Advertising/Print: Surfrider Foundation - Catch of the day at Venice Beach, CA (Butts-n-Bits)
To put beach pollution into perspective, trash was collected from various beaches, packaged it to look like seafood and displayed it at local farmers’ markets. This is the print extension for those who couldn’t actually make it to the market.
vneckandacardigan:jeninla:(via mikehudack, dendroica)
BP withholds oil spill facts — and government lets it | McClatchy
Vapur Anti-Bottle | Design Milk
The Vapur Anti-Bottle reusable water bottle just launched in Canada. Vapur will hopefully help the growing issue of disposable plastic water bottles by offering a reusable, eco-friendly option. The biggest difference between the Vapur and traditional reusable bottles is that Vapur is flexible, stands upright when full and can be rolled, folded or flattened when empty, easily fitting into purses, briefcases and even pockets.
*High Five* on being foldable. This one could double for hiking gear if it’s durable enough.
Three ways to achieve livable, low-density cities
Charles Siegel, political activist and author of Unplanning: Livable Cities and Political Choices, argues that there’s a better way than the suburbs we have today.
Writing at Planetizen, Siegel suggests that suburbia as we know it — sprawling, with freeways that connect everything — ought to be reconsidered as a spectrum of ideals, rather than a single answer shaped solely by political or technical considerations.
He suggests three models of low-density cities
via peopleforbikes.org
I heart this. What it doesn’t calculate, for me at least, is the happiness biking brings me each time I take the scenic route.
1.) When you’re buying something from the market/ drug store, DON’T TAKE A BAG.
seriously, its not necessary. and if you really need one, bring a reusable bag.
2.) Unplug your chargers, lamps, ect when you’re not using them. They take up energy just by being plugged into the wall. Also, USE…
Tappening launched a cool ad campaign against the bottled water lobby. Polar bear FTW!
via Ads of the World.
