Seriously

I have no side in the current conflict, but when one group has another pinned in a 2km wide area and there are civilians present then you have to take the right path. These aren’t combatants, even if they hate you. They’re civilians. Make concessions. Let them run for their godforsaken lives. God knows they’ll soon all be dead anyway.

Versus WAR. Versus CONFLICT. Versus RELIGIOUS SEPARATION. Versus SEMANTIC DISTINCTIONS

Enough is enough

Sri Lanka has pledged to end the war in the next 48 hours. Think about what that means. 2-1 = Unity.

When the right wing says oil’s done

…it’s done.

http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/15/news/economy/500dollaroil_okeefe.fortune/index.htm

Depletist

If you’ve read Orwell’s 1984 you know the importance of words - if you don’t have a word for something you can’t think or communicate about it.

Well, thanks to the work of an OCAD think tank, we’ve got a word for those who willfully damage the environment - depletist.

I can’t wait until spell check recognizes it.

In the meantime, here’s the link: http://tankofthinkers.wordpress.com/about/

People, Planet, Profit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_bottom_line

Great entry on wikipedia about the concept of the Triple Bottom Line (or people, planet, profit)

Designers Talk On Sustainability

Sunday, July 20

Gladstone Hotel

to register: http://www.spreadtheword.org or http://superpower.ning.com/

Registration is almost full, so if you’re coming, please register soon

Greening the grocery store

http://www.designobserver.com/archives/entry.html?id=37924

Designers can make recycling mean something again.

Another way of looking at your footprint

http://sustainability.publicradio.org/consumerconsequences/

This US site provides an interesting method of measuring your footprint. I mean, I’m a big guy and yes, if everyone on Earth was my size we probably would need another planet. But if everyone on earth behaved like me we’d need 2.5 Earths. I’m depressed now.

Green Graffiti

http://www.greengraffiti.nl/pages/Home.html

I always thought most of Europe could use a good pressure washing.

Hopefully this doesn’t fall into the wrong hands, but imagine the possibilities for public art.

Leo Burnett goes bananas?

http://creativity-online.com/work/view?seed=010f3aea

It’s easy to be cynical in and about the world of advertising. We are at least partially responsible for the rise in consumer culture.

But when powers are used for good, it should be recognized

Here’s a few shots of the process:

http://felipov.this.ro/2007/01/25/green-advertising/