Archive for the 'Environment' Category

Your grandchildren will likely…

November 22nd, 2006 by timelady

…find it incredible - or even sinful - that you burned up a gallon of gasoline to fetch a pack of cigarettes!

How cool is this???  Treehugger: Al Gore Trains Climate Crisis Ambassadors

“The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF), working in partnership with Al, sent out an invitational email, asking Aussies with access to a laptop and a data projectors, would they like to deliver 10 global warming presentations to their local communities over the next year.”

If I had known, I would seriously have contemplated applying. Hope it happens again, I will be keeping an eye on it, and looking out for presentations locally.

Fantastic efort, kudos to ACF, winners, and ALL who applied!

We shall require…

November 13th, 2006 by timelady

…a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.

Treehugger is a fantastic environmental, practical blog that is now a must daily read for me.

I thought I would share it with an article that was particularly interesting. Introducing anarchy into a Dutch town’s traffic system produces - better manners, less dangerous accidents, and more pedestrian and bicycle use. All good!

Treehugger: Traffic Lights Replaced By…Courtesy?