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Greenpeace TV

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by Jennifer Cross · 02/21/06

According to a survey by Salary.com, the average worker admits to wasting 2.09 hours per eight-hour workday (not including lunch and scheduled break times). Participants in the survey sited “personal Internet” use as the biggest distracter from their workday.

It is well known that the Internet does have the ability to beckon us away from end-of-the-month budget reviews, proposals with a 5 p.m. deadline and other important work-related duties that we are actually paid for. It’s essentially inevitable. But at least now there is a way to waste away your 2.09 hours, be entertained, and become better informed about environmental issues, and it’s through Greenpeace TV.

The Friday the 13th ad that can be found on Greenpeace’s UK site urges us to “Tell Tony Blair nuclear power is not the answer to climate change.” We are encouraged to do so by watching a highly convincing act of terrorism whereby a highjacked plane flies straight into a nuclear power plant while a British family watches from the seashore.

Another great ad that will eat up three minutes and 29 seconds of your day is told to us from the perspective of some great apes. The spot begins when a family’s house is torn apart with a chain saw (an analogy to the ape’s ancient forest being sawed down by international loggers). The apes pose the great question, “Why destroy ancient forests for wood and paper when it could all come from responsibly logged wood and timber?” That’s a great question indeed.

In addition, you can eat up your time by watching clips about everything from E-Waste in Hong Kong to the fictional Greenhouse Olympics. They are well-produced, high quality and likely will bring you a better chuckle than skimming through listings on match.com

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Interactivist Love

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by Starre Vartan · 02/07/06

My favorite feature on Grist is their interviews with up-and-coming, intelligent ecopreneurs, community leaders, and activists. Dubbed Interactivist, the latest column features the comely Native American Evan Peters, who knows that ANWR isn’t just an acronym, it’s a huge, gorgeous ecosystem. He knows because the lands in the refuge are the homelands of his people, who have lived there for generations. (So much for the idea that the area is a ‘barren wasteland’ as Senator Ted Stevens (R-Ak) once said.)

After dropping out of school, talking his way into college, graduating, and becoming a chief in his 20′s, Evan went on to found Native Movement. When asked why he became an environmental activist, Evan says, “There was something inside of me that just couldn’t accept the situation I found my people, the earth, and myself facing.”

Evan describes his organization:

Native Movement is a collective of around 15 organizers who work on a myriad of projects focusing on youth leadership development, sustainability, protection of sacred sites, and social, political, economic, and environmental justice. We work mostly with Indigenous peoples in the Southwest and Alaska, although we consciously outreach to the non-Indigenous community as well.

Photo and Quote Credit: Grist

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Graphic for Good

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by Starre Vartan · 10/04/05

I want to be Nicole Linton because not only did she travel to Peru, found some cool tapestry and then trekked alone through the Andes to find the artist who made it, but then started e bella, a company that sells completely gorgeous textiles (rugs, blankets, pillows) that are made by artisans in Peru who are provided a sustainable living by their work. These are not your hippie Peruvian blankets, either.

They are soft in texture and graphic enough for any modern home. So Nicole gets to travel, have a really sweet apartment decorated with this stuff, and help local Peruvians in a war-torn region. Excellent.

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Welcome to Eco-Chick!

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by Starre Vartan · 10/04/05

Eco-chick is design and style’s eco-home on the web. We are dedicated to finding the stuff that makes life fun and has a minimum impact on our mother Earth. While we have a woman’s perspective, all are welcome to contribute. We hope that you will find accessible ways to make your home and self fabulous, from source to finish. It’s a simple principle; every object has a life cycle, whether it be a bar of soap, a take-out container, an energy bar, a pair of shoes or a loveseat. It was somewhere before you got it, and it will go somewhere else when you’re done 0r gone. Just because you can’t see it before or after you buy it/use it/eat it/love it doesn’t mean you’re not responsible for it. We’ll show you how.

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