Yellow Pages Unveils National Opt-Out Site, Responds to Paper Book Critics (Neg Norton Interview)
February 1, 2011 No Comment
Images via YPA & Jamiesrabbits Neg Norton is president of the Yellow Pages Association, a group that’s taken some hits on TreeHugger for pushing paper phone books. Today, his association is rolling out a new, national opt-out Internet site, where people will be able to end delivery of paper phone books to their doorsteps. If you don’t want them, they won’t be delivered … for at least a few years. Norton sat down with Treehugger to talk about the launch of yellowpag… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo by Shermeee via Flickr Creative Commons Zoe Weil is the founder of Institute of Humane Education , and she recently gave a TED talk on the importance of redesigning how we educate people. We wanted to find out more about how a humane education could improve the green movement. Zoe was kind enough to talk with us, and explain everything from exactly what a “humane education” is and… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: sarkinfo : Sark by night You may have never heard of a “dark sky island” before, but welcome to Sark, if you want to visit one. It’s a hard-won designation from the International Dark Sky Association which is an organisation devoted to preserving the darkest and most beautiful night skies on earth. The small island of Sark, 80 miles off the coast of England has just won the award…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Chimpanzees share over 90 percent of their DNA with humans — but the similarities between these two species seems to extend beyond genetics alone. For what is believed to be the very first time, researchers have captured the behavior of a female chimp mourning over her recently deceased 16-month-old child, detailing how non-human primates respond to death. This moving footage not only challenges those who might question the extent to which animals experience the loss of a life, it bridges the perceived differences between the natural world and we humans who are harbingers of so much death therein…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Flickr, ca2hill , CC When I wrote my reactions to Obama’s State of the Union address last week, I mentioned how disappointing it was that he didn’t take the chance to engage the American public on the issue of climate change. The most common retort to this was along the lines of well, actions speak louder than words — and calling for a vast mobilization of clean energy is practically the same thing. Well, no it ain’t.
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Photographers booed Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore in Brazil after the pair showed up late to a Colcci fashion show that Kutcher was scheduled to walk in. (Jan. 31)
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Photo: Nissan Capacity: 200,000 Batteries a Year Compared to getting the batteries right, getting the rest of an electric car right is relatively easy. After all, most of the rest of the vehicle is pretty similar to what automakers are already doing, and an electric vehicle is mechanically much simpler than a gasoline or diesel vehicle (the power electronics and software is more complex, but most of the rest is simpler). That’s why it’s so important to get the batteries right, and Nissan’s approach is that “when you want something done right, you better do it yourself.” That’s why th… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Last week BuildingGreen published Green Building Product Certifications , A wonderful and useful guide with everything one needs to understand what labels actually mean and how to use them. I wish it had come out a month earlier; I had been asked to do a lecture on Labels and green product certifications last Friday at the Interior Design Show in Toronto , and this would have saved m… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Not only do I think we wear our outerwear too big but I also think we wear the sleeve length too long. As you see these two very elegant gentlemen wear a shorter sleeve length with a healthy amount of shirt cuff showing. Notice they are also wearing this look with a knit and not a suit. Maybe this sleeve length is a bit sportier?
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A quick update on the status of a proposed road that would bisect Serengeti National Park in Tanzania and potentially destroy the world renowned annual wildebeest migration . According to Mongabay , the World Bank has offered to fund an alternative route for the road which bypass the park. Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union’s Dr Barbara Mass described the importance: “The regular pulse of the migration … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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