August 13, 2012

Small apartment, no problem. This Upper West Sider managed to cram an office, a living room, a bedroom, a kitchen, and a bathroom in his 400-square-foot studio. 

Fact of the Day - The average New Yorker consumes less than half of the electricity of someone who lives in San Francisco and nearly one-quarter the electricity consumed by someone who lives in Dallas. The city’s unique density, encouraged by much of it being surrounded by water, facilitates the highest rate of mass transit use in the United States.

- Wikipedia

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Filed under: New York City electricity United States living spaces interiors 
April 12, 2012

A year ago we blogged about a Kickstarter project called Compas Green, a year later “We are looking to get more trucks and teachers so that we can be more regional and reach a wider audience,” Justin says. “We’re applying for grants and sponsorship from ethical businesses so that we can offer our project for free in underprivileged schools.”

Why not ask Nick and Justin to drive to your town in their DIY mobile greenhouse and educate your community on sustainability and Biointensive mini-farming?

“We teach all ages, kindergarten through university level, and our community workshops have seen a few septuagenarians. We tend to focus on high schools and universities though, because we can go more deeply into full-spectrum sustainability with those students.”

You don’t even have to feel bad about them driving a big truck across the country because it is run on waste vegetable oil! To read more follow their website and head over to treehugger for the rest of their interview.


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Filed under: treehugger USA United States DIY mobile greenhouse sustainability sustainable agriculture locally grown Biointensive mini-farming Nick Runkle Justin Cutter Compass Green kickstarter project 
February 21, 2012
There is no secret of our love of mutts, especially well trained, good lookn’ ones. We just can’t get enough of this tumblr Maddie the Coonhound. Maddie is traveling around all 50 states over the next 365 days, and standing on things.

There is no secret of our love of mutts, especially well trained, good lookn’ ones. We just can’t get enough of this tumblr Maddie the Coonhound.

Maddie is traveling around all 50 states over the next 365 days, and standing on things.

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Filed under: mutts dogs Coonhound USA United States tumblr photography 
November 29, 2011
Patagonia’s add in the New York times on Black Friday (a US holiday created to encourage excessive consumer consumption) was hopefully the first of many in the sustainable tides of change. While the rest of the retail world was encouraging customers to take advantage of their sales and essentially encouraging unnecessary consumerism, Patagonia was sprouting a different message. “There is much to be done and plenty for us all to do. Don’t buy what you don’t need. Think twice before you buy anything. Take the Common Threads Initiatives pledge, and join us in the fifth ‘R,’ to re-imagine a world where we take only what nature can replace.” To read more please head over to the Patagonia website. Thanks to the 85/85 boys for this one. A couple of months back I posted one of Patagonia’s videos that they released to help bring awareness to their Common Threads initiative, you can watch it here.

Patagonia’s add in the New York times on Black Friday (a US holiday created to encourage excessive consumer consumption) was hopefully the first of many in the sustainable tides of change. While the rest of the retail world was encouraging customers to take advantage of their sales and essentially encouraging unnecessary consumerism, Patagonia was sprouting a different message.

“There is much to be done and plenty for us all to do. Don’t buy what you don’t need. Think twice before you buy anything. Take the Common Threads Initiatives pledge, and join us in the fifth ‘R,’ to re-imagine a world where we take only what nature can replace.” To read more please head over to the Patagonia website.

Thanks to the 85/85 boys for this one.

A couple of months back I posted one of Patagonia’s videos that they released to help bring awareness to their Common Threads initiative, you can watch it here.

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Filed under: Patagonia Common Threads Common Threads Initiative United States eightyfoureightyfive blog Black Friday consumption menswear womenswear fashion sustainability consumerism New York Times 
September 4, 2011

TRAILER: Waiting For Superman

For a nation that proudly declared it would leave no child behind, America continues to do so at alarming rates. Despite increased spending and politicians’ promises, our buckling public-education system, once the best in the world, routinely forsakes the education of millions of children.

Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education “statistics” have names: Anthony, Francisco, Bianca, Daisy, and Emily, whose stories make up the engrossing foundation of WAITING FOR SUPERMAN. As he follows a handful of promising kids through a system that inhibits, rather than encourages, academic growth, Guggenheim undertakes an exhaustive review of public education, surveying “drop-out factories” and “academic sinkholes,” methodically dissecting the system and its seemingly intractable problems. 

This documentary highlights a sad reality about the American education system and it makes me wonder how proficient our Canadian system is?

Want to take action? Go to http://www.waitingforsuperman.com/action/

(Source: waitingforsuperman.com)

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Filed under: TRAILER Waiting For Superman Davis Guggenheim documentary United States Education 
May 12, 2011

The Ampal Creative Spring/Summer 2011 Hats

Locally made in Los Angeles, The Ampal Creative is a hat label for “gentlemen of leisure, and the ladies that intrigue us.” Highlighting their new Spring/Summer 2011 collection are three very summery caps: an acid washed denim snapback; an Italian chambray/cone denim painter’s cap with floral lining and stash pocket; and an Aloha print 6-panel snapback, complete with rope detail and “Shaka Zulu” print lining. 

(Source: highsnobiety.com)

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Filed under: The Ampal Creative S/S2011 5 Panel Hats los angeles United States Locally manufactured Fashion 
May 4, 2011
'The largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history has swept across the United States.'

The Halliburton-developed drilling technology of “fracking” or hydraulic fracturing has unlocked a “Saudia Arabia of natural gas” just beneath us. But is fracking safe?

When filmmaker Josh Fox is asked to lease his land for drilling, he embarks on a cross-country odyssey uncovering a trail of secrets, lies and contamination.

A recently drilled nearby Pennsylvania town reports that residents are able to light their drinking water on fire. This is just one of the many absurd and astonishing revelations of a new country called GASLAND.

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Filed under: United States Josh Fox Halliburton-developed drilling technology Fracking 
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