Graphic Designers Team Up to Measure and Reduce Impacts | Business | GreenBiz.com

Seeded on Sun Oct 31, 2010 1:31 AM EDT (greenbiz.com)

With an eye toward better measuring the impacts of graphic design as its happening, instead of after projects are created and printed, industry members Re-nourish, the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada and other partners have started the Sustainable Design Auditing Project ( …

environment, sustainability, metrics, sdap, graphic-designers

An Open Invitation to Collaborate

Seeded on Sat Oct 10, 2009 3:40 PM EDT (Re-nourish.com)

How should Sustainable Design move forward? Re-nourish offers this idea:

arts, sustainable-graphic-design, reourish

Cities Too Poor To Bury Dead Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/01/cities-too-poor-to-bury-d_n_306702.html

Seeded on Thu Oct 1, 2009 5:02 PM EDT (Huffington Post)

"CNN's Assignment Detroit project released a report Thursday detailing how 67 people lie in wait at the Wayne County morgue.

economy, burial, detroit, us-news, budgets, recession

The Great American Bubble Machine : Rolling Stone

Seeded on Wed Sep 16, 2009 11:27 PM EDT (Rolling Stone)

From tech stocks to high gas prices, Goldman Sachs has engineered every major market manipulation since the Great Depression - and they're about to do it again

business, goldman, sachs

Arianna Huffington: Thank You, Glenn Beck!

Seeded on Mon Sep 7, 2009 11:46 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

Thank you, Glenn Beck. By helping force the resignation of Van Jones, you have done a great service to your country. But in the exact opposite way than what you intended.

politics, glenn-beck, arianna-huffington, van-jones

A gay couple kicked out of a restaurant for kissing.

Seeded on Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:39 AM EDT (El Paso Times)

Our civil rights at work! Sad.

gay, civil-rights, us-news

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Palin: wrong woman, wrong message

Seeded on Sat Sep 6, 2008 1:24 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)

Great article by Gloria Stienem on why Sarah Palin is just plain wrong.

politics, mccain, obama, gloria-steinem, sarah-paliln

No Flag Pin for McCain

Seeded on Fri Sep 5, 2008 9:53 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)

So McCain gave his big speech last night without the adornment of a US flag pin. The horror! Is he NOT a patriot? Well I am pretty sure he is one, but the issue of Obama not wearing a flag pin in the past will now die... thankfully as it was a illogical attack.

politics, mccain, obama, patriotism, flag-pin

Georgia On My Mind - An invasion as an election tactic?

Seeded on Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:24 AM EDT (CounterPunch)

Besides the trainers, 1,000 U.S. troops recently carried out joint exercises with the Georgian military. How would Americans feel about Russians troops training in Mexico, particularly if the latter government was demanding back the lands seized by the U.S.

bush, russia, georgia, mccain, united-states, world-news, neocon

McCain Undefeated on Defeating Renewable Energy

Seeded on Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:20 AM EDT (The New York Times)

This is coming from a NY Times Opinion writer, but it is news, so I wasn't sure how to seed this correctly...

politics, john-mccain, barack-obama, renewable-energy

Firefly Serenity sequel a possibility?

Seeded on Sat Jan 19, 2008 1:08 PM EST (SFFMedia)

Reports suggest there is a chance of a direct to DVD sequel to Serenity, the film that followed on from where the television show Firefly left off. Firefly was canceled after just 12 episodes in 2002.

entertainment, firefly, serenity, joss-whedon, serenity2

Bill Moyers Journal on Media Consolidation Crisis

Seeded on Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:23 PM EST (AlterNet.org)

From the link: "FCC Chairman Kevin Martin announced that the Commission would hold the sixth and final public hearing on media consolidation November 9, 2007 in Seattle, Washington.

us-news, bill-moyers, media-consolidation

Iran gets army gear in Pentagon sale

Seeded on Tue Jan 16, 2007 6:33 AM EST (Yahoo! News)

WASHINGTON - The U.S. military has sold forbidden equipment at least a half-dozen times to middlemen for countries -- including Iran and China -- who exploited security flaws in the Defense Department's surplus auctions. The sales include fighter jet parts and missile components.

iran, pentagon, usa, politics, weapons, fighter-jets

Seattle airport removes Christmas trees to avoid lawsuit

Seeded on Sun Dec 10, 2006 11:38 PM EST (CNN)

All nine Christmas trees have been removed from the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport instead of adding a giant Jewish menorah to the holiday display as a rabbi had requested....

seattle, christmas, us-news, hanukkah, menora

Dingell and other Democrats plan oversight hearings on environmental issues

Seeded on Sat Dec 2, 2006 1:02 AM EST (grist.org)

"There has been literally no oversight in the last six years," Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), incoming chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, told Muckraker yesterday. "It's been nothing more than Kabuki theater."

investigation, democrats, politics, john-dingell, george-bush, barbara-boxer, envrionment

Dartmouth AD: UND mascot 'offensive and wrong'

Seeded on Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:14 PM EST (ESPN.com)

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- A Dartmouth College official who disagrees with the University of North Dakota's "Fighting Sioux" nickname has publicly apologized for a hockey tournament that is to include the UND team.

sports, american-indian, north-dakota, native-american, dartmouth-college

Shame on Houston, Texas

Seeded on Mon Nov 20, 2006 3:23 PM EST (scrutinyhooligans.blogspot.com)

"44 Janitors Arrested in Non-Violent Civil Disobedience in Houston Held on Combined $39.1 Million Bond"

texas, violence, police, houston, us-news, janitors, peaceful-protest, non-violence

America's Dumbest Congressmen

Seeded on Tue Oct 17, 2006 2:39 PM EDT (radaronline.com)

On a day when I could use some laughter I stumbed upon this link. Radar Online ranks the 10 dumbest congressmen... it's bi-partisan of course and down right funny. (and sad) Here's a snippet from the #2 worst (name withheld to not ruin the ending)

politics, humor, congressmen, radar

Texas Law Students Chastised for Party

Seeded on Sun Oct 15, 2006 8:51 PM EDT (ABC News)

A group of first-year law students at the University of Texas at Austin has been chided by the dean for participating in a "Ghetto Fabulous"-themed costume party and posting pictures from it online.

texas, law-school, racism, us-news

Big buyers make organic farmers feel smaller than ever

Seeded on Fri Aug 25, 2006 12:10 AM EDT (grist.org)

Oops!! Wal-Mart wants more organic, but supply in danger as "not enough undocumented Mexican workers are sneaking across an increasingly militarized border, and the ones who do tend to be drawn to higher-paid, less-demanding urban jobs."

business, immigration, wal-mart, organic, farming, whole-foods

Welcome to the Way To Go website!

Seeded on Tue Jul 4, 2006 3:19 PM EDT (cityofseattle.net)

The city of Seattle is offering a new program pased on the notion "one less car". They are offering prizes, rebates, and of course the opportunity to save money and help the environment.

pollution, environment, driving, seattle, us-news, co2, flexfuel

AlterNet: Air-conditioning: Our Cross to Bear

Seeded on Mon Jul 3, 2006 3:01 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

When it's hot and humid out and the air-conditioner's not running, America suffers. Babies break out in rashes, couples bicker, computers go haywire. In much of the nation, an August power outage is viewed not as an inconvenience but as a public health emergency.

health, usa, economics, air-conditioning

GOP-run Senate kills minimum wage increase - Yahoo! News

Seeded on Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:08 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)

"Americans believe that no one who works hard for a living should have to live in poverty. A job should lift you out of poverty, not keep you in it," said Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass.

politics, minimum-wage, ted-kennedy