Showing posts with label World Resources. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World Resources. Show all posts

Sunday, February 03, 2013

Litter



Litter, the new billboard
The fact that litter exists convinces me that this world is full of assholes.
www.trashedfilm.com
Film about this trashed Earth.

Saturday, January 05, 2013

Recycle, Please.



Sweden converts so much of its trash for energy that it has to import trash from other countries. It puts 4 percent to landfills. Why are we so much behind Sweden?
euro trash powers Sweden

Solar industry grapples with hazardous wastes
So, while the solar industry has far less waste than more conventional means of energy, it still has a waste problem...
/solar-industry-grapples-hazardous-wastes

Tuesday, November 06, 2012

Progressive Science

Working on a Cure
killing Cancer
tic10-is-a-molecule-that-fights-cancer

Cigarette Recycling
It's finally happening.
reynolds-subsidiary-funding-cigarette-recycling-
visit: http://www.terracycle.com/en-US/

HIV virus may be a possible cure for leukemia
hiv-virus-possible-cure-leukemia

Diesel from Plastic the new fuel?
British pilot is hoping to set new flight record with diesel made from plastic in a small engine plane.
diesel-plastic-record-flight/

Could a penny battery power a house?
it could...
/could-a-penny-battery-power-a-house/

Friday, April 06, 2012

Better World


Good philanthropy
George Clooney is on a Philanthropist Kick. Going everywhere talking to everyone about the good of the people and planet. Wish we could all afford to do this; because we all should be doing this.
Time interview with Clooney

Kentucky man buys all of Going Out Of Business Kmart inventory and gives it all away.
Good people left

HIV/Stem Cell progress
Man is cured of AIDS. and remember when people bitched about the morals of Stem Cell Research? Stem Cell Transfusion.
I feel good

Engineered stem cells seek and destroy HIV
medical xpress

Costs add up for Honda's 118 mpg car
Honda makes an impressive electric car. However it is about twice as expensive as it's own gas version. I wonder why? After all these years industry and gov't won't give us a viable solution to oil dependency.
more info

British supercar Trident promises 200mph and 69 mpg
diesel-powered-british-supercar-trident-

New car gets 3,000 mpg
It's a start. Can't carry a human and only goes 25mph. But it is a start
Cal Poly U students car experiment

Billboards greater than Trees?
Employee at Billboard Co. poisons trees for a living. Calls foul. Gets fired.
Crime by the highway

Recycle this!
Why does it make more sense to sink a ship to the bottom of the ocean than to recycle it? Pollution and loss of resources abound.
Coast Guard to sink fishing vessel


Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Progressive Society

What happened to NASA
Scientists to hold bake sale for NASA. After all the tax dollars we've spent on NASA they've finally been downsized. They are holding a Bake Sale Protest. Not much progress over many years equals public disinterest. You would think that they could have became self sustaining by now, but relying on gov't funds your whole life makes you complacent. And then it killed you.
NASA is dying
Private Sector to take over. With all the over-budgeting, it is time to put NASA to rest. Thanks for all you have done, but the rich private-sector is more able and not a bureaucracy.
Falcon doing it

Recycle
Getting rid of waste? hope this plastic eating fungi does the trick
/plastic-eating-fungi/


Recycle
there's a novel idea
http://cumberlink.com/news/world/mexico-city-closes-vast-trash-dump/article_1a47dd7c-e99b-5889-bbe8-43243712f7ed.html

Citizen Crusaders
Molly Katchpole
Molly Katchpole is on a crusade to tell business to clean up their act and to be customer oriented
http://www.vancouversun.com/consumer+power+goes+viral+company+branding+quakes/5968233/story.html