Archive for the ‘Environment’ Category
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Project Window Hawk
I recently read the book “The World Without Us” by Alan Weisman. I found it to be simultaneously inspiring, depressing, heart-wrenching and wondrous. I highly recommend reading it. It really will change the way you look at the world.
Since reading it, I experience little pangs of sadness every time I see a squirrel scampering around [...] -
Egg Labeling Guide Based on New York Times Article
I’ve previously written about Trader Joe’s transparency in egg labeling terms (they have a poster with definitions right by the eggs), so I was pleased to find a post on BoingBoing about a New York times article which attempts to “unscramble” (their joke, I can’t claim that one) the various claims made on egg cartons. [...]
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Trader Joe’s Wants You To Know Your Eggs
Kudos to trader Joe’s for posting this up in the dairy section of their store (photo taken at the Trader Joe’s on Ontario St. in Chicago):
I’ve written before about the need for access to information about environmental impact and sustainability at the point of purchase, and this is a great example of a company that [...]
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Treewala: Plant Trees While Getting Smarter
Do you enjoy making your friends feel badly about themselves by explaining to them in very complicated terms how, for example, their choice of tic-tac flavor can have severe environmental impacts on bird migration patterns? Also, do you like saving the earth? Then this is the site for you!
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Using Twitter to Support Making Eco-Conscious Decisions
Kermit the frog once said “It’s not easy being green.”
While he was, of course, referring to having green skin, the same adage holds true today, though the meaning of green has changed since then. If the zeitgeist of our time is not “being green,” then I don’t know what it is. More than ever, individuals [...] -
Join the Soda Club USA
I spent the summer of of 2007 living with my girlfriend in Germany, where, like other parts of Europe, fizzy water is the norm. In fact, the town we were in (Aachen) had its own springs, and the bottled water we preferred to drink was bottled right there in Aachen, was super-inexpensive, and delivered to [...]
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Finding Nemo …. has gone extinct
This one really blew me away:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4220496.ece
Good job, humans!
Clownfish are going extinct, because Nemo (of ‘Finding Nemo’ fame) was a Clownfish, and now the tropical pet industry is scrambling to supply these fish to the millions of snotty little kids who nagged their parents mercilessly until they finally caved in and agreed to buy one. B.t.w. [...] -
Butterfly Heaven
The best nine dollars I ever spent was to gain admission to the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in the Lincoln Park area Chicago. There were several interesting exhibits, including one called Lawn Nation which examines the role of the lawn in American society, and also a Chicago Academy of Science retrospective, which features all manner of stuffed [...]
