Okay, I don’t mean share this post, but I did want to highlight some more changes to this site that readers have been requesting — and another way you can help Climate Progress spread climate realism.
Readers asked for an email and a print button, so I have gone back to the “Share this” button widely used by other blogs. I stopped using it a while back because it was being misused by spammers and because it has too many social media links.
If you click on — or Mouse over — the new “Share This” button and then click on “Email,” you can now send any post to your friends (or to your enemies, if that’s the kind of person you are). At a loss as to what post to send? Look no further than the “Most popular posts” feature on the right. These now include a variety of introductory posts for newcomers.
We also pared down the social media to just the two that have driven the most traffic here — Digg and Stumbleupon:
- Digg is probably the most popular web site for getting recommended web reading, especially in the area of technology and science. It can drive a lot of traffic if a post catches fire there (after it catches fire here).
- StumbleUpon will launch you on a journey of serendipity to find new web sites that match your interests. ClimateProgress already has some StumbleUpon fans “” we typically get several hundred links from the site per month.
If you have never tried one of those sites, my guess is you’ll find them useful. If enough people vote for a post, it gets brought to the attention of people using that site.
Join one now and thank me later!
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I trust no one will be using that print button – unless there is absolutely no other alternative.
Joe,
I think reddit would be a worthwhile addition – it may be smaller than Digg but it doesn’t have such a large, entrenched Denial community as Digg.
Also, Twitter is gaining a lot of traction in the online presence market – might be worth adding that as well – it’s free after all.
An interesting discussion:
http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/index.php/csw/details/waxman_markey_draft_adaptation_comments/
David, get some 100% recycled content paper, then it’s not so bad to print things.
First rule – don’t print’
Don’t ever print? C’mon, that’s the kind of knee-jerk eco-fascism that enables the Deniers and turns average people off of the green movement. Paper is a *renewable* resource. Not only can it be grown — capturing CO2 while it does — but it can be recycled again and again and used over and over. When it can’t be printed on any longer, it can be converted to insulation, cardboard for boxes, etc. If people would use only water-based eco-friendly ink, old paper could even be used for garden mulch and as a soil conditioner. It’s just wood fiber.
The electronic data world is a fine development, but people should never forget that it is an *impermanent* medium… articles are here today, impossible to find tomorrow. Facts and figures and other info you wanted to reference get moved, deleted or changed into something else. Not that I print stuff unnecessarily, but if I need hard copy on something — or think I might — I’m not going to worry about hitting the print button once in a while.
With all the real serious stuff we have to worry about, somebody feels the need to harp on the occasional screen print? What is this, Global Warming High School? People feel the need to prove they are greener than the next guy? “Hey, I never use my print button, and neither should you…”?
If y’all want to campaign against print, don’t focus on the few sheets of paper a visitor to this site might use printing out some of Joe’s very important words — spend your time and energy getting the paperback publishers to stop printing up all those zillions of 600-page pop culture soap opera novels (and all of the 600-page sequels). Now that *is* a waste of resources. Not to mention minds. :)
All paper has a carbon footprint, which must be minimized.
Recent legislation:
http://www.politickernj.com/paganm/28739/lautenberg-ocean-acidification-bill-becomes-law
Pat Richards,
That’s the weak attitude that too many people use to excuse their consumption: “it’s just a few sheets of paper”, “it’s just one SUV”, “never mind *my* consumption – look at those other people”.
I never said “don’t ever print”, so stow away the strawman.
And it’s not just an issue of paper, it’s the carbon footprint of manufacture, distribution and recycling, the ink and the electricity.
As I said: do not print unless there is absolutely no other alternative – and there usually is.