Oct 31 2007
We laughed, we cried, but more important, we picked the recycling-loving winners of Etsy”s Handmade Halloween Costume Contest. And the winners of the Green category are …drumroll, please: First place: The Death of a Mermaid User barnabelle wins a $150 Etsy shopping spree and a $100 donation, in her name, to Conservation International. Second place: The Barney Huntress Use…
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Oct 31 2007
This is interesting and relevant to some of the stuff I was talking about here.
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Oct 31 2007
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.1800840.0.council_approves_unpopular_plans_over_gaybashing_fears.php
The Argus asks “Should planning rules be ripped up because of the wishes of a minority?”
Once again another argus story that doesn’t quite ring true. they claim attacks are up on members of the gay community since the smoking ban came in on 2st July. attacks up? really, the stats at the end of the story say there is an increase as follows
to 31st march 2006:135
to 31st march 2007:184
How does that data prove that attacks increased since the smoking ban on July 1st 2007?
Perhaps they have assumed the attacks have just continued rising with no evidence. I think the argus is whipping up anti-gay sentiment with this question they have posed and should be ashamed of themselves
Don’t hide away, you don’t when pride is on.
I wonder if its not more to do with the fact that maybe some people who are at a gay club don’t want to be seen there and obviously if they popped out the front for a cigarette they’d be seen. Probably by an Argus photographer!
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Oct 31 2007
I’ve been in Hawa’ii for a few days, entirely away from the “news” or other kinds of “information” other than the price of sushi and low tide warnings (okay, that makes it seem idyllic- in fact, I was at a college debate tournament, which is generally something I’d like to go to about as much as I’d like to have my head waxed or eyeballs sanded. This one was perfectly fine, though, and entirely civilized.).
While there, I was able to go snorkeling at Hanauma Bay, on Oahu. It’s on
e of the
In other words, it’s no North Pacific subtropical gyre. Which is, if you’re interested (and if you’re not, frankly, there’s something wrong with you), a giant pile of trash twice the size of Texas. As Stephen Colbert pointed out last night, consider that Texas is itself a giant pile of trash the size of Texas. So this is insanely large.
I’ve long been fascinated with trash - where does it go? What’s in it? It’s my inner anthropologist, perhaps - not that I go out & look through other people’s trash or anything (although this episode of Radio Lab made me want to), but books such as Garbage Land and Rubbish! or Waste and Want will, trust me, really make you think about what you’re throwing out and where it goes.
It’s just that, who knew? The path to immortality, as it turns out, is paved with plastic- as basically every piece of plastic that’s ever been made still exists. Not only that, but it’s breaking up into tiny pieces called nurdles that dissipate and get into everything- like the fish we eat, for example, giving off their toxic chemicals in every possible way.
A bit of hydrocarbon-themed cheer for you. Who says I don’t have the Halloween spirit?
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Oct 31 2007
Oct 31 2007
Foot step, foot step, foot step, . . . all I can hear is the sound of my foot steps. The soles of my shoes, hitting the pavement. Feet, shoes, cement. And the earth, underneath. Two levels removed. Foot step, foot step, foot step, . . .
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Yet another fabulously informative eco site to keep an eye on; this one is UK-based.
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A SmartPlanet is bornFinally, I can share what I’ve been working away on for the last two months - ladies and gentlemen, meet SmartPlanet. It’s a green and ethical consumer blog put together by me, our excellent staff writer Rikke Bruntse-Dahl and a whole bunch of other people at CNET Networks who I owe thank yous to. Here are a few of my favourite articles: interviews with Lush and Neal’s Yard on ethical beauty, a video on Londoners’ carbon footprints and a first-hand report from that O2 Sustainability Show last weekend. This is our first toe in the water. Expect even more exciting things very soon…
Oct 31 2007
I bought this jacket several years ago. It was made from plastic “coke” bottles by a company called N-VIRON-mental. When I googled N-VIRON-mental, no link appeared, and I’m assuming that they are out of business. When I googled “clothes made from plastic bottles,” many options appeared. I bought the jacket because of the orange T for the University of Tennessee, my alma mater. Most sportswear for UT is orange and tacky, but this jacket was tasteful. It’s also warm and has lasted well. Since plastic takes about 450 years to break down, I should have it for a while.
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Oct 31 2007
The Bible makes it clear that God is involved in our world and that political powers get their power from God - both believing political leaders and unbelieving. This was the lesson Nebuchadnezzar had to learn in the book of Daniel.
So what does that judgement look like today?
Fred Phelps claims that God is judging America due to our tolerance of homosexuality, and that this is manifest in the deaths of our soldiers at war. Pat Robertson links terrorism and Hurricane Katrina to abortion. Muslims claim that God is judging America. Some Muslims feel they are called to be that judgement ala 9-11.
There is an awful lot of judgement going around. Tornados are judgement. Hurricanes. Volcanoes. Just about any natural disaster. And then there are wars. Diseases. Sometimes I’m afraid to go outside. It is the proverbial lightening bolt from the sky.
God certainly can use any method He wants to accomplish His will. But I wonder if judgement might look at little different?
I wonder how our pride and arrogance, sins that sow seeds of resentment, play into our global politics? I wonder how sins of stewardship with both money and the natural world play out over time? I wonder how the sin of self-righteousness inhibits the sharing of the gospel? I wonder.
Don’t get me wrong. I’m not here to cast judgement, or maybe I am. I just think sometimes Christians should first look inwardly for the effects of sin and its consequences before stepping up to the microphone and blaming tragedies on someone else’s sin.
What do you think?
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Oct 31 2007
From: Lifehacker
Mac OS X Only: If you run any kind of server on your Mac with Leopard, you’ll dig its revamped Sharing and Network System Preferences panels, which offer new features in a reorganized interface. One huge drawback in Tiger is that unless you install extra software, you can turn on Windows Sharing for your home folder only. No more. Using Leopard, share any folder on your Mac via FTP, Samba, or AFP (Apple Filing Protocol), from a single, easy interface. Take a closer look after the jump.
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