Fresh green links...

Unprotected Waters is a game from the Save Our Marine Life campaign. Help Sandy eat fish while avoiding the dangers; if you last long enough you get a bonus round in protected waters. I made it to 1 minute 32 seconds Stop the Slapp - a site dedicated to helping the final 4 defendants of the Gunns 20 case, where Gunns is trying to sue people for protesting their actions. The trial starts next Tuesday. (via @Deskimo,...

Review: No Impact Man by Colin Beavan...

You’ve probably heard of No Impact Man before - he’s the guy who spent a year trying to get his environmental footprint down to zero, and blogged about it. Some people reckon it’s all just a cheap stunt, others think it’s the way of the future. Now you can read his book (or see the documentary about him) and see if you think he’s on the right track or not, because in it he explains exactly...

What are your eco-friendly skills?...

A while back Planet Green had an article called 99 Skills for an Eco-Friendly DIY Life. It’s a long list of different skills that would make living an environmentally-conscious life a lot easier. I rated pretty well overall, without being a particular expert in any one category. I got 61 out of 99 overall: that’s 13/26 in food (mostly on the easy ones, although I throw a pretty fantastic eco-friendly party),...

Fresh green links...

Airport vs Black Cockatoos and Orchids - the Perth airport authority wants to clear land that’s home to 3 endangered species (Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo and two types of orchids). Clare at Ockham’s Razor is writing to Peter Garrett about it, since the land is under Commonwealth rules, and has some suggestions for what you can do about it. Low-carbon push for new Industrial Revolution - Sir Nicholas Stern...

The rat race: who needs it?...

There’s  a good post by Johann Hari over at the UK’s The Independent that you might like to take a look at: We Don’t Need This Culture of Overwork. I found out about it via Jonathon Hiskes at Grist. Hari talks about how in Utah, the state government changed their office hours from 9 to 5, Monday to Friday to a new 8 to 6, Monday to Thursday. Employees worked 4 ten-hour days and got a 3-day weekend....

Deep walkability: how’s your suburb?...

Walkscore website (I don't actually live right in the CBD) You’ve probably heard of the idea of “walkability“, that is, whether or not a place has decent footpaths and bikepaths that lead to shops and services and interesting places within walking or biking distance. There’s a few websites out there that measure the walkability of the place where you live, like Walkscore (which does the maps...

Fresh green links...

If you are interested in donating to help Haiti deal with their devastating earthquake, there are lots of people organising fundraisers at the moment. But I know that the Red Cross is very practiced with disaster relief and they don’t disappear when the crisis is over (they’re still working in Bandeh Aceh because of the tsunami), so do consider them if you’re not sure who to send money to. Gunns announce...

Free magazines online...

I’m super busy this week and so won’t be making a proper post until Friday. But as a peace offering, I present to you 19 issues of the USA version of Organic Gardening. They’re free and online, via Google Books. Dating from December 2005 to the current issue, they’ve got some good tips for growing vegies, improving your soil and making your garden attractive and useful. I haven’t had time...

Fresh green links...

Whaling war heats up to boiling point - you’ve probably seen the ramming footage on the news, but why has it even gotten to this stage? A good summary of the recent history from former Democrats Senator Andrew Bartlett (he’ll be standing for the Greens next election). Australia’s coal addiction set in train 30 years ago - why are we so heavily invested in coal production? A background piece from Radio...

Review: Avatar...

Like so many people, I went to see Avatar over the Christmas break. The plot was (overly?) simple, but it was a very pretty movie and kept me entertained for 3 hours. It could have done with being maybe 2 hours, but I guess that since James Cameron had worked so hard to make it look good, he didn’t want to miss any opportunity to show us the world he’d created! In case you haven’t already heard, the...