Archive for June, 2011
“Moving to America will increase your cancer risk by 400%.”
In a recent Ted Talk, Robyn O’Brien (author of “The Unhealthy Truth: How Our Food Is Making Us Sick and What We Can Do About It.”) recently shared her insight as to why moving to America will increase your cancer… Read the rest
A brand-new store called in.gredients will soon launch in Austin, Texas and will be the U.S.’s first “package-free and zero waste grocery store.”
So, you ask, how does that… Read the rest happen? It’s surprisingly easy.
The store will operate under a “precycling” model, in which consumers will bring reusable containers (think tupperware
If you’re a Wend subscriber (digital or print), you’re probably already familiar with the non-profit organization Warm Current, which was featured in Issue 5, Volume 3′s Platform section (you can read it here… Read the rest). If you need a refresher, here’s a brief rundown of the organization, as articulated by one
Designers at NJU Studio have come up with what we believe is a fantastic idea for upcycling that old stack of magazines into an awesome stool and room decoration. The Hockenheimer stool comes as a DIY tool of sorts–you can play with the colors of the magazine spines, switch them… Read the rest
More on Republicans and the Environment
From Planetsave: (“Super”) Bob Inglis (featured in the cartoon) Forming Conservative Coalition to Address Climate Change – Calls for a Return to True Conservatism
From The Daily Green: The 10 Biggest Republican Environmental Accomplishments
From Grist: Republicans love bike and rail—so why don’t Republican… Read the rest
Thanks to Osprey Packs and Red Reel Video Media for making this beautiful short about what some people do to get around, instead of driving.
What do you do to get to where you need to be… instead of driving?… Read the rest
We could say this video is ‘green’ for a few reasons.
1. The gorilla, Zola, is showing how fun it is to play in one of Earth’s most fantastic natural resources, water.
2. Zola’s life is enhanced by said water, thus giving a presumably longer lifespan to Zola.
3. Zola… Read the rest
You’d think a toy company like Mattel would have the foresight to realize they’d eventually be called out on this, (Thank you, Greenpeace!) as well as the money and knowledge to make their packaging from something a bit less middle-finger-to-the-world-esque…say, recycled Barbie dolls?
More on this Greenpeace campaign
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The wildfire blazing in eastern Arizona’s Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest is burning more acres of land than any other fire in the state’s history, though some of that area is in New Mexico, where it skipped along treetops, threatening the small working-class community of Luna.
The Wallow Fire, as it is… Read the rest
Polystyrene has ruled the helmet market for decades, but, according to designer Anirudha Rao, plastic simply isn’t the best way to go. Enter Kranium helmets, created by Rao and made out of cardboard, which he says fit the user’s head better, absorb more impact and last longer. From the Kranium… Read the rest
