Last year, Americans threw away 38 billion plastic water bottles, about $1 billion worth of plastic1. That’s a huge waste, especially considering 1.5 million barrels of oil – enough to fuel 100,000 cars for a year – were used to produce the bottles2. And that’s not even including the oil used for transportation.
You can make a difference by choosing to reduce your contribution to bottle water waste. Brita and Nalgene have partnered to create the FilterForGood pledge, a commitment to reduce your personal waste by giving up bottled water, even if it’s just a few days each week.
Read more at FilterforGood.com
* Change of pace just to scare/amaze you*
An international team of 31 researchers found this and other strange animals while exploring the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, an underwater mountain range that runs from Iceland to the Azores islands west of Portugal… Read more at Weird Deep-Sea Creatures Found in Atlantic.
His googly eyes are my favorite:
AFP – Global warming is set to cut China’s annual grain harvest by up to 10 percent by 2030, placing extra burden on its shrinking farmland, state press reported Thursday.
Global warming to decimate China’s harvests (AFP)
Seriously? Who put this man in charge?
The Bush administration is set to issue a regulation that would enshrine a coal mining that involves blasting off the tops of mountains and dumping the debris in valleys.
Rule to Expand Mountaintop Coal Mining
Way to kill us all President Shmuckface!
Uh oh, it looks like the Bush administration has some ‘splainin to do. The U.S. government has violated federal law by failing to produce a study on the impact on global warming, now nearly two years overdue, a federal judge ruled. Judge Saundra B. Armstrong of Federal District Court in Oakland Calif., said the administration has “unlawfully withheld action” required under the Global Change Research Act of 1990 to update a research plan and scientific assessment of climate change and its effects on the environment, including land, water, air, plant and animal life, and human health….
President Bush Ordered to Release Overdue Global-Warming Plan
Last week, New York State became the second state after California to enact legislation requiring that car manufacturers include “climate index” stickers warning customers of the projected greenhouse gas emissions of the vehicle. The law becomes active with model year 2010 vehicles, and covers only cars and light trucks under 8,500 pounds (which apparently excludes Hummers)….
New York to Require Climate Change Bumper Stickers
There are green salons, green clothing lines, even green party-planning companies. So why not a green pet store? You’d think that Crazy For Animals, New York City’s first eco-friendly pet shop, would be opening in the West Village or the Meatpacking District, but instead, it’s located in mall in Glendale, Queens. The store, which is already up and running in The Shops at Atlas Park, will be undergoing its transition into earth-friendliness when it moves into a larger space this fall. Crazy For Animals’ new home will be fitted with bamboo floors and energy-efficient lighting and will stock holistic pet food and spa products. You know, only the necessities.
? Crazy For Animals [Official Site]
Rejoice: Our City Is Gaining A “Green” Pet Store
Daedalic Entertainment, the German publisher of adventure games like Ankh, is developing a new adventure game for the PC, Wii, and DS with a preachy twist. A New Beginning is being billed as an “eco-thriller” in which the player, as five teenagers with elemental rings a scientist and a time traveler, is responsible for stopping an “impending global climate cataclysm.”
Remarkably, A New Beginning uses hand-drawn 2D art and animation. We’ll hopefully find out how it looks when Daedalic debuts the game at the Games Convention in Leipzig.
[Via Game|Life]
A New Beginning for environmental adventure games
