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Eco Humor – Chris Madden

Eco Cartoon – Chris Madden

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Swine Flu Solution?!

Ok, so I saw this picture and thought Stepford housewife on Mars; what with her sweet smile and sci-fi sanitizer.  The company Verilux has developed a line of UVC-light sanitizing wands.  Yes, a wand.  Unlike the wands of yore, this does not cue orchestras nor has any affiliation with Hogwart’s School of Witchcraft and [...]

Don’t Sustainy the Sheets!

Just when you thought you were safe in your own bed… comes some information about cute, cuddly cotton. It’s a sensitive little shrub, very suceptible to attack from multiple insect species. This results in Cotton crops accounting for more than 25 percent of all the insecticides and 10 percent of all the pesticides used in the [...]

Scuppie Nation

Scuppie thievery!

Nothing says efficiency like shoplifting.

What better way to save money and resources than copping a few organic pomegranates from your local Whole Foods? (the bastion of Socially Conscious Upwardly Mobile Persons)  No plastic, paper, or even canvas; just slide your seitan into your purse.  Skipping the cash register lines would save the energy [...]

The Ellusive Carrotmob:

The story of a small for-profit company’s quest to mobilize activist communities (aka Obama taught us a lot):

Virgance was brought to the attention of Sustainy through this month’s top networking tool, Twitter.  It’s a small company revitalizing the practice of “for-profit” activism.  By utilizing everything that is hot in sustainable business today; hyper localism, grassroots social [...]

Guerrilla Garden

The time has come for all citizens to unite!

Grab your Succulents, compile your Lavender and Thyme, propagate your Juniper!!  Yeah, that’s right- now is the time to reface the planet one GARDEN at a time.  Welcome to the subversive world of Guerilla Gardening and Xeriscaping; where a little forethought and minimal [...]