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The other day when we had some carpet replaced (with Green Label certified of course) in one of our home-offices the carpet installers generously offered to take the old carpet away for only $60. When we asked where they would take the used carpet they unfortunately mentioned something about a dump (or was that landfill?) [...]
[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/EHFKE6PD_6U" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] I apologise profusely for having brought that advert to an international audience, but I had to. It’s cathartic to share. I shudder at the voice-over to such an extent that I need to lie down in a darkened room afterwards and gnaw at my knuckles. Hideous snobbery. What were [...]
All together now, “How green were they?” Despite this year’s shortened Hollywood award season and last minute preparations, organizers managed to up the green cred for entertainment’s premier event, the Oscars®. During the telecast, host Jon Stewart mentioned that the Oscars® had gone green, but didn’t go into any details…I was left wondering, “How green?” [...]
In an excellent post, Andrew Revkin of the New York Times dot Earth blog poses the question – “Where would carbon dioxide emissions be if everyone on Earth was using fossil fuels at the same pace, per capita, as the United States is now?” Using some simple math, Revkin presents some not so surprising facts: [...]
