Monday Jan 08, 2007
Happy Monday!
Check out the special Forbes issue on Building a Healthier Climate.
Sun Microsystems is prominently featured. Click on picture below.
Sunday Dec 31, 2006
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
One of my holiday gifts is a book I received from my brother-in-law, Ominivore's Dilemma.
Already on page 200, it is proving to be an eye-opening, if not somewhat disturbing, account of food. What I didn't know is that it also has a great deal to do with being eco-conscious when we choose what foods to buy at the grocery store.
Here is an interesting Did You Know that is relevant to this eco blog.
"...if the sixteen million acres now being used to grow corn to feed cows in the United States became well-managed pasture, that would remove fourteen billion pounds of carbon from the atmosphere each year, the equivalent of taking four million cars off the road. We seldom focus on farming's role in global warming, but as much as a third of all the greenhouse gases that human activity has added to the atmosphere can be attributed to the saw and the plow."
Tuesday Dec 12, 2006
OK, I'll admit it: it's still not easy to find eco gifts online, and furthermore there is not a one-stop shop for everything eco. It's really unbelievable.
You have to have incredible amount of patience, and a lot of creativity and positive energy. I have been looking for a post-consumer/eco-friendly/reclaimed-materials padfolio as a gift suggestion for myself for a while now and have had no luck whatsoever. I was even searching for 'recycled alumininum padfolio' to try to get more specific. A padfolio are notepads for professionals that sometimes have a leather holder sometimes with a zip around. I wanted something a little funky, and to show my eco consciousness in meetings.
So far I've found the best way to find these things is to go through alternative channels: to local art shops or craft fairs like Crafty Wonderland, which had a line out the door to get in yesterday. These artisans are just that, crafty, and many of them are very eco conscious.
I bring this up because it's time to shop for family members and I'm having a hard time following my own rule. I will not give up and will report back.
I did purchase several wallets and purses from Mugwump at the fair made from reclaimed materials such as old contact paper, vinyl, and other scraps. I didn't get the one below (made from old maps) but probably should have. I got one that has a vinyl woodgrain.
So for the eco shopper, there are challenges ahead, at least going through mainstream channels.
Monday Dec 11, 2006
At
an event hosted by the League of Conservation Voters, Mayor Michael R.
Bloomberg will deliver a major speech outlining sustainability
challenges and goals for the City of New York through the year 2030.
This will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by NBC News
Special Correspondent Tom Brokaw.
- When
- Tuesday, December 12th, 2006, 11:00 am
- Where
- The Queens Museum of Art in Flushing Meadows, Corona Park, Queens
The
speech is the next step forward for the Long-Term Sustainability
initiative that Mayor Bloomberg announced during a visit with Governor
Arnold Schwarzenegger in California on September 21.
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