Archive for the ‘Environment’ Category

We are screwed beyond belief

Image credit: NASA and the MODIS Rapid Response Team
There are no words.

Some Earth Day hand-wringing

Warning: Contains lamenting and finger-pointing
Having experienced the first Earth Day celebration as a school child in 1970, learning about new disturbing concepts like “pollution” and “endangered species,” doing projects and oral reports and listening to grownups talk about protecting our planet, it’s kind of cool to think that the commemorative date has actually survived these [...]

Green leaves | Free Vector Graphics

Free art is one of those commodities people have come to expect from the web. When that art comes with an actual license to use it pretty much as you please, then it’s guilt-free pleasure.
QVectors provides a nice assortment of tiny treasures. Download this leaf set from here
Green vector leaves | QVectors Free Vector Graphics.

Riding Along with Bikes Not Bombs

A local group with whom we share a lot of values, Bikes Not Bombs deserves all the recognition it can get. Here in Boston, they recycle bicycles, train youth, and help build a peaceful community. Besides all that, they’re friends of ours!
YouTube – Ride Along with Bikes Not Bombs.

Environmental impact of print vs electronic media

It seems easy to find fault with printing for its environmental impact. Millions of trees dead. Gone to the mill to serve our gigantic needs for paper products. Dead trees are a sort of poster-child for environmental destruction. Electronic media is in, dead trees are out, we are told.
While we won’t greenwash the effect of [...]