9 days ago
Rod Begbie : Recycling is Bullshit; Make Nov. 15 Zero Waste Day, not America Recycles Day - Great piece on the wasteful middle-class-guilt-reduction that _is_ recycling. "Recycling is simply the transfer of producer responsibility for what they produce to the taxpayer who has to pick it up and take it away." [via] #
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14 month ago
Khoi Vinh : Catalog Choice - “A free service that lets you decline paper catalogs you no longer wish to receive.” Missing a few key catalogs, though (e.g., PC Mall) and light on disambiguation.
Eric Meyer : Catalog Choice - Eliminate unwanted catalog you receive in the mail - Now where's the equivalent for credit card offers?
Rod Begbie : Catalog Choice - Website to help you turn down all those unwanted catalogues you receive in the mail. #
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19 month ago
WillPate : Tories' green plan a fraud: Gore - it is a complete and total fraud. It is designed to mislead the Canadian people."
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33 month ago
WillPate : 30 Days of Sustainability - 30 days of "a combination of business, social, education and awareness programs" during March 2006 in Vancouver. Website by Raincity Studios.
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WillPate : One Day Vancouver - "One day is about taking small steps to make Vancouver the cleanest, greenest, healthiest city in the world"
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47 month ago
jkottke : You've gotta be getting sick of them, but here's another article by Jared Diamond on how civilizations collapse (or not)
plasticbag : New York Times editorial on how cultures avoid collapse by managing environmental pressures - I remember being stunned driving through America and seeing landscapes being ripped apart at an enomrous rate. The consensus at the time seemed to be just that there was "plenty more where that came from"...
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