Susty » SustyEARTH http://susty.com Do Good. That's Susty. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:48:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 en hourly 1 Get Your Fix To: Tropical Deforestation http://susty.com/tropical-deforestation-basics-problem-solution-get-your-fix-environment-eco-friendly-green-design/ http://susty.com/tropical-deforestation-basics-problem-solution-get-your-fix-environment-eco-friendly-green-design/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:24:11 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=7862 How to Save Tropical Rainforests Research reveals that logging is the largest single factor leading to tropical deforestation, as the cutting and road building associated with the timber industry opens avenues into rainforests. This initiates a chain of destruction that can include more logging, mining, slash-and-burn clearing for cattle grazing and conversion for chemical-intensive industrial agriculture. Most of the resultant products are exported to northern industrialized countries.]]> http://susty.com/tropical-deforestation-basics-problem-solution-get-your-fix-environment-eco-friendly-green-design/feed/ 0 Green Patriarch WSJ OP ED: Entire Web That Sustains Life is Sacred http://susty.com/green-patriarch-wall-street-journal-op-ed-entire-web-sustains-life-sacred/ http://susty.com/green-patriarch-wall-street-journal-op-ed-entire-web-sustains-life-sacred/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:53:51 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=7930 spiritual leader of Orthodox Christians Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew connects the dots between science, the human heart and faith. On the heals of last week's eighth ecological symposium on the Mississippi, the Green Patriarch proves that no silos need exist for us to achieve success in maintaining and bettering human civilization as we now know it...]]> http://susty.com/green-patriarch-wall-street-journal-op-ed-entire-web-sustains-life-sacred/feed/ 0 Green Patriarch Opens Eighth Environmental Symposium In New Orleans (Video) http://susty.com/green-patriarch-opens-eighth-environmental-symposium-in-new-orleans-video/ http://susty.com/green-patriarch-opens-eighth-environmental-symposium-in-new-orleans-video/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:49:02 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=7727 "Green Patriarch" Bartholomew of the Eastern Orthodox church officially opened the Eighth Religion, Science and the Environment (RSE) Symposium, entitled “Restoring Balance: The Great Mississippi River,” taking place for the next five days including a large and diverse group of theologians, scientists, policymakers, environmentalists, representatives of business and NGOs, and media. See video of the Ecumenical Patriarch's opening address below the fold.]]> http://susty.com/green-patriarch-opens-eighth-environmental-symposium-in-new-orleans-video/feed/ 0 Bill Maher: Australian Super Drought Sydney Dust Storm Means Global Warming Now http://susty.com/bill-maher-australian-super-drought-sydney-dust-storm-means-global-warming-skeptic-inhofe-senator-now-video/ http://susty.com/bill-maher-australian-super-drought-sydney-dust-storm-means-global-warming-skeptic-inhofe-senator-now-video/#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:44:31 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=7645 http://susty.com/bill-maher-australian-super-drought-sydney-dust-storm-means-global-warming-skeptic-inhofe-senator-now-video/feed/ 0 Dust Storm Turns Sky Black in Broken Hill, Australia (Video) http://susty.com/dust-storm-turns-sky-black-in-broken-hill-australia-video/ http://susty.com/dust-storm-turns-sky-black-in-broken-hill-australia-video/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:53:27 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=7650 http://susty.com/dust-storm-turns-sky-black-in-broken-hill-australia-video/feed/ 0 BOOK: Confessions of a Radical Industrialist: Profits, People, Purpose–Doing Business by Respecting the Earth http://susty.com/confessions-of-radical-industrialist-profits-people-purpose-doing-business-by-respecting-earth-ray-anderson-green-business-sustainable-living-book/ http://susty.com/confessions-of-radical-industrialist-profits-people-purpose-doing-business-by-respecting-earth-ray-anderson-green-business-sustainable-living-book/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:51:03 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=7752 Interface founder and chairman Ray Anderson set an audacious goal for his commercial carpet company: to take nothingfrom the earth that can’t be replaced by the earth. Now, in an inspiring business book for our time, Anderson leads the way forward and challenges all of industry to share that goal.]]> http://susty.com/confessions-of-radical-industrialist-profits-people-purpose-doing-business-by-respecting-earth-ray-anderson-green-business-sustainable-living-book/feed/ 0 Eco-Crime Fighters: NYC Cops as Green Police (Video) http://susty.com/eco-crime-fighters-nyc-cops-green-police-video/ http://susty.com/eco-crime-fighters-nyc-cops-green-police-video/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:05:44 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=7664 http://susty.com/eco-crime-fighters-nyc-cops-green-police-video/feed/ 0 SHOCK: White House Climate Change Policy: ‘Make Us Do It’ (Video) http://susty.com/white-house-climate-change-policy-make-us-bill-mckibben-greenpeace-shock-video/ http://susty.com/white-house-climate-change-policy-make-us-bill-mckibben-greenpeace-shock-video/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:34:42 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=6996 SHOCKER: White House tells McKibben "Make Us Do It" When it Comes to Real and Significant Climate Change Policy 350.org posts a casual video chat between Greenpeace UK and author and activist Bill McKibben with one comment coming across as nothing short of jaw-dropping. Noting that the current constellation of political forces does not allow for getting done what needs to get done, McKibben says:
I was at the White House a month ago. The clear message was 'Make us do it. Build the movement that gives us the room to do the things we want to do.'
]]> http://susty.com/white-house-climate-change-policy-make-us-bill-mckibben-greenpeace-shock-video/feed/ 0 Michael Pollan on Current Food Politics & the Coming System Breakdown http://susty.com/michael-pollan-food-politics-agriculture-system-breakdown/ http://susty.com/michael-pollan-food-politics-agriculture-system-breakdown/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:05:50 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=6831 eater of Fruity Pebbles). He touches on the dust-up between Michelle Obama with her organic garden on the White House lawn andthe Mid America CropLife Association encouraging her use of pesticides. Pollan suggests this lobbying group for pesticide manufacturers should go by the opposite name the "Bug Death Association." Apparently the garden has a twin on the grounds of the Department of Agriculture...]]> http://susty.com/michael-pollan-food-politics-agriculture-system-breakdown/feed/ 0 Red-Tailed Hawk of Gramercy Park Perched on Edwin Booth Statue http://susty.com/red-tailed-hawk-gramercy-park-perched-edwin-booth-statue-photo/ http://susty.com/red-tailed-hawk-gramercy-park-perched-edwin-booth-statue-photo/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:52:16 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=6640 Red-Tailed Hawk of Gramercy Park has been spending quite a bit of time perched on the head of the Edwin Booth statue. Gramercy residents Dennis and Sandy Kisiel have spotted 99 species of birds in Gramercy Park since 2006. ]]> http://susty.com/red-tailed-hawk-gramercy-park-perched-edwin-booth-statue-photo/feed/ 0