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The “Nudge Theory” to becoming greener.
As part of its series “The Road to Rio”, CNN just published this great article written by George Webster on social research done in Denmark on how subliminal suggestions can be used to…
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The great carbon bubble: Why the fossil fuel industry fights so hard
This article was just published by the Post Carbon Institute Energy Bulletin. It was written by Bill McKibben who is the founder of the global climate campaign 350.org. In my opinion, Bill McKibben…
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Why most of the Milk sold at the supermarket is unfit to drink?
I decided to post this story with very little editing because of the blatant abuse of public trust that it is shedding light on. In this 10 minutes video: Monsanto & Cancer Milk,…
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One Plastic Beach
This is article is directly connected to the “Why I get pissed off” article. Jason Sandman posted this video on Facebook and I decided to repost it here. What captured my attention…
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Why I get pissed off.
A while back I started picking up aluminum cans and pieces of recyclable plastic I encounter on my daily runs and while I bike across the city from point A to point…
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Kids vs Global Warming
I have been telling my sons that we are seeing now and that I will live to see the beginning of the impact of Global Warming . Whereas, they will have to have to…
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The End Of Capitalism? – David Harvey Speaks at Penn
Three years after the near collapse of global financial markets, America is still struggling with unemployment, debt, and foreclosure, European governments are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy—and the world’s billionaires are getting…
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Local, Organic: the Dark and the Light
“To be a centrist when it comes to food is, unfortunately, to be a radical,” writes James McWilliams in his recent book Just Food: Where Locavores Get it Wrong and How We Can…
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First main stream media article on the impact of Global Warming on day to day life!!
Something amazing happened. One of the reasons why I decided to build this website is because there is not discourse on Global Warming or its impact on daily life in the American main…
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The easiest way to help people change behavior
… Is to make it FUN For a while now I have written about my struggles with what is it that I can do to move people to dispose of their trash properly…
The “Nudge Theory” to becoming greener.
As part of its series “The Road to Rio”, CNN just published this great article written by George Webster on social research done in Denmark on how subliminal suggestions can be used to…
The great carbon bubble: Why the fossil fuel industry fights so hard
This article was just published by the Post Carbon Institute Energy Bulletin. It was written by Bill McKibben who is the founder of the global climate campaign 350.org. In my opinion, Bill McKibben…
Economic & Sustainability Development Directions in the Philadelphia area.
JOE PETRUCCI from Flying Kite Media wrote this great status report on the direction of the Philadelphia Economy. Since there is no Sustainability without stable economic activity I decided to republish the article…
Future use of plastic: food for a newly discovered Amazonian fungus
A group of students, part of an annual Rainforest Expedition and Laboratory with molecular biochemistry professor Scott Strobel from Yale University, ventured to the jungles of Ecuador. The mission was to allow “students to experience…
Why 8 gigatonnes of CO2 released in the atmosphere is a very large number:
Dr. Pierrehumbert is the Louis Block Professor in Geophysical Sciences at the University of Chicago. He was a lead author of the IPCC Third Assessment Report, and a co-author of the National Research Council study…
Why most of the Milk sold at the supermarket is unfit to drink?
I decided to post this story with very little editing because of the blatant abuse of public trust that it is shedding light on. In this 10 minutes video: Monsanto & Cancer Milk,…
One Plastic Beach
This is article is directly connected to the “Why I get pissed off” article. Jason Sandman posted this video on Facebook and I decided to repost it here. What captured my attention…
Why I get pissed off.
A while back I started picking up aluminum cans and pieces of recyclable plastic I encounter on my daily runs and while I bike across the city from point A to point…
Kids vs Global Warming
I have been telling my sons that we are seeing now and that I will live to see the beginning of the impact of Global Warming . Whereas, they will have to have to…
For the first time since 1949, the US is a net exporter of diesel fuel.
USAToday just published an article describing the mini oil boom that is taking place in North Dakota from shale oil deposits (also called “thight oil”). What makes this article interesting is that it…
February 18, 2012
Pelle G. Hansen — I'm not sure our footprints are 100% subliminal:) But we invite you to read even more on green nudges and...
January 4, 2012
Judah Press — All Green store on 20th and Chestnut.
November 1, 2011
Bob Adams — Great idea, but people should still dispose of the bagged poop. Poop puts a lot of nutrient in our waterways,...
September 21, 2011
beekeeping — Beekeeping is an incredibly rewarding hobby in so many ways. And because our honey bees are under threat from Colony...
September 19, 2011
PhillyEcoCity — Thank you. Totally agree.