Daily Archives: November 25, 2008

Photo courtesy of Planet Ware

30 of the top teachers in the US are making a trek from the Florida Everglades to the Galapagos Islands in order to engage a series of global conservation issues in the Toyota International Teacher Program. I’m traveling alongside the educators to report on the findings and experiences that unfold on the road to Galapagos.

Nearly all of the Galapagos’ current problems can be traced back to its booming touris

Photo by Susan Cullumber</a>

Image source: Sheila in Millstone on Flikr

You may be asking yourself, what is the Gort Cloud and why have you never heard of it. Well, that’s probably because it’s a new concept developed by author Richard Seireeni in the same titled The Gort Cloud: The Invisible Force Powering Today’s Most Visible Brands to explain the network of “green” businesses/media/design everything “that has the power to make or break green brands.”

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Scorned by city folk, mocked by jokes (check out the synonyms and scatological references at Wikipedia), there is still a proper place in the countryside for a well-designed outhouse. For a small cabin or prefab in the woods, especially with a dwelling occupied a few weeks each year by only a handful of people, it’s a cheap solution to a human problem as old as civilization.

The outhouse shown here is made entirely of recycled materials – nails included – except for the roofing. Way cheaper than a composting toilet. At night, a 12 Volt DC bulb provides inside lighting. And

Image source: Campus Consciousness Tour

The Campus Consciousness Tour, produced by REVERB, and created by Guster’s Adam Gardener (of Guster) and wife Lauren Sullivan just announced that O.A.R. will headline the Consciousness this year. The event aims to educate concert-goers about going green (while greening the concert itself) and also includes green a Consciousness Pavilion, where attendees can learn more about green. If you help work the Pavilion, you can see the show for free. But thats not all, Reverb is also giving out tickets and other cool gifts for everyone i

They took all the trees
Put em in a tree museum
And they charged the people
A dollar and a half just to see em
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got
Till its gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

-Joni Mitchell

Connecticut state capitol building photo: Jim Bowen

In a move which Connecticut governor Jodi Rell says will help position Connecticut as “the preferred location to grow clean tech jobs”, the state has launch the Connecticut Clean Tech Fund to invest $9 million in seed and early-stage companies working on technology to conserve energy and resources, protect the environment or eliminate harmful waste.

A partnership between Connecticut Innovations, the Department of Economic & Community Devel

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photo: NOAA

You may have read how a bit over a week ago a number of environmental groups were calling on the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (Iccat) to cut quota levels for bluefin tuna to protect that species from overfishing and collapse.

Groups’ Recommendations Ignored
Well, in a move which has been called a “mockery of science” Iccat has not cut quota levels. The total allowable catch (Tac) for next year being m

This ad is great for consumer awareness. But the medium seems a little

odd. Busting Panasonic’s chops on a giant Panasonic screen in Times Square could be either a beautifully pulled off dig, or an unfortunate coincidence.

Either way – the ad’s message is certainly huggable.