Archive for the 'Commentary' Category
Plastic? Hah! We don’t need your stinking plastic
1 Comment Published by Seamus Ford August 6th, 2008 in Plastic Reduction, Shopping, Commentary.The next time you make a purchase and the clerk blindly puts your 2 item purchase in a bag…….REFUSE. More over educate them. Tell them that you do not want to take a bag that is going get caught in a breeze and wind up decorating an inner city tree this […]
When you put something in the trash, what are you really throwing away?
0 Comments Published by Seamus Ford July 23rd, 2008 in Wilderness, Trees, Activism, Water Ecology, Commentary.It is often said that forests are renewable resources. While this is technically true, it is not unconditional.
The massive efficiencies that we have been able to create in developing our modern society are truly amazing. But meeting the demands of an ever increasing population is putting a burden on the natural […]
Coming to grips with the end of suburbia
0 Comments Published by Seamus Ford July 7th, 2008 in Peak Oil, Social Responsibility, Commentary, Education.As we enter the age of post peak oil, we have to begin to prepare ourselves for inevitable changes to our lifestyle. This video is a 52 minute version of the documentary “The End of Suburbia”. This is a sobering must watch video. What it predicted at the time it […]
Preparing for a Post Peak Life
0 Comments Published by Andre Angelantoni June 23rd, 2008 in Peak Oil, Lifestyle, Social Responsibility, Commentary, Transportation.This following is a guest post by André Angelantoni, President of PostPeakLiving.com. André is also Cofounder of Post Carbon Marin and writes and speaks on peak oil and how to prepare to live in a world of scarce and expensive oil.
It looks like we’ve collectively made a huge mistake: we are fast approaching the point […]
