Panda Poop into Paper?
From Inhabitat.com: “Researchers at the Giant Panda Breeding Base in Chengdu, China are preparing to … turn tons of panda poop into paper. Bing Bing, Ya Guang, Qing Zi and the other thirty-seven pandas at the center produce roughly 2 tons of high-fibre bamboo poop a day! Liao Jun, a researcher at the center believes […]
Artist Xavier Cortada Makes Climate Change Visual
Recalling Lee Hirsch’s previous “Clock for Global Warming” idea, artist Xavier Cortada turns climate change concerns into art. And, his pieces are set in Antarctica. Cortada’s work is currently on show at the Kunsthaus Miami.
Shutdown Day
Could you live for a day without your computer? It’s about 10 hours to World Shutdown Day. They have a countdown clock on their website: www.shutdownday.org. My computer actually BROKE this past weekend, and I experienced “Involuntary Shutdown Weekend.” It was excruciating, but allowed me to get about four pages further in Swann’s Way.
The Site
There are other pics (including overheads, I think) on the site. The corn has long been harvested and now the project is all about finding green solutions for the land.
Not a Cornfield!
So, when I got to LA this time I rang up my friend, artist Lauren Bon and said “Let’s catch up! What are you up to?” Lauren sent me a link to Not a Cornfield. Lauren has embarked on a project that is part earth sculpture, part experiment and part urban healing. 32 acres of […]
Global Warming: Now in the Real Estate Section
The New York Times Real Estate Section discusses global warming … and flooding.
Are Wind Turbines Ugly?
From designobserver.com: What is beauty? Or, On the Aesthetics of Wind Farms. A philosopher’s essay on wind farms.
Armory Show & Sustainable Furniture
At the lounge of the Armory Show in New York this last weekend, Vivavi showcased some of their sustainable furniture designs in the lounge. They had these lounge chairs made of liana vines; the vines are often ecologically destructive and can “suppress tree growth.”
Inconvenient Truth
An Inconvenient Truth just won for best documentary! In Nosara, at John’s suggestion, I rented An Inconvenient Truth from the Frog Pad, and watched it on my laptop, in my room, before going to sleep. Those of you who’ve seen it can imagine what an intense experience that was. The next day, John had said, […]
Greendimes
So John’s earlier post about Greendimes led me their great blog. In one amusing entry, the Greendimes staff blogs about what they do when what they do when their boss is away. What do they do? They have a contest. They see which among them dreams up the best socially-conscious outfit they would wear to […]
Looks Beautiful…Just Don’t Surf!
I was out here in LA for meetings this Oscar week and got an offer to borrow a board. Then it rained, and I was shocked to learn that the pollution is so bad that you’re not supposed to surf for three days afterwards. I knew you weren’t supposed to surf the next day, but […]
Fever Charts
From the Sierra Club: several charts based on the National Climatic Data Center’s findings that 2006’s average U.S. temperature was the warmest on record! The map breaks their findings down by state, so you can see which states had the worst “fever” last year. Seriousness aside, notice that the big climate change loser last year […]
Presidents’ Day Part II
In honor of Presidents’ Day, Treehugger asks readers: Which US president has been the best conservationist? You can even vote in their online poll.
Rubber Tires in the Sea: Actually Not a Great Idea
Why did sea life fail to form in the artificial reefs created by used tires? The Associated Press asked some scientists about it: “No one can say with certainty why the idea does not work, but one problem is that unlike large ships that have been sunk for reefs, tires are too light. They can […]
A Clock for Global Warming
Lee Hirsch, the director of Amandla!, brought up an interesting idea over dinner at La Luna (Paul’s favorite restaurant in Nosara). “Remember the debt clock?†he asked. He was talking about that giant odometer-like LED display that hung out for years in New York City that kept a minute-to-minute tally on the increasing national debt. […]
Save these Trees! Drop a GreenDime
Green-based service companies are proliferating and some seem incredibly promising. GreenDimes is one of them. Guess how many trees have the honor of being chopped down every year for junk mail? Did you say 100 million? Then you’re right. Now you want to find out about how to get off those lists, now right? But, […]
Chickens and Environmental Design
The pioneering folks at North Carolina State University are partnering with ERSystems to test out the success of “cool roofing” (EDC Magazine) on chickens. The predicament of these fuzzy little guys, of course, is already somewhat sad.
