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How Biomass Briquettes Could Save the Endangered Mountain Gorilla

How Biomass Briquettes Could Save the Endangered Mountain Gorilla

The simple solution of biomass briquettes made in the Congo, and in places as far away as Boulder, Colorado, could be the saving grace for local people and mountain gorillas.

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‘Green Police’ Super Bowl Ad Touts Clean Diesel Audi A3 TDI

‘Green Police’ Super Bowl Ad Touts Clean Diesel Audi A3 TDI

After teasing the with two "Green Police" commercials in the days leading up to the Super Bowl, Audi ran a spot during the game featuring a montage of environmental infractions being busted by the "Green Police."

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Eat Real, Eat Local

Eat Real, Eat Local

This illustrative video was produced for the Canadian “Eat Real, Eat Local” campaign, targeted at getting Canadian’s to support local agriculture, but the message is universal:  Eatling locally grown food is healthier, more environmentally friendly and better for your local economy.

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Sunday Funnies: Bizarre Respect Nature Video

Sunday Funnies: Bizarre Respect Nature Video

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?

George: What’s Wrong with Self-Preservation?

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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Monsanto’s Food, Inc. “Facts”

Monsanto’s Food, Inc. “Facts”

Monsanto should patent their modification of the word “Fact” While I was working on my review of the movie Food, Inc. I happened upon Monsanto’s “Fact Site” about the movie and thought I’d address some of their “Facts.”  I highly recommend you watch the movie and judge for yourself, but until then here is Monsanto’s position [...]

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Sunday Funnies: An Inconvenient Poop

Sunday Funnies: An Inconvenient Poop

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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Michael Pollan on the Colbert Report

Michael Pollan on the Colbert Report

Michael Pollan was on the Colbert Report last night talking about his book In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto (a common sense look at what we eat). They also talk about the gigantic Cheeto canon, how Pollan got caught buying Fruity Pebbles in Berkley and Mrs. Pollan outs that he wasn't breast fed.

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Food, Inc: How Industrial Food is Making Us Sicker, Fatter & Poorer

Food, Inc: How Industrial Food is Making Us Sicker, Fatter & Poorer

"How much do we really know about the food we buy at our local supermarkets and serve to our families?" For most, the answer is very little. Of all the social and environmental issues we face today, "what we eat" is probably the most important and the most urgent. Food, Inc, a new documentary by Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing many of the shocking truths about what we eat, how it's produced and who is calling the shots.

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Croud Funded Ad to Combat the Oil Lobby

Croud Funded Ad to Combat the Oil Lobby

Avaaz.org has created this clever spoof of those Exxon Greenwashing commercials that have been running on TV for the last few months. The ad has the tone and look and feel of the Exxon campaign but the actor in the ad is urging people to stay complacent and allow them to derail any meaningful climate policy. Their goal is to raise $100,000 so they can air it on CNN during the Climate Summit in Washington this week. As I am writing this post they are up to $92,289, less than $8,000 to go!

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