World’s Most Beautiful Abandoned Places
Italian product manager and web designer Francesco Mugnai recently added a collection of images to his blog touting some of the most beautiful images of abandoned spots and modern ruins that he’d ever seen. The images Mugnai has captured come from empty castles, shuttered power plants, and dilapidated churches around the world. From a sunken yacht in Antarctica to a forever-closed amusement park in Japan, these images all make up a sort of anti-phoenix; rather than rising as new from the ashes, these husks remain preserved in decomposition, forcing viewers to confront the strange beauty of ruination.
I want to go there…
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Sure, there’s a sidewalk at this COTA bus stop (at E. Livingston Avenue and S. Yearling Road), but you have to walk in the street or through the mud to get to it.
Next year, the city will help solve this problem by installing 4,950 feet of sidewalks, 13 passenger pads and 34 curb ramps at bus stops. The project, which will cost nearly $800,000, is meant to ease the way for people with disabilities.Photo by Dispatch photographer Jonathan Quilter
How GM Makes $1 Billion A Year By Recycling WasteThe automaker generates an eye-popping $1 billion a year reusing or recycling materials that would otherwise be thrown away — everything from scrap steel and paint sludge to cardboard boxes and worn-out tires. It’s an unexpected but welcome revenue stream that comes from rethinking its approach to waste reduction.
Full Story: Forbes
FYI to all you fools that still think recycling and conservation is only for us tree hugging folks.
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Do politicians have an ethical obligation to tell the truth in climate change? Government officials have been told by the most prominent, well respected scientists in the world. Donald Brown attempts to push the press and media to ask politicians 10 specific questions.
This video explains why politicians may not ethically rely upon their own uninformed opinion about climate change science as justification for failing to support policies that reduce the threat of climate change. It also argues that the press should ask politicians questions about their opinions about climate change science. Via Donald Brown, scholar of Ethics and Climate.
It’s Climate Science Communications Week at Climate Adaptation! For the entire week of Feb. 18 - 23, I’ll cover how climate change is discussed by the media, scientists, researchers, academics, and politicians. If you have sources or ideas on communicating climate change, send to: http://climateadaptation.tumblr.com/submit
Powerful and thought provoking.
“Solid science is in, and the consequences of indecision and inaction are severe. For far too long, phony science and questionable politics has stood in the way of meaningful progress needed to halt the disastrous effects of global warming,” said Brian Kaiser, Director of Green Jobs and Innovation at the Ohio Environmental Council.
“Across Ohio, businesses, universities, and communities both big and small are doing their part to halt climate change through innovation and sustainable technologies. We welcome the president’s leadership in the fight to save our planet.”
“Ohio-based manufacturers, researchers, and investors are pioneering the clean-energy technology that will solve the climate change crisis. The missing link in this job-intensive, low-carbon supply chain is more jolts of political will.”
The Onion: Hungover Energy Secretary Wakes Up Next To Solar Panel
And Secretary Steven Chu’s response, via his Facebook page, winning the day:
I just want everyone to know that my decision not to serve a second term as Energy Secretary has absolutely nothing to do with the allegations made in this week’s edition of the Onion. While I’m not going to confirm or deny the charges specifically, I will say that clean, renewable solar power is a growing source of U.S. jobs and is becoming more and more affordable, so it’s no surprise that lots of Americans are falling in love with solar.
This is the bee’s knees. I too, heart me some solar, and Stephen Chu.
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Stephen Colbert Slams Mainstream Media for Lack of Climate Coverage
This is a must see video from the Jan. 28 episode of The Colbert Report. Stephen Colbert, on his segment The Word, examines the failures of mainstream media’s coverage on climate change …
God Bless Stephen Colbert!
Tomorrow is the first day if recycling pickup for the 5th and final phase of the citywide program!
