Ted Ritzer: GreenTech

Sat, 19 Nov 2005 14:45:48 GMT

ADVT: Sun Launches Eco-Initiative. Sun is making a call to the industry to deliver more eco-responsible computing. Leading the way is Sun's new chip that maximizes capacity with dramatic energy efficiency and cost savings. [internetnews.com]

Fri, 03 Dec 2004 01:57:17 GMT

BBC: Blog picked as word of the year. Slow news day. [Scripting News]

Tue, 06 Jan 2004 17:51:26 GMT

2004: Year of the Green Machine. Sales of hybrid vehicles are expected to take off in the coming year, with Toyota and Honda leading the way -- and U.S. carmakers are finally getting into the act. By John Gartner. [Wired News]

Tue, 06 Jan 2004 17:45:15 GMT

Green Design Elements Planned For Ground Zero Building [GreenBiz | News Center]

Tue, 06 Jan 2004 07:50:09 GMT

Audubon International Certifies First Eco-Friendly Community Developments [GreenBiz | News Center]

Fri, 26 Dec 2003 18:17:16 GMT

Rules Regulating Gasoline Mileage Face an Overhaul [Global Exchange : Latest News]

Fri, 26 Dec 2003 18:09:30 GMT

i buy differnet!

Fri, 26 Dec 2003 18:07:33 GMT

15 Things You Can Buy or Do To Make a Difference!

Wed, 24 Dec 2003 17:54:48 GMT

Merry Christmas from the Accordian Guy worth repeating:

Stole this file from the above site, cause I think it really does capture some of both the frustration and the joy of Xmas.

All the best from WIFLblog and enjoy the Accordian Guy's Christmas story, and don't forget to visit his site:

the Accordian Guy Christmas story now follows:

Merry Christmas, and I mean it in the nice sense of the phrase

by Joey deVilla on December 24, 2003 12:13PM (EST)

This is from last year (with a little polishing up), but it's worth repeating.

While I do believe that some traditions should be put to rest, I also believe that a lot of tradition-bashers are poor-impulse-control cases. Having abandones any actual tradition or culture of their own, they fill the void with a couple of < href="http://www.utne.com/">Utne Reader platitudes, a mild revulsion for anything even vaguely Judeo-Christian, even if it aligns with their beliefs, a pro-pot slant and a half-formed belief in eye-for-eye karmic payback.

Standing for almost nothing, they tend to fall for just about anything.

Chris Baldwin's summed it up pretty handily -- and perhaps unintentionally -- in a Bruno comic from last year:

To borrow the line about Klansmen and Martin Luther King Day: C'mon, Bruno, how hardcore a secularist must you be to not want a day off?

Of course, those of us who celebrate Christmas would argue the exact opposite: here we took a beautiful Christian holdiay and destroyed it through corportization and "We're white, we're straight, we're sorry!" guilt.

(There's a Randroid who would take another tack and say "here we took a beautiful commerical holiday and destroyed it in usual religious fashion." Haven't we developed some kind of Ayn Rand repellent yet?)

In the end, I believe that intent counts.

I'm certain there is no malice, no implicit "convert or die" message and no forcing of one's beliefs on others when someone wishes someone else a Happy Chanukah, Eid, Diwali, Kwanzaa, Saturnalia, Tet or even Festivus, the actions of certain vicious zealots notwithstanding. Balanced minds do not see any implied Hitler overtones at Oktoberfest nor Hirohito/Tojo insinuations at the sushi house, and neither do they see the Crusades in Christmas.

When people say "Merry Christmas", most of them are really saying "Happy Holidays, and I'm celebrating them Christmas-style. You do your thing, and I'll do mine. Come by for drinks."

That what I'm really saying, anyways.

No matter what you believe, enjoy the break from the hustle and bustle of 21st century life. Be nice to each other. Hug someone you love.

Merry Christmas, everyone.

Wed, 24 Dec 2003 06:20:10 GMT

International watchdog agency to investigate Canada's lax enforcement of pollution from pulp and paper mills [Sierra Legal Defence Fund]

Wed, 24 Dec 2003 06:10:11 GMT

Norway to put nature before oil [panda6x3y613]

Wed, 24 Dec 2003 03:20:00 GMT

Diesel soot is big factor in global warming [Environmental News Network - ENN.com]

Wed, 24 Dec 2003 02:22:22 GMT

Phileas hybrid bus rapid transit system set for debut in The Netherlands [Green Energy News - Covering clean, efficient and renewable energy]

Wed, 24 Dec 2003 02:21:59 GMT

So much for environmentally responsible behavior!

