June 2008
31 posts
“If you care about something, you have to protect it; if you’re lucky enough to...”
– John Irving (via affremblequotes) (via noahkai) (via michaelikesit)
May 2008
53 posts
.take out - trailer. →
“More than anything else the sensation is one of perfect peace mingled with an...”
– Wilbur Wright
“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept...”
– Harvey Fierstein (via affremblequotes) (via carolynannahall)
Watchconsumer power in action. katydid: Carrotmob “organizes consumers to make purchases that give financial rewards to those companies who agree to make environmentally friendly choices”. Kind of like a “buycott,” if you will. At the end of March, 300 people in San Francisco met at a local market and purchased ~$9,000+ of goods. The store agreed to use 22% of those revenues to make itself more...
WatchVideo justice stress (official video) - Dailymotion this shit is messed up.
10 Commandments for Total Happiness
carolynannahall: gauntlet: jessicap: emilyposts: 10 Commandments for Total Happiness: 1. Act Your Shoe Size. Whatever it was you loved doing as a kid, start doing it again. 2. When it comes to sex, listen to your body, but give your brain emergency veto power. 3. Preserve your little rituals: 9 AM cinnamon lattes, Sunday pedicures, August girls’ getaways. 4. Miss no occasion where there will be...
.the silent tsunami | economist.com. →
The silent tsunami
.rex murphy - end of the ethanol dream.
“The ethanol craze grew out of alarmism and the deep desire of governments, especially here in North America and Europe, to be seen as green. Now, it’s clear that growing corn to make ethanol not only takes more energy to produce than it saves on the other end, but the subsidies, particularly in the States and Europe, for such production is one of the factors driving an international...
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