Aug 25
I am B
Artists do amazing things with garbage; we have shown
whole exhibitions of it.
I am B ink and media blog gave artist Faith Pearson their empty ink cartridges (do people at media blogs still print?)...
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Aug 21
Credit: Hemera
One year ago we covered the commencement of the
Great American Apparel Diet; participants have staved off clothing consumption for -- gulp -- 365 days. In a little over 10 days the anti-shopping experiment ends. To help dieters avoid a disposable fashion shopping binge, Sally Bjornsen, creator and founder of the Great American Apparel Diet, has curated
"Conscious Shopping", a new section to her blog, updated thrice weekly, which features eco-friendly app...
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Aug 19
photo: Agustín Ruiz via flickr
Following up on my recent post on
more eco-friendly was of measuring progress than GDP, I came across a recent post by renowned ecological economist Herman Daly over at the
Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy's blog. Daly talks about framing the classic economic concept of opportunity cost in a modern environmental context. This...
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Aug 10
photo: Umair Mohsin via flickr
If Russia's current heatwave being the worst in 1000 years and doubling the daily death rate in Moscow wasn't enough, check out this sweaty stat: According to
Wunder Blog (via
Mongabay), already this summer 17 nations have set or matched their all-time heat records. Not to mention an all-time hottest temperature for Pakistan, and possibly all of Asia....
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