Published October 8th, 2009 at 9:19 am in Food & Growing, Growing Green Footprints with 2 comments
Tagged with build green space, eco-terre-orism, environment, fod, Los Angeles Guerilla Gardening, Los Angeles Times, Open Forum, plants, public space, seed ball, wasted space
Take a look below to see what appear to be some positive actions taking place under the banner of eco-terre-orism. Find intriguing notions that are being put into action, such as tossing a seed ball on a dilapidated and forlorn part of our planet:
from Open Forum
Eco-terre-orism on the Rise
Haily Zaki (Inhabitat)
Oct 05, 2009 -
The national alert is high, code level…green. Whether we notice it or not, a group of eco-terre-orists are waging a quiet war against neglect and scarcity of public space. From London to Berlin, Miami to San Francisco and Southern California, a new breed of free range tillers are harnessing their inner flower (and fruit and veggie) power, sewing seeds for a greener tomorrow. They hope that their hard (and surreptitious) work will help transform derelict soil and abandoned lots into floral and food outposts.
Manufacturing an urban seed ball Credit: Los Angeles Times
Their weapon of choice? The seed ball.
Made from clay and compost mixed with seeds, these little life mines are tossed into neglected patches of urban landscape in the hopes that they will take root and explode with green over time. Read more of this >>
Published June 9th, 2009 at 8:40 am in Our Wasteful Ways, Plastics, Talking Trash with no comments
Tagged with environment, Great Pacific garbage patch, gyre, oceans, Pacific, plastic, shipping, trash vortex, Waste
If you have wondered whether or not garbage patches, gyres, and trash vortexes exist in the oceans, read Ole Nielsen’s blog, OleLog.
North Pacific gyre source: OleLog
Nielsen reports: “Can you imagine what happens when marine garbage ends up in such a vortex? It will never leave it again, all plastic will circulate, new plastic come by and circulate. Ships continue dumping their garbage at sea, and you end up with the world’s biggest landfill in the Pacific Ocean.
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Published February 5th, 2009 at 11:15 am in Carbon Conundrum, Growing Green Footprints, Our Wasteful Ways, Talking Trash with no comments
Tagged with 9News, Comcast, Denver, Denver Recycles, electronics recycling, environment, Free recycling, green electronics, LG Electronics, sustainability, Waste Management of Colorado
Good News from Denver Recycles:
Live Green Electronics Recycling Event
March 7, 2009
7:00 a.m. to noon
“Do your part to help the environment by recycling your old television, computer monitor and other used electronic equipment at the “Live Green Electronics Recycling Event” on Saturday, March 7th. This event provides a rare opportunity for residents to responsibly recycle old electronic equipment for FREE, thanks to generous sponsorships from LG Electronics, 9News, Comcast, Waste Management of Colorado, and the City and County of Denver. Electronics recycling is expensive and normal recycling costs average about $25 for a TV and $12 for a computer monitor.
“Responsible recycling of electronics helps to prevent lead and other chemicals from leaching into the groundwater and into our atmosphere. Televisions and computers monitors contain 4 to 8 pounds of lead each, as well as many other metals and toxic materials. Recycling old electronics also saves energy and valuable resources.
“Please note that you do not need to replace your television as a result of the February 17, 2009 switch to digital broadcasting. Only residents using an antenna with their television (either rooftop or “rabbit ears”) will be affected by this change and purchasing a converter box will prevent the need to replace a television. Televisions connected to Comcast cable, satellite or other pay TV services will not be affected. If you choose to replace your TV, take advantage of this one time opportunity to responsibly recycle for free.”
For more information and to find specific drop off locations visit www.9News.com and click on the Live Green section. For more information about recycling, visit www.DenverGov.org/DenverRecycles.
Published January 30th, 2009 at 5:20 pm in Growing Green Footprints with no comments
Tagged with apollo aliiance, environment, Environmental Center, Green action, jerome mingo, Rocky Mountain Sustainability Summit, University of Colorado
Jerome Ringo, noted environmental justice champion, and president of the Apollo Alliance, will speak February 12, 2009, at CU’s University Memorial Center as part of at the Rocky Mountain Sustainability Summit.
Jerome Ringo, Apollo Alliance President
Title of the RMSS speech:
The New Color of Green: A Collective Voice Towards Change.
Associate Research Scholar Yale University, Author, Lecturer, Motivational Speaker Boards: Al Gore’s Climate Advisory Panel / National Wildlife Federation / National Parks and Conservation Association / Florida A & M University School of the Environment / Sundance Channel “The Green” / Newsweek Magazine Advisory Panel on Climate Change.
