Ed talks about building an app over 60 hours for the NorthwestHarvest. Good food is green food. Community is the key.
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From the monthly archives:
August 2007
A pan-galactic eco terrorist group or some guys wondering about greener APIs?
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I’ve spent the past few weeks emerged in the water sector and the opportunities that exist to tackle the problem that 1.1 billion people lack safe drinking water and 2.6 billion lack basic sanitation.
There are some fascinating people out there working to overturn assumptions and find new models of collaboration. There are also some great [...]
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Some people argue that we can’t make a difference, that only corporations or governments have the muscle to work on the huge ecological problems we’re all facing, that carbon emissions are someone else’s problem. So its refreshing to see someone that sees things differently and acts on the difference. Credit to 21st Century Citizen for [...]
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I make no apologies for the blatant traffic whoring, but this woman is the most powerful social object (hence driver of conversations) in the known universe. 21st Century Citizen has the inside skinny on the new overuse of “eco”. “Skinny” and “barf-bag” in the same blog post- could there be a connection? What I do [...]
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I recently met with Fujitsu Siemens Computer about green data initiatives, based on what the joint venture calls IT with a sense of responsibility. The underlying hook to the narrative is Japanese/German engineering excellence (not a bad peg, I am sure you’d agree).
Bernhard Brandwitte, director of product marketing for FSC and perhaps more [...]
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Kris yesterday pointed to the DailyDump, an Indian startup trying to encourage composting. I like the way its setting out to mix high and low tech, taking advantage of Indian labour costs to get networked things done.
“Composting pots and vessels made of biodegradable terracotta in a variety of shapes and sizes can be purchased on [...]
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From 21st Century Citizen come suggestions for small things that could make a difference in the fight against global warming. One of the suggestions is turn off the TV and do anything. Join the Anything But TV club. Seems fair. We need to engage with challenges, not just watch them flickering past.
My own favorite small [...]
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According to 21st Century Citizen the New York Times today carries an opinion piece about New Zealand-based scientists who “recently published a study challenging the premise that more food miles automatically mean greater fossil fuel consumption”.
Paraphrasing Christine Keeler’s immortal words: “Well, they would say that, wouldn’t they?”
Who sponsored the research?
Given this claim:
“they found that [...]
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