Archive for April, 2007
Thursday, April 26th, 2007
Unplug It!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wypfQ1TZg5A
Unplug it, and keep everyone happy.
Hat Tip: Linton
No Comments » - Posted in Comedy Break by Craig Mackintosh
Thursday, April 26th, 2007
Downshifting: Putting Down the Gun
April 21-27 has been declared the U.S. National Downshifting Week, where we’re encouraged to take some time to slow down and re-evaluate our lives and our priorities. Accordingly, I’d like to follow on from yesterday’s post on recycling, which breaks a little bad news to the unwary about the realities of recycling (i.e. solving our […]
No Comments » - Posted in Consumerism, Green Philosophy by Craig Mackintosh
Thursday, April 26th, 2007
Low-Carbon Diet: Apple Muffins
It’s Thursday again, so time for another healthy menu addition - healthy for the planet, and the people in it!
We haven’t had anyone respond to the recipes yet, but considering our web-stats I must conclude someone out there is trying them! Feel free to let us know how you get on, and the low-carbon cooks amongst […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Low-Carbon Recipes by Craig Mackintosh
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
Recycling with KAB Man
Enjoy the KAB Man series from KABman.org, but stay tuned for the more serious side of recycling afterwards…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLe9N2h6I2g
Episode I - Hiring a Superhero
6 Comments » - Posted in Comedy Break, Recycling by Craig Mackintosh
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
Cell Phone Buzz is Media Hype
Busy Bee courtesy of Natalie Dee
The Colony Collapse Disorder issue surrounding billions of bee deaths in the U.S. and around the world has reached epic proportions in the blogosphere. The most recent element of the unfolding drama has centred around a ‘report’ from Germany on the effects of cell phones on bee navigation.
4 Comments » - Posted in Environment & Wildlife, Media by Craig Mackintosh
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
Musical Interlude: It’s a Disgrace
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5TS6A9XSRM
“It’s A Disgrace” by Cypher:Dissident v2
I assume they’re LED lights they’re using?
No Comments » - Posted in Musical Interlude by Craig Mackintosh
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
Abrupt Climate Change - More Common than Thought
Sahel Drought - worst of the 20th Century
One of the worst environmental disasters of the last century was the Sahel Drought. A million people were directly killed by the drought that lasted a dozen years, from the late 1960s through to the early 1980s, and 50 million more were adversely affected in several countries in […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Global Warming Science, Weather by Craig Mackintosh
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
Big Apple is Energy Hog
A report has listed New York city as using almost 1% of the U.S. of A.’s energy consumption, which puts the Big Apple on a par with entire countries like Ireland and Portugal. But, despite these astronomical figures, New Yorker’s still undercut other U.S. citizens.
The study, released Tuesday, was ordered by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to […]
5 Comments » - Posted in General by Craig Mackintosh
Monday, April 23rd, 2007
The New Bad Guy - You!
We’ve had The Day After Tomorrow, The Inconvenient Truth, and, more recently, Happy Feet, the hard-to-understand-why-it-was-controversial so-called “Inconvenient Truth for kids” movie - and Hollywood is only just getting warmed up! Environmentalism is taking over from the recent rash of politically oriented productions as the new cash cow.
No Comments » - Posted in Media by Craig Mackintosh
Monday, April 23rd, 2007
Berkeley UC’s TGIF Passes!
Berkeley’s ‘The Green Initiative Fund’ was successfully voted in. Well done students!
Don’t know what I’m talking about? Click here.
This adds California’s UC Berkeley to a growing list of U.S. Universities whose students are pitching in to help develop low-carbon solutions to their own energy requirements.
2 Comments » - Posted in Education by Craig Mackintosh
Monday, April 23rd, 2007
U.S. Generals Urge Climate Change Offensive
The politics of global warming.
It’s hard to negotiate with
a desperate man
Why are wars fought?
Historically, some have been fought over religious beliefs, a few over misunderstandings or pride, and, if we are to believe the tales that come out of Hollywood, some are even fought for love. But, by far the majority are fought for one […]
No Comments » - Posted in Politics, War by Craig Mackintosh
Sunday, April 22nd, 2007
Gore for President?
Could there be another
acceptance speech in view?
Given its hot sensationalist content, I’d be keen to see this in a few more newspapers before I’d subscribe to believing it, but, for what it’s worth, the Telegraph reports that some of Gore’s previous campaign staff are reteaming to prepare for a run at the Presidency - just ‘in […]
No Comments » - Posted in Politics by Craig Mackintosh
Saturday, April 21st, 2007
An Interview with Jules Dervaes
This Earth Day we are pleased to talk to a very interesting man - a man on a very interesting mission; on what he describes as “the path to freedom”, where he escapes being part of the problem, to become part of the solution. Before we get started, watch the following ABC clip to get […]
No Comments » - Posted in Agriculture & Food, Green Philosophy by Craig Mackintosh
Friday, April 20th, 2007
The Health Dangers of Genetically Modified Foods
Hopefully by now some of you will have made a little headway into the comprehensive report that clearly and soberly shows how GMOs have failed to deliver. Today, we’ll tackle another side to the GMO debate, and look at the health implications.
Jeffrey Smith, the speaker in the following six video clips, is the author of […]
