GREEN JAR

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Sep 09 2011

FIRST BANDS ANNOUNCED FOR ROCKING THE DAISIES

The first bands have been announced for this year’s eco music festival Rocking the Daisies at Cloof Wine Estate in Darling, Western Cape. Some of the bands who have so far confirmed are The Arrows, Foto Na Dans, Shadowclub, and Tumi and the Volume. There are many others on the...

Archived in Music
Sep 08 2011

THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY’S ECO MUSIC CHALLENGE

The National Environment Agency’s (NEA) Eco Music Challenge 2011 wrapped up with a bang with the Finale Concert at Orchard Central on 27 August 2011. The agency received more than 300 quality song entries from more than 900 youths in the second season of its eco song-writing competition at Orchard...

Archived in Music
Jul 20 2011

GROWING CITIES: A DOCUMENTARY ON URBAN AGRICULTURE

Filmmakers Dan Susman and Andrew Monbouquette set out this summer to learn about urban agriculture and how it is affecting the urban-rural divide in America. Urban agriculture is just what it sounds like: utilizing urban space in order to cultivate food. The movement has met with sporadic success, but has...

Archived in Entertainment
Jul 20 2011

PUBLIC ART FROM ‘THE KNOWHOW SHOP’

Check out The Knowhow Shop – a new collaborative design and fabrication co-op located in Los Angeles. The 1,800-square foot space offers woodworking machines, a CNC router, a laser cutter and perhaps the most important tool of all: education. Founded by Kagan Taylor, Justin Rice and Joshua Howell, the shop operates on a...

Archived in Art/Architecture/Design
Jul 20 2011

ALL EYES ON PENDLETON’S ECO-FASHION

One of the original sustainable fibers, wool is gaining attention in the eco-conscious fashion world and Pendleton Woolen Mill’s new Portland Collection launching this fall is riding that wave. The new line, manufactured in the U.S. from domestically sourced wool woven in the company’s two Northwest mills, was conceived of...

Archived in Fashion
Jul 19 2011

Dutch Ink’s New ‘Reverse Graffiti’ Exhibit

Dutch Ink is a group of South African “reverse graffiti” artists with a green ethos. Group members include: JP Jordaan, Nick Ferreira, Stathi Kougianos and Martin Pace, who are all Vega graduates, a brand communication school in South Africa. The group’s surprising and thought-evoking eco art is designed to draw attention to...

Archived in Art/Architecture/Design
Jul 19 2011

Al Gore Has A Reality Show?

The first episode of the Climate Reality Project will be a live-streamed event called 24 Hours of Reality held on Sept. 14-15. According to a press release from the organization, “people all around the globe living with the impacts of climate change will connect the dots between recent extreme weather...

Archived in Entertainment
Jul 18 2011

Levi’s: Highest Ranking Apparel Line For Water Use

Legendary jeans company Levi’s is looking to donate 200 million liters of water to communities in need: first, by changing the manufacturing process to create a more sustainable Water<Less pair of pants, and then by providing ideas for wearers on water saving (including the importance of loading washing machines to...

Archived in Fashion
Jul 18 2011

The $845,000 Porsche 918 Hybrid

Porsche is now taking orders for the German carmaker’s first publicly available hybrid sports car, the 918 Spyder. Unveiled as a concept car one year ago at the Geneva Motor Show, the 918 Spyder is a plug-in hybrid car powered by a 500-horsepower V8 gasoline engine and two electric motors...

Archived in Technology
Jul 18 2011

Oil Spilled At BP Alaskan Field

A pipeline at a BP oil field in Alaska burst over the weekend, spilling between 2,100 and 4,200 gallons of an oily water and methanol mixture in Alaska’s North Slope, reports Reuters and the Anchorage Daily News. John Ebel, State of Alaska Environmental Program Specialist Emergency Responder, told The Huffington...

Archived in News & Features