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Rail rides
We are jealous, and envious, of the european train system, and wonder why north america is still left without high speed train in most commuted travel lines (such as NYC - Montreal!). When will we move on? Read more about the topic, High speed rail initiative for California.I am a vegetarian and I love meat
This sentence sounds a bit strange, doesn’t it? But in the near future it could be reality, at least for vegetarians who don’t eat meat in order to protest against industrialized mass-killing of animals, which is the sad reality of today’s meat production industry (40 billion animals are killed every year alone in the U.S.).
But since a while scientists around the world are researching to produce meat in the laboratory without killing animals. It’s called in-vitro meat production which uses a medium to grow meat. I guess it’s similar to growing plants. But you can imagine that the meat industry is not very thrilled by that idea and won’t support research in that field. That’s the reason why PETA (= People for the ethical treatment of animals) stepped in and are offering a 1$ million reward to the first scientists to produce and bring in-vitro meat to the market.
More info to that reward can be found on the web site of PETA.
I don’t know exactly what to think about it. On the one hand it sounds like a plausible and great idea, but on the other hand I don’t if we - as human beings - are going too far in that point: is an in-vitro grown meat alive? Does it hurt someone? I think these are ethical questions, but killing 40 billion animals… that’s definitely not ok either.
By the way I became a vegetarian because I cannot support the meat industry anymore. And I don’t even miss real meat because there are excellent tofu products available which mimic meat just perfectly.
Written by Chris Car for Vu d’ici. More banners on Peta2.com
Vivre en ville
regroupement Québecois pour le développement urbain rural et villageois viable. À voir ici.Self-destruction in 48 hrs
A german company invented a DVD which deletes its content in 48 hrs after playing it for the first time. That’s a stupid idea which just creates more waste on this planet, especially when a movie does not necessarily need any physical medium for its distribution anymore! If someone doesn’t have access to the internet, this person can still go and rent a movie! I don’t get it… (via heise)Eco-bourgeoisie
The Austrian fashion label Fabrics Interseason combines ecologically produced fabrics and high style in their collections. They describe their clientele as the eco-bourgeoisie: being conscious about the environment and nature as well as wearing locally manufactured clothes with a conservative and classic chic.
Link to Fabrics Interseason spring summer 2008 collection
(via de-bug)
Wind energy with style
The stylish Bahrain World Trade Center is a 240m high skyscraper which has its own wind energy plant integrated into the architecture of the building. Stunning!Master of your time
“Change doesn’t happen because of how we invest our money. Change happens because of how we invest our human energy, and it always has since we came down from the trees.
Everyone’s got a margin of discretionary energy — ten percent, twenty percent — that isn’t used up making their way in the world. That’s the energy that’s available for social change.”
Daniel Taylor of Future Generation. Via.
How do you use your energy, and how much do you have left to help us move on to a next, more sustaining level?
Managing energy is one of the most important thing in our current times - we must each day, more and more, consciously choose to whom and how we’ll share this precious resource, our energy, which was for years sucked out without us noticing.
Managing energy means to carefully select our activities, manage our time, our health, our creativity. As a freelance or full time worker, it is a question we’re all facing: how much money are worth your hours? How much money is worth your energy? Your health and well being? Are all these hours worked really worth? Is there not a more creative and healthy way to spend your time and energy?
Among the most common time and energy sucking activities are an employer needing you more than 35 hours per week, friends or family meetings leaving you empty, shopping in a quest to find something that will fill the emptiness, over cleaning the house every week inside and outside, and tv watching.
All this precious time could be used in a creative way, to make small and big changes.
As i wrote some days ago, our present culture does not emphasize free and quiet time. Instead, we are pushed to fill the agenda until there is not a minute left to be alone in silence, or to have some time to think and take new actions, on a personal or community level, towards a brighter future. Having a lot of free time might be seen as not usual, wrong, as if someone would be out of a system, not worthy, slacking and even depressed.
You must ask yourself, who is ruling your life?
Become your own authority, be more aware of where and how you want to spend your energy, your health, and your time. We’ll all have to make choices, what will yours be?
Green and inspiring
I’ve been writing some weeks ago about my researches to find the best of green clothing for kids. Here are some newly found items among the cutest and most inspiring ones, some i wish could also be wore by adults!
