Prada Revolutionaries

Kent Finley's reflections on the rise and fall of Bright Green.

"Bright Green has become the left's version of right-wing transhumanism: an excuse to not solve today's problems, because tomorrow's technology will fix them for us."

More Food

Sustainable agriculture is tied closely to a culture and history of sustainability. Small Farms, Big Future is an archive of both. It covers the rich mix of activism, educators, researchers, farmer's market managers and others who've helped pull the oral history of organics into the present day.

In their words:

Climate change is upon us. The world’s water supply is shrinking. And increasingly, local, organic food is becoming more than just a fad or a luxury for wealthy foodies. On this edition, we go to California, America’s leading producer of fruits, vegetables, and dairy, to see some examples of how the nation’s agricultural industry is slowly but surely moving away from factory farms.

Good Food

Tired of hearing about the tragedies of industrial farming? Take a look at Good Food, a new documentary about how doable sustainable agriculture can be.

Post-oil travel: Seymourpowell's vision

London, UK, 03 February 2010 - Leading design and innovation company Seymourpowell is today unveiling full details of its visionary transportation concept, Aircruise - a giant, vertical airship powered by natural energy and designed to carry travellers in style and luxury.

Water: Annie Leonard does it again

WattVision Features Expand Home Energy Monitoring

No electrician, access to real-time home energy data via web or cell, and ability to share data through social networking: the top most desireable features I've heard from participants in previous studies (Intel, Department of Energy) on home energy usage are all there. Looking forward to seeing how this device fares in the growing home energy monitoring space (Wattson, T.E.D., Kill-a-watt, Lifinity, etc.). It would seem that a leader is destined to emerge—likely one that has collaborated closely with a power provider.

Check out the video about WattVision. The quality leaves a little to be desired, but it does a decent job of clearly explaining the features:

PlaneStupid

Anyone who's ever calculated their carbon footprint before knows that flying can really wreck the whole deal. Frustrating.

planestupid.com is doing something about it, and like similar efforts, they're making good use of visualizing the impact:

Polar Bear from Plane Stupid on Vimeo.

Others are working on this problem too. Virtual conferences and video chat are displacing carbon by cutting down on flights - although they have their drawbacks. And United Airlines Charity Miles program will let you donate miles to Conservation International (among other charities). Although, I wonder if the folks over at planestupid might come up with some sort of 'shame miles' subversive campaign. Blood-soaked red carpet premier boarding anyone?