Susty » Economy+Government 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/ 0 100% Recycled Paper Printing for The Congressional Record by U.S. Government Printing Office (Video) http://susty.com/100-percent-recycled-paper-printing-congressional-record-us-government-printing-office-gpo-video/ http://susty.com/100-percent-recycled-paper-printing-congressional-record-us-government-printing-office-gpo-video/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:45:15 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=7819 reams of paper making up bills and laws can be made into so much political ping-pong as this Daily Show clip points out, no matter how you slice it, it's still a whole mess of trees taken off decarbonization duty. For the first time in the history of the GPO beginning in 1861, these materials for federal lawmakers are now being printed on 100% recycled paper. What's surprising is what kind of paper the GPO has been using up until this point.]]> http://susty.com/100-percent-recycled-paper-printing-congressional-record-us-government-printing-office-gpo-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 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 $6 Million Accidental Bank Deposit, Couple Runs With Money – Greed or Good? (Video) http://susty.com/six-million-dollar-accidental-bank-deposit-couple-runs-money-greed-video/ http://susty.com/six-million-dollar-accidental-bank-deposit-couple-runs-money-greed-video/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 17:58:00 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=6329 http://susty.com/six-million-dollar-accidental-bank-deposit-couple-runs-money-greed-video/feed/ 0 Ray Anderson on the business logic of sustainability – TED TALKS (Video) http://susty.com/ray-anderson-on-the-business-logic-of-sustainability-ted-talks-video/ http://susty.com/ray-anderson-on-the-business-logic-of-sustainability-ted-talks-video/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 01:31:19 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=6532 http://susty.com/ray-anderson-on-the-business-logic-of-sustainability-ted-talks-video/feed/ 0 Michael Pollan Shocker: No Breast Feeding, Busted Buying Fruity Pebbles in Berkley- Colbert Report Must See (Videos) http://susty.com/michael-pollan-shocker-no-breast-feeding-busted-buying-fruity-pebbles-in-berkley-colbert-report-must-see-videos/ http://susty.com/michael-pollan-shocker-no-breast-feeding-busted-buying-fruity-pebbles-in-berkley-colbert-report-must-see-videos/#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 17:33:50 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=6289 In Defense of Food author Michael Pollan spilling the beans on his lack of breast-feeding as an infant and how he got nailed reaching for the Fruity Pebbles in the aisle of a Berkley supermarket.]]> http://susty.com/michael-pollan-shocker-no-breast-feeding-busted-buying-fruity-pebbles-in-berkley-colbert-report-must-see-videos/feed/ 0