Posts Tagged ‘Environment’
Biking and the City
By Lindsey Ganson Lindsey Ganson Facebook I am a consumer and I would like to know more about transportation alternatives. I am interested in trying to start biking but I haven’t. I don’t really understand the investments my city seems to making in bicycling. They keep building lanes where nobody seems to be using them.…
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It’s time to rethink energy in the buildings Anders Nyquist A completely off the grid home in Sundsvall, Northern Sweden, created by by Anders Nyquist, Eco Cycle Architect. The video shows the materials used and why. It even has grass growing on the roof — not only beautiful but part of the insulation and cooling…
Read Full PostVan Jones on Environmental Justice and why this matters to each of us
TEDxGreatPacificGarbagePatch – Van Jones – Environmental Justice A great environmental justice talk about the price poor people pay for us to have so much disposable plastic. But we have CHOICE: we can choose not to use disposable plastics, we can choose healthy products. As an example, if we follow that little water bottle along its…
Read Full PostWatch what a 7-year old child says…
TEDxGreatPacificGarbagePatch – Charlotte Weir – Lets Work for Solutions This 7-year old girl makes us really think about how we use plastic, a great watch and food for thought.
Read Full PostA whale, plastic and an incredible story
Notice the plastic of the fishnet shining in the sun, as they cut it more and more away from the dying whale that was completely trapped and couldn’t move anymore… Humpback Whale Shows AMAZING Appreciation After Being Freed From Nets Read more about how our plastic waste in the ocean is affecting marine life at…
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