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Low-Impact Board Games Deliver Big Time Fun!

by Beth Buczynski on February 26th, 2010

You might be surprised to learn that board games are becoming popular all over again.

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Sunday Funnies: The Elaborate Global Warming Hoax

by Matt Embrey on December 14th, 2009

Don't underestimate the downright diabolical patients and planning us treehuggers are capable of...

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Sunday Funnies: What If It’s All a Hoax?

by Matt Embrey on December 13th, 2009

Here's a funny little comic about a topic that is now laughing matter... So? What if it's a big hoax? What are the catastrophic consequences of taking action to curb carbon emissions that we are going to regret?

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Sunday Funnies: Commie Vegetables, Polar Relations & Styles by Stiles

by Matt Embrey on August 30th, 2009

Here’s a round-up of the funniest things in the blogitat this week… Treehumper takes a look at the White House’s new farmers market in “I’m not sayin Obama’s a Nazi, just that his Commie vegetables are going to kill your grandma.” Is it a creative way to cut the deficit or are CSAs (Communist Supported [...]

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Sunday Funnies: Kitty Kleenex

by Matt Embrey on August 23rd, 2009

This article from Treehumper explores Kimberly-Clark’s efforts to save trees by replacing their traditional paper based Kleenex tissues with kitten based tissues. While the move was considered a huge win by Greenpeace, now PETA is getting bent out of shape. Check out Treehumper for all the details on this hilarious environmental story and for gripping [...]

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The Root Bridges of Cherrapunji

by Matt Embrey on August 9th, 2009

If you venture deep into the rain forest of Cherrapunji you’ll find these amazing examples of natural architecture, root bridges. Cherrapunji is one of the worlds wettest places covered with rivers and streams. This is also the home of the Ficus Elastica tree, a species of Indian rubber tree that boasts a very strong root system. [...]

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Sunday Funnies: Bizarre Respect Nature Video

by Matt Embrey on July 26th, 2009

This video is the most bizarre way to say “respect nature” and “live and let live.” Personally I hate bugs, they creep me out. I realize this isn’t rational and I respect nature so I generally suck it up and live with them. When it comes to particularly offensive looking spiders and wasps (I hate those [...]

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George: What’s Wrong with Self-Preservation?

by Matt Embrey on July 12th, 2009

Sunday (not so) Funnies… Normally I find George Carlin hilarious and I have an affinity for poking fun at things that are important to me, but I was really disappointed when I watched his bit on “Saving the Planet,” (the video is at the end of the post). I understand it’s just a comedy routine, and [...]

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Make the Environment Better… Don’t Pee On the Floor!

by Matt Embrey on May 29th, 2009

My friend Greg sent me this photo he took of a cryptic public message posted above a urinal in a bathroom at the airport in Taipei. I was a little puzzled about how you can make the environment better by standing closer to a Taiwanese toilet. Greg theorized that standing closer means less spillage and less toxic cleaning products that need to be used to clean up after sloppy travelers. I can see that but it's a bit of a stretch. My guess is that they are using the word "environment" to mean the shared space around you. In other words the bathroom will be a nicer environment when you don't have to stand in urine.

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Sunday Funnies: An Inconvenient Poop

by Matt Embrey on May 24th, 2009

In other words, "Don't leave you sh!t for someone else to deal with! We are all contributing to climate change so we are the ones that need to do something about it."

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