Eco-Operate

Reorganizing...

Greetings,

Just a quick note to ask for patience while I reorganize this.
Some of the margins need to be adjusted so some backtrack-
ing might reveal wierdly configured posts.

In the near future this will be redesigned again to be more in-
teresting and will include 'Student Author'(hopefully) and
'Greener Designer' categories as I look about for designers
implementing 'sustainability' principles in their work...

Lauren

TED talk - Moshe Safdie: What makes a building unique?

A Lighter Footprint

Yahoo has a Carbon Footprint Calculator that you can use to see what impact you
and your friends/family are having on the planet. What's great about it is that one
can instantly make a plan and 'pledge' to offset their impact.
In measurable amounts of carbon you can decide to what degree you can
lessen your impact through simple and often easy choices.

Equally good, or maybe even better is that the site shows how many others are
making a 'pledge' and to what extent their positive accumulative effect will be.

Current count:
62,050 People are pledging to save 168,467 TONS of C02/yr
Which is equivalent to 125 not driving for about a year.

The Antidote to Design Overkill

design per il sud del mondo

to translate use babelfish.altavista.com

The other day I went to a popular coffee place for a soy mocha.
As I waited I was able to hear what others in front of me were ordering: Venti caramel mocha, double chocolate mocha, etc....
So that by the time it was my turn to order I felt faintly sick -- I believe I was suffering from close - proximity sugar poisoning so I ordered some water and soon felt much better!

Similarly I felt queasy when I happened onto the iPod 'Hoody' in the previous post... so I quickly sought relief - and behold - I think I found it here (Ironically at the same source as the 'Hoody'-Mocoloco!)

Smart, minimal, biodegradeable, completely functional and 'adaptable' to many uses- AND Utterly beautiful in form & simplicity.

Yes,  I'm feeling much better.

TED talk- Gregory Colbert-Ashes and Snow