Carbon neutral: the 'fairy tale' castle of Neuschwanstein
Yes. We know from German folklore (think Hansel and Gretel, and Little Red Riding Hood) that the forest, or Wald, was an important part of life in Germany’s past. With forest still covering 31 per cent of the country – almost three times as much as the UK – the nation is deeply green.
It is also way ahead in terms of “green” issues. Germany recycles three-fifths of domestic waste compared to about one-fifth here; there are now only 150 landfill sites in Germany, compared with 50,000 in the early Seventies.
If you are choosing the nation at the heart of Europe initially for its environmentally friendly credentials, you are in for a treat in terms of the green and open spaces it offers. Germany has one-third more people than Britain, but the population density is lower and more rural.
Earth Day April 22nd - Smart Green Travel with Jerry Hart on Green 960 AM San Francisco Earth Day is Thursday and in America we are leading the way with support for NO CHILD LEFT INSIDE Did you know that kids today spend on average only 4 minutes outside each day? Learn more on Smart Green Travel, how important you know why NOW is the time to......
Green Paint and VOCs According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the air that we breathe indoors is up to three times more polluted than the air outside. This impure air is regarded as one of the top hazards to our health. And, the paints in our homes are among the foremost sources of......
22 Tips for Weight Loss pt 3 Here is a quick no nonsense guide to what you can to in order to get healthy and lose weight. This is part 3 in a 5 part series. 9 - Identify the right exercise for your needs. No two exercises are created equally. If you enjoy running and it......
I'll Be Waiting Preface It all started when I joined the spyworld when I was 16. I was shortlisted as a candidate after a 10 day camp. All of us thought it was just an outdoor camp that was very different from the other courses. So yeah, a lady posed as a principal......
MonaVie Pulse vs. Benecol Smart Chews in Lowering Cholesterol I have recently decided to look into MonaVie Pulse and the plant sterols in it. There appears to be clinical research that show plant sterols can help lower cholesterol. I'm not going to argue that's a bad thing. However, a smart consumer who decides that plant sterols are right for......
10 Frugal Travel Tips for Your Summer Vacation Today we have the pleasure of introducing Heather Johnson through her guest post. Heather is a regular commentator on the subject of credit card types. She welcomes your feedback and potential job inquiries at heatherjohnson2323 at gmail dot com.Jun 02, 2010: The summer is upon us, as evident by the......
What a long strange trip it’s been! The Magic Bus, takes off from the center of San Francisco, transporting you back to a time of peace, love, and rock ‘n’ roll. Smart Green Travel showcases the man behind this Transcendental Transportation Authority.
Plus, what an honor to speak with the Tourism Director of Tanzania, an oasis of nature where you discover the 7th and 8th wonders of the world.
Hummingbirds make love at speeds above 40 mph by Jerry Hart Most of my emphatic spiritual love for nature is because of animals. When I was driving today and had to pull over to view thousands of birds painting in the sky and playing, in concert, dancing as if no one was watching. I was. You have got to see this......
Earth Day April 22nd - Smart Green Travel with Jerry Hart on Green 960 AM San Francisco Earth Day is Thursday and in America we are leading the way with support for NO CHILD LEFT INSIDE Did you know that kids today spend on average only 4 minutes outside each day? Learn more on Smart Green Travel, how important you know why NOW is the time to......
What Is “Smart Growth” And How Does It Benefit The Environment? Dear EarthTalk: What is âsmart growthâ and how does it benefit the environment? And what are the downsides, if any? Originating in the early 1970s when city planners began renovating crumbling inner cities in the face of widespread suburbanization and sprawl, smart growth is now a top buzzword in both......
San Francisco Tips for Traveling If you are planning on experiencing everything that San Francisco has to offer, then it would benefit you to have some San Francisco travel tips under your belt before you get the ball rolling on your travel. Here is a brief list of some of the most important San Francisco......
The Stimulus Package And Green Jobs. Dear EarthTalk: What kind of job opportunities might be opened up by the new federal emphasis on green projects? If itâs a U.S. industry that has the potential to be cleaner and greener, chances are the Obama administration has already set aside some stimulus money for it. In February 2009,......
A Weekend Of Green Fairs Around Los Angeles. This weekend we spent the majority of our time outdoors, as there were two different fairs around Los Angeles that had "green" aspects to them. Sure, the message might be lost on many of the fair-goers, but if just a few of them take the time to learn about recycling,......
Top Travel Places to Go in 2010 reprinted from New York Times 2. Patagonia Wine Country Ten years ago, a group of adventurous winemakers set their sights on an Argentine valley called San Patricio del Chañar, an unusually fertile and eerily beautiful corner of Patagonia. They plowed, planted and waited. The outcome? A blossoming wine country with......
