'The Lazarus Effect' Film from (RED) & HBO

YouTube - 'The Lazarus Effect' Film from (RED) and HBO

YouTube - The Story of Cosmetics (2010)

YouTube - The Story of Cosmetics (2010)

YouTube - The Story of Bottled Water (2010)

YouTube - The Story of Bottled Water (2010)

Buy organic veggies! (in the Philippines)

Website: http://mypersonalfarmer.net/

Article: http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/food/food/view/20100304-256507/From_vegetables_to_%91lechon%92-%91organic%92_is_the_way_to_go

Buy organic lechon too! :-D

Having a pet = bad for mother earth!

Read this article... A big pet dog could have as much carbon footprint as a medium-size SUV! But the article says, changing the pet's diet is one solution. Reduce the meat, in particular.  Read more at:


http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427311.600-how-green-is-your-pet.html

The Story of Cap & Trade

If you liked The Story of Stuff (TSOS), you'll like this one, too, from the same maker of TSOS.

http://storyofstuff.com/capandtrade/

Write the Future

The future is fiction. In fact, the future is a story that each of us participates in writing every day. It is only when tomorrow transitions to yesterday that will we have the clarity of hindsight; only then, can we know what the future really was. While we cannot predict the future, as designers it is absolutely vital that each of us consider the years to come, so that we are more prepared to prevent, anticipate and cope with that which may occur.

That is why Arup Foresight in association with ICSID has put together a studio to take a look at what life on earth would look like if we decided to follow a trajectory towards “Life @ 1 Planet.”

THE DESIGN 2050 CHALLENGE ( http://www.thedesign2050challenge.com/ )

Through the course of six consecutive weeks participants will be asked to imagine not what will, but rather, what can our world be in 2050 and what would y[our] “Life @ 1 Planet be in 2050?”

While we all know that the future is fiction, this is your chance to pull together your version of the events.

Step one: one Monday 27 July 2009 visit www.thedesign2050challenge.com if you decide to participate you can build a team of people (1-3 people) or you can choose to participate by yourself.

Step two: is to follow the directions on the website and develop a character that can live and breathe on your behalf on the journey to Life @ 1 Planet” in 2050.

Each week participants will be issued a new challenge and will need to submit their responses to the Design2050 Challenge website ( www.thedesign2050challenge.com ). The project will run approximately from July 27th until the first week of September.

Everyday, only those who choose to participate in writing the story of the future; can decide what y[our] story will tell.

Spam is bad for the environment

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16951-spam-tramples-environment-with-huge-carbon-footprint.html

Don't send SPAM! Send to ronjie.com's FWD instead. Visit http://ronjie-fwd.blogspot.com/.

Meat the Truth!

http://www.meatthetruth.nl/content/view/113

"A vegan driving a 4x4 is creates less emissions than a meat eater on a
bicycle."

The quote come originally from Captain Paul Watson <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Watson>  (founder and President of
the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society) from his article A very Inconvenient Truth
<http://www.permaworld.org/members/permaworld/weblog/a_very_inconvenient
_truth_-.html>  and is:

The bottom line is that to be a conservationist and an environmentalist, you must practice and promote vegetarianism or better yet veganism. It is the lifestyle that leaves the shallowest ecological footprint, uses fewer resources and produces less greenhouse gas emissions, it's healthier and it means you're not a hypocrite. In fact a vegan driving a Hummer would be contributing less greenhouse gas carbon emissions that a meat eater riding a bicycle.

This news report:

Rearing cattle produces more greenhouse gases than driving cars,
UN report warns <http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=20772&Cr=global&Cr1=environment>

is pretty authoritative. It refers to the United Nation's 'Livestock's Long Shadow' report which is pretty damning for the planet should western diets continue their preoccupation with eating animals.