By Joe R on October 30th, 2009
It’s the fall season. And with the season comes the inevitable changing of the colors of the leaves. Long drives with the top down is the preferable way to go. Mile after mile of driving along in your fuel efficient/bio-fuel car which makes nary a sound just enhances the beauty of the experience. And once you and your loved ones arrive back home and after smelling that fresh air all day, everyone is relaxed…until you spy the front yard, and the back yard, and don’t forget the two side yards. “I just cleaned them yesterday!” says the frustrated home owner. And, while the kids quietly disappear you open the garage door and see them. Yes, a rake still warm from yesterday’s uses, and the dog, a spry creature just waiting to rustle around the leaves as you try to tame the yard back into order.
Read more…
Permalink |
Keywords: cancer causing, changing of the seasons, dogs and cats, eco-friendly, EPA, fleas and ticks, healthy living, nature, non-toxic
By Katrina on October 27th, 2009
Photographer Chris Jordan and his wife, a poet, Victoria Sloan Jordan took a trip to Midway Island with a group of artists to document and see for themselves firsthand how the garbage patch in the Pacific Ocean is harming the albatrosses there, who heartbreakingly mistake plastic for food and in turn feed their young chicks with it. Read more…
Permalink |
Keywords: albatross, Chris Jordan, Gargage Patch, plastic
By Loyd on October 23rd, 2009
Above: A typical village in Malawi.
What were you doing when you were 14 years old? Hanging out with friends at the mall? Talking on the phone with your friends and watching MTV? If you were William Kamkwamba you were building a windmill to generate electricity based off of a ripped picture in a book.
William was born in the Republic of Malawi, a small, landlocked country in southeast Africa squished in between Tanzania, Mozambique and Zambia. Unfortunately for William it’s also one of the least developed and most densely populated countries in the world.
Read more…
Permalink |
Keywords: electricty, energy, green, inspirational, windmill
