We're still all very excited about our appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show (go Simran!). You can see the video segment above.
We all know that a media appearance can lead to another. Martha Stewart might have helped us get noticed by Oprah (who knows?). But what does Oprah lead to? Well, in this case, it seems to be Rush Limbaugh. We did not expect that one.
This week we look at the possibility of reversing the deforestation trend, the repopulation of bamboo-eating pandas, and the popularization of bamboo fashions. This edition’s music comes from Garmarna and Leeroy, care of Calabash Music.
We’ve already alerted you to Sir David Attenborough’s thoughts on global warming. In Australia, filming his new BBC TV series, Life in Cold Blood, he's taken the opportunity to air those feelings again: “All I do know is that climate change is happening, no doubt, and that's been no doubt for a long time. And I also know that humanity, human beings worldwide, are contributing to climate change. I also know that if it goes on the way it is, we are in for some very bad times. We ought now to have a worldwide change in moral attitudes that you don't waste energy, because energy is produced at a cost, and to waste it is sinful. I mean it … but mad as well.” When he’s spent 50 of his 80 years passionately broadcasting about life on earth, it would seem fair to suggest he knows a little something of what he says. Via ::The World Today.
As we regularly see here on TreeHugger the market for ethical fashion just keeps growing and growing. This was made very clear at London Fashion Week back in September where they devoted a whole section to showing ethical and eco fashion. The latest online fashion store on the British eco-block is Adili. They took advantage of the green publicity from London Fashion Week by launching Adili at the end of September. Since then their collection has grown steadily and now, just in time for some convenient Christmas shopping, they are stocking an impressive list of ethical brands. They concentrate on women’s fashion, sorry guys you only get to choose from a range of t-shirts, but they also include kids, babies, linen and cosmetics too. “Adili is the Swahili word for 'ethical and just'. As a company Adili believes that it is possible for fashion to be both stylish and made in an ethical and just way; in a way that gives rather than takes from people and the planet; in a way that upholds the dignity of those along the supply chain.” Adili joins a fast growing list of TreeHugger’s online shopping favourites such as The Natural Collection, Coco’s Shoppe, The Natural store, Beklina and Green Loop. ::Adili
I often feel guilty (and a bit hypocritical) driving my car when I could have walked or biked, knowing that it is bad for my carbon footprint. I feel so much better now that I have this bumper sticker from the Guardian that TreeHugger Bonnie sent me from London.
Electronics giant Toshiba has developed a new form of printer that uses plastic instead of paper, allowing the same sheet to be erased and reprinted up to 500 times. The company is claiming that this will result in a significant reduction of greenhouse gases by allowing organizations to cut their paper consumption dramatically. They also argue that the printer’s production process creates significantly less emissions than that of a standard printer.
The answer, of course, is the penguins. This is part of an excellent advertising campaign by Électricité de France (EDF,) which also provides a lot of power to the UK. The ads show various animals assisting us in being more energy efficient and read something like "If you don't preserve nature by switching off your computer / installing solar panels / using efficient lightbulbs, who will."
