The Facts About Bottled Water
I'm amazed people still buy bottled water even after all the facts are presented.. Get a food safe stainless steel Kleen Kanteen for tap water refills.. Mother Earth will thank you!
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Copenhagen Hypocrisy
For all Eco Talibans:
As long as you want iPods, Blackberries, high speed Internet, TV, Free-Tibet massive rock concerts, entertainment, lap tops, Amazon (store), energy and electricity, Luxury, tourism, cheap airplane tickets to dreamy beaches and diversified Chinese-manufactured goods, the Global Industry is going to keep polluting at the pace it has been doing for the last twenty years. That is what Consumer societies (specially in the 1st World) are all about: more and more and more useless shit to buy... So, instead of screaming in the streets and forcing underdeveloped countries to feel guilty and reduce their CO2 emissions, you should start thinking about the faint possibility that you may be the worst polluters of all. In brief, Copenhagen is not saving the anything, furthermore: the richness and welfare of 15 countries is costing the rest of the world way too much.The Story of Stuff
via youtube.com
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When working code is waste
In order to build a great company, you have to be absolutely crystal-clear about the goal you are trying to accomplish. For startups, that goal must be to create a rapid-iteration feedback loop that enables you to learn what customers want and will eventually pay for. Everything else, including anything that optimizes any other goal, is waste.
In developing OnePage, I am completely convinced that metrics and data driven product and customer development will be a key factor in our success. By using metrics and having a tight feedback loop with our customers, we can avoid waste in terms of our development time. Get in touch if you want to chat further about how this is done, as I thoroughly enjoy discussing these topics.
The above quote is by Eric Ries in his article Throwing away working code.
San Francisco Giving Away Toxic Sewage Sludge to Backyard Gardeners and Schools and Calling it "Organic Fertilizer"
San Francisco Poised to Give Away Toxic Compost to Residents
http://ga3.org/campaign/SF_sludgevia Ping.fm
I have been productive
One of the newer things I've been trying this month is the idea of being productive at all times. That doesn't mean that everything has to be 'work' as we know it. Being productive could mean reading a good book or spending time with family. I define 'productive' as doing something that I and others can be proud of. It means not spending countless hours on the internet for no defined purpose.
