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Why bother going green?

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This NY Times.com page has tons of awesome articles about living a greener lifestyle. Be sure to check out the article Why Bother? by Michael Pollan. Most people dont go green because they dont believe that just them doing it will make a different, this article will tell you otherwise. Enjoy! There is also a fun article about Bill Nye.
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9 responses // Why bother going green?

  • I loved Bill Nye as a kid. He made me feel like I could be a scientist or at least understand well enough to get along and it never felt boring. He made science cool. Thanks for clipping this.
    ocanada
  • Why can't we get rid of or recycle much easier those pesky plastic bags?
    PatrickEdwardMurray
  • Michael Pollan rocks, and he makes a very valid point--if you value life at all 'bothering' is the most important thing...

    Plastic bags are easy--reusable totes. Lots of simple cheap things you can do around your home really will make a difference, and if we expect other developing nations (like China) to realize certain ecological limits, we had best set the example since its our lifestyle they want...
    Kati_kat
  • I watched this real interesting program on Science HD and it was about how they (scientists in the field) are already developing technology that can completely zap waste into nothingness. And also another method that turns waste into fuel and energy. It was really interesting.

    I personally have started an organization, Be Green Be Healthy. We are currently organizing a fair that will be (hopefully) held at some local college campuses. We want to pass along info that maybe not everyone really has any idea about. We are also getting as many "green" companies and products to showcase at the fair including alternative transportation like scooters/electric bikes, water vending machines (to eliminate the need for water bottles),organic foods, soy products,etc.

    Maybe I'll post a webcam video of it or do a piece on it. I think it will be a badass fair. And we plan to hand out handbooks with all the info about all the products and information, such as "green" tips and lifestyle changes that can be made. So instead of handing out fliers or information on paper (that they will end up throwing), we are going to make an actual handbook for them, so it's something they can keep and reference at anytime.
    Mafioso
  • Malfioso I dont know where your at but if you come to Baldwin-Wallace College that would be so awesome! And as to plastic bags you can make so many things out of them i'm in the process of filming a segment about different things that you can make out of them. I'll let you know when I post it!
    lmcniel
  • being green is such the topic, when everytime I hear discussions saddens me that places where Ive live in, in the past, don't even have any recycling programs what so ever. It all end up in the same place. Very sad.
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    Bill nye the science guy is the bomb! I still remember some episodes to this date. Cant wait for his next show noted in the article. Great find thanks for the link.
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    "I get up around 6:30 a.m. I sip a cup of coffee made on a timer. It’s always shade-grown organic coffee. I grind the beans. Then I go to the studio and film my new show, “Stuff Happens,” which will be on in the fall on Discovery’s Planet Green channel."
    meligrosa
  • this is a great find! I'm going to forward it to my little brother. he has a paper to write for school about conservation, alternate energy sources, and ways to live green. if you have any other sources, please post them here for him.
    thanks!
    googolplexer
  • http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/tune-in-t...
    Here's the link to planet green, the new first-and so far only-24-hour eco-lifestyle television network.
    googolplexer
  • with the plastic bags, My grandma showed me how to cut them up and crochet them together to make a bag mat, other possibilities are making them into a tote bag, or just cut out their use all together like I did. I just collect bags from family, and neighbors.
    googolplexer

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