I found out in December that the CBO cost estimate of the Kerry-Boxer Energy Bill will create a 21 billion dollar SURPLUS through the year 2019. You can see the report of S. 1733 – Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act here. This is a re-post from my former blog.

Last year Sagmeister got the 7-year itch. He chronicled another one of his year-long sabbatical journeys at Make | Think in Memphis last fall. What a great idea. Now wouldn’t that be nice? Let’s all plan a year-long sabbatical.

Lunch on a Bike

My good friend Ulana moved to Jersey recently, and I miss her. So I’m posting her work, because it’s like having a little conversation with her. “Howdy Ulana. Boy, your work is boss. I love it. I sure would like to have some of that great art. Where do you go to see more of it?” Ulanaland, of course.

For some time I have been thinking about how Milwaukee needs an ecologically-minded site that covers local issues, news, and provides resources for people, as well as a social networking forum. Greener Milwaukee is a social networking site created by Ryan Thompson, which provides a space for green-minded individuals to network while providing updates on the green scene, and lists upcoming eco-events that will interest many greenies here. May your site flourish like guerrilla rain gardens, Ryan.

Edward Burtynsky highlights the new project he is working on.

It’s hard for me to believe that there are people who completely and flat out deny that we have no impact on our environment. But then again, there are a lot of people who believe in strange superstitions. There are also people who push for more coal-fired power plants, while ignoring all of the children who live downwind of these plants that have mercury poisoning, so I just have to come to terms with these things. In order to sort out all of the twists and turns of the climate and energy debate, and to separate the noise and rhetoric from scientific evidence, the New York Times gives us Dot Earth.

Yesterday, ANDREW C. REVKIN wrote a great column on getting back to basics on climate and energy. Check it out. I find it to be a really great resource.

Photo by Edward Burtynsky.

Every day 20 million plastic bags end up in our landfills – and that’s just from school lunches! Faced with this insane statistic, three responsible and inventive moms formed 3greenmoms, superheroes of our environment. Back in December I purchased a couple of LunchSkins for my son’s lunch, and after two months of use I can say that they are a superb product and a simple, yet revolutionary solution to our waste problems.

Not only am I buying more LunchSkins, I am telling every school parent I know about them. Maybe I can get the school involved in selling these as a fundraiser?? Raise funds for school, save the environment? Maybe the first baggie-free school in America? Hmmm.

“The skillful use of foods is far superior to medicine.”

-Deng Ming-Dao

Check it out.