Archive | May, 2008
My trip to the Farmers Market today
Care about green/social issues? Want to stay on top of the green news about technology and things? Subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Today I took a short trip to the bi-weekly farmer’s market to check out what kind of fresh local produce I could find. I’d never been to this particular [...]
Continue reading...Dusted off my ol’ bike now my legs feel like jello
16. May 2008
With gas prices skyrocketing with no relief in sight more and more people are fixing up their bikes and hitting the road with pedal power. I’m one of them. I didn’t dust off my bike because of gas prices I hardly drive anywhere anyway, but it’s time to get back in shape and it’s a [...]
Continue reading...A look at just how inane our news media is.
15. May 2008
This short video(4.5 minutes) is from the TED2008 conference and gives us an amazing albeit scary look at how absolutely full of crap our current news media is. Take a look I think you’ll be quite surprised as I was. Those of you who are thinking “Well, HA! Jason I get my news from Google” [...]
Continue reading...Quickly disappearing Arctic finally lands polar bears on the threatened list
14. May 2008
The Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorn announced that polar bears will be listed as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act. The polar bear is one of the most recognized and in my opinion cutest animals around, but it is losing its habitat at a rapid rate. Currently 23,000 - 25,000 polar bears [...]
Continue reading...Helotes commits to 100% windtricity from CPS Energy
13. May 2008
Helotes, Texas is a small town just outside of San Antonio and has a population of about 5,000 people. The city government has done a lot to keep big business out of town and allow small business owners the ability to operate with out the threat of companies like Wal-mart. The city of [...]
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- Guilott Realty owner being threatened with arrest for being green
- Top Gear got their hands on a Tesla Roadster *UPDATED*
- GE creates a CFL bulb shaped like an incandecent
- Beautiful biodegradable dishes made of pressed leaves
- It’s time to be counted in the fight to stop climate change!
- IMOrganic.com sent me a coupon to share with you
- Ted Talks: Andy Hobsbawm shows off a Green Ad
- Virgin America gives its customers the option to carbon offset
- Green things I learned last week.
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This quick little ad shared by Andy Hobsbawm who is the European chair of Agency.com gets a point across. It’s pretty funny and enjoyable check it out.
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This short video(4.5 minutes) is from the TED2008 conference and gives us an amazing albeit scary look at how absolutely full of crap our current news media is. Take a look I think you’ll be quite surprised as I was.
Those of you who are thinking “Well, HA! Jason I get my news from Google” or some other online news outlet you’re gonna love the last minute or so of this video. Basically the whole premise boils down to it is cheaper to cover Britney Spears then put news headquarters in third world countries. Read the rest of this entry »
I’ve never knew how powerful mushrooms were until this video by Paul Stamets at TED 2008. I mean I’ve heard they’ve found that some mushrooms or even some bacteria will eat away nuclear waste, but besides that these life forms can actually help reverse some of the damage we’ve done to the planet. They’ve actually got a lot more to do with life in the forest then we previously knew and with that knowledge I think regeneration can happen a lot faster and easier then before.
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Jay Leno’s green renovation of his garage has come a long way. He’s added some new parts washers, replaced some aerosol cans and big solar array. Leno even talks about adding more solar panels even though he generates more power then the garage needs to operate during the day.
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Dr. Ernest Madu runs the Heart Institute of the Caribbean and has built the institute with open standards, smart design and great technical choices. They run the Heart Institute at 1/10th the cost of what similar facilities run in the United States and best of all they don’t turn anyone away. Dr. Madu welcomes those at TED and I’m sure anyone watching with the means to follow him to Africa to continue building facilities like these. Read the rest of this entry »
- Ted Talks: Andy Hobsbawm shows off a Green Ad
- Inspiring Video: Janine Benyus on 12 Sustainable Design Ideas
- A look at just how inane our news media is.
- Inspiring video: Paul Stamets on how mushrooms could help save the earth.
- Jay Leno’s green garage
- Ernest Madu talks about the Heart Institute of the Caribbean
20. May 2008
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