Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. has got a lot of cleaning up to do.
Recently, Walmart has been pushing a wide range of ‘green’ initiatives. They’ve been focusing on the environment very big, very public way.
One of their biggest initiatives is their effort to sell 100 Million Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL) bulbs — one for each of their […]
Social Media sites like Digg, Stumbleupon and Twitter (among others) have dramatically changed how readers find and discuss our website. I thought it would be interesting to talk about this a bit and show the rest of our readers how different people discuss our posts using these different sites.
As an example, let’s look at reader […]
Sometimes readers send me links. I think it’s great because I get to know what interests people. Here are some recent ones:
Our twitter follower bythebayou @replied me a link to Co-op America. They look interesting — I like that they encourage people to take action.
Another twitter follower monkchips, sent this link on saving energy […]
Recently, the prefix ‘eco’ has gained a life of it’s own. Like a Frankenstein’s Monster, it is being mish-mashed onto every conceivable idea, thought, brand, product and celebrity around. It endows a certain sense of Al Gore-ish, environmental correctness to whatever it touches.
In just this morning’s news we have the following examples:
“Eco-protesters” are setting up […]
Why is it important to take action? And how big does the action have to be before it makes a difference?
Taking action is hard. It’s an additional activity on top of your already-too-busy daily schedule. How can you find time to change the world when you barely have time to get to work and […]
“MBDC is a product and process design firm dedicated to revolutionizing the design of products and services worldwide.”
So reads the self-description of a design firm working with clients to redesign how their products are conceived, created and disposed of.
MBDC was founded by William McDonough and Dr. Michael Braungart in 1995. In 2002, they released their […]
Steve Loo is a passionate guy.
When he heard about Wheels for Change, a 1000 kilometer bike ride across British Columbia in Western Canada to raise awareness of global climate change, it seemed like a perfect fit for him. He had vacation time planned already, so he decided to join the ride.
He had already helped […]
Save to del.icio.us — tags government environment
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This sign is from the city of Vancouver in British Columbia and it’s purpose is to inform motorists that letting their cars idle is against the law and punishable by a fine of $50 to $100.
Vancouver’s “Motor Vehicle […]
Here’s a wonderful post from Seacoast Eat Local, wonderful, very-local blog located in the Seacoast area of Southern, NH.
They blogged today about a youtube video that very simply lays out the story of our food supply and some of the issues surrounding it. For example, did you know that the process of growing, processing […]
I’ve been looking for Podcasts that discuss Global Warming and that aren’t a waste of time. After doing all my research, here is a set of podcasts that I believe are the best around.
Please leave a comment here on this post if you have other favorites to add — or if you disagree about one […]
