In an attempt to add some context to something that we all need, but have a hard time wrapping our collective heads around (yeah…air), some geniuses in Madrid have actually visualized all of the things that make up and invade our air. Check out more information and images at Brain Pickings…
In the air – Physical [...]
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Waterlife, a fascinating documentary by the National Film Board of Canada and director Kevin McManoh, explores the wide-ranging consequences of this concentrated environmental apocalypse. It tells the epic story of the water’s journey from Lake Superior to the Atlantic Ocean through the lives of some of the 35 million people who rely on it for [...]
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Stewart Brand uses his time at TED to challenge existing ideologies around weighty issues like the environment, mass poverty, geo-engineering and energy provision/consumption. While you may or may not agree with his views, they have the wonderful effect of getting people talking and discussing these critical concepts.
Once you have viewed the video, head over to the [...]
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I first saw this presented via TED. 6 billion others, a Yann Arthus-Bertrand video exhibition about thousands of men and women testimonies from all around the world. A GoodPlanet project. Find more on http://www.goodplanet.org
|I love organizations that leverage innovative and creative ideas to inform, engage and empower audiences. This is one of the better examples I have seen in awhile and it’s SO simple…
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Andy Hobsbawm presents an interesting an innovative green ad campaign at TED…
|The folks over at Core77 have just posted an interesting and innovative take on a replacement for the common clear plastic water bottle. With over 60 million water bottles being used annually in the US alone, of which over 80% end up as garbage (which is as much a behavioural problem as it is a packaging [...]
|One of the largest challenges facing the concept of electric cars has been the lack of a reliable and readily accessible power distribution network. No one would want to get into their car and head out on a trip without knowing there was available power within their 150 to 200 km range. Well, the Associated Press published this [...]
|NASA has been monitoring and analyzing the Earths ozone hole for over 20 years. Using the data they have accumulated over the years and animation, NASA has released a short video that presents how the ozone hole has grown, shrunk and grown again over the last 20 years. The most interesting thing to me about this [...]
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