What's a Green Cruise? Smart Green Travel with Jerry Hart on Green 960 AM San Francisco Show: Saturday April 10th, 2010 Green Cruises around the world part 1 run time 26 minutes part 2 run time 26 minutes The Cahill Foundation Sarah E. Moss, Regional Director sarah@GreenFestivals.org - 303.219.0639 office Green Festivals™, a joint 510(c)3 project of Global Exchange & Green America www.greenfestivals.org ~ Facebook: Search......
Quick Green Reads For The Weekend Volume Ninety One. I don't know if it is the altitude or the dry air or what, but our Subaru Forester that was getting about 24 MPG in California is now getting 29-30 MPG on a consistent basis. Mind you, this is not exactly a light nimble car and it has full-time......
Have You Overlook An Important Area When Saving Energy? One of the areas that seems the least understood when using green products is the "carbon footprint". To illustrate this point about green products, a simple story about the use of CFL (Compact Florescent Lamp) bulbs may help. When in a restaurant the other day, I noticed that the......
Greenwash Of The Week: Ortho EcoSense Bug Killer. "*Not intended to imply environmental safety either alone or compared to other products" - you know you are in for a good Greenwash of the Week when that disclaimer is on a product labeled as "EcoSense". They are telling you right off the bat that their product might not really......
From The Good Human Archives - July 2007. For new readers of The Good Human and for those of you who may have missed them the first time around, here are a few of my favorite articles from a year ago this month. With over 1,000 articles on the site, it's easy to miss some - I forget......
The global warming industry is imploding from scientific scandals, inconvenient weather, economic anxiety and surging popular skepticism (according to a Pew Research Center survey released in January, global warming ranks 21st out of 21 in terms of the public’s priorities).
I guess a 21st ranking is enough for Audi to spend a million + bucks to persuade you during the SuperBowl
The moral of the story is that we should welcome our new green tyrants and, if we know what’s good for us, surrender to the New Green Order.
Audi’s “Green Police” depicts an America where citizens are arrested — roughly — for even minor environmental infractions. A man at the supermarket asks for a plastic shopping bag and has his head slammed against the counter as he’s cuffed by a Green Police officer. “You picked the wrong day to mess with the ecosystem, plastic boy,” quips the cop. When officers find a battery in the wrong suburban garbage bin, one big cop yells, “Battery! Let’s go! Take the house!”
Some eco-bloggers disliked the ad because it reinforces the association of undemocratic statism or PC bullying with environmentalism. Perhaps that’s why the New York Times dubbed it “misguided.”
Meanwhile, some conservatives didn’t like it because it makes light of what they believe is actually happening. After all, in America and Europe, the list of environmental crimes is growing at an almost exponential rate. The ad is absurd, of course, but not nearly as absurd as Audi thinks.
What was Audi’s intent? Presumably, to sell cars.
“The ad only makes sense if it’s aimed at people who acknowledge the moral authority of the green police,” writes Grist magazine’s David Roberts on the Huffington Post. The target audience, according to Roberts, are men who want to “do the right thing.” He’s certainly right that the ad isn’t aimed at people (whom he childishly mocks as “teabaggers”) who worry that their liberties are being slowly eroded.
Does green mean acting like a piece of fruit while you sleep? I've had so much fun this week. I've pledged to be a non smoker starting June 1, 2009. Giving back to me and the planet. I discovered I'm a lousy Green date [at least at the moment] and might not be sexy enough for the eco-walk, according to Planet Green......
How do we know if National Bike Day was successful? Do you watch TV sometimes and think, "Glad that's not me". Today is National Bike Day and it's the first time I've stopped to give it a moment of attention. At first I used to judge and criticize people that participate in what I thought was a bit purists for......
The solar-powered ‘dragon’ stadium in Kaohsiung, Taiwan Today it's really cool images from our green friends in Japan. The solar-powered ‘dragon’ stadium in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, is the world’s first stadium which gets all its power needs from the sun. Designed by Japanese architect Toyo on a steel-rod structure with a roof covered with solar panels, the horseshoe-shaped......
Eco-tunnel help turtles cross a Florida road I learned that $3.4 million of federal stimulus money is being used to build a tunnel to help turtles cross a Florida road. Look at that face. How could you not spend a few million bucks on a face like that? Do we hire a couple green turtle loving people......
Are You Doing All You Can for the Fight Against Global Warming ? Are You Doing All You Can for the Fight Against Global Warming ? Global Warming - Information and Tips regarding Global Warming Definition of Global Warming: Global Warming is the increase in the average measured temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and oceans since the mid-20th century,......
