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Have you heard about cap and trade, but don’t really know/understand what it is?
Then the new video from the team behind the excellent Story of Stuff should be perfect for you.
Released today, The Story of Cap and Trade features a fast-paced 10 minute summary of the hows and whys of carbon trading, and actually manages [...]
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Picture this: Some people walk by your house. They’re not very nice.
In fact, they’re so extremely uncool that they leave a large turd on your doormat. A real turd. Foul smell and all.
I know, I’m being tasteless. Please bear with me, though, there’s a point to it. A good one, at that. [...]
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Doing our best to reduce our carbon footprint is good. Anything we do to pull our emissions in the right direction is useful – every little bit really does help.
But how much does it help? Where can we get the most bang for our buck?
In an individual or household situation, you’ll mostly be fine with [...]
The logistics behind any large event are complex. Øyafestivalen is no exception in this respect.
Masses of visitors, artists, festival workers and tons of equipment are moved to, from and inside festival site Medieval Park, turning its relative tranquility into a weekful of intense hustle and bustle.
This almost over-the-top activity could quickly result in over-the-top emissions [...]
We all know cars are bad for the environment.
Even if you wore earmuffs and a blindfold for the past 20 years, you’d probably still know that cars are a major source of pollution, make a lot of noise and just plain stink up the place.
So I won’t go on about those things here.
Instead, I’ll tell [...]
Really. They suck big time. In fact, plastic bags are quite a bit like elevator music:
they seemingly show up everywhere
they hypnotize people into thinking they need them
they make people spend money on stuff they don’t really need
they sort of serve a purpose, but are doing a poor job of it
there are vastly superior alternatives [...]
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