Doing My Part For Earth Day
This 20-minute talk is informative and passionate about environmental issues and sustainability.
The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It’ll teach you something, it’ll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.
At the end of the short video she does explain intervene with our system in crisis by not bumping against limits. If you have having a difficult time conscience consuming then I suggest you take a look at Material World: A Global Family Portrait
This books takes a unique perspective on the amount of Materials we own compared to the “statistically average” families in other country’s. After the photographers spent one week living with each family, learning about their work, their attitudes toward their possessions, and their hopes for the future, they took picture outside the dwelling, surrounded by all their (many or few) material goods.
This book has amazing photographs and is definitely worth taking a look at.
This is all great stuff for Earth Day. Even Google can’t wait for Earth Day. Check out some of the cool features they added to Google Earth 4.3 for Earth Day!
- New Navigation
- More and Faster Rendering 3D Buildings
- Sun Control so you can view Sunrise and Sunset
- Street View
- Displays Imagery Acquisition Date so you know when the picture was taken
- 12 New Languages
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So what are you going to do for Earth Day? Let the world know!
Bernie - “I will convert light bulbs to energy efficients ones, and take cold showers after my runs.”
Club Run LA April 08
Nike’s Club Run LA is starting again. Turns out the first run was on April 1st for the Hermosa area.
They have different running paces and distances for all levels of runners. It starts at 6:30 but I have never seen them run at 6:30… usually takes about 20 mins for them to get the runners together.
Distance:
- 1 - Mile
- 3 - Mile
- 5 - Mile
Pace anywhere from 15 mins/mile (Good Walking Speed) to 7 mins/mile (However some break off and hit 6 mins/mile).
If you bring your ID you can try a pair of Nike shoes and get free socks! After the run Nike/Sangria provides free drinks and some food to eat, plus a raffle with some cool prizes.