You Can All Stop Worrying About It - The Planet Will Be Fine. This article was originally published in 2007, but I figured it would be a good message for the beginning of a New Year. I am still away on holiday but should be back next week - have a safe New Year's Eve! It's us that I am worried about. It's......
Greenwash Of The Week: Flying Around The Globe Going To "Green" Expos. This week's Greenwash isn't about a company or a product, but rather about those "environmentalists" who spend their time flying around the globe going to "green" conferences. How anyone can fly from state to state attending eco-events and still call themselves Green is beyond me. There is absolutely nothing environmentally......
Climate Change and Politcs: Global Warming Continues Due to Too Much Hot Air? by voyageAnatolia.blogspot.com Climate Change and Politcs: Global Warming Continues Due to Too Much Hot Air? All the way back in January 2004 Sir David A. King, the Government's then chief scientific adviser, described global warming, and the climate change that it drives, as a greater threat to the world......
Ecosocialism - Going Green For The Common Good. Said it before, say it again - we are all in this together, so let's start acting like it. Just about everything we choose to do in our own lives impacts everyone else on the planet in some way, so it's very important to choose wisely. However, this also holds......
I think it should be every state, and the crazy part is I love to text behind the wheel.
I’ve heard some blaming the government gaining more control.
I think it’s one of the most obsessive habits I’m dealing with behind the wheel.
How do cops know you’re text messaging? Reckless driving? Actually seeing the person texting behind the wheel?
The awful crashes from trains, planes and automobiles all over the country should speak volumes to banning humans from exercising stupidity.
No matter how clever I can be at multi-tasking, like I’m fast finger Freddie, ah…..no…I don’t think so.
The average person texts for durations that are equivalent to driving the distance of a football field. Can you imagine how much time that is to, let’s see, take out a group of people on the sidewalk, hit a pole, drive into a Walmart, steer a massive train into another?
Then you combine texting with a provocative smart car dilemma and the results are shocking.
Greenest Cities in the World with Jerry Hart on Smart Green Travel on Green 960 AM San Francisco [/caption] Who's recycling more and "trashing" less? Smart Green Travel visits the top green cities and few runners up who have made the most impressive strides toward eco-friendliness and sustainability. Factors are air, the climate, our health, the landscape and the habitat. When a city accepts as a mandate its......
Skepticism and resistance to living green This blog is about "Living to think green, a skeptic's journey". Definition of "Skepticism" (a) an attitude of doubt or a disposition to incredulity either in general or toward a particular object; I've been very curious about how to lower my skepticism and resistance to living green. Living green means......
Small Business Owners, This is our time baby! by Jerry Hart My gut says, that the companies born in this recession will be the stuff of legend by the end of the decade. Here's 5 trends for small business I see coming at us like a storm on doppler radar. 5. Mastering (note: the word "mastering", not just tapping into) social......
When I think Green, I think awareness and humility [/caption] When I think Green, I think awareness. More awareness breeds more humility and gratitude. Agree? Dogs do seem to be so aware, I'm surprised we don't listen to their direction more often. Blind dogs (a dog that helps blind people, not literally a "blind dog") have absolutely blown me......
7 Tools for Smart Car Purchases This guest post is contributed by Raine Parker, who writes on Accounting Degree. Buying a car can be a daunting task, especially for those younger drivers who've never done it before. Every commercial seems aimed right at you; every giant billboard advertising low interest rates seems too good to ignore;......
Fresh twists in Tiger's tale mean Woods is far from out of the woods yet [/caption] Is it just me? Or is Tiger Woods only an average-looking guy? He's not unattractive, but neither is he likely to cause a riot in a shopping mall. Still, throw a few billion dollars into the mix and suddenly Tiger Woods is a bit of a catch. Or is......
Weakonomics Weekend Edition: Tesla Model S Edition It is possible that during this past week we experienced the fundamental change in the American automotive landscape*. Tesla, the appropriately named electric car company, announced their second production vehicle, the Model S (white on left). Tesla was previously in the headlines for their Roadster (red on right), a beautiful......
Texas county to name drunk drivers on Twitter [/caption] If you get busted for drunk driving in Montgomery County, Texas, this holiday season, your neighbors may hear about it on Twitter. That's because the local district attorney's office has decided to publish the names of those charged with driving while intoxicated (DWI) between Christmas and New Year's Eve.......
The New BMW Diesels, Now Hitting the US The new BMW X5 xDrive35d is one of the new 2009 cars to hit the market, alongside the updated BMW 335d sedan. The X5 xDrive35d is a hybrid that runs on diesel, utilizing the technology that has been tested in the European market for the past couple of years. Now......
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