Archive for June, 2007
Philippine Eagle: too many down, few still standing
Eagles have held a special place in the cultures of many civilizations because of their impressive size and beauty. Used to symbolize royal power, from ancient Egypt to the Roman and Napoleonic empires, eagles have appeared on coins, standards, and weaponry.
The Philippine monkey-eating eagle is well named for its preference for eating monkeys, particularly macaques. [...]
The Meatrix
Watch the Meatrix ….
.. or how to reach 15 millions people & get a dozen of film prizes with a pretty funny expose on the evils of factory farming. A high impact, well crafted web campaign from the Sustainable Table Program (Grace) & The Free Range Studios.
Arnold the Methodical
You are entering upon a journey into Arnold’s virtual space.
It’s kind of like zooming in with Google earth and finding my little
Homestead, on the surface of the blogosphere. My interests are; well anything that’s funny and self sufficiency projects. We have recently created a website called Breezy Break to show everyone in great detail [...]
Science fiction future
As most of the people around, I am fed up with all the things politicians and media say about global warming, as much as most of them don’t do anything to change the situation. However, on browsing chaotically over the internet, I’ve found the following video, which maybe some of you have already seen.
The music [...]
Penguin Safari
Filming ‘Penguin Safari’ was a real logistical challenge. South Georgia, where the film is based, has no permanent inhabitants and no airstrip. In order to get there, we chartered a boat, ‘Le Sourire’, from a fantastic husband-and-wife team of Antarctic experts. Their 60-foot yacht became our home for seven weeks. We sailed from the [...]
Waste to energy
Waste-to-energy is the process in which waste is used to generate useful energy –electricity, heat or both. This is possible (and convenient) when the heat generated by burning the waste is high enough to warrant satisfactory combustion conditions and make available enough energy to overcome losses and auxiliary consumption: in practice, a lower heating value [...]
Nicolas Hulot and the global warming
Nous n’avons que deux choix, soit l’avenir nous dicte le changement et nous le subirons, soit nous le conduisons tous ensemble.
Il faut dire aux politiques “Continuez ! Nous serons là, ne vous arrêtez pas en chemin.”
Nicolas Hulot
<We have only 2 choices: either the future creates the changes and we follow accordingly, or we build it(the [...]