Overall, I have been productive. I have hiccups here and there but that should be expected. I've set aside 30 minutes each night to do four things: participate in NaNoWriMo, read fiction, do a power clean around the house, and work on something related to our future ministry. Two other things I make sure to do each night but don't put a time limit on is spending time with my wife and spending time with God. I've been taking great steps towards doing all of this each night, but it's still not perfect. Being productive is a great feeling. I never feel like a day or night has been wasted when I do this. I may try to further this concept outside of November and do it all year :)
自由電子報 - 資源回收再利用法＋廢棄物清理法／有效管制爐碴 綠委籲兩法合一
資源回收再利用法＋廢棄物清理法／有效管制爐碴 綠委籲兩法合一〔記者邱燕玲、劉力仁、李宜儒／綜合報導〕高雄縣大寮鄉驗出戴奧辛毒鴨，民進黨立委林淑芬、黃淑英昨召開記者會指出，養鴨人家是受害者，政府慢半拍讓民眾「吃毒當吃補」，很可悲，她們主張把資源回收再利用法與廢棄物清理法「兩法合一」，才能有效管制爐碴。
黃淑英說，今年四月就有人向環保署檢舉這個問題，本週一她在社福及衛環委員會要凍結環保署預算，週三環保署才拿出檢驗報告給她看，她認為環保署在妥適處理之前拖了幾個月，「這是不可原諒的！」林淑芬指出，她在委員會質詢時對環保署長沈世宏講過不知幾遍了，環保署都不聞不問。
林淑芬強調，工業局的標準與環保署不一，甚至都沒在管制，成「一國二法」，目前有三成業者都採用廢清法，七成業者都依管理較寬鬆的資再法申請執照，應把廢清法與資再法整合，「落實兩法合一」。
環保團體也批評，資再法罰責太輕，譬如有毒物質也回收、前端廢鐵不要求先行處理、回收後也不稽查，以致電弧爐煉鋼產生的廢棄爐石，丟到哪裡，哪裡就變成污染場址，法令如果不改，二十年後，台灣將找不到一塊淨土。
中華醫事大學護理系副教授黃煥彰指出，經濟部推說不清楚污染嚴重性，因此一味開放回收，但從不管這些廢棄物流落何方；環保署強調已限制爐石不得填放在農地中，言下之意是可以填在非農地，但這些爐石百分之百都違反土污法的土壤管制標準，怎麼可以任意填放？最好的方式是將二法合一，廢清法管制比較嚴格，才能嚴格追查流向。
經濟部工業局指廢棄物的主管機關是環保署；環保署廢管處長何舜琴表示，研擬中的「廢棄資源循環促進法草案」，大概就擷取了二法合一的精神，未來對於事業廢棄物將更嚴格管制。
何舜琴表示，二○○二年九月要求業者上網申報爐石流向，去年十一月起規定載運爐碴之清運車輛，均應裝置即時追蹤系統（ＧＰＳ），並非毫無掌握。
自由電子報 - 廢物亂亂倒 大坪頂宛如大毒窟
廢物亂亂倒 大坪頂宛如大毒窟
圖為從大坪頂鳥瞰大寮鄉新厝村，環保人士說這片土地底下掩埋許多爐碴。圖右上角為10年前遭掩埋大量廢溶劑的紅蝦山。（記者洪臣宏攝） 〔記者方志賢、劉力仁、邱燕玲／綜合報導〕高雄縣市交界的大坪頂、紅蝦山、駱駝山，地處偏僻，人煙罕見，多年來被環保人士形容像個「大毒窟」，爐碴、集塵灰、鋁渣等廢棄物被肆無忌憚地棄置在山頭、路邊，當地宛如「無政府狀態」。
山頭路邊 隨處可見毒廢物環保署廢管處長何舜琴則說，台灣煉鋼產業已經有將近五十年歷史，但今年四月才禁止將爐碴填放農地，現在處理污染，是解決早年遺留下來的問題，「這是歷史共業」。
但舉發此事件的中華醫事大學護理系副教授黃煥彰反駁，直到現在爐碴還是亂倒，每年一百五十萬噸電弧爐煉鋼殘留的爐石、爐碴，不僅可能遭遇戴奧辛污染，也有可能是重金屬污染，有的鋪路、有的製成磚塊、有的混在水泥中，環保署根本無力掌握，甚至不知去向。
立委林淑芬昨與黃淑英共同召開記者會說明毒鴨事件時也指出，「包括台電電弧爐碴、中鋼煉鋼廠爐碴都含有重金屬，高雄旗津海邊也堆了一堆爐碴，高屏溪上游水源區集水區也堆有爐碴，我們生活周遭、工地填的一些土方，一年半載長不出植物的，都是埋有爐碴！」
爐碴氾濫 環署稱歷史共業地球公民協會執行長李根政則說，到過駱駝山、大坪頂，常發現遠看一片樹林，走近一看，樹下全掩埋一包包太空包，裡面全是有害廢棄物，滿坑滿谷，數量非常驚人，多年來這些地方已成「濫倒廢棄物的天堂」。
十年前發生的大寮紅蝦山事件，當地民眾發現遭掩埋大量廢溶劑，經環保署開挖評估，確認為危害性場址，並清出三千五百桶有害廢溶劑、有害重金屬一千五百公噸及一般事業廢棄物七萬立方公尺。環保署編列一億元，花了六年時間，直到今年才清除乾淨。
Amazon Make Packaging Statement
Amazon are attempting to reduce packaging in an effort to be more environmentally and to reduce "wrap rage", whatever that is.
It's a shame they hadn't thought of this sooner; a jacket I bought for my wife arrived in a metre cube box when a large jiffy bag would have sufficed!
