Oceans, Waves and Beaches

I just checked out the Super Bowl ads and noticed something interesting. As of 11pm Sunday the Audi “green police” ad was winning the popularity poll. It was in the #1 spot, voted the best ad of the Super Bowl. But more notable is the fact that at that point it was also in the [...]

As you may have figured out by now. I dig Thomas Friedman.
His chat on NPR’s Fresh Air where he talked about Ge0-Greenism is worth the listen.
It’s available here.
Photo: shanghaiist.com

This is the Slightly Choppy boardshort from Quiksilver. I’m wearing a pair as I type this… I dig ‘em.
They are made of organic cotton so they have that firm feel at first but will weather to the point of being super soft… even supple.
They also come with a hangtag that has ten things you can [...]

Time ran a cover with Iwo Jima imagery recently. It caught some flack.
The cover story explored the fact that the US must participate/lead the green revolution. It pointed out the massive challenge that global warming will be and compared it to wars fought in the past… and suggested that fighting (and winning) the global warming [...]

In the month of April I asked the question “who is the greenest?” on my poll.
The results are here…
Surfrider Foundation isn’t a political/partisan organization.
We don’t lobby. We don’t endorse or oppose individual candidates, rather we seek to get information out on political issues and let the candidates sort themselves out.
Interesting results.
For some real meat on [...]

I’m an Irish citizen and yet I’ve never, ever thought St. Patricks Day was a day I should celebrate. In fact the idea of coloring beer green, a river green or anything else green and calling it Irish… is shallow and somewhat insulting.
I suppose I feel the same way about Earth Day.
We are not talking [...]

Blue is the new green is the new black.
Yep, we’ve heard riffs on that before… our focus has been on the blue for a while; oceans, waves and beaches, Blue Water Task Force, Project Blue, Pantone Blue, etc.
But Adam Werbach is defining blue as something else, something more comprehensive. More Paul Hawkin-esque in the sense [...]

Many institutions believe they have a corner on the guilt market. Truth is that it’s simply another emotion and some institutions probe that emotion more than others. Some, whether it’s an institution or an individual, are quick to apply a new scarlet letter to those less-green than themselves. Lately, I’ve found the an increasing [...]

A few weeks ago I waxed on about the lack of innovation in the environmetal movement.
Well… the times they are a-changin’.
Here’s an example ->
Sevin Coskun designed The Washup to… wash clothes and flush the toilet and do so with a compact footprint.
This was part of the Greener Gadgets Conference (vid below) and, to me, does [...]