Things Are Good

Here’s a neat TED Talk that examines how western culture treats the idea of success by Alain de Bolton. He ultimately believes that we need to look into ourselves to figure out what we want and define our success from there; this is contrary to the dominant idea of success based on material wealth.

On the official blog of Denmark (yes you read that right, the country has an official blog!) they have a nice post on the facts of the bike culture in Denmark.
7. The busiest bike stretch in the nation is Nørrebrogade in Copenhagen. 35,000 cyclists use the street each day.
8. The average speed of cyclists in [...]

Here in Vancouver they got themselves a pretty groovy idea called ArtCamp
based off of other “unconferences”. An unconference is a conference that is organized by the participants and this proves to be no exception (well, if we ignore the funding they’re getting).
From their wiki’s About page:
ArtCamp 07 follows on ArtCamp 06 ArtCamp06, the World’s [...]

The Happy Planet Index is an innovative way to track the state of the planet. The HPI lists the GDP to show that wealth doesn’t equal happiness. This is a great project, even though as a planet we have a lot of room for improvement in terms of happiness.
“The message, simply put, is that [...]

The band Pearl Jam are some environmental do-gooders! They are not only continuing their program of offsetting their carbon emissions from touring, they are expanding it!
“This year we expanded their program to encompass a broader range of clean air solutions. In addition to the Carbon Portfolio Strategy, we are working to offset carbon emissions from [...]