Saturday, July 26, 2008 | |

Just to keep you interested


When I was in DC on monday, we went to the botanical gardens, because they were showing 16 of the Cool Globes (originally an artist collaboration project from chicago)

There website is: Coolglobes.com if any one is interested.
Basically these artists got together, and each designed globes with a different global warming theme. I saw globes on recycling, composting, unity, using public transport system, awareness, offsetting your carbon footprint, and many others. I didn't get to really look at the last few, because my aunt was illegally parked and wanted to leave, but the ones I saw were frapping amazing! I love political art!


It was cool, because each globe kind of dealt with a problem, but also a solution to the problem! So it wasn't just like "well there is carbon in the atmosphere, and we are probably going to die soon..."
NO! It was there is carbon in the atmosphere, and here are some easy things you can do to reduce that.
SO here are some tips on how to go green and also why we should go green.

One can of aerosol keyboard cleaner has the same green house gas creating effect as burning 100 gallons of gas.

1.5 million barrels of oil are used to make U.S. water bottles each year.

If all Americans viewed and paid bills electronically, we'd save 18.5 million trees and 15.8 billion gallons of water

Unless current fishing methods change, there will be no seafood by 2048.

Try to go car and meat free one day a week

If everyone in America were able to reduce their junk mail, it would save 100 million trees a year.

Leaving your car at home two days a week will save 1,590 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions each year.

Go vegetarian once a week. If 10,000 American gave up beef once a week, it would reduce tons of fertilizer and save enough water to fill 22,719 pools.

I don't know if I said this alreayd, but arbor day is going to freaking count for something next year. And Earth day. Be the change, right?

3 insight(s):

groovybaby said...

I wonder how they come up with those statistics...

I LOVE AIR IN A BOTTLE! Laura... you want me to give up our main mailroom activiy!?

And WRONG... don't be the change.

Ok so I think the globes are pretty cool. We should do something similar on the tent... I mean not global warming but messages of hope and change. Maybe that didn't need to be said and it was obvious that was what the tent will be about... I don't know.

OOO on livesea we should have a page for ways to be green.

Anonymous said...

was this comment post Ishmael or pre?

groovybaby said...

Pre...

why?