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  • Here's an idea for a greener Mother's Day. Instead of actually buying her something that is eventually going into the trash, why not buy and experience? Art Museums? The zoo? Even a park, or a walk in the park? These are all experiences and time you could be spending with dear old mom.


    I know the Seattle Art Museum is even having a special where mom's get in for free on Mom's Day, as I'm sure there are lots of places that are giving extra perks for just being a mom that are at discounted prices and better yet involving things that don't create the trash afer.

    http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/calendar/eventDetail.asp?eventID=16587&SAMintranet=TRUE

     

     

    On Gobs of green ideas for Mother's Day posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago 4 Responses

  • Nail polish

    Have you seen Butter of London? They aren't exactly cheap, but if you're wanting to save your health and fingers, this place is great. http://www.butterlondon.com/On A five-fingered review of less-toxic nail polishes posted 1 year, 6 months ago 12 Responses

  • Seattle Science Lecture Series

    Did you know that Lomborg is speaking tonight 7:30pm, at Town Hall in Seattle as apart of the Seattle Science Lecture Series?

    How exactly did he get on a 'science' lecture circuit?

    This should be interesting...On A review of Lomborg and Shellenberger & Nordhaus posted 2 years, 2 months ago 3 Responses

  • You have to want it.

    The way I see it, the problem isn't going away until society, global and local, decide that it isn't about buying one thing to offset another, a quick fix to sweep it all under the carpet, or keeping up with the earth-friendly Joneses by buying Organic or a bio-diesel car. Corporations, businesses, governments, and individuals alike need to be held tangibly accountable. This isn't a problem that is going to just "go away" by good faith, nor is it a problem that is going to be held at bay by a few clever green washing tactics.

    People are going to have to make some serious changes, and I agree more and more that doing things on the micro level isn't going to make a true difference. Asking for global change through people who can make change...is the only way anything will really move in a new direction. People have to 'really' want it and convince their representatives to want it. Even with all the talk about environmental progress and change, it is still a trendy thought. Our long-term societal solution isn't concerned with polluting and saving polar bears...it is concerned with the all mighty dollar.

    Just look at China. There is a country that has developed rapidly economically, but didn't have the foresight to manage the waste that has come of such growth. Respiratory and heart diseases related to air pollution are now the leading cause of death in China. Acid rain falls on 30% of the country. So they know the consequences of what they are doing, but have they halted all harmful activity? Have we stopped driving our cars to work or buying cheap products that drive such an economy? No.

    China surpassed the United States as the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide, putting out 6,200 million tons, to America's 5,800 million. I did some research and from what I've come to understand we are going to have to cut that at least 25% by 2050, and 75% by 2100 (even though they've been steadily increasing by 2% every year). I'm horrible at math...but it doesn't take much to figure out that we are already in some serious trouble.

    Listen to what people say and do around you. That really speaks to the reality of the situation. You might find your observations, even in such a progressive place like Seattle to be a little disheartening.

    Today I listened to a conversation between two women talking about the necessity of two refrigerators in one house, their latest cheap fashion finds, and one woman's excitement over a recent SUV purchase. I might add I was listening to all this while I was standing in a cafe with my non-recyclable coffee cup and prepackaged breakfast cookie. We might do little things here and there...or be recycling Nazis, but we are all guilty of being apart of the problem because we are imbedded deep within a society who thrives off of dollar signs.

    The cultural idea of having "stuff and status" is still strong. We are all guilty of wanting things, of having things, of wasting things. Society isn't going to change unless the only option is to do just that.On Social scientists respond to Mike Tidwell posted 2 years, 2 months ago 39 Responses