Archive for May, 2007

Fast Food Nation and the ethics of eating meat

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007

photo courtesy of kallao A couple of months ago Kendall and I watched Fast Food Nation (a movie based on the book, Fast Food Nation, which I have not read) with some of our friends. It was a good movie, although there were a lot of unnecessary sex scenes which I just in general hate, [...]

Missing the point of “Going Green”

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007

There is continuing to be a shift towards becoming more “green”. I think this is so great! However, I feel that unfortunately people are missing the point. Being sustainable, environmentally friendly, or “green” has to do with more than what products you buy. A change in thinking needs to happen. Even this change is a [...]

No Impact Man

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007

No Impact Man is doing a No Impact Experiment and writing a blog to share his and his family’s experience. The way I see it, waiting for the senators and the CEOs to change the way we treat the world is taking too long. Polar bears are already drowning because the polar ice is melting. [...]

Evan Almighty and The Conservation Fund

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007

Lights, camera, take action! Ha. Tom Shadyac, director of the film Evan Almighty, wanted to make the first major motion picture that was a zero emission (carbon neutral) production. He describes Evan Almighty as a film that speaks of our need to be good stewards of the Earth and he didn’t want to contribute to [...]

Always learning

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

photo courtesy of elvisripley My friend Mike sent me a very much appreciated link to this article,