How do you get people to use the stairs instead of an escalator? Make it fun!
Thanks to Dan Pink for pointing this out.
Tag: The Environment
One Third of North American Bird Species Threatened or Endangered
Roger Tory Peterson is turning over in his grave. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said today that a third of the bird species in North America are endangered, threatened or in serious decline. See the report in the New York Times: http://tinyurl.com/d4fehr
Take My Hummer But Don’t Touch My Charmin
In today’s Guardian: “The tenderness of the delicate American buttock is causing more environmental devastation than the country’s love of gas-guzzling cars, fast food or McMansions. . . .” http://tinyurl.com/cg3jmk
Posh Spice’s Carbon Footprint
13.2 tons
The amount of carbon dioxide attributable to Victoria Beckham’s jet setting between January 23 and March 6, 2008. Source: The Guardian.
Calculate your carbon footprint at http://www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx
Sylvia Earle’s Wish to Save “the Blue Heart of the Planet”
Oceanographer Sylvia Earle is one of this year’s TED Prize winners. Her speech at TED’s recent gathering is compelling and beautiful. It is well worth watching.
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/467
Information about Earle’s TED Wish can be found by clicking here.