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Snippets ('sni-pətz): a small part, piece, or thing. In this case, a group of interesting bits of information, video clips, and humor that people have sent us.

  • Read Wallace Stegner's 1960 Wilderness Letter.

  • Good plastic, bad plastic? Click here for a quick video.

  • Earth Day Network's Ecological Footprint Calculator will tell you how many "planets" would be necessary to sustain human life if everyone lived just like you, and how many acres of land and tons of carbon are necessary to sustain your lifestyle. You can even revisit your quiz to see where you "went wrong", and find out how to reduce your carbon footprint.

  • What is the most environmentally friendly and responsible choice for a driver who needs a larger car? Ask Umbra!

  • Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator  Did you ever wonder what reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 1 million metric tons means in everyday terms? This calculator can help you understand. And you can see how many acres of pine forest you need to have to sequester the amount of CO2 you create  by driving.

  • 10 tips to help you drive more efficiently: Animated tips.

  • Smart Meters, Smart meters 2: Two articles on real-time monitoring of electric usage. You can purchase a real-time monitor for around $150. Click here for one option.

  • E-Waste: A video animation, winner of the Environment Award at the Media That Matters Film Festival

  • Fuel from algae: The next biofuel. A video.

  • The truth about Plastic Bags. A Powerpoint presentation. (Need a Powerpoint viewer? Click Here)

  • Compressed Air Powered Cars A non polluting vehicle that virtually eliminates the need to buy gasoline.

  • How green is your day job? "Most skyscrapers, offices, and cubicles are eco disaster areas..." What you can do to help.

Green Humor:

  • "Clean Coal Clean" New Reality ad directed by the Academy-award winning Coen Brothers.


Eco Agents: Too cute commercials from Norway.
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Apology

If you had purchased $1,000.00 of Delta Air Lines stock one year ago you would have $49.00 left. With Enron, you would have had $16.50 left of the original $1,000.00. With WorldCom, you would have had less than $5.00 left.  

But, if you had purchased $1,000.00 worth of beer one year ago, drank all of the beer, then turned in the cans for the aluminum recycling REFUND, you would have $214.00 cash.

Based on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle. It's called the 401-Keg.

A recent study found the average American walks about 900 miles a year. Another study found Americans drink, on the average, 22 gallons of alcohol a year. That means, on average, Americans get about 41 miles to the gallon.

Makes You Proud To Be An American! :-)

Animals Save the Planet, part 1 A quick video.

Ecologia #1 Another quick video

The Front Fell Off If you need a laugh in the midst of the off-shore drilling debate, watch this Monty-Pythonesque video.

Warning: Bears A cautionary sign, rated PG for mild language.

 

 

Environmental Defenders of McHenry County, 124 Cass Street, Suite 3, Woodstock, Illinois 60098
815-338-0393  mcdef@owc.net