Archive for October, 2009
Just because you take part in a human powered sport doesn’t make you eco-friendly. If you’re a runner, swimmer, biker, etc. you may not be using any carbon to fuel your passion, but there are many other things that affect your total impact, including sporting events. In fact large sporting… Read the rest
Love the outdoors? The climate needs your help. from Outdoor Alliance on Vimeo.
Kudos to the Outdoor Alliance for calling on all outdoor enthusiasts to take action on climate change.
From the Outdoor Alliance:
It’s really rather simple – human-powered outdoor pursuits need a healthy climate. If the climate is … Read the rest
Michael Pollan is an authority on food politics. He’s published five books and eleven essays on the subject. And, as a Professor of journalism at the University of California, Berkley, he knows the importance of getting his facts straight. So it’s not surprising that, moments after he stated that “A… Read the rest
Oil spills take their toll, and according to the Defenders of Wildlife, the West Atlas/Montara oil rig blowout off the coast of Western Australia that happened in August is creating a “global-scale environmental catastrophe.”
From the Defenders of Wildlife:
The impacts of the nine-week West Timor oil rig blowout are … Read the rest
Do you watch with guilt as perfectly good water spirals down the drain while the shower heats up? A lot of us do, but thankfully there’s a solution to the problem that requires only a bucket and ten extra seconds. Simply place the bucket beneath the faucet to collect the… Read the rest
In the world of sustainability, it’s easy to romanticize the Scandinavian countries. They seem to have everything going for them: bike baths, energy efficient homes, natural gas vehicles, etc. But even environmental leaders have their flaws.
On Wednesday, Greenpeace dropped 18 tons of coal outside Sweden’s government offices in order… Read the rest
Underwater videographer, underwater photographer, and author, Annie Crawley joined Scripps Institute of Oceanography and Project Kaisei aboard the New Horizon on a 3 week long expedition to the North Pacific Gyre. They collected data to help find a solution to the “Plastic Vortex” forming in our Ocean.… Read the rest
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Australia. There’s a certain appeal to the Aussie lifestyle: who doesn’t want to hang around golden beaches and blue water all day with a bunch of cool, chilled out locals? But that laid-back, beach-going, surfer lifestyle that has become a central part of the country’s identity could soon disappear. A… Read the rest
The dialog around the artificial reef in Boscombe, England is getting heated. The reef, created by New Zealand’s ASR, is overbudget and late. Today, a lone voice called to give Boscombe a chance to prove itself. Ok, we’ll wait (it’s not as if we have a choice in the matter).… Read the rest
