I’ve heard so many good things about this book I really should give it a read. If anyone really popularised environmental activism in America, it was Edward Abbey; he was cantankerous, misanthropic, but often very funny.
The Soil Association have been toying with the idea of removing organic certification from food flown in from countries like Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia on the grounds that freighting food overseas damages the environment. Airfreighted food has too high a carbon foorprint, runs the argument…
I had a great comment a few days ago from Claire, who had set up the car-sharing site Freewheelers with her partner about 15 years ago, and I thought it worth turning some of her comment into a post.
What are your favourite songs about the environment?
I can think of a few:
“Vampire Blues” by Neil Young… about our love of oil.
“Cuyahago” by R.E.M. - about the Cuyahago Indians of Ohio.
“The Earth Dies Screaming” by UB40… about, er, the earth dying.
“Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)” by Marvin Gaye… see above.
“Never Turn Your Back On Planet Earth” by Sparks… ditto.
The writer of the blog wibbley.net is in one of the areas affected by flooding, and not wanting to be a water hoarder he (?she) has been working out how to use less…
Saw this in yesterday’s Independent:
Even in the design-obsessed 21st century, when our iPod Nanos come in all the colours of the rainbow and flat-panel TVs are hung on walls and admired like works of art, wooden computer are still capable of turning heads. But this one aims to do more than make a fashion statement – its goal is to save the planet.
Having had my own bike nicked earlier this year, I probably didn’t find this as funny as thegreenguy did:
