Category: business
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Bottled Water: Vastly Wasteful
I am amazed at the amount of resources bottled water consumes. http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/cliff-kuang/design-innovation/infographic-day-bottle-water-really-bad-yes
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Will the American Rich Exhaust the Economy? (Vanity Fair)
From artIcle: An economy in which most citizens are doing worse year after year—an economy like America’s—is not likely to do well over the long haul.
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Bike Lanes on Northwest (Bellingham)
This was forwarded from Dan who organized the recent meeting at city hall: Good day, here’s a little update on what’s happening around getting bike lanes on Northwest Ave., Elm St. and Dupont St. and three simple things you can do to help make it happen. The short version of how you can help: Send…
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Bicycling Keeps Cash in the Local Economy (Grist)
Money paid for petrol doesn’t stay in the local economy. It doesn’t really even stay in America. This Grist article describes how riding a bicycle instead of a car helps improve the economy. Not just from reducing petrol purchases, but by bolstering local bike mechanics and shifting the trend away from drive-thru fast food to…
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Inverviews on Peak Oil
Below is a 20 minute video featuring interviews with Noam Champsky and Bill Mckibben and others on why the US seems legally bound and why CEOs may be too frightened to honestly confront peak oil and climate change.
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Actuary Report: Obesity costs $300BN
Actuary Report, quote from the summary: …the total economic cost of overweightand obesity in the United States and Canada caused by medical costs, excess mortalityand disability is approximately $300 billion per year. The portion of this total due to overweight is approximately $80 billion, and approximately $220 billion is due to obesity. The portion of the…
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Expect $5 gas in 2012 (Salon.com)
Former oil executive: Expect $5 gas in 2012 – Trending – Salon.com. And expect the fight for “gas tax” to be contentious. Too bad lobbyists buy our politicians to make them profit from a unsustainable system of transportation. Prices like these begin to reflect the real cost of petrol to the consumer — long shrowded…
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Are Workplaces Incentivizing the Ride? (Commute by Bike)
I’d like to think that bike commuting would be that much more obvious for businesses to encourage. http://www.commutebybike.com/2010/12/01/how-workplaces-are-incentivizing-the-ride/
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Kathy Sierra talks about making better users (IT Conversations Gov 2.0)
I like this talk about how making passionate users. “Don’t make a better [widget], make a better USER of [widget].” This distinction enables enthusiasm and engagement. IT Conversations | Gov 2.0 Summit from O’Reilly Media | Kathy Sierra.
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