Not So Funny: Gort and Klaatu’s International Climate Slam-Down by Marc Roberts and Marc Hudson, in the December 2009 New Internationalist. Happy Sunday.
Month: November 2009
Straws are for Suckers: Take the Plastic Pollution Coaliton’s SUPER Hero Pledge (It’s about Climate Change, too)
A few days ago, Timothy Geithner was in a Q & A session with the Joint Economic Committee on Capitol Hill. Everyone had a single-use plastic water bottle at their seat. Everyone. This scene normally would seem very, well, normal. But once you understand the perils of single-use plastic, once you’ve been exposed to the crazy reality of a product that lasts 500-1,000 years in the environment but which will be used for 5 minutes, you never see such scenes the same way again. The illusion begins to become transparent as you visualize the life cycle of most plastic. If…
Say Yes (Live as if Every Star Were Wishing on You)
It’s been a busy couple of months–too busy to post! But they’ll begin showing up again soon. This has been around for a while but the message has never seemed more important. Thanks to the friend and collaborator who forwarded it (you know who you are) for sharing much-needed inspiration.
N e x t N o w Collaboratory 