Archive for the ‘Environment’ Category

Tesfaye: A Film About Reforesting Ethiopia

Tesfaye is a film by Brent Gudgel, made for Eden Reforestation Projects. It’s the story of an Ethiopian man who blames himself for helping to destroy the trees of his country. Now he wants to help fix the problem. It’s a beautiful film told with great simplicity and seriousness. It is [...]


Eating Meat Contributes Enormously to Global Warming

Scientific American published the page of charts on the left.  Click the image to get a high-res version.  It explains how bad for the environment the production and consumption of meat really is.  According to the magazine, the annual beef diet of the average American emits as much greenhouse gas into the atmosphere as a [...]


The New York Times: Students Make a Green House

The New York Times produced this environmental film that follows a group of Oberlin College students for a day of green ideas that they used on their group student house.  Their sustainable living ideas are easy to do and fun.  Their methods for capture and reuse of water are effective and cost nothing to implement.  [...]