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Changing Habits

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 Posted in Activism, Climate Change, Environment, Ideas, Society, Vegetarianism | No Comments »

I received an email from Sierra Club today with a link to a website called 50 Ways to Help the Planet. The crazy thing is, on the site, "they" give you 50 actual ways to help the planet. Unbelievable! This isn't the ...

Future Car

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 Posted in Design, Ideas, Transportation | No Comments »

The technology that makes this car go "weeeeeee!" is the future. Everyone and everything that stands in the way of it becoming mainstream is a domestic freakin' terrorist. Yes, I said it, domestic freakin' terrorist. While the combustion engine is responsible ...

Walk Score

Thursday, October 4th, 2007 Posted in Ideas, Technology, Transportation | 3 Comments »

I think I got this link from Sierra Club but I'm not sure, so thank you to the source, whomever you are. Why can't I think of stuff like this? From the site: What is Walk Score? We help homebuyers, renters, and ...

Greening the Homeless

Thursday, September 20th, 2007 Posted in Housing, Ideas, Society | 3 Comments »

In, "Rev. Larry Rice goes green in Dutchtown," the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Tim Townsend tells us of the Reverend's plans to open "a center that would assist the homeless by giving them skills in the burgeoning field of renewable energy." One ...

Junk Mail Begone!

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007 Posted in Environment, Ideas, Organizations | 4 Comments »

A friend of mine sent me an email regarding a site called GREENDIMES, which is the Internet face of a company focused on helping the environment by reducing junk mail. Essentially, they provide a service for a small fee that ...