Archive for April, 2011
It’s easy to take things in nature–such as trees–for granted. Especially when we’re nearly always rushing from one point to the next, checking Facebook and Tweeting our every excitable event.
With all of that said, we challenge you, today, to slow down and watch the trees in this exceptional video,… Read the rest
Potholes are nasty. Whether walking, running, biking or… driving, they’re abrupt bumps waiting to happen. That’s why we’re so happy to show off the artwork of Juliana Santacruz Herrera, who noticed an abundance of potholes in Paris and decided to do something about them.
Instead of complaining to the city,… Read the rest
From time to time, we like to present you with kick-ass time-lapse videos (like this one, or this one). This style of video presents nature in a way that we rarely get to see, and the videos we’ve come across are usually breathtaking, to say the least.
Without talking too… Read the rest
Cartoonist’s note: This is not how the conversation went–but a guy can dream.… Read the rest
Read Tom Philpott’s article on Grist, for more information on Monsanto’s latest victory: USDA moves to let Monsanto perform its own environmental impact studies on GMOs
Happy Earth Day!
Below you’ll see a few environmentally conscious pieces of apparel–items that are new, interesting or unique in their green right. If you want to learn more about environmentally friendly clothing, organizations and initiatives, check out the Greenery department of Wend … Read the restmagazine–there’s one in every single issue.
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Jonathan T. Scott’s latest book, New Standards for Long-Term Business Survival, has just been published. As with his previous two books on sustainability, this book is very easy-to-read and is available as a free, 30-page, PDF document that explains what sustainability is, why it is important, and how sustainable practices… Read the rest
Earth Day is Friday! Have a ball! Share your love for the world with the world!
For info on more earth-friendly Poems of Joe M’s check here. And follow Joe on twitter @greencartoons.… Read the rest
ClifFamily winery has just introduced The Climber pouch, a wine package that’s light and virtually unbreakable; keeps wine fresh for up to a month after opening; and has an 80 percent lower carbon footprint and 90 percent less waste than two glass bottles.
The Climber pouch holds just about that–two… Read the rest
Way back on March 29th, we announced the final Grand Prize winner of the Chaco Waves for Change Art Contest. If you wanted to know a little bit more about who the winner was or what her inspiration for creating the winning piece was (or both), this post is for… Read the rest
Bolivia is in the process of passing La Ley De la Madre Tierra (The Law of Mother Earth), which would give nature similar rights as those granted to human beings.
The country, governed by Latin America’s first indigenous president, Evo Morales, plans to establish 11 laws for Earth. These would… Read the rest