Bush Administration Proposes Fuel Economy Changes [Press Room Main - Sierra Club]

Sun, 21 Dec 2003 23:59:58 GMT

Real Goods

This is such a great place to browse for planet friendly products!!

Well worth checking out if you are at all interested in using things that are gentle on the earth!

http://www.realgoods.com/

Wed, 17 Dec 2003 19:50:47 GMT

Light the way to a greener holiday season [Canadian Environmental.com - Environmental management information, legislation and resources related to industry]

Wed, 17 Dec 2003 19:50:23 GMT

Albertans invited to provide input on e-waste recycling program [Canadian Environmental.com - Environmental management information, legislation and resources related to industry]

Tue, 16 Dec 2003 17:29:49 GMT

Cold Climate Gardening. a journal of gardening in hardiness zone 4 and colder [Recently approved feeds from Syndic8.com]

Tue, 16 Dec 2003 17:24:20 GMT

Green Building Information Centre

Tue, 16 Dec 2003 17:18:27 GMT

Sustainble Bulding Database

The SBIS system is designed to provide users with non-commercial information about sustainable building around the world, and to point or link the user to more detailed sources of information elsewhere.

Sat, 13 Dec 2003 05:49:42 GMT

Audubon Presents Special Issue on Global Warming - 12/2/03 [Audubon News]

Sat, 13 Dec 2003 05:25:57 GMT

Global Warming Killing Thousands. Climate change, linked by scientists to human emissions of gases such as carbon dioxide from cars and factories, caused 150,000 deaths in 2000, the World Health Organization says, and that number is rising. [Wired News]

Wed, 03 Dec 2003 02:28:51 GMT

Towards Assessing the Distributional Impacts of Meeting Kyoto Targets in Canada [Welcome to IISD]

Wed, 03 Dec 2003 02:24:24 GMT

New Solar Roofing!

check out:

http://www.spheralsolar.com/

Wed, 03 Dec 2003 02:20:58 GMT

Mazda Demio-4WD Hybrid, full time 4WD engages automatically. Too bad it is only available in Japan!!!

Wed, 03 Dec 2003 02:16:11 GMT

http://www.windsave.com/ [Green Energy News - Covering clean, efficient and renewable energy]

Wed, 03 Dec 2003 02:15:23 GMT

ECOLEX: WORLDíS LARGEST ENVIRONMENTAL LAW DATABASE LAUNCHED ON THE WEB [IUCN - The World Conservation Union]

Sat, 29 Nov 2003 23:53:47 GMT

Comin' In on a Wheel and a Prayer. Snowmobile-maker Bombardier envisions a futuristic personal transport vehicle called Embrio. It would use gyroscope, electronic and fuel-cell technologies to whiz around in traffic on one wheel. Will it fly? By Kari L. Dean. [Wired News]

Sat, 29 Nov 2003 23:13:10 GMT

Conservation vital to preserve Albertaís water supply [Canadian Environmental.com - Environmental management information, legislation and resources related to industry]

Sat, 29 Nov 2003 04:52:54 GMT

Constructive Green party power in close elections. I spoke to some U.S. Green Party campaign organizers and to Ralph Nader this weekend about ways that the Green party could constructively exert its influence in close elections where Democrats and Republicans are the two dominant parties. [kuro5hin.org]

Thu, 27 Nov 2003 03:13:28 GMT

The 2004 Toyota Prius named Motor Trend's Car of the Year [Green Energy News - Covering clean, efficient and renewable energy]

Thu, 27 Nov 2003 03:08:49 GMT

Deflating the Bubble Economy [OneWorld.net -]

Thu, 27 Nov 2003 02:56:42 GMT

Washington State University Energy Program [Environmental News Network - ENN.com]

Thu, 27 Nov 2003 02:53:25 GMT

Industry needs a push to build better cars [Environmental News Network - ENN.com]

Thu, 27 Nov 2003 02:39:09 GMT

EZ-1 Recumbent. Inexpensive recumbent bicycle [Cool Tools]

Wed, 26 Nov 2003 05:11:38 GMT

GreenBiz and BSR Launch New Online Business Resource on Climate Management [Environmental News Network - ENN.com]

Wed, 19 Nov 2003 14:32:20 GMT

National Australian Built Environment Rating System ( NABERS ) Project [What's New at Environment Australia]

Sun, 16 Nov 2003 03:04:30 GMT

Pondering some green home improvements? Get real tips and advice from experienced home renovators [Environmental News Network - ENN.com]

The Meatrix Worth a Look

Sun, 16 Nov 2003 03:01:16 GMT

Meatrix spoof connects with a million downloads already!!!!

