The folks at Frogdesign have launched a challenge:
“For the next two weeks, I will be living without a garbage can. Where will my trash go? I am going to start needing to think about that before I buy something because, according to the rules I have set up for myself, I’m going to have to live with it. My own garbage must be within five feet of me at all times”
Read the entire challenge here. The idea is to see how much trash you actually create by not being able to throw it “away”. Every two weeks a new person blogs about their experience keeping their trash:
“At the end of my two weeks, another frog will continue the project, experiencing his/her own two-week stint of trash-free living. The transference of this blog will highlight the differences in environmental consciousness across cities, environments, governments, and economies. And, ideally, it’ll mean a few hundred less pounds of garbage in our landfills – a small step, but a measurable one. “
Ryanne and I try to be smart about the garbage we generate. Whatever your political persuasion might be, it just makes sense to be more self-sufficient. So food waste goes into a worm bin or compost pile. Paper and cardboard goes into recycling. But what about all the plastic wrapping and bags that come with all manufactured goods? There’s nothing reasonable we can do but throw it “away”. A two week experiment where you must keep your trash near you at all times is a good way to demonstrate this problem.
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Published by jay on September 28, 2007
in Blog.
After watching our recent video about the Solar Decathalon team, John-Paul Flintoff emailed us about a much better system for flushing toilets. His video above explains that there is much better technology to save water when flushing toilets, yet the US doesn’t use it. This needs some research. Thanks John!
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Published by jay on September 21, 2006
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The line between “big media” and blogging continues to blur. Violet Blue, the well-known sex blogger and podcaster, is now officially joining a newspaper founded in 1865. She starts tonight when her column is posted to the SF Chronicle’s online newspaper, sfgate.com.
Go read her first official post (and Violet’s columnist page to easily find future posts). As you’ll hear her explain in the interview, the SF Chronicle took out all the links in her post, but you can see them all on her own blog. (Huh? Yeah.) Obviously blogger and old newspaper must do a little more dancing to get things right. She’s clear that it’s still an open conversation as they figure it out.
Speaking with Violet, Ryanne and I were amazed at how right-on she is.
Violet speaks of how the deal with the SF Chronicle came about…and how she continues to fight to teach them how bloggers operate. Links, transparency, etc. As more of us start producing content for traditional outlets, I think we’ll all have Violet to thank for setting a good, strong example. I love that the intelligence of the blogging culture is finally seeping into mainstream media.
By the way, go sex!
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