Apr 3, 2012 | buy positively, Musings
theeconomist: Daily chart: which country consumes the most trees? The average American uses the paper equivalent of almost six 40-foot (12-metre) trees a year. In Belgium paper consumption is pushed up by the EU bureaucracy in...
Apr 3, 2012 | buy positively, Musings
unconsumption: poptech: The Ocean Conservancy, which organizes an annual International Coastal Clean-Up, has published its results in the 2012 Trash Index. You’re not imagining it: as the global population swells, tankers continue to leak oil, and plastic water...
Mar 20, 2012 | buy positively, Musings
Do we really need to cut down this many trees to make room for factories? thiscitycalledearth: by one of TccE’s favourite photographers at the moment, 罗 希 (flickr / tumblr), location unknown (I’m guessing...
Mar 1, 2012 | buy positively, Musings
The World’s Best Traction. Period. Yvon Chouinard tells the story of innovating the River Crampon and Aluminum Bar Boot, testing them around the world, and how they have changed his fishing. (via Patagonia) “In the end, by trying to make a product that was...
Feb 29, 2012 | buy positively, Musings
motherjones: ninefiveeight: love it. If only a clear, simple explanation—or graphic!—led to rational...