The items which can be bought on Etsy are created with love and care by 2 obviously talented stay-at-home-moms :
Damestarbaby are created by two stay-at-home moms who miraculously find time to sew and knit and dream up ever more stylish kid’s clothes. Our shirts feature original paintings and appliques. The printing was done with earth-loving inks in a solar-powered facility where the workers carpool in a veggie-oil van. The applique-ing is all done by hand using vintage and recycled fabrics. All of our designs were created with the sensibility of two mothers, so they’re not only cute and conscientious, but comfortable and durable and easy for little hands to put on and take off.
Look stylish, even with a running nose
Leaf tissue holder, a nicely designed package which act as an envelope to carry your own tissues instead of buying them in individual packages.Conscious travelling
If you are about to plan your next holidays in Central and South America, it’s a must to have a look at Whole Travel, who’s mission is:
To provide the best travel opportunities to unique and authentic destinations that preserve the environment, support local cultures and promote sustainable lifestyles.
This sounds promising - take a look at their sustainable tour search engine.
Via CITIZENShift.
L’Herbier: soins corporels bio et équitables
Plongeons-nous un peu plus dans les petits soins - connaissez-vous l’Herbier?
« Les Soins Corporels l’Herbier offrent des produits de grande qualité, faits à la main au coeur du village de Mont-Saint-Grégoire en Montérégie. Cette entreprise québécoise opte pour des méthodes artisanales en utilisant des matières premières naturelles, biologiques, équitables et biodégradables dans le respect de la nature, de l’environnement et du corps humain.
Les Soins Corporels l’Herbier collaborent avec les producteurs locaux et les travailleurs de petites coopératives qui fournissent des actifs végétaux exempts de produits chimiques nuisibles (pesticides, herbicides, colorants artificiels, etc.). L’ensemble de ces démarches poursuit un but précis : favoriser le bien-être de tous et chacun tout en maintenant un rapport harmonieux avec la nature, dans une logique de développement durable. »
Je vous propose de débuter vos achats avec la Crème pour le corps à l’érable - miam, un délice qui peut très bien servir de crème à main. Leur liste de produits est disponible en ligne.
Nous pourrons plus tard cet été vous donner plus de détails lors de notre visite sur place 
Guide to Greener Electronics
Since August 2006, Greenpeace is releasing a “Guide to Greener Electronics” where they are looking at various hardware manufacturers and their policies on toxic chemicals and recycling.
Our ‘Guide to Greener Electronics’ aims to clean up the electronics sector and get manufacturers to take responsibility for the full life cycle of their products, including the electronic waste that their products generate. The guide does not rank companies on labour standards, energy use or any other issues, but recognises that these are important in the production and use of electronics products.
If you look at the chart of companies shown above, you will notice that Apple - for example - is not that “green” when it comes to recycling components and usage of toxic chemicals with their products (only ranking 6 out of 10). Of course, the latest report (which is from December 2007) does not include the new MacBook Air. And the detailed report says that Apple is trying hard to produce more eco-friendly hardware. Just have a look at the detailed report (pdf file).
On the other hand I did not expect that Sony Ericsson, Sony, Dell, Lenovo (former IBM) and Samsung are the current leaders in that chart. I think that could be their strategy to catch up with Apple’s position as an innovation leader. Although I would love to see Apple to combine both, environmental friendly hardware as well as cutting-edge innovation and design! I am looking forward to the next report released by Greenpeace, including the new Apple products.
Take a detail look at the current report (from December 2007 and links to all detailed reports as pdf files) here.
Previous versions of the guide are available online as well: August 2006, December 2006, April 2007, June 2007 and September 2007.
La banane équitable
fait son entrée au Québec. En l’achetant vous contribuerez à éliminer la pollution créée par l’étandage de pesticides qui causent l’érosion, l’épuisement des sols, le déboisement et la destruction d’un bon nombre d’écosystèmes locaux. Plus d’infos ici.Next Page →
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The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life, by Twyla Tharp
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**I’m in this book!** 1,000 Artist Journal Pages, by Dawn DeVries Sokol
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Traveling Mercies, by Anne Lamott
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The Nature of Personal Reality: Specific, Practical Techniques for Solving Everyday Problems and Enr, by Jane Roberts
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Hands of Light: A Guide to Healing Through the Human Energy Field, by Barbara Brennan
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And to Name but Just a Few: Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, by Laurie Rosenwald
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Veganomicon: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook, by Isa Chandra Moskowitz
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New York Notebook, by Laurie Rosenwald
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