Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  May 25, 2008	Martí’s Immortal Ideas
Reflections of Fidel: JUST a few days ago, a friend of mine sent me the text of a report from Gallup, the well-known U.S. opinion pollster. I started to leaf through the material with the natural lack of confidence given the lying and hypocritical information usually used against our...... [view]

Posted By:  adamclare Posted On:  Dec 6, 2007	Internet Saves Millions of Tons of Carbon
The internet is quite kind for the environment, which I guess is why good news appears on this website and not on paper handed out on city streets. Ecogeek has a post about a published report on how much carbon is saved by using the internet . E-Commerce will reduce emissions by 200 M...... [view]

Posted By:  adamclare Posted On:  Jul 31, 2007	Those Crafty Japanese!
First it was paper cranes, now it’s bridges. Architect Shigeru Ban is moving us along the twenty-first century by using very old technology: paper! Ban has created an cardboard bridge in France. Weighing 7.5 tonnes, the bridge is made from 281 cardboard tubes, each 11.5 centimetres...... [view]