This Australian Senator states his position very clearly: It’s not that oil tankers are unsafe, they just need to build them so that the fronts stop falling off! Enjoy this satirical short (under 2 mins.).
Pamela Anderson Wants You To Spend The Night with her or at least at her new Eco Hotel in Abu Dhabi.
Photo Credit: Indio at Flickr Under Creative Commons License
The first eco nightclub, Surya, launches in London… where cyclists and walkers get free admission and dancers generate the electricity for the club on a high tech dance floor.
Photo Credit: Club4Climate.com
Ever wondered what impact your footsteps have upon the Earth? Watch this video of people running in a park for 5 days.
Austrian art collective Gelitin has created an installation titled “Normally, Proceeding and Unrestricted With Without Title”. You can row around this four feet deep artificial rooftop lake in boats made from from reclaimed timber and junk-store furniture with oars assembled from old chair legs.
If the revolution isn’t fun, you’re doing it wrong.
I often wonder what people imagine when they hear I’m trying to live environmentally sustainably for three months. Do they picture me living in a tree, hunting rabbits and eating grass? Do they think “oh, I could never do that for myself,” or do they think I’m lying?
Sure, establishing and maintaining a sustainable lifestyle goes against the grain. It can be draining, and it may not be possible to implement the chosen lifestyle modifications in your expected timeframe, which can be discouraging.
But to innovate a way of living that is in keeping with your ideals can be the most empowering thing you ever do. Sustainable living is creative–it will always require imagination and a good dose of gumption. It gets you “out there,” doing new and radical things that you may have never thought you would do. That, my friends, is living!
The Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco will ask voters to change the name of a sewage treatment plant on the coast to the George W. Bush Sewage Plant. The New York Times explains:
Reagan has his highways. Lincoln has his memorial. Washington has the capital (and a state, too). But President Bush may soon be the sole president to have a memorial
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A 2007 McDonald’s billboard near Chicago featured growing lettuce plants stating, “Fresh salads”. Considering the short life span of such a billboard, McDonald’s reputation for rainforest destruction, and the fact their salads are not organic, fresh (they are prepackaged), or healthy, I can’t embrace this campaign. Still, using plants for advertising is definitely a unique idea. You can watch the billboard grow in this video.
OK, we’re all guilty of this one (and you’ve likely heard it a lot if you’ve got kids!). Thanks to Brad and Peter for another good one. Check out more of their work here at Ecoscraps, and on their Green House website. And, of course, check out good food at Eat.Drink.Better.
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