Shop 'Til You Drop?
I think that we need to reform every part of the way we live if we are going to create a sustainable future on planet Earth (and that includes fashion!) but this little comic makes a really good point about crazy consumerism that we can all keep in mind.
Augusta and Elliott
My paternal grandmother, Leslie, called the West Indies home from 1948 until she died. We had a house in Antigua, with an open courtyard, that sat right on the beach. When I was little, in the seventies, and Leslie was dying, we spent time down there and I first met…
It's the Environment, Stupid!
Zannel has a contest going on for all you budding videographers. Of course we here at Eco Chick know what the biggest challenge of the near future is; creating a sustainable and healthy environment. Without that, nothing else much matters, does it? This is not to put down anyone who…
Score one for PCs
Health Hazards in Electronics: · Some brominated flame retardants, used in circuit boards and plastic casings, do not break down easily and build up in the environment. Long-term exposure can lead to impaired learning and memory functions. They can also interfere with thyroid and oestrogen hormone systems and exposure in…
E.O. Wilson Wins TED Prize
Us Eco Chicks love E.O. Wilson; his books include Biophelia, The Future of Life, and his latest, The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth, are masterworks of nonfiction writing about the environment and our place in it. Each year, the TED Prize is granted to three individuals with…
It's a Nice Day for a Green(er) Wedding
Do you know someone getting married this Spring or Summer? Even if they’re completely eco-unconscious, you can still help them make their wedding green (whether they like it or not, dammit!!) Especially if you still have to buy a gift for them, you might want to consider offsetting the carbon…
Castro on Climate Change
Eco-Hunk Fidel Castro This might be old news to everyone by now or it might never have been news at all, but Fidel Castro recently wrote a piece called “Where Have All the Bees Gone?” following Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lulu da Silva’s meeting with George Bush at Camp David…
The Men of Real Climate
For anyone who’s interested in learning about “climate science from climate scientists,” Real Climate is a good resource. Contributors are all experts in their fields–ranging from geochemistry to oceanography–and include lead authors on chapters of the IPCC TAR (Third Assessment Report, 2001). I like Real Climate for a lot of…
IPCC Report
Well, IPCC’s (intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) 2nd report of four came out Friday (thats a pdf link…) It is by far the most comprehensive and heavily reviewed word on climate change. They don’t conduct experiments or get funded by companies… It is a collaborative effort put together in 1988…
Solar to power the world
The amount of energy hitting the earth from the sun every minute is great than the amount of energy the would burns up in fossil fuels in one year. That’s a whole lot of energy just sitting around waiting to be used while we continue to use oil and crap…