Is a Net MUST SEE

check it out at:

http://www.themeatrix.com/

It also shows the sheer power of viral Flash based marketing!!

Fri, 07 Nov 2003 03:33:21 GMT

Manitoba site eyed for Canada's biggest wind farm [Planet Ark]

Tue, 04 Nov 2003 03:21:55 GMT

From David Fletcher's blog:

Fuel Economy and Lowering Prices

The 2004 Fuel Economy Guide is available now on FuelEconomy.gov. The document includes information on OEM alternative fuel vehicles. DOE also wants to help you find the cheapest gas.

WIFLblog nominated to BlogsCanada Top Blogs list

Tue, 04 Nov 2003 01:43:25 GMT

WIFLBlog nominated to BlogsCanada's Top Blog list

so the little banner with the maple leaf represents that latest honor, and the following email was what notified me of this honor, thanks BlogsCanada!

"Hi Ted,

In October, WIFLblog was nominated to BlogsCanada's Top Blogs list. The November
2003 top ten list has now been published and your site is included. Congrats!

The Top Blogs page is at http://www.blogscanada.ca/topblogs/.

Best Regards,

Jim Elve
www.blogscanada.ca"

As is appropriate you will also see Dave Pollard's How To Save The World, another Canadian Salon blog, has also been nomiated to BlogsCanada's top blog list. I must admit to stealing a number of Dave's great articles and reposting them on WIFLblog. Check Dave's blog out for yourself at:

http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/

Fri, 31 Oct 2003 01:33:48 GMT

Canada Lands Wins First International Phoenix Award [Canadian Environmental.com - Environmental management information, legislation and resources related to industry]

Fri, 31 Oct 2003 01:32:17 GMT

GE Wind to supply turbines for Colo. wind project [Planet Ark]

Thu, 30 Oct 2003 03:00:08 GMT

Green Living Showcased in San Francisco [OneWorld.net -]

Thu, 30 Oct 2003 02:57:22 GMT

Natural Home Heating - The Complete Guide to Renewable Energy Options [Environmental News Network - ENN.com]

Wed, 29 Oct 2003 04:21:54 GMT

Green building investments yield high returns, says study [Environmental News Network - ENN.com]

Skype Hype or the Next VOIP King?

Mon, 27 Oct 2003 04:05:31 GMT

Skype has the potential to be strategic

Snagged this form Roland, who got it from Stuart Henshall, at any rate this does looks disruptive!!!

Thursday, September 11, 2003

Skype P2P free telephone service is disruptive

(SOURCE:Unbound Spiral - Stuart Henshall's blog:)- Stuart's usual insight! Maybe I should install the sound card in my one and only PC (I have 4 Macs) and try this out! Might be able to use it to make free calls to my sister in Rotterdam if/when they get broadband.

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It also turns IM on its head. It's ring centric. All those adults.. that are failing to understand messaging... understand how to make calls. Yep your PC will soon be ringing. Now what I want to know is:

What will the impact be on corporate systems... I'm sure employees will bring this in when they realize they can call anywhere... and not be logged on /via the corporate system? Will this add corporates to the sharing process? Will there be an enterprise package?

How will we control spam calls, telemarketing calls etc.

Will telemarketers who have been put on a "do not call list" have to comply with this service? Legal Issues?

Which blogger will give me an online/offline MT plug-in for my blog.

How soon will conference calls be available?

What will regulators and the tel co's do to make it illegal?

UNQUOTE

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Fri, 24 Oct 2003 05:08:17 GMT

States Ramp Up Support for High-Efficiency Power Systems: Combined Heat and Power Gains Ground [Environmental News Network - ENN.com]

Fri, 24 Oct 2003 03:59:21 GMT

Sierra Club Ad asks Bush to be Honest about 9/11 related Information [Press Room Main - Sierra Club]