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.
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, 20 times more powerful than carbon dioxide at trapping heat. New Zealand scientists have developed a vaccine to cut down on livestock flatulence, which should help farmers avoid a proposed “flatulence tax” on the methane their livestock produces. New Zealand cows and sheep are responsible for about half of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Via: It’s Getting Hot [...]
If you want to catch someone’s attention, go naked (I hear this is also a good way to stop Jehovah’s Witnesses from coming to your home)! Yesterday in Madrid, protester rode bikes in the buff to protest the expansion of automobile usage and draw attention to the benefits of bike riding.
Via (including image): Interesting World
It’s no “secret” — karma works online! Thanks to Brad and Peter for another good one. If you liked this, take a look at other “Shades of Green” strips.
That’s right… blogging can be a bit like that “Telephone” game we all played as kids. Thanks as always to Brad and Peter!
Get your minds out of the gutter: Green Porno is not about rainforest condoms or green brothels! This Sundance Channel show by Isabella Rossellini features short films about bizarre sexual mating habits of insects, bugs, and other creatures.
Hey, we should all laugh at ourselves once in a while, right? Thanks, as always, to Brad and Peter…
Or, more evidence for the skeptics. Thanks, as always, to Brad and Peter. Check out more of their work at The Green House.
Streets are for People sponsored this anti-car petition on an actual car in Ontario.
We the undersigned do hereby demand that not one more dollar go to promote, support, or perpetuate car culture. We want bike lanes, public transit and a train system. We want our public space back. We want local food, clean air, sustainable industry, a liveable future for our children, and an end to oil
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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.
