Movies
Film Trailer: The Economics of Happiness
Thursday, March 31st, 2011I just watched the tailer for a new documentary with an interesting take on measuring the true wealth of nations: “The Economics of Happiness” Since 1956, the number of Americans who state that they are happy with their lives has gone steadily downhill. So, despite the SUVs, despite the flat-panel TVs, despite convenience foods and [...]
Future Weather Movie!
Friday, March 27th, 2009We’d like to let you know about a neat new film project that’s on the horizon - an independent film called Future Weather, which is currently fund-raising for production. And in these uncertain economic times, they’ve launched a store inspired by the success of the movie Helvetica to raise production funds through grassroots fund-raising. Proceeds [...]
Netflix Finally Shows Some Mac Love!
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008Back in January I wrote about my Netflix love, and how their “Watch Instantly” feature is just about the greenest way to watch a flick, since it eliminates all that mailing of red envelopes (and the red envelopes themselves, and the production of all those toxic discs). But “Watch Instantly” didn’t work on Macs… until [...]
EcoTouch Waterless Car Wash
Monday, July 28th, 2008I have a dirty dirty car. Here is my problem: I’m lazy. and I’m great at making excuses. Like: My car has wheel skirts (or, if you’re in Australia: SPATS), and before I can go through an automatic car wash I have to get out a screw driver and remove them. So I have to [...]
King Corn on PBS
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008Jenn and I have been meaning to see the movie King Corn since we first heard about it, but haven’t been able to make it work. Jesse at Corduroy Orange just posted that it will be airing on PBS! You can check for local listings here. Haven’t heard of King Corn? From the PBS webpage: [...]
Tiny Choices Movie Review: Gimmie Green
Monday, November 12th, 2007I attended the Margaret Mead Film Festival today at the Museum of Natural History and saw some really wonderful films focused on water and the issues surrounding it. One film in particular touched on a topic that I’ve been meaning to write about - lawn maintenance and the amount of resources that it requires. We’ve [...]
On Personal Hygine
Monday, August 27th, 2007Last week I read an article about a woman in the UK who, for 40 days and 40 nights, stopped using all cleansing products. She didn’t shower, wash her hair, brush her teeth, or use deodorant. That is not a tiny choice! This is a MAJOR choice. She says: “… one evening earlier this year, [...]