I've been on vacation and, well, Liz will tell you her story someday soon. Needless to say, we've been slow on the posts the last few weeks but we're coming back. Today as a wind-up for our last week (for now) on sustainability topics leading up to Earth Day, here's a revisit and addendum to recent mentions of cool media about
In this recent post, I was on my soapbox about thoughtful, reasonable activism as a more effective way to influence and encourage change in the media as an alternative to vitriol, invective and guilt- or fear-mongering :-0. If you made it all the way through you made it to some recommendations for cool media about possibilities for sustainability and environmental stewardship. But, as with most soapbox diatribes, it was pretty long and I thought these deserved another mention:
Eco-Worrier - I love EcoWorrier, a UK journalist. Many interesting posts and she loves a good video like we do.
My friend Leah told me about Sustainablog a great blog on all things sustainable, and the "green" aggregator GreenOptions.com, where you can find your favorite "voices" about sustainability. Careful, though, you can be lost for hours. Check out this cool article on what to do with jeans).
If you haven't seen YES Magazine, by positivefutures.org, I think you'll love it. Worth subscribing for its well-written articles and thought- provoking series on a sustainable future.
Lately my interests in sustainability are around the Slow Foods movements around the country and the freecycle.org or ReallyReallyFreeMarket (read their creed halfway down the page--I love it). I'm interested in ways to step out of the cycle described in The Story of Stuff. My personal hope is that ours and the next generation will rewrite that Story of Stuff into a fantastic chapter of building a global, sustainable community.
Along those lines, I recently found an out-of-the-box idea on boingboing about clothing libraries and it led me to Tree Hugger and this fascinating post about product service systems. TreeHugger also aggregates their most popular posts and cool environmental news at Hugg.com.
Finally, you've probably guessed by now that my family doesn't have television. On my trip, I got to see some amazing things on TV. Now that I'm looking for that 10% media about possibilities, it's everywhere, even on good ol' advertising-laden TV. My traveling companion was amazed that I could get so excited about the Weather Channel, but check it out if you haven't. On TV and on-line, they're gearing up for Earth Day by having viewers tell their own stories about cool things they're doing all over the world in Green Living. Telling stories about people doing good on TV, in the paper, on-line, everywhere. More, more, more!
That wasn't the only cool thing I saw on TV on my trip either. More about that and what's up with Liz after I get home this weekend.
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