Entries from seikatsu tagged with 'green'
Green Cars and Economic Stimuli
Heard on the morning news that the German $66B economic stimulus package passed today also includes a measure to encourage people replace their cars. It is sort of understandable as a short term measure, as their economy is quite reliant on the infamous German car makers who, of course, are looking at a bleak 2009. Still if you think of, say, a few million germans rushing to buy new cars and dump their (probably well-running) existing ones -- doesn't sound...
ChinAfrica
I very rarely have found myself spending several hours on a single magazine article, but Richard Behar's report on China in Africa from June issue of FastCompany is very much worth you invest that time too. This illustration probably recaps the "what" part of the story: In a word, the chair you sit on and the computer you're using to read this post more likely than not come from China, no surprise there. What we probably have noticed less as...
Teeme Ära: I'm so proud of my colleagues
Estonia inherited a mass of rubbish after it regained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 but it has only added to the problem since. 50,000 people, more than 3% of Estonian population of 1.3 million were out this Saturday to clean the forest, roadsides and other public areas from illegal waste. Volunteers had mapped over 10 656 garbage dumping sites all over the country by the beginning of April. This weekend 207 temporary collecting stations were put up to...
How to Present Your Story (of Stuff)
(the video above is just a teaser - to see the story in full glory, see storyofstuff.com) The Story of Stuff must be the lowest-effort way to spend 20 minutes of your life getting an introductory glimpse into the impact of our consumerist lifestyle to Mother Earth. Simplistic - yes. Slightly propagandist - maybe. US-centric - a bit, but guess where most of negative environmental impact originates from? Definitely worth your time nevertheless. What I admire the most is...
Charity And Consumption Have Issues In Common
My post on cognitive aspects around charitable giving provoked a reply from Elver. The discussion continued in the comments there, from where I'd like to aggregate another thought that seems to be contextually important. Getting funding for a charity is all about optics and active marketing to achieve it. Madelaine and Colin McRae are (were?) world famous, heavily pushed brands. Anonymous dying kids and anonymous flying tourists are not....
Give a Hundred to Save a Million Kids? Nah...
Read a great column by Clive Thompson in Wired's September issue on how big numbers (and lack of numeracy there) affects people's charity decisions. He studies a troubling paradox in human empathy: We'll usually race to help a single stranger in dire straits, while ignoring huge numbers of people in precisely the same plight. We'll donate thousands of dollars to bring a single African war orphan to the US for lifesaving surgery, but we don't offer much money or political...
How to Make 8.5 Million Percent Profit on Water
I will eat my hat if this is not one of the highest margin products in the world. 150ml of Evian water for about 7 EUR (47 EUR per liter!) because... you can spray it! (I'm sure many people have tried this spraying trick with the plain old water and miserably failed, right?) The product on the shelf above (not displayed) gets even better - a 50ml bottle of the same thing runs at a calculated liter price of...
Toad with Military Training
This specimen is cautious enough to wear full body camouflage to steer clear of Andres who hosts him in his old well....
Hot Hot Estonia
Fighting the awful sunburn from Saturday I went to a store with an intent to fetch different liquids in wholesale quantities. That's what water and -- God forbid! -- beer shelves looked like... Thought 1: how much planning effort would it really take to increase supply of the very basic goods specific for a season? Though 2: goods that were out were very brand specific. Does the fact that A. LeCoq was out, but plenty of Saku left tell...
Life Up North
In response to anyone wondering "Do you still have snow in Estonia?". Global warming does the trick. And - no, this is Celsius, not Farenheit....
Branson's Screw It, Let's Do It
A few months ago I happened to pick up a few (business) biographies from a bookstore. The stack is still quite high, but I've gone through some now and thought I'd share some reading notes. First off, Sir Richard Branson's Screw It, Let's Do It. Don't be intimidated the self-help-in-ten-steps-guide style title, it actually is a nice and quick (a few inter-European flights) intro to Branson's world and Virgin in it. Why read it? For most of the world Branson...
"Roheline" pealinn?
Kuulujutt, mida siiani veel ebatõenäoliseks pidasin hakkab saama ametlikku kinnitust. "Soodustuse andmisega on Tallinn propageerinud keskkonnasäästlike sõidukite suuremat kasutuselevõttu, et vähendada mootorsõidukite negatiivset mõju keskkonnale ja tõsta liiklejate keskkonnateadlikkust. Parkimissoodustuse kaotamise võimalust on kaalutud, kuna hübriidmootoriga sõidukitele väljastatud parkimislubade arv on aasta-aastalt kasvanud," ütles Mutli. 2002. aastal (kas keegi leiab uuemad andmed?) oli Tallinnas registreeritud kokku 160 420 sõidukit. 27. märtsi 2007 seisuga on antud parkimissoodustus 140 hübriidmootoriga sõidukile. See teeb siis meil kuipalju... 0,08% Tallinna sõidukitest? 2001. aastal (jällegi,...
Mökudraiving
Olles üks neist veidratest inimestest, kellel elu- ja töökoha ning perekonna juurdekasvu tõttu tekkis vajadus jalakäimine ja taksosõit asendada oma autoga alles suhteliselt hilises eas, avanes mul neljapäeval võimalus osaleda EcoDrivingu koolitusel. Mis on tänapäeval on lisaks libedasõidu koolitusele eelduseks vahtralehtedest vabanemiseks esimese legaalselt roolitud kahe aasta järel....
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