Posted in Communication Strategies, tagged Activism, green advertising, Green Marketing, shopdropping on December 30, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Ever since I read the New York Times article on Anarchists in the Toy Aisles? Stores Offer Unwitting Stage, my mind has been percolating with subversive ideas. Nothing concrete yet. Give me a little more time.
I am referring to the practice of ‘shopdropping‘, defined by its originator, the artist Ryan Watkins-Hughes, as:
‘SHOPDROP: To covertly [...]
Posted in Zen Moments, tagged darkness, Winter Solstice, zen on December 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The darkness, outside, draws me into a future scenario of doom. What if we never saw day again? Would we have to watch old movies to re-experience the joy of light? How would we cope? Maybe make love and get lost when light does not matter? I drive home. Turn on the radio. ‘Today [...]
Posted in Climate Research, tagged age of consequences, consequences of climate change, defense policy, energy, environmental policy, Global warming, international security, national security, systems thinking on December 29, 2007 | 10 Comments »
Last month, the Center for Strategic and International Studies released an important report on ‘The Age of Consequences: The Foreign Policy and National Security Implications of Global Climate Change‘, the result of months long conversations between ‘nationally recognized leaders in the fields of climate science, foreign policy, political science, oceanography, history, and national security. [...]
Posted in Communication Strategies, tagged AOL Hot Searches, Global warming, Google Zeitgeist, Green Marketing, Green Psychology, recycling, search engines, SEO, Yahoo Top Queries on December 28, 2007 | 4 Comments »
The results of AOL Hot Searches for 2007 just came out. And with it, the surprise of global warming making it to the top 10 list of most searched news items:
Chris Benoit (wrestling)
Phentermine (weight loss)
Pet food recall (pets)
Global warming
Virginia Tech
Iraq
Juanita Bynum
Iran
Immigration
Don Imus
That’s progress, compared to the 2006 list:
Gas prices
Steve Irwin
Immigration
Bird flu
Iraq
Natalee Holloway
Debra Lafave
Rush Limbaugh
Lebanon
Hurricane Katrina
For [...]
Posted in Not So Green Exposure, tagged cars, Christmas, gift giving, Global warming, Green Psychology, White Elephant on December 27, 2007 | 4 Comments »
The Day Before Christmas:
Last night, all my resolutions of not giving into the pressure, vanished. The deadline was becoming near, and there was no escaping. Twenty three family members were going to be present at our Christmas Eve dinner tonight, and I was not going to let them down with no gifts. 11pm, [...]
Posted in Activism, tagged Activism, Christmas tree, climate change, Global warming, green living, Green Psychology on December 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Nelson Harvey is the other person behind Wild Green Yonder, one of my absolute favorite green blogs. Nelson surprised me on Christmas Day with an offer to guest post on La Marguerite. In his own words, Nelson ‘is particularly interested in finding new psychological and economic approaches to achieving sustainability.’ When not blogging, Nelson is [...]
Posted in Blogging, Social Networks, tagged Blogging, climate change, environment, Global warming, green blogs, Green Psychology on December 26, 2007 | 25 Comments »
In keeping with the holiday spirit, I was thinking, how can I express my love and gratitude for all the people who have supported this blog throughout the year, and who have given so generously of their time, intelligence, and knowledge? Now familiar names who surprise me everyday with their comments and emails. And have [...]
Posted in Not So Green Exposure, tagged climate change, environmental economics, Global warming, Green Marketing, Green Psychology, greenhouse gases emissions, Robert Kennedy Jr. on December 23, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Third day of Not So Green Exposure Project. I open the Business Section of my daily paper and I read this:
With just a few days left before Christmas, the nation’s retailers are in a lather to attract last-minute shoppers to salvage what has been a mediocre December.
Department-store operator Macy’s Inc. has slashed prices on everything [...]
Posted in American Culture, tagged climate change, environmental psychology, Global warming, grasshopper, green living, Green Psychology, La Fontaine on December 22, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Every French kid knows the story of The Grasshopper and the Ant, one of La Fontaine’s most popular fables. I remember reciting it to my third grade class:
The Grasshopper having sung
All summer long,
Found herself lacking food
When the North Wind began its song.
Not a single little piece
Of fly or grub did she have to eat.
She [...]
Posted in Communication Strategies, tagged Al Gore, American attitudes towards global warming, climate change, environmental psychology, Global warming, green advertising, Green Marketing, Green Psychology, inconvenient truth on December 21, 2007 | 4 Comments »
The latest Pew Report confirms earlier data from a New York Times/CBS News Poll: that the American public still has not awakened to the reality of global warming as an urgent matter:
Global warming became a much more visible issue in 2007. Former Vice President Al Gore’s crusade against what he calls a “planetary emergency” won [...]
