Posts Tagged ‘sustainability’
hurry, hurry …
Seen this? – Airline asks passengers to pee before flying to save energy. It’s a trial and seems a little far fetched – but doesn’t it all count in the end – lighter passengers, less fuel, less carbon emissions?
I had a million titles for this post- but seeing as it’s all to do [...]
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Tags: future, green, happiness, sustainability, waste
Anticipating the future…
Keynote for Information Online 2009 – Anticipating the future of libraries: understanding trends and staying relevant in the digital age – Andy Hines, futurist, adjunct professor of Future Studies at University of Houston. 22 January 2009.
Emerging challenges
1. Values
2. Demography
3. Lifestyle
4. Technology
5. Work
6. Education
‘addicted to growth, debt, consumption’ – but if we do the things we [...]
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Tags: future, librarians, libraries, sustainability
Vampire energy
Sometimes you just need a hook, a new way of looking at the same issue.
I think we all know about the wasted energy of all of our electrical products, even when we are not using them, but I rather like the notion of Vampire Energy and the following video.
Kx
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Tags: green, sustainability
Red and blue
the red:
I first heard about this story on another blog I follow – Linda’s ‘Living the good life’ and I’ve heard it since in the news…the red list of endangered and threatened species.
The red list, produced by IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, is a list produced every year that lists [...]
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Tags: books, state of mind, sustainability
doing the best that I can
I’m really interested in sustainability and ethical living, but it can sometimes seem to take all your energy just thinking about doing the right thing. I’ve read a couple of books (The rough guide to ethical living, Duncan Clark and A life stripped bare: my year trying to live ethically by Leo Hickman) in the last [...]
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Tags: books, me, sustainability
