Let’s TRASH it !
Speaking of trash.
We keep making it.
We box it, we stack it.
We keep spreading it liberally around the world.
We keep taking the planet for granted. !!!
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Check out the Great Pacific Garbage Patch at Wikipedia. Note the visualization of ocean flows using ocean buoys (off to the right).
(Title: Garbage Patch Visualization Experiment.webm Author: NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio Date:
Despite comprising just 4.3% of the global population, the U.S. accounts for a staggering 32% of worldwide personal consumption. This statistic highlights the significant economic weight of American consumers, who drive demand both at home and abroad. However, it also underscores a profound social responsibility: as a dominant force in global consumption, U.S. consumers have…
The Spandex War. Lululemon Athletica has filed a high-profile intellectual property lawsuit against Costco Wholesale Corporation, claiming that the retail giant’s Kirkland Signature line and other in-store apparel offerings include “knockoffs” or “dupes” of Lululemon’s signature designs. This case pits a premium athletic wear innovator against a cost-conscious retailer—and could shape the future of fashion-focused…
Check out the Corporate Responsibility Report by Walmart for 2012. http://www.walmartstores.com/sites/responsibility-report/2012/pdf/wmt_2012_grr.pdf This is very impressive. It not only includes such things as Energy and Carbon Footprint from all of Walmart’s stores, it also addresses the impact of the products and foods from suppliers and how sustainable they are. Walmart’s goals of renewable energy are pretty impressive,…
This is really cool. Make a concrete Tent, a BIG tent over a few hours time. Concrete Tent: http://www.concretecanvas.co.uk/index.html It uses a concrete canvas technology. Simply put it in position — in this case inflate the tent. And then moisten the canvas. Let it dry and you have a hardened shelter. Put sand around it, and…
Romm discusses the changes in solar, wind, EE, and batteries that keep beating expectations. Note the charts on estimates that have been consistently low. http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/05/12/3776728/climate-change-solutions/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cptop3&utm_term=1&utm_content=22
Here are Scenarios and sources of the injustice in the Criminal Justice system in the USA. The US has the most people incarcerated of any country in the world… Even though we only have 4.3% of the world’s population, we have more inmates — 2.2 million — than China (1.5m) and India (0.3m), combined (36.4%…
