Ecoscopes, Week of June 30th 2008
June 30, 2008
It’s your weekly horoscope with a Green Daily twist! We might not have any concept about winning lotto numbers or when you’re gonna meet your true love, but we do know about all things green and are always happy to give advice … or a good laugh.
Cancer
June 23rd - July 22nd
This weekend is the 4th of July, a moment to celebrate our nation’s independence, and perhaps you should consider celebrating your own personal independence as well. We don’t normally boost public to be impolite …
Awesome climate changes ads from the Young Lions Competition
June 30, 2008
Every year the Young Lions Competition in Cannes brings together young creatives from advertising agencies around the world and tasks them with making something spectacular on an incredibly tight deadline. The contestants are given a theme, next left for 48 hors to conceptualize, execute and film a 60 second spot encompassing that theme — all on a Nokia Nseries device.
And that year the theme was climate change. Each team was asked to create a different spot for MTV Switch — the TV channel’…
Sophia Loren makes Naples less dumpy
June 30, 2008
Ah, Naples, the quintessential Italian metropolis — full of beauty, history…and trash? that previously gorgeous vision of European tranquility is losing its luster considering the place is literally covered in rubbish. The city’s landfills are so packed that rubbish collectors are leaving bags of rubbish on the streets — and to build matters worse, locals are protesting to prevent new landfills from being opened.
But it’s Sophia Loren to the rescue! The 73-year-old actress is implorin…
Make the climate count
June 30, 2008
In a world of greenwashing and false eco-promises, it’s difficult to separate the eco-winners from the eco-losers.
Thankfully, ClimateCounts will help you find and support companies that have the Earth’s interest in mind. Launched by Stonyfield Farm and Clean Air-Cool Planet, the site encourages consumers to be aware of their purchases and patronize companies with eco-friendly goals.
Companies are labeled as “stuck,” “starting,” or “striding,” and are assigned a score out of 100 depend…
Oil drilling in Utah threatens Spiral Jetty
June 30, 2008
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In the last couple of years, oil drilling has been authorized in proximity to the national parks in Utah, despite fears that the drilling may disturb fragile desert ecosystems in the parks. Recently, plans have been made to drill in the Great Salt Lake region, which is a big problem for migrating birds, many of which stop in that region (read Terry Tempest Williams’ Refuge for a gorgeous description of that ecosystem).
I recently found out that that drilling threatens a human treasure as …
Lebron James teams up with Nickelodeon’s Big Green
June 30, 2008
I love when celebrities and athletes do their part to raise awareness about protecting our planet. Granted, Lebron James didn’t really have to do much — just lend his image to an icon in a Nickelodeon game — but, still. It’s the thought that counts.
You can play the Lebron James game on a website called The Big Green Help. The game asks kids to “help a bike-riding LeBron avatar deliver green tips across the globe to rack up points and progress to the next level of play.”
Aside from t…
Some clowns aren’t green
June 30, 2008
A recent survey found most humans find clowns scary. Younger kids–children likely not exposed to the movie “It”– aren’t comforted by the unknowable faces. Older kids and adults tend to find them frightening. that may be why one South Central Los Angeles dance movement is called Clownin. Dancers even paint their faces.
That aside, some clowns just aren’t that eco-friendly. Take, for example, the balloons. Those balloon animals may look cute, but the moment a child or adult tires of the b…