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Steel Pulse: Hold On [4 Haiti]

2010-08-11T04:38:18Z

Here it is. The new song from Steel Pulse - for the people of Haiti.

At: www.holdon4haiti.org >>

Watch Paul Farmer explain:

Disclosure: SELF is my client, and I helped facilitate the project.

Russia burns; will the US be next?

2010-08-09T03:46:28Z

The global-warming deniers are quiet as the world's forests burn.

Across Russia, the political drama adds to the horror as this, the hottest summer on record, takes its toll on the poorest Russians as they lose property, homes, and even lives:

For those of you who are ready to say this is "God's punishment," I can tell you we're probably going to be next. Maybe not this summer, because we're getting far more rain in the West than usual, but perhaps the next. The reason I can say this with near certainty is that our forests are already dead or dying. So my guess is that all these dead trees are going to burn across North America pretty soon. The map looks like this (it's an overlay of the extent of the pine-beetle plague):

None of this is normal.

NASA watches as the carbon footprint grows.

Our politicians do nothing. Our Republican Senators have been owned by Big-Oil and Big-Coal forever. And the poor Christians haven't yet figured out that they're being taken for a ride. For them, I say - check your Revelations 11:18 - at some point you have to say "enough!" Why do you support these people who are destroying God's Creation?

Sen. Jim Inhofe, this is on your head. Your grandchildren won't forgive you, even if they think you're just swell right now. This is not "global warming deception" as you call it in your Luntzian language of deceit. It's g-l-o-b-a-l w-a-r-m-i-n-g, period.

Have you no shame, Senator?

The $300 House-for-the-Poor

2010-08-04T05:38:22Z

Ever since the Haiti earthquake, I’ve been thinking about why we don’t have a quick-build house made of sustainable materials at a price point that the poor can afford (with micro-credit if needed).

The $300 House-for-the-Poor is an extension of the concept of “reverse innovation” (inspired by my client and friend VG) in which innovations developed in poor countries are then brought back for use in developed countries and other parts of the world. Housing impacts health, energy, education, and security.

What if we could build sustainably designed houses for the world’s poor at an affordable cost? What if these same designs could provide relief to refugees and victims of natural disasters? The we I’m referring to is a collaborative of companies, governments, and NGOs.

This type of a structure will be engineered in the same way the TATA Nano was engineered - without the traditional assumptions.

Once built, the $300 house should be used across the globe - from Haiti, to Africa, India, and yes, even in this country, to help the homeless.

So what are we waiting for? It’s time to get busy designing the $300 House!

The Auto-Industry Turnaround: Electric Batteries - Made in the USA

2010-08-02T14:29:13Z

The political intentions of our GOP friends would leave the US with a hollowed-out economy.

Here is an example of how Obama’s unpopular bail-out for the auto-industry led to the creation of a new and critical cleantech industry - electric batteries - in this country. What say you, FOX News?

Cartoon: "The Hollow Men"

2010-08-02T05:34:27Z

This was circa 1988... nothing's changed.

In fact, things may be worse.

Tipping point? Solar costs less than Nuculear

2010-08-02T05:14:19Z

In the past year, the lines have crossed in North Carolina. Electricity from new solar installations is now cheaper than electricity from proposed new nuclear plants.

Take away government nuclear subsidies, and the case is closed!

Read the report >>

Alex Bogusky, Hunter Lovins & Catherine Greener: A Wake Up Call for Sustainability

2010-07-29T03:08:31Z

Watch:

Good for you Alex Bogusky! Can this ex-ad-man save the planet?

More on Hunter Lovins and Catherine Greener >>

Running from Modernity: The Tarahumara Story

2010-07-15T17:48:33Z

Watch:

The book that tells the story is Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen. It's truly inspirational, as is the story told by Will Harlan - he's in the video - about his encounter with the Raramuri, the Running People.

Of course, the main man is Caballo Blanco. Check out Norawas as well.

Now, where's my Iskiate?

Shine, Baby, Shine: Larry Hagman talks Solar

2010-07-15T01:09:55Z

Go J.R.! Note he mentions my client - the Solar Electric Light Fund. Stay tuned for more news about them...

I like the SolarWorld ads Hagman does quite a bit. Here he's talking to Sue Ellen (who seems to be blaming him for BP's mess in the Gulf):

Shine, baby, shine! Well said, Larry Hagman!

The thing about Hagman is he put his money where his mouth is - years ago - by converting his estate to solar, before solar was cool.

The Journalism of Hate? Joel Stein and TIME magazine

2010-07-04T22:15:47Z

Anytime we see people dividing people based on otherness, it's time to worry.

Joel Stein's My Own Private India is not the kind of journalism you expect from TIME magazine. But it does show you how immigration in the US has become an irrational issue - charged with racism and tones of hatred.

Never mind that Stein and TIME have apologized. How could either one have assumed that this could pass as journalism, or commentary, or even satire?

Sandip Roy's commentary in response: Joel Stein and the Curry Problem - provides some insight into just how irrational we have become. His point, that some "good" Indians have sided with Arizona's nuttiness, should not be lost on us.

Maybe we should all go watch Fiddler on the Roof - including Joel Stein. Either that, or everyone needs to "go home" - and leave the U.S.A to the Native Americans.

Happy July 4th, everybody!

Courage: Kindra Arnesen takes on BP

2010-06-26T07:35:31Z

Question: Will President Obama invite Kindra Arnesan to the White House? She represents "We the People," not "Them the Corporations."

Run for governor, Kindra!

Now we know that our corporate newsmedia isn't going to cover this, let's see if Rolling Stone magazine or The Daily Show will. Funny when the news comes from the edge, not the center. The center continues to not hold...

BP: Crimes against the Earth

2010-06-01T16:41:01Z

Jail time for these environmental terrorists.Call your congressperson…

Marketing ROI: Notes on Advertising Effectiveness

2010-03-23T01:50:23Z

For the first time, in 2010, online advertising will pass traditional advertising on TV and print:

While this is remarkable, I can tell you where the highest ROI is.

It's with the Republican party. You can buy every single Republican vote for a paltry $34 million, as the health care circus has shown us.

Wow. Who needs Google when all you need is the budget for one Superbowl ad. Think about that: all it takes to buy the entire GOP is one Superbowl ad. There goes the future of our country.

PS - On a side note, I wonder what it takes to buy our Supreme Court... 5 bucks to Clarence Thomas' wife?

GapMinder World: CO2 Emissions since 1820

2010-03-23T01:29:49Z

Interesting. Go here, click on "play."

History: March to Health Care Reform shames Republican Corporatists

2010-03-23T00:35:27Z

Finally, the US catches up to the rest of the civilized world:

The real disaster here is the barbaric behavior on display from the Republican members of the House.

Have they no sense of decency? Nope. None at all.

$34 million from the insurance lobby is all it took to buy the entire GOP, every last one of 'em. That's bloody cheap.