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Posted by on Jan 16th, 2008 | 0 comments

Bike versus Car: Bike 1, Car 0.

Yesterday afternoon in Toronto there was a bit of an incident. Normally when you play bike versus car, the bike is the underdog but yesterday the bike won! Long story short; some motorist tried to make an illegal maneuver almost injuring a cyclist. The Cyclist, rather than shrug it off, decided not to let the motorist get away with that move. If you watch the video, the best part is the very last split second where...
Posted by on Jul 21st, 2007 | 0 comments

Italy and the ecology of casual fridays

The Italian health ministry wants businesses (in Italy at least) to ease up on the dress code a bit. The reasoning here is that they think that if people dress more casually (read: comfortably) they won’t need to waste as much energy to compensate for the discrepancy between formality and comfort. If you can dress for comfort then maybe you won’t need as much air conditioning for instance. This seems to...
Posted by on Jul 18th, 2007 | 0 comments

Shell called out for hippie masquarade

Shell called out for hippie masquarade
When Royal Dutch Shell got all dressed up in it’s favorite Birkenstocks and favorite tie-dye t-shirt to put out this advertisement they raised a few eyebrows. After the Friends Of The Earth called them out on it. The Dutch Advertising Code Authority stepped in to lay down the law, pulling the offending ads for greenwashing. Served. Lets not even talk about that 1970s hippie graphic design. These ads should get...
Posted by on Jul 5th, 2007 | 2 comments

Prius people posing presents possible problem

This is possibly a tough thing to realize but it turns out that most people buying a Prius hybrid automobile do so because of the statement it makes about them and how it makes that statement. It is a kind of status symbol. In lieu of actually having a conscience it is in fact more important to these people to feel like their piers believe they have a conscience and are responsible humans. Sadly only a quarter of...
Posted by on Jun 20th, 2007 | 0 comments

Birds do it. Bees do it.

First we heard reports of bees disappearing – their population on the decline with some mysterious causes. Mobile phone signals were blamed and people are still trying to solve this problem. Now the new wave has hit us. Following the lead by the bees, we now have to worry about birds disappearing. Populations are dropping at a shocking rate. Could we be far...
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