Some reasons for a fountain on every corner instead of a hundred bottles in every trashcan: City collection of empty bottles is expensive Free water is cheaper than bottled water If water is free, then the price differential encourages kids to avoid sugary drinks Fewer delivery trucks in the streets mean a lower carbon footprint […]
You’re in charge of saving the world!!!
When I allow myself to lapse into know-it-all-ism, it is a mistake. In fact, I don’t know the answers to this catastrophe that threatens our health, happiness and security as it depends upon our planetary habitat. And I’ve never met anyone else who knows the answers either. What I hope to do with this blog […]
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See you Monday!
One way to demonstrate your company’s marketing department doesn’t care much about sustainability
If you want to give people a hint that you don’t much care about whether your company harms the habitat that we depend upon for our health, happiness and security: Take a sample of your product that you’d like to give away for free, say a single piece of gum. Wrap it in packaging made […]
Strangely, a way to enhance both technology and environmental activism
A study of the Structures of Participation (STROPs) in Museums from xDesign Project on Vimeo. Start by remembering these words: “structures of participation.” Now let’s go… I’ve argued before that, when it comes to using resources effectively, it is not only that we should make sure that our designs and production processes are energy- and […]
Eliminate 40% of manufacturing-associated greenhouse gas by getting rid of packaging
I used part of my last day of my car-less vacation going to the dump to throw away three 60-gallon bags of trash. I try. I try really hard not to make trash. But when you go to a new place, you have to start figuring out all over again how to do it. And […]
Top UN climate scientist says eat less meat, I’m teaching a course at NYU, and Park(ing) Day is coming
I want to tell you about a course I’m helping to teach at NYU and about my plan to turn a NYC parking space into a park, but first, according to the BBC: “People should consider eating less meat as a way of combating global warming, says the UN’s top climate scientist. “Rajendra Pachauri, who […]
Parking Day 2008
This September 19, my parking day partner Jen Petersen and I are planning a park(ing) space in front of the Whole Foods market on 7th Avenue between W. 24th and 25th Streets, in Manhattan. We need your help to construct an inviting, joy-filled park! Peruse this list and consider contributing time, labor, creativity, objects, or […]