The Lazy E Archive

Presenting a Positive Green Future

Recently, I’ve been talking a lot about the communication challenges confronting the environmental movement and what we need to do in order to overcome them. Here are three videos that outline some of my views. The first is an interview for National Geographic. The second (below) is a keynote presentation I gave at Opportunity Green. [...]
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Green Silence Running Shoes by Brooks: Run Faster, Jump Higher, and Tread Lighter

Once in a while along comes a green product that is truly exceptional. By that I mean it’s uniquely designed, extremely functional, appropriately priced, and environmentally advanced. I’ve been wearing such a product for the past few weeks. When Brooks sent me a pair of its Green Silence racing shoes I was thrilled. Nothing about [...]
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Endorsing David Kroodsma for Copenhagen

I’ve written before about the Brita Climate Ride (and my attempts to learn the required camping skills). It’s an exceptional event that brings together activists from all walks of life who bike together for 300 miles over the course of five days from NYC to Washington DC. Among the environmentalists I’ve met, none is more [...]
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Amazon.com offers special on The Lazy Environmentalist on a Budget

Searching for insights into budget green living or green gift ideas just in time for the holidays? Amazon.com is running an extremely generous special on my latest book – The Lazy Environmentalist on a Budget. You can purchase it right now for just $2.30. That’s green living on a budget epitomized especially since the book [...]
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The Lazy Environmentalist takes “best reality show” at 2009 EMA Awards

(At the EMAs on the lot of Paramount Studios in L.A., from left to right: David Metzler, Executive Producer; Mala Chapple, Executive Producer; Squeen Holzen, super rad stuntwoman, and The Lazy E) Last week “The Lazy Environmentalist” took home “best reality show” honors at the 20th annual Environmental Media Association awards ceremony, which honors film [...]
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Our Fuel-Efficient Road Trip in a Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen TDI (Part 3)

(On route 145 heading Southwest from Telluride, CO, the mountains and high plateaus were extraordinary) To me, driving cross country demands a car that can go fast, handle tight curves, maintain its power when traversing mountains at altitude, store plenty of gear, and still deliver exceptional fuel economy. Wrap those attributes into a car that [...]
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Lazy Environmentalist Nominated for an EMA Award
Lazy Environmentalist Nominated for an EMA Award

I arrived in Los Angeles yesterday after an amazing cross-country road trip in a 2009 VW Jetta Sportwagen TDI (more on that to follow in another post). We’re about a week and a half away from the start of our shoot for season two of The Lazy Environmentalist. But before we dive in once again, [...]
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On The Road (Day 2 & 3) in our VW Jetta Sportawagen TDI
On The Road (Day 2 & 3) in our VW Jetta Sportawagen TDI

The journey went a little faster over the past couple of days once Stephanie finally got behind the wheel. We both took pleasure in whizzing past Prius after Prius while clocking upwards of 100 miles per hour as we cruised along sparsely populated stretches of highway in western Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico. The VW [...]
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Road Tripping in a VW Jetta Sportwagen TDI: Fast, Fun & Fuel-Efficient
Road Tripping in a VW Jetta Sportwagen TDI: Fast, Fun & Fuel-Efficient

I left Asheville, NC today in a 2009 Jetta Sportwagen TDI en route to Los Angeles where I’ll meet up with our television production team late next week to begin filming season 2 of The Lazy Environmentalist. For this trip, I’ve upgraded from my old 1983 turbo diesel Mercedes, which I was running on biodiesel, [...]
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Don Your Bicycles: The Brita Climate Ride is Back
Don Your Bicycles: The Brita Climate Ride is Back

The Brita Climate Ride is back again this year and once again I’ll be setting aside my lazy credentials for 5 days and join over two-hundred riders on the 300-Mile ride from New York City to Washington DC in an all-out and entirely exhausting effort to raise awareness about climate change and support solutions like [...]
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