{"id":540461,"date":"2010-04-22T12:46:09","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T16:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/2010-04-22-ask-umbras-earth-day-book-giveaway\/"},"modified":"2010-04-22T12:46:09","modified_gmt":"2010-04-22T16:46:09","slug":"ask-umbras-earth-day-book-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/540461","title":{"rendered":"Ask Umbra&#8217;s Earth Day book giveaway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tby Umbra Fisk <\/p>\n<p>Dearest readers,<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Happy Earth Day! How are you celebrating? Perhaps by<br \/>\ntweeting your little heart out about all the hopeful things going on in the<br \/>\nenvironmental movement (don&#8217;t forget to add <a href=\"http:\/\/hopensource.grist.org\/\">#hopen<\/a>)? Well, since you&#8217;re on there anyway,<br \/>\nwhy not participate in my little book giveaway? That&#8217;s right! <strong>Free stuff!<\/strong> Woot! I&#8217;m giving away two<br \/>\ncopies of this month&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.grist.org\/tags\/Book+Club\">Ask<br \/>\nUmbra&#8217;s Book Club<\/a> selection, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/biblio\/9781596916593?&amp;PID=25450\">Diet for a<br \/>\nHot Planet<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.grist.org\/member\/1667\">Anna Lapp&eacute;<\/a>,<br \/>\nand two copies of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/biblio\/1-9780399535659-0\">Talking Dirt: The Dirt<br \/>\nDiva&#8217;s Down-to-Earth Guide to Organic Gardening<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtdiva.com\/\">Annie Spiegelman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>There are two ways you can enter for a chance to win:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Answer the following question in the comments section below,<br \/>\nor follow my tweets <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/AskUmbra\">@AskUmbra<\/a> and respond to the question on<br \/>\nTwitter (include @AskUmbra and #giveaway in your response&mdash;no need to include the<br \/>\nquestion&mdash;so I&#8217;ll be sure to see it):<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>What can you commit to doing&mdash;not just as an individual in<br \/>\nyour own home, but in your community, neighborhood, apartment building, school, or<br \/>\noffice&mdash;to work toward a brighter green future?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Then at 4 p.m. PDT, I&#8217;ll pick two entries from the comments<br \/>\nand two from Twitter to win the books. I&#8217;ll email the winners for their<br \/>\naddresses after the contest is over.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Givingly,<br \/> Umbra<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/2010-04-20-win-a-signed-copy-of-in-the-empire-of-ice\/\">Win a signed copy of &#8216;In the Empire of Ice&#8217;!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/scientists-show-growing-fuel-is-waste-of-energy\/\">Scientists show &#8216;growing&#8217; fuel is waste of energy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/jamie-oliver-on-the-role-parents-play-in-fighting-obesity\/\">Jamie Oliver on parents, nuggets, &#8216;luminous drinks,&#8217; and school lunches<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=2535d4630b3d5773ede959183762cf61&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=2535d4630b3d5773ede959183762cf61&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"http:\/\/ib.adnxs.com\/seg?add=24595&#038;t=2\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Umbra Fisk Dearest readers, Happy Earth Day! How are you celebrating? Perhaps by tweeting your little heart out about all the hopeful things going on in the environmental movement (don&#8217;t forget to add #hopen)? Well, since you&#8217;re on there anyway, why not participate in my little book giveaway? That&#8217;s right! Free stuff! Woot! 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