Articles by Ashley Braun

Vote today on your fave carbon cap video

Environmental Defense Action Fund is holding a video contest to "explain in 30 seconds how capping global warming pollution could help solve our oil addiction."

They've narrowed down the video submissions to the top five and are encouraging everyone to vote on a favorite by tonight. Check out two of the five videos below and vote on the best one here. The winning video producer will receive the Climate Activist's Choice Award, which comes with a $1,000 prize.

Grist seeks volunteers for top-secret Facebook project

Do you waste untold hours spend time on Facebook? And enjoy a casual obsession with the latest environmental news? Do you like top-secret projects?

If you answered "yes" to any of the above questions, consider volunteering for one of the highly coveted beta tester spots for Grist's top-secret Facebook project. We'll need virtual volunteers during the first two weeks of February. If you want in, shoot an email with your full name and age to abraun@grist.org.

To the curious, non-Facebook folk out there, sorry to leave you hanging for now, but all will be revealed later in February.

And in case you didn't realize how much fun Grist is already having on social networks, fan/friend/follow/Digg us on these sites!

• Become a fan of Grist on Facebook
• Friend Grist on MySpace
• Follow Grist on Twitter
• Subscribe to GristTV on YouTube
• Friend Grist and digg our stories on Digg.com
• Join Grist's Flickr group (for the chance to land your photos in Grist stories!)

Create a ‘Why I heart Grist’ video for Project for Awesome

Do you love Grist? How about making videos? And it’s probably safe to assume you’re OK with awesome-ness, right? Yeah? Well, you’re in luck. Here’s your chance to tell the […]

Host a Change is Coming house party this weekend

Change is Coming … to a house near you! This weekend across the nation, community organizer-types, average Americans, and heck, maybe even you (!) will be flocking to “Change is […]