get With Green to learn about all the ways you can make your living space environmentally friendly.
  • Green Thinkers - Green Thinkers is, in its own words, "an informal forum for ideas and thoughts on how to live a more green life."
  • Green Wombat - From Business 2.0, Green Wombat was a blog about business, technology, and the environment. With the closing of the magazine this month, however, its future is likely grim. Read the archives online while you still can.
  • Lighter Footstep - Lighter Footsteps is all about sustainable living and leaving less of an imprint by making greener living choices.
  • Life Goggles - Another great general green living blog, with a slight focus on TV and movies as they relate to the environment.

Bonus site: If you crave environment news from multiple sources, check out Hugg, which is like digg, but for eco-centric stories.

Top 35 image by Kelli Shaver.


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  1. Great post, Josh. I've been enjoying the Gigaom blog http://earth2tech.com lately too.

    Posted by: Marshall Kirkpatrick | October 15, 2007 3:25 PM



  2. Yes, fantastic post... there were a few here that I hadn't seen before and that are really high-quality.

    Have you thought about a "sister" posting that takes a look at the top environmental nonprofits working to protect our planet?

    Posted by: Jonathon D. Colman | October 15, 2007 3:32 PM



  3. It's never easy putting together a list like this. Good to see some old friends *and* some new sites worthy of exploration. Thanks for including Lighter Footstep.

    Posted by: Chris Baskind | October 15, 2007 5:33 PM



  4. While not strictly an environmental site, Worldchanging.com is a great web site for sustainability, design, and more topics.

    Posted by: Allen Lew | October 15, 2007 7:43 PM



  5. Nice list Josh! A good eco-friendly website (not necessarily blog) is also beTurtle.com

    Posted by: ses5909 | October 15, 2007 10:58 PM




  6. What about www.frostfireseeds.com - this is pretty popular and one i visit regularly.

    Posted by: chris | October 16, 2007 2:33 AM



  7. What about environmentalgraffiti.com? They hammer many of the blogs you've got listed in traffic and have some absolutely awesome content. They're way up there with ecogeek and inhabitat.

    Posted by: Robert Knox | October 16, 2007 4:10 AM



  8. A shocking environmental blog to miss out ;-)

    http://globalisation-and-the-environment.blogspot.com/

    "A place to find news, research and discussion on economic issues related to the impact of globalisation on the environment."

    Posted by: Rob Elliott | October 16, 2007 4:58 AM



  9. That's a nice collection of resource for those of us that are trying to get a tad greener, thanks.

    Posted by: Russ | October 16, 2007 5:33 AM



  10. Great list, thanks! I've also recently found "The Letter Green" - www.thelettergreen.com - a bilingual quarterly magazine and website...

    Posted by: stefani | October 16, 2007 5:38 AM



  11. Hey - thanks for the plug for my parenting website, Mindful Momma. To be mentioned in the same list as some of those bigger players was quite a compliment!

    Posted by: Mindful Momma | October 16, 2007 6:30 AM



  12. For those who read french, check http://wwww.novae.ca.

    Posted by: gucat | October 16, 2007 6:52 AM



  13. http://www.novae.ca sorry

    Posted by: gucat | October 16, 2007 6:53 AM



  14. You left out Greenbiz.

    Posted by: Eternalsoul | October 16, 2007 7:10 AM



  15. Take a look at this Asia green resource website:- AsiaIsGreen (www.asiaisgreen.com)

    Posted by: john lwi | October 16, 2007 9:03 AM



  16. Very useful to see the top dogs in this area.

    We have just started a blog to help consumers make more informed decisions about environmentally-friendly travel choices - www.simplegreenchoices.com and we were fortunate enough to get into Al Gore's press conference about his Nobel Prize

    Posted by: Yen | October 16, 2007 2:28 PM



  17. Excellent post! Very helpful!

    Posted by: Danielle Brigida (NWF) | October 16, 2007 3:46 PM



  18. Thanks so much for including teensygreen in this wonderful list! It was a nice surprise and an honor to be with some of my personal favorites!

    Posted by: teensygreen | October 16, 2007 4:15 PM



  19. If you are a parent and live around the Pacific Northwest (Portland, Metro Region), you should check out:

    www.enviromom.com

    Posted by: Alex | October 16, 2007 5:52 PM



  20. Great sites! Here is another blog that has been around for a while: www.thegreenpages.ca - Canada's Environmental Information Portal.

    Posted by: Rex Turgano | October 16, 2007 8:34 PM



  21. Hi - thanks, great list! For those looking for more parenting ideas, you can check out Green Parenting - Planetwise Child Rearing
    http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/greenparenting/

    Posted by: KC Ridihalgh | October 16, 2007 9:58 PM



  22. Thanks so much for including us in this list of fantastic green blogs, we are truly honoured.

    Posted by: Tracy | October 17, 2007 12:31 AM



  23. Thanks for including the little guys like us in your Top 35 along with the big boys. Nice touch.

    The Alternative Consumer

    Posted by: Ross Dulmaine | October 17, 2007 5:13 AM



  24. we're a small site that are aiming to combine green / eco with local living as, in reality, it does start at home. The idea is that you can use local services, local facilities and attend events locally, therefore minimising your impact on the environment. We've also got a lot of discussions about wider green issues.

    www.ecolocal.com

    Posted by: Jane | October 17, 2007 6:44 AM



  25. A great idea, and a solid list. But don't forget 21st Century Citizen, which provides a plethora of actionable / informative articles.

    Posted by: Justin Kownacki | October 17, 2007 7:35 AM



  26. Well, I guess The Temas Blog is too niche for such a list, but it's still the best source for environmental info & news regarding Latin America and the Caribbean. Surprised by some of your choices (a little too heavy on the shopping orientation for me), but that's a matter of individual taste I guess. But still glad to see friends such Celsias, Alternative Consumer and Ecostreet on the list - kudos, guys & gals! Josh, if you do an update/expansion/revision, you might want to take a look at Joel Makower for green business, Jetson Green for green building issues, Ecoiron for green computing. Just a suggestion.

    Posted by: Keith R | October 17, 2007 7:55 AM



  27. easygreenliving.net is a nice site geared to those who aren't necessarily eco-savvy but want to start making the shift to a greener lifestyle.

    Posted by: Jessica | October 17, 2007 10:56 AM



  28. A list of most of the RSS feeds for this list:

    http://grazr.com/read/Chiefouthousecorrespondent/b7a12b2

    Posted by: Chief Outhouse Correspondent | October 18, 2007 12:55 PM



  29. Don't forget newcomer, http://green-talk.com, which deals with green living content, green building products, and organic gardening based upon personal experience. I built my house a couple of years ago using many green materials for my children with an emphasis on nontoxic building products and energy efficient products. As I continue to green my house and garden I write my posts from a personal perspective of what I have done and what I am doing to encourage others to try. Additionally, I seek comments from those who have already taken the leap. I research the products I speak about as if I was going to use them myself or have used them. Come take a look and be a part of the conversation.

    A great list—many of the blogs I read myself and am a fan!

    Posted by: Anna Hackman | October 19, 2007 1:43 PM



  30. Good initiative but it should be stressed that the list of blogs is ONLY a list of blogs written in English.

    There is more world beyond the walls of the English language.

    Posted by: Miguel Ara√∫jo | October 21, 2007 4:24 AM



  31. I see lists like this and I think two things (1) maybe "environmental" is proxy for light green consumerism and nascent-ism, and (2) what the hell have I been doing for the past +1 year of my life?

    If you discern, there's some real redundant, lowbrow stuff out there.

    Posted by: Preston | October 21, 2007 2:21 PM



  32. You can find the latest postings from a few hundred green and sustainable themed blogs at http://www.bestgreenblogs.com/meta

    It's somewhat easier than trying to look at each site individualy

    Posted by: Timothy Latz | October 21, 2007 10:57 PM



  33. Great list of enviro sites. I'm happy several of my favorite sites did make the list. I too participated in Blog Action Day. It was a wonderful experience.

    Posted by: RecycleCindy | October 24, 2007 6:34 AM



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