Crying Indian: 1970s Anti-Litter Campaign
Yesterday I was discussing litter with a group of people. Someone mentioned that I probably had no idea who the Crying Indian is. He was right. Luckily, I’m pretty resourceful! The PSA that became known as the "Crying Indian" was a public service announcement in 1971 as part of the Keep America Beautiful campaign. It seems that most people growing up in that era continue to...
Read MoreGreen Burial, Eco-Cemeteries
Groovy Green features an article and a video on a new eco-cemetery in Ithaca, NY. The current form of burial includes many toxic and precious materials. These are injected into the body, or are used in the making of the caskets and tombstones. These "new" green cemeteries are actually reverting back to traditional burial…there is nothing new about it. It turns out that Florida has...
Read MoreWatch Discovery’s Global Warming program online
Watch Discovery’s Global Warming: What You Need to Know online. And Miami, please don’t disappoint me. Enter the contest today to win free tickets to An Inconvenient Truth.
Read MoreVideo: Grease Cars
To continue on the biodiesel topic, we’re pointing you to a seemingly new site: G Living Network. Watch their first show (Monday) about biodiesel. This "Grease Cars" episode visits LoveCraft BioFuels in...
Read MoreA Car of the Future
Watch this YouTube Video from BBC Prime – One minute into the video they start to show a GM car of the future that runs on seawater. Has some really cool features. -via Groovy Green Blog
Read MoreThey Paved Paradise and Put Up a Parking Lot
The song Big Yellow Taxi, most recently heard from the Counting Crows, has inspired this post. Originally written and performed by Joni Mitchell in 1970, this song has as much significance today as it did over 35 years ago. Let’s go through some portions of the lyrics: They paved paradise and put up a parking lotWith a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin’ hot spotDon’t it...
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