Environment

No Impact Man

- Adam Clare

A man living in New York City has decided to respect the environment, by making no impact. That’s right ZERO IMPACT on the environemnt while living in NYC, you probably have a lot of questions and he probably has the answers.

Here is his a snippet from the project philosophy:

Saving this planet depends on finding a middle path that is neither unconsciously consumerist nor self-consciously anti-materialist. The idea for No Impact Man is not to be anorexic but to be abundant, not to be eco-efficient but “eco-effective,” in the words of the environmental scientists William McDonough and Michael Braungart.

This dude is someone we can all learn from.

Turn Dead Space into Living Space

- Adam Clare

from g-skyAt least that is what G-Sky wants to do. They are a Vancouver-based company that creates living, breathing roofs and walls.

If you have ever wondered what the big deal about green roofs or biowalls, they have provided a great overview to get you wanting green.

Carbon Consumpation Labels for Consumer Products

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A new labeling campaign is in development that will inform consumers about how much carbon has been used to create the product they are about to buy. This sounds like a great idea! It will let consumers make more informed choices about what to buy. It’s only happening in Britain for now, hopefully we’ll see this in the rest of the world though.

Participating companies also have to agree to cut the product’s carbon footprint over a two-year period or face being thrown out of the scheme.

The first goods bearing the label are expected to appear on shelves in April.

Using Google Earth to Spot Destruction

- Adam Clare

It’s easy to read about how humans are destroying the planet; it’s hard to visualize this though. Google Earth can be used to help people understand what is happening and see the damage themselves. This is good because it allows for people to better understand that things they do have an impact on the environment.

Environmental advocacy group Appalachian Voices has joined to Google to deliver a special interactive layer for Google Earth that tells the stories of over 470 mountains that have been destroyed from coal mining, and its impact on nearby ecosystems. Separately, the World Wildlife Fund has added the ability to visit its 150 project sites using Google Earth.

Remember you can reduce, reuse, and recycle. The saying is in that order for a reason.

New Leopard Spotted

- Adam Clare

spottedI find it entertaining when researchers find something “new” that has been in front of them the entire time. It doesn’t mean that the discovery is any less important though. In this case it is a “new” breed of leopard; and the uniqueness of this animal is in it’s genes.

The new cat, now dubbed the Bornean clouded leopard and given the species name Neofelis diardi, is darker than the mainland clouded leopard, Neofelis nebulosa. It also has slightly different markings on its pelt. But the real differences between the two species are in their genes